I will respond fully when I get to my computer and read the whole article.
Suffice it to say that the appointment of Hisham as a consultant is not a
result of increased concerns about legal liability. We decided that we were
comfortable with a consultant role for now given the role responsibilit
I'm not sure this is an accurate description of the situation; perhaps
the title has more to do with the fact that the Wikimedia Foundation (as
opposed to the chapter) is not a registered entity in India. However, as
I don't work for/ speak for the foundation, I don't know for sure - and
maybe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-21/News_and_notes
Dynamic content so copy-pasting relevant text
Foundation appoints "consultant for National Programs" in India,
following search for National Program Director
The Wikimedia Foundation has appointed a "consultant f
On 2/22/11, Gautam John wrote:
> On 22 February 2011 22:29, Santhosh Thottingal
> wrote:
>
>> I think you have some confusion on Unicode and Fonts. Let me try to
>> clarify in simple words.
>
> Yes - I did! And thank you for such a detailed response.
>
> To see if I have understood this - there a
On 22 February 2011 22:29, Santhosh Thottingal
wrote:
> I think you have some confusion on Unicode and Fonts. Let me try to
> clarify in simple words.
Yes - I did! And thank you for such a detailed response.
To see if I have understood this - there are three components:
1. Input (Different typ
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Gautam John wrote:
> Data usage: Use of Unicode will significantly reduce bandwidth/storage
This is technically wrong if we are comparing with ASCII encoded data.
If you read the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode article, you can
understand that the indic lett
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Gautam John wrote:
> 2. Given that we publish in Indian languages, using Unicode fonts are
> the only way to achieve cross-platform interoperability and is a
> global standard.
> 3. Given India's push towards copyright reform for the print impaired,
> it is impera
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Gerard Meijssen
wrote:
> Hoi,
> The Narayam extension was developed to support keyboard methods. It was
> first developed for the Malayalam language as a script that was running
> locally and then as Junaid PV became a MediaWiki developer, it and the
> support for
snip from class 9 ICT text book
http://itschool.gov.in/pdf/std_IX/ICT/ICT_IX_English.pdf
Page 88 and 89
Malayalam wikipedia already has
about 15,000 articles on various
subjects. It is ever expanding too.
Enriching and strengthening this free
online information bank would be
useful to the future
Hoi,
The Narayam extension was developed to support keyboard methods. It was
first developed for the Malayalam language as a script that was running
locally and then as Junaid PV became a MediaWiki developer, it and the
support for other languages was included in this extension.
I blogged today ab
Excellent report. Was waiting for an update on Bangalore's GLAM talk for a
while. Thank you :)
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <
arjunar...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is a brief report on talk on Wikipedia and GLAM's talk by Liam
> Wyatt - organized by Karntaka St
Hi,
Here is a brief report on talk on Wikipedia and GLAM's talk by Liam
Wyatt - organized by Karntaka Stae Library Association (KALA[1])/
NCSI-NET [2] on 19 Feb 2011 at 10:30AM at NCSI Conference hall, IISc,
Bangalore
The session attracted 26 LIS professionals from
academic/industry/students.
Thanks all for the kind words of support and appreciation.
It was definitely a great experience for each of us.
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Gautam John wrote:
> Thank you, Bala. It really made my day to read your report and it
> never fails to amaze me as to what a won
Yea. But *Welcome to the hot seat* ! [1]
- Tinu Cherian
[1] Well, I was referring to only "Kaun Banega Crorepati" style and nothing
else whatsoever :)
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Prashanth NS wrote:
> Yes, please. Lets move on. It's getting a bit hot in here. :)
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011
Yes, please. Lets move on. It's getting a bit hot in here. :)
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Achal Prabhala wrote:
> I think we should move on and safely assume in this instance that Sundar
> meant absolutely no scorn :)
>
> (and +1 for more humour on this list)
>
>
> On Tuesday 22 February 20
I think we should move on and safely assume in this instance that Sundar
meant absolutely no scorn :)
(and +1 for more humour on this list)
On Tuesday 22 February 2011 03:36 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> For me the tags have quite the opposite meaning.. check out your
> dictionary ... I
Hoi,
For me the tags have quite the opposite meaning.. check out your dictionary
... I did mine
Sarcasm: witty language used to convey insults or scorn
Thanks,
GerardM
2011/2/22 shirish शिरीष
> At bottom :-
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 15:02, BalaSundaraRaman
> wrote:
> >> i think you
At bottom :-
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 15:02, BalaSundaraRaman wrote:
>> i think you used the meme incorrectly. =)
> Should be current with pop culture or stay away from such memes, I suppose. :P
I think it was appropriate, we should have some doses of humor every
now and then and didn't think he
> i think you used the meme incorrectly. =)
Should be current with pop culture or stay away from such memes, I suppose. :P
- Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for
the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in I
Dear all,
Thanks for the welcome. Probably, most of you know me more from on-wiki than
the meetups (where I have been terribly infrequent!). Have been busy on
Saturdays with work and have not been able to come for the meetups.
Anyways, just to introduce myself, a bit more formally - Am a
doctor s
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