Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Hi Noopur, Thanks for warm welcome! :) :) I'm based out of Delhi and know a few people who would love to contribute for Gujurat and Mumbai. I already am a member, how do I go about it post that? Best, Mitra On 18 December 2011 23:58, Noopur wrote: > Dear Mitra and others, > Welcome Mitra :)

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] What's in it for me?

Nice...:) Deepon On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Nitika wrote: > Hi Srikanth & everyone else, > > This is a really good question and one that I've been thinking about and > working on as we look at outreach in general. > > From my discussions with various editors and my observing and > partic

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] What's in it for me?

Hi Srikanth & everyone else, This is a really good question and one that I've been thinking about and working on as we look at outreach in general. From my discussions with various editors and my observing and participating in outreach sessions, I think the biggest challenge when we do outreach

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

We need to have the documentation translated too. On 12/18/11, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi, > > Also suggest spreading it to the various language lists by people in the > languages? > > warm regards, > Pradeep Mohandas > > On 19 December 2011 09:15, Pradeep Mohandas > wrote: > >> Done. Created t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Its a great idea to have a Wiki loves monuments. Support from SIGs was mentioned. Speaking as a member of Indic Wikipedians on English Wikipedia, you have our support. I would only say that September being partly/mostly a rainy month, our events should be summer holiday poised when it would be con

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

hi, Also suggest spreading it to the various language lists by people in the languages? warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas On 19 December 2011 09:15, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > Done. Created the page and linked to it. > > Pradeep > > > On 19 December 2011 02:25, Lodewijk wrote: > >> May I suggest t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Done. Created the page and linked to it. Pradeep On 19 December 2011 02:25, Lodewijk wrote: > May I suggest to then at least use Commons for that? That is where all the > rest of the documentation is also located. I suggest to link it from here: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

hi, Would suggest Commons as well. Will try and create the page in the hour. Pradeep Handheld On 19/12/2011, Lodewijk wrote: > May I suggest to then at least use Commons for that? That is where all the > rest of the documentation is also located. I suggest to link it from here: > http://commons

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

May I suggest to then at least use Commons for that? That is where all the rest of the documentation is also located. I suggest to link it from here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012 and create http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Noopur, sorry, I don't have a computer at all here. Hence the WikiBreak ... Others, whoever creates the page, a something like Wiki Loves Monuments (2012), India should do. If it is incorrect, don't worry, an admin would move and redirect. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore M

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Will do, can you? Just need to copy. I don't have a comp for a bit. On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Noopur, I strongly suggest that you create a page on Meta instead. > People who have an account on any Wikipedia or Wikimedia project ca

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Noopur, I strongly suggest that you create a page on Meta instead. People who have an account on any Wikipedia or Wikimedia project can sign in without having to register for again. Mitra, sure Social Media is exactly what Bala, Logic and I use for spreading word on anything Wiki related. -- Rega

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Dear Mitra and others, Welcome Mitra :) Here is a link to a start page: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Loves_Monuments. I just created it for the India community. I think to sign up you might need to be a member. You can always get more info on the mailing list while we try and fix this. Do tell us

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Hey guys, I'm kinda new to the Wiki community, so correct me if my suggestions are out of the way. The Wiki loves monuments sounds really interesting...can we spread the word via social media for us newbies? On 18 December 2011 23:01, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Prad, Noopur, I'm with you on

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

It would be great to have India participating! Maybe it would make sense to organize some IRC session about that? Perhaps that would be a good way to do some initial brain storming and question answering. I suggest that if you create a wiki page about it, to do that on Commons - where the rest of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Crackers, I forgot to say Point, Click and Upload. Sorry. On 12/18/11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Prad, Noopur, I'm with you on this one. I think what we need to do is, > create a category on the Commons, customise the Upload Wizard if > needed, set up a committee to check for copyright viola

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Prad, Noopur, I'm with you on this one. I think what we need to do is, create a category on the Commons, customise the Upload Wizard if needed, set up a committee to check for copyright violations, create a page on Meta, translate it into every language, get your cameras, phones ready, stock up on

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT FOSS assist WAS Re: Webfonts deployment on Indic Wikiprojects

