Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FW: [Wikipedia-l] Creation of new language - Ahirani

Ahrinai is one of the languages of Khandeshi languages group. I assume Ahirani language is eligible for a test wiki in Wikimedia incubator. It has valid ISO code also. May be Gerard or some one else from LC can prov

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Swaroop Rao wrote: > BTW, I forgot to update; Patricia (from the fundraising team I suppose) just > told me that they're working on Debit card and other means of payment for > INR this year. Good to hear :) A lot of my collegemates who wanted to donate couldn't be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FW: [Wikipedia-l] Creation of new language - Ahirani

Oh! 779,000 (1997) speakers ! http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ahr http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ahr -- With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.w

[Wikimediaindia-l] FW: [Wikipedia-l] Creation of new language - Ahirani

Forwarding email to the Wikipedia India list. Im hoping Shiju/Kundan can help this person. Kind Regards, > From: deepak_sapk...@hotmail.com > To: wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:08:57 +0530 > Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Creation of new language - Ahirani > > > Hi, > >

[Wikimediaindia-l] New site for easy navigation of Wikipedia

Hi All, A new prototype site http://wikilive.in/ has been developed by an Indian student Deepanshu Mehndiratta, a second year engineering student at BITS-Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus has come up with a real time live search srvice for Wikipedia. As of now it works only for English Wikipedia (Probabl

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Kovai Ahoy !!!

Cool! And good luck, Bishakha On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi wrote: > All the best for this man, wish you a BIG success!!! > > On 3 December 2011 02:01, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > >> Heya, >> With just EIGHT days remaining for our Kovai meetup, I thought I'd send >> ac

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!

On 3 December 2011 11:15, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:04, Swaroop Rao wrote: > >> BTW, I forgot to update; Patricia (from the fundraising team I suppose) >> just told me that they're working on Debit card and other means of payment >> for INR this year. > > Oh, was

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:04, Swaroop Rao wrote: > BTW, I forgot to update; Patricia (from the fundraising team I suppose) > just told me that they're working on Debit card and other means of payment > for INR this year. One more thing, it seems, even the fundraising team did not plan INR for 2

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!

BTW, I forgot to update; Patricia (from the fundraising team I suppose) just told me that they're working on Debit card and other means of payment for INR this year. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch ) On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:44, Subhashish Panigrahi wrote:

[Wikimediaindia-l] Blog Post on WikiConference

Sharing a blog I posted on the WMF blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/12/02/wikiconference-india/ hisham ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Kovai Ahoy !!!

All the best for this man, wish you a BIG success!!! On 3 December 2011 02:01, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Heya, > With just EIGHT days remaining for our Kovai meetup, I thought I'd send > across this mail. > Here is the main meetup page, hosted on Meta. > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!

Thanks Sue, a quick question, forgive me if this thing has already been taken to your consideration. many Indians having no credit cards want to donate to WMF, is that possible for the technical team to add Netbanking and Debit card payment gateway for Indian banks. Secondly if this is not possible

[Wikimediaindia-l] Kovai Ahoy !!!

Heya, With just EIGHT days remaining for our Kovai meetup, I thought I'd send across this mail. Here is the main meetup page, hosted on Meta. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore With each passing meetup, the lead section will be updated to show the next meetup. The venue is KG Informa

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 23:13, Sue Gardner wrote: > Hey folks, > > I just saw that Indian editor Karthik Nadar is in the banners today, > with a beautiful appeal. Go, India! > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=L11_1202_KN/en/US&utm_source=B11_1202_Karthik2&utm_medium=sitenotice

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IEP Pilot - Preliminary Analysis

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Tory Read wrote: > Hi Folks, > > My apologies for not replying sooner. I am on the ground in India, doing in > person interviews, while juggling communication on email, talk pages, skype, > etc. > > Here is a summary of what I have been up to: > 20 hours in US re

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] List of articles of the 500 article Malayalam Wikipedia CD

On the job, Gautam. Indic language communities can amend the basic when its ready Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Gautam John wrote: > On 2 December 2011 23:39, Jessie Wild wrote: > > > 1. Compare list with t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] List of articles of the 500 article Malayalam Wikipedia CD

On 2 December 2011 23:39, Jessie Wild wrote: > 1. Compare list with the articles in Wikipedia for Schools version, to see > which ones may be india-specific and good to include > 2. Pull the "ratings" of these english articles and see which ones perhaps > need to be improved prior to inclusion.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Android] Picture of the Day Wallpaper

That's great! I've been forwarding this app to all my friends who have an Android device. It helps in spreading awareness. Even in the viewing audience. -- On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Jessie Wild wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.gh...@gmai

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] List of articles of the 500 article Malayalam Wikipedia CD

Due to the Kerala-specific nature, this list will need revamping too. The list is one stop on our route to the Compilation but we arent there as yet. :) Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Jessie Wild wrote: > Aw

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] List of articles of the 500 article Malayalam Wikipedia CD

Awesome! Thanks, Santhosh for creating and Ashwin for forwarding. Next steps to make use of this list: 1. Compare list with the articles in Wikipedia for Schools version, to see which ones may be india-specific and good to include 2. Pull the "ratings" of these english articles and see which ones

[Wikimediaindia-l] Karthik Nadar is in the banners!

