Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Seminar on Copyright and Open licensing

2011-07-25 Thread Achal Prabhala
This looks like it will be an *extremely* useful event. The speakers are great and the topics they will cover are spot on for the Wikimedia movement. Good move on the chapter's part for organising this. On Tuesday 26 July 2011 11:02 AM, Gautam John wrote: > WIKIMEDIA CHAPTER invites you to a se

[Wikimediaindia-l] Seminar on Copyright and Open licensing

2011-07-25 Thread Gautam John
WIKIMEDIA CHAPTER invites you to a seminar on Copyright and Open licensing Date: 30 July 2011 Time: 5PM to 8PM Venue: TERI Auditorium, Domlur, Bangalore Agenda 05:00PM – 05:05PM Welcome and Introduction of Wikimedia Chapter and today's seminar speakers .. Gautam, Secretary, Wikimedia Chapter

[Wikimediaindia-l] What were the GLAM events in India this July?

2011-07-25 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Hello friends, The India report for the July issue of the GLAM Newsletter is a red link at the moment. Could editors please let me know what GLAM events took place in their city or on their Wikipedia? For example, we had the British V&A WikiLounge for Tipu's Tiger. Antything else? Warm regards,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Please change it - Indian Maps on Wikipedia

2011-07-25 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Yes, but let this one be English content related rather than outreach, GLAM or indic. Secondly we should not allow WP:5 Pillars to be overthrown. In many cases. the discussions are completely jingoistic or "nationilistic" and we dont want more and more of the same here. Warm regards, Ashwin Baind

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Please change it - Indian Maps on Wikipedia

2011-07-25 Thread Shiju Alex
> > since its still just another English Wikipedia POV dispute and thats > Even though the topic of this mail is not limited to enwiki, the above statement is true. But unlike other Indian language wikiproject wikipedians, English wikipedians from India still doesn't have a common forum (apart fr

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Please change it - Indian Maps on Wikipedia

2011-07-25 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 14:10, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > My only intention was to ask the community on how to handle such mails or > request. > > -TC > Point such people to appropriate places like discussion pages , notice board (oops, it cant handle more NOW,but yes ideally). IMO bringing con

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Please change it - Indian Maps on Wikipedia

2011-07-25 Thread Arun Ganesh
Best would be to tell him to correct it if it is wrong, in true wikipedia spirit :) On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:10 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > My only intention was to ask the community on how to handle such mails or > request. > > -TC > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM, sankarshan > wrote

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Please change it - Indian Maps on Wikipedia

2011-07-25 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
My only intention was to ask the community on how to handle such mails or request. -TC On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM, sankarshan wrote: > 2011/7/25 CherianTinu Abraham : > > Interesting "Warning" given to me by mail ! Did somebody told him that I > own > > Wikipedia ? ;) > > Is there a catch a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Please change it - Indian Maps on Wikipedia

2011-07-25 Thread sankarshan
2011/7/25 CherianTinu Abraham : > Interesting "Warning" given to me by mail ! Did somebody told him that I own > Wikipedia ? ;) Is there a catch all address where the group/organization/chapter members can handle these kind of emails rather than forwarding them to the list ? I don't specifically h

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Please change it - Indian Maps on Wikipedia

2011-07-25 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Interesting "Warning" given to me by mail ! Did somebody told him that I own Wikipedia ? ;) -TC -- Forwarded message -- From: Bala Atibala Social Service Organization India Date: 2011/7/25 Subject: Please change it To: tinucher...@gmail.com Dear sir, you using India map on is