Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Contest to add files to Tamil Wikipedia gathers steam"

that nice tinu. thanks for the nice explanation. now it is clear for me. keep up your services. thanks. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lis

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Contest to add files to Tamil Wikipedia gathers steam"

Hi Shrinivasan, Please note that the copyrights of the content of articles on publications ( newspapers, magazines) resides with the publisher. For example, look at the bottom of this article http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2719118.ece "*Republication or redissemination o

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Contest to add files to Tamil Wikipedia gathers steam"

the note means not to share to others. please don't add such notes. I May be wrong. please explain if so. thanks. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit ht

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Webfonts deployment on Indic Wikiprojects

Praveen Prakash +1 On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:46, Praveen Prakash wrote: > There is lot to say. But i don't want to derail this thread. Pls start > a new thread. > > On 16/12/2011, Anivar Aravind wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Praveen Prakash > > wrote: > >> I haven't seen any com

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Contest to add files to Tamil Wikipedia gathers steam"

this is a public mailing list. Feel free to fwd to anyone. Pradeep Handheld On 16/12/2011, Shrinivasan T wrote: > what does the important note mean? > does the hindu say not to reproduce? > > shall I forward this mail to other mailing lists ? > > or should not? > -- Pradeep Mohandas How Prade

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Contest to add files to Tamil Wikipedia gathers steam"

Thanks Ravi. Btw it was a not a press release. ( meaning we didn't write the contents and they didn't publish it blindly) It was an article entirely written by the reporter. Yes, we contacted the reporter in the first place and then gave our "inputs" :) I know what you actually meant, but "Press re

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Contest to add files to Tamil Wikipedia gathers steam"

what does the important note mean? does the hindu say not to reproduce? shall I forward this mail to other mailing lists ? or should not? ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailin

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-chn] mediawiki-uploader

Excellent effort, Shrinivasan. Please let us know how and where we can find more people like you ;) Ravi On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Friends. > > Tamil Wikipedia announced a Media Contest to increase the commons > media files like photos, audio and video in the wikip

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Contest to add files to Tamil Wikipedia gathers steam"

Hi Tinu, Bala and team Very well written press release. Especially, I would like to appreciate Tinu's stellar role in media relations for Wikimedia projects in India :) Ravi On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:03 AM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > The article is on national editions of The Hindu newspape

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Contest to add files to Tamil Wikipedia gathers steam"

The article is on national editions of The Hindu newspaper and back cover page on many editions. * * *The Hindu : "Contest to add files to Tamil Wikipedia gathers steam"* http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2719118.ece?textsize=small&test=2 *The Tamil Wikimedia community has o

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Webfonts deployment on Indic Wikiprojects

There is lot to say. But i don't want to derail this thread. Pls start a new thread. On 16/12/2011, Anivar Aravind wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Praveen Prakash > wrote: >> I haven't seen any communication in any open platform with Malayalam >> Community members about this matter. A

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Webfonts deployment on Indic Wikiprojects

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Praveen Prakash wrote: > I haven't seen any communication in any open platform with Malayalam > Community members about this matter. A few weeks before I had a brief > discussion with Santhosh about webfonts. But it was nothing about webfonts' > rendering bugs. Inf

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Webfonts deployment on Indic Wikiprojects

I haven't seen any communication in any open platform with Malayalam Community members about this matter. A few weeks before I had a brief discussion with Santhosh about webfonts. But it was nothing about webfonts' rendering bugs. Infact, popular (and beautiful) Malayalam fonts are open licensed, b

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

Thanks Srikanth the link you gave is the correct one. Though anybody reading my link will find the same in the very first line of text. :) Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh..

