Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP

2011-02-25 Thread Holalkere Laxmivenkatesh
Karnataka is finding difficulty in getting funds from Congress Govt. from New Delhi. This is for its basic requrements. The shaky govt. is facing problems from Opposition party once, and some times from the hard nuts of the ruling party. Besides Karnataka govt is having its own Site, similar to W

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP

2011-02-25 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, As the Sanskrit wikisource is waiting for its creation, there is additional value for them to cooperate :). They do not need to buy into Wikipedia in order to be happy with a source for sources. Thanks, GerardM On 25 February 2011 07:04, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Sanskrit Bharathi v

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP

2011-02-25 Thread Swaroop Rao
Shiju had conducted a workshop on the basics of editing Wikipedia last week in Sanskrit Bharati, Girinagar (which is probably the same organisation that TOI refers to). I had also been there, and am in touch with the representative from Sanskrita Bharati. Surprisingly the representative mentioned n

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP

2011-02-25 Thread Prateek Ramachandra
Yep.. Lets not jump into conclusions... as Swaroop Rao said the representative from Samskrita Bharati has not informed about this grant.. as Shri Hari Prasad Nadig said we should meet some department officials to speak about this... we may also try and meet some Minister or some senior MLA too rega

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP

2011-02-25 Thread Nikhil Sheth
"Innovation comes when you remove a zero from the budget" I'd love to see what the government ends up with after adding 7 here :P Wikipedia's best served when free, fellas! Let's be proud, let it take its own pace and not get greedy or needy! Cheers, Nikhil Sheth +91-966-583-1250 Pune, India Te

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Translator

2011-02-25 Thread Rajesh Pandey
Hi list I have created this software and have been using this for a while.. http://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/ प्रयोगकर्ता:RajeshPandey/Nepali_Wikipedia_Translator -- Rajesh Pandey ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https:

[Wikimediaindia-l] Updating the logo of Indian Language Wikipedias

2011-02-25 Thread Shiju Alex
Dear Indic language wikipedians, The logos of some of the Indic language wikipedias are updated recently. Following are those wikipedias: - Marathi - http://mr.wikipedia.org/ - Kannada - http://sa.wikipedia.org/ - Sanskrit - http://kn.wikipedia.org/ - Odia (Oriya) - http://or.wikipedi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India !

2011-02-25 Thread Gautam John
Hi Tinu: Thanks for posting this - yes, legal counsel and a risk assessment is something we are actively looking at doing - a question, would the community know if this has ever happened or threatened to happen earlier or is this the first example? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India !

2011-02-25 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
While legal counsel might be important, I think the blowing the facebook comments out of proportion IMHO is WP:UNDUE. Regards Srikanth.L http://srik.me On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 09:31, Gautam John wrote: > Hi Tinu: > > Thanks for posting this - yes, legal counsel and a risk assessment is > somet

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Updating the logo of Indian Language Wikipedias

2011-02-25 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Thanks Shiju for all your support and I feel so honored by seeing your mail. Please start a Wikimedia Odia Community list which could be used to mail and discuss more developments in Odia Wikipedia. I have talked to Tinu regarding this. Thanks again and regards ସୁଭ ପା / Subhashish Panigrahi _

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Updating the logo of Indian Language Wikipedias

2011-02-25 Thread jayanta nath
Yes Shiju, it need to start or Wiki mailing list. On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi < psubhash...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Shiju for all your support and I feel so honored by seeing your > mail. > > Please start a Wikimedia Odia Community list which could be used to mail >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India !

2011-02-25 Thread Theo10011
heh, this seems like a gross over-reaction to a facebook post. You are giving this person undue attention by even mentioning this in a publicly archived mailing list. If the foundation were to pay attention to every random forum posting or allegations like this it would never find the time to do an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India !

2011-02-25 Thread Bishakha Datta
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Theo10011 wrote: > Ask any OTRS volunteer about threats like these, this is nothing compared > to the threats we get on a daily basis. > > What are the kinds of threats OTRS volunteers get? Just curious. Bishakha ___ W

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The first legal threaten against Wikipedia India !

2011-02-25 Thread Yann Forget
Hello, 2011/2/26 Bishakha Datta : > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Theo10011 wrote: >> >> Ask any OTRS volunteer about threats like these, this is nothing compared >> to the threats we get on a daily basis. > > What are the kinds of threats OTRS volunteers get? Just curious. I am not an OTRS