Hey folks, I just saw that Indian editor Karthik Nadar is in the banners today, with a beautiful appeal. Go, India! https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=L11_1202_KN/en/US&utm_source=B11_1202_Karthik2&utm_medium=sitenotice&utm_campaign=C11_1202_DayvMat_US&language=en&uselang=en&countr

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IEP Pilot - Preliminary Analysis

The members of the Pune community mentioned are also members of WM India chapter. Sudhanwa also holds a position in the Executive Committee. Pradeep User:Prad2609 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 13:43:25 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org CC: t...@toryread.com Subje

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Android] Picture of the Day Wallpaper

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jessie, > Thank you very much. > Forgive me, I sometimes don't take the trouble to do some extra research. > Me either - someone else identified the cross-over for me...I just sent the email :) The develo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IEP Pilot - Preliminary Analysis

Tory, my impression or none of the interviews are with people from WM India? _ *Béria Lima* (351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IEP Pilot - Preliminary Analysis

Hi Guys, I cc'd the three of you on this because I suddenly stopped getting my digests from the India list 2 days ago, and I want to make sure my message is properly posted. I'd also like to know how to get my digests reinstated. Thanks, Tory Sent from my mobile On Dec 2, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Tor

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IEP Pilot - Preliminary Analysis

Hi Folks, My apologies for not replying sooner. I am on the ground in India, doing in person interviews, while juggling communication on email, talk pages, skype, etc. Here is a summary of what I have been up to: 20 hours in US reviewing talk pages and email list communication regarding IEP In

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] List of articles of the 500 article Malayalam Wikipedia CD

The list of English equivalents of articles in Malayalam CD forwarded by Santhosh Thottingall. :) Thanks, Santhosh Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- -- Forwarded message -- From: Santhosh Thottingal Date: 2011/12/2 Subject: Re

[Wikimediaindia-l] GLAM streaming :)

Hallo from the very cold Amsterdam :) Apologies for spamming your inboxes but I am at the second GLAMcamp here and we're discussing a LOT of interesting things here. Especially if you are an open+tech+tools+culture junkie, you can follow discussions on #iglamsterdam. Do tune in :) Tot ziens Noopur

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?

Android still doesn't support Indic rendering, it's only Samsung Ace which supports, but rest don't. So, something to be done from the developers. Hope, soon this would be solved in the forthcoming versions of Androids. On 2 December 2011 15:24, Gautam John wrote: > On 2 December 2011 15:22, Sri

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?

On 2 December 2011 15:22, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Or does it depend from manufacturer to manufacturer? > Since each make has a different front end? I have a vanilla install - I'm assuming manufacturers have forks or add-ons that get Indic Unicode working.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?

Or does it depend from manufacturer to manufacturer? Since each make has a different front end? -- On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Gautam John wrote: > On 2 December 2011 15:13, Srikanth Ramakrishnan > wrote: > > > AFAIK, 2.3+ supports Indic scripts. > > I'm running 2.3.6 and it doesn't, s

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?

On 2 December 2011 15:13, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > AFAIK, 2.3+ supports Indic scripts. I'm running 2.3.6 and it doesn't, sadly. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?

CAn someone get in touch with the manufacturer, of the Aakash and find out which version it runs? AFAIK, 2.3+ supports Indic scripts. -- On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM, sankarshan > wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:34 AM, J

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Offline Wikipedia for the Aakaash Tablet?

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM, sankarshan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Jessie Wild wrote: > > > For this work, I think it's _imperative_ to get a high-quality, Indic > > version available for mass-distribution. But while the full, > > all-encompassing offline version might take 6-7

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Mullaperiyar Dam article on English Wikipedia - Collaboration sought

All hail Ashwin. Thank you VERY VERY VERY much. Now atleast this article can have some proper references. We've been going thru some might biased and unreferenced nonsense out there. -- On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > Ask thy Uncle Ashwin and thou shalt receive - > >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Android] Picture of the Day Wallpaper

Jessie, Thank you very much. Forgive me, I sometimes don't take the trouble to do some extra research. : ) Thank you again. -- On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Jessie Wild wrote: > I forwarded this to the mobile-l. > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.gh...