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

Hey, This presentation is not for audio/video. This came up since someone needed a presentation for Photographers. Why I have used Commons interchangeably is because I assume Arnav is going to speak to them about Licensing (Creative Commons) as well as Wikimedia Commons. That is why I kept two sli

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

Hi, Nice work! I am not very at home in Prezi, so some suggestions by email: * Maybe it is better to call Wikimedia a "movement" to avoid confusion when they encounter Wikimedia India * In the file formats you seem to miss .OGG (sound/video) * It is probably better to never say "Commons" like we

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-chn] mediawiki-uploader

Prad, thanks for sharing that with us. Let's hope this piece of code results in tons of freely licenced content pouring into the Commons. On 12/15/11, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi Shrinivasan, > > Sumana has forwarded this email to the cultural/GLAM list as well where > there was need felt on bat

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

Thanks a ton Noopur. Now atleast I'll have something to show when I invite the photography club for the next meetup. Ashwin, I believe, it's http://bookshelf.Wikimedia.org I read it at the back of the Welcome to Wikipedia Editors Guide. On 12/15/11, Noopur wrote: > For Arnav and others: > I made

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India chapter IRC meetup

Hey, I'll try but wish it was after 10:30. -- Regards, Debanjan* - Lets make this world a better and more informative place* On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > Hi, > I don't think I will be able to attend any meeting this week. We will > be busy in the event. > >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

For Arnav and others: I made a little something on Commons and photography (have avoided any wiki speak): http://prezi.com/qjfh338fxhum/the-wikiguide-for-photographers/ It's on prezi so you can edit and then put it in a ppt to share offline as well! On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Ashwin Baindu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Narayam updates

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > But these type of changes (like the change in shortcut key) which affect the > typing habit of users needs to be communicated to commuity (here Indic > wikimedians), at least in this list. No change in typing habit, it was just broken and not w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

Hi Noopur, A good place to add them is http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf_Project Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Noopur wrote: > Dear Arnav, > This is awesome! I was speaking to Hisham about comp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-chn] mediawiki-uploader

hi Shrinivasan, Sumana has forwarded this email to the cultural/GLAM list as well where there was need felt on batch uploads and people there might also benefit from what you've coded. Thank you. warm regards, Pradeep User:Prad2609 On 15 December 2011 20:25, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Hey

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Narayam updates

> > I am not sure whether it is really required to post these changes > every week here, because not every one is interested in reading the > code changes. I hope the code review page helps to find out all the > changes for an extension/component > That is true. Community is definitely NOT interes

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

Thanks for posting this here Bala. :-) Maybe we should print a few flyers with the Contest details, maybe even a QR Code about the contest and hand it over to whoever we see in public with a camera. ;-P On 12/15/11, Bala Jeyaraman wrote: > Per Srikanth's request: here is the report from Prasanna

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-chn] mediawiki-uploader

Hey Shrinivasan, this is brilliant. Bala had mentioned last week at our Coimbatore meetup that this fellow from ILUGC had uploaded 10 high definition shots before being dissatisfied with the upload tool and then went off to code his own. Congrats on your heroic efforts. Now, I can use this to tell

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

Per Srikanth's request: here is the report from Prasanna Venkatesh one of the attendees of the meetup as posted on the event's facebook page ( http://www.facebook.com/events/192614487481512/) Here i share what happened in Wikipedia meet up held at coimbatore: We arrived there at coimbatore by earl

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-chn] mediawiki-uploader

Hello Shrini, We never imagined someone developing tool/script for participating in the contest. Good work #WIN :) -- Regards Srikanth.L ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailin

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mediawiki-uploader

I've translated interface messages which are NECESSARY for the contest. But, these messages are not useful for now. :) But, I'll do this ASAP. :) Thanks Geard for notice it. :) Actually Shrinivasan didn't mentioned the contest upload wizard. It is here. ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.ph

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mediawiki-uploader

Hoi, Help yourself and the contestants by localising the last 150 messages of the UploadWizard. Thanks, GerardM http://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=ext-uploadwizard&language=ta On 15 December 2011 14:10, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Friends. > > Tamil Wikipedia announ

[Wikimediaindia-l] mediawiki-uploader

Friends. Tamil Wikipedia announced a Media Contest to increase the commons media files like photos, audio and video in the wikipedia world. see the announcement here. http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contest/en To upload the photos there are two ways available so far. 1. The web based upload wizard

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pune hackathon scheduled 10-12 February 2012

Op 15 dec. 2011 om 09:38 heeft Srikanth Ramakrishnan het volgende geschreven: > Aah, well. Will the Hackathon be India specific. There are multiple interpretations of that question, I think. I'll try to cover all interpretations I can think of. FYI: This is all tentative. Yesterday we came

