Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] 2nd Odia (Oriya) Wikipedia Academy/Workshop Bhubaneswar, 2011April03, 10 AM

2011-03-30 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, One of the things that is raising the game for the http://or.wikipedia.orgis that there is a steady flow of work done for the localisation of the MediaWiki user interface. Every day this work is brought into production so the Odia experience is getting better on an almost daily basis. The

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: Angry with Wikileaks, Indian Union minister for law and justice Veerappa Moily lashesagainst Wikipedia

2011-03-30 Thread jacob
I think its part of the public education process. More people will be aware of Wikipedia and then know the difference. We should use this as an opportunity to reach out to more people. Jacob Empower your Business with BlackBerry® and Mobile Solutions from Etisalat -Original Message-

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] 1 million edits in Hindi wikipedia !

2011-03-30 Thread Arthur Richards
Congratulations! Exciting news :) Arthur Richards On 3/29/11 4:17 AM, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: Hindi wikipedia has reached 1 million (10 lakh) page edits some time in the past week, becoming the second indic language to reach that mile stone (malayalam made it first on January 22)

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: Angry with Wikileaks, Indian Union minister for law and justice Veerappa Moily lashes against Wikipedia

2011-03-30 Thread Gautam John
On 30 March 2011 11:49, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote: Getting sick of this popular urban legand. Why dont we run a site notice banner for atleast India alone for 2 months. Please Note :- Wikipedia and Wikileaks are 2 different things and link to a detailed note. Srikanth, to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: Angry with Wikileaks, Indian Union minister for law and justice Veerappa Moily lashes against Wikipedia

2011-03-30 Thread Shalabh
Nikhil, While I would love to agree with you, given the turn legislation has been taking in India (e.g. the law governing blogs), I think free communities like Wikipedia and Openstreetmap stand a serious risk at the hands of those who value 'national security', which unfortunately is the perfect

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Are you attending Wikimania 2011 at Haifa, Israel?

2011-03-30 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Now that the Wikimedia scholarship approvals/rejections are mostly sent out, please add your name here http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Wikimania2011 , If you are attending the Haifa Wikimania this year. Congratulations to all the scholarship recipients. Please help improve the checklist and also help