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

2011/12/15 ePandit | ई-पण्डित : > NonCommericial - I think use in Wikipedia is non-commerical. No, Wikipedia is not non-commercial in this regard. It's a very frequent misunderstanding, though - the first article i created in the English Wikipedia was speedily deleted because of this ;) In short,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 16:40, ePandit | ई-पण्डित wrote: > NonCommericial - I think use in Wikipedia is non-commerical. > Wikipedia use is non-commercial, but since it is open for reuse, the reuse need not be necessarily non-commercial. > NoDerivs - Do the font need to be modified for using as w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:40 PM, ePandit | ई-पण्डित wrote: > NoDerivs - Do the font need to be modified for using as web font? Yes, Derivative fonts in alternate formats need to be created from the original font. Thanks Santhosh ___ Wikimediaindia-l m

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please add Sanskrit 2003 web font to Sanskrit Wikipedia

NonCommericial - I think use in Wikipedia is non-commerical. NoDerivs - Do the font need to be modified for using as web font? It is clearly stated that it can be used as a web font. 2011/12/15 Amir E. Aharoni > Either of "NonCommercial" and "NoDerivs" clauses in the license make > it invalid f

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

Heya, I logged into Facebook after a week to find out that Prasanna has psoted a detailed report on the meetup facebook event page. The link to the page is on the meetup page on Meta. Perhaps, Bala, Subha or Ansuman could copy it here It would explain things from a newcomers point of view. --

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Narayam updates

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 14:14, Santhosh Thottingal < santhosh.thottin...@gmail.com> wrote: > We post the i18n deployment notes in Mediaiwiki-i18n list , one or two > days before deployment. > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n > This should help, Thanks. -- Regards Srik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

Great Noopur. Good luck with your venture. -- On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Noopur wrote: > Dear Arnav, > This is awesome! I was speaking to Hisham about compiling a repository of > presentations and Simple English guides, keeping them in PDF versions so > that people can use them wheneve

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

Dear Arnav, This is awesome! I was speaking to Hisham about compiling a repository of presentations and Simple English guides, keeping them in PDF versions so that people can use them whenever. I have some presentations on GLAM and commons, if you want I can send them over and you don't have to go

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

Yeah, I mean since most of the photographers there would not be knowing what commons is, I ll first give them presentation about commons and explain them public domain licensing in detail. -- Thanks Arnav (ricku). (User:Rangilo_Gujarati) _

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter November report 2011.

Dear Wikimedia community, The highlights of the month of November for the Wikimedia Chapter (India) are provided below: Administrative matters Membership The Chapter membership stands at 185 as of 30 November 2011. This is nearly double the number of members we had two months ago. The Chapter sa

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Webfonts deployment on Indic Wikiprojects

If you want to test something new, either make it opt in, or don't do it live. Not on Tamil, not on Hindi, not on any Wikipedia for that matter. On 12/14/11, Ravishankar wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan > wrote: > >> I dont think its appropriate to be a bit more exper

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Insights from GLAMcamp Amsterdam

Arnav, brilliant, though I think you should first introduce photographers to the Commons and explain the benefits. Let me know your thoughts, if need be privately, as I'm planning to go forward with a special meet aimed at the photography community myself, in Coimbatore. On 12/14/11, Arnav Sonara

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Narayam updates

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Shortcut key on Mac :- Refer bug[1] for details, in summary the shortcut key > is now dynamic based on browser / OS combination so that the shortcut works. > Control+G is new shortcut on Mac largely. This was done during Hackathon. > //

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

Thanks a lot Arjuna. I think February will be good as exams won't be there then. Meanwhile, I do hope that the Academy in Jan will help up increase the active community members in Coimbatore for further meetups to happen. On 12/14/11, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote: > Srikanth R, > > My previous discus

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Pune hackathon scheduled 10-12 February 2012

Aah, well. Will the Hackathon be India specific. On 12/14/11, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) wrote: > Hi Srikanth, > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Forgive me for this silly question, but will there be any session on >> adapting WebFont

[Wikimediaindia-l] Narayam updates

Hi all, Attention : Indic communities using Narayam extension. Other Indic communities which don't have Narayam please do read below, I have a note for you too As of now Malayalam,Tamil,Odiya,Sanskrit,Assamese,Sinhala communities use Narayam. Narayam is also deployed on Commons. Most of the commu