Guys, thanks for all the support. Perhaps you could send a FOSS guy over to my college to have a talk. In the mean time, I had a chat with my lab admin which resulted in Opera being installed on all systems. I'm not complaining. It feels like home. On 12/18/11, Yuvi Panda wrote: > Whenever Open S

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

We did a monument walk in Bhubaneswar, Odisha in Oct, more than 5 professional photographers joined and clicked, finally it was me who uploaded my own photos in Flikr and Commons. So such events need more Wikipedian-Photographers with some newbies. 2011/12/18 Pradeep Mohandas > It is a wiki :) >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

By the statement, I meant that you did not need permission to make a wiki since it is a wiki. Do go ahead and create one! Pradeep Mohandas 2011/12/18 Noopur > Yes, that. A wiki (if one does not exist already) for Wiki loves monuments > in India in 2012. > > > 2011/12/18 Pradeep Mohandas > >> I

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Yes, that. A wiki (if one does not exist already) for Wiki loves monuments in India in 2012. 2011/12/18 Pradeep Mohandas > It is a wiki :) > > Pradeep > > > 2011/12/18 Noopur > >> Along with this, just throwing up an idea. Since, the timeline is not yet >> decided, can we simultaneously have a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

It is a wiki :) Pradeep 2011/12/18 Noopur > Along with this, just throwing up an idea. Since, the timeline is not yet > decided, can we simultaneously have a Wikimedia India page to document all > the Wiki loves monuments in India that happen in 2012? > > > 2011/12/18 Pradeep Mohandas > >> hi,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

Along with this, just throwing up an idea. Since, the timeline is not yet decided, can we simultaneously have a Wikimedia India page to document all the Wiki loves monuments in India that happen in 2012? 2011/12/18 Pradeep Mohandas > hi, > > If the cities interested and languages interested expr

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

hi, If the cities interested and languages interested express their interest, we could go ahead at a national level through the chapter or as a community. The choice is with the community. Hence the question. warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas On 18 December 2011 21:47, Noopur wrote: > I already t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

I already took the liberty of registering personal support :) Count me in too. We are planning a photo walk in Ahmedabad this January. I guess India's participation will have to be coordinated city/state wise? On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Pradeep Mohandas < pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global?

hi, Would India be interested? How do we put forth our interest? I'll be happy to help. Pradeep -- Forwarded message -- From: Tomasz Kozłowski Date: 2011/12/18 Subject: [Foundation-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- global? To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Hello everyone,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mediawiki-uploader

hi arjuna, thanks for the wishes. I am also very new to wikipedia. please give some more details on categories. shall we give any text as category or some pre defined text are there to pick up from? use gthumb to add some meta data. we can parse it and use them as categories. please share your

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mediawiki-uploader

Shrinivasan, 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 wikipedia world. > --cut-- > > DigiKam has it, but due to some issues, the mediawiki plugin is not

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Kolkata Photo Walk (Esplanade & Dalhousie)

Congratulation to all for our first step of success. Please anyone tell what we cover -- With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediai

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Webfonts on Mobile

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT FOSS assist WAS Re: Webfonts deployment on Indic Wikiprojects

Whenever Open Source activism and Indian colleges come up, I can't help but point people to http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads.html#shakthimaan-indian-challenge-of-floss-advocacy. Is a good read, and is still relevant today. -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Webfonts on Mobile

2011/12/14 Nasir Khan : > Hi Amir, > > Thanks for informing us. > I tried to use the BN Wikipedia from my  Samsung Galaxy (android 2.3.6), > but the extension did not work on the android default browser or in the > Opera Mobile, in Opera Mini it uses a different method to display the > complex scri

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedians Help! Is this an image of Abanindranath Tagore?

You are welcome, Ashwin! Regards, Kalyan Sarkar On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > Thank you Kalyan, that was awesome! Less than an hour to solve the puzzle, > Hooray for crowd-sourcing. You deserve a barnstar! > > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > -

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT FOSS assist WAS Re: Webfonts deployment on Indic Wikiprojects

An interesting blog post that touches upon the same subject: and serendipitously provides a very powerful reason for engineering colleges in particular to be more aware of and to foster the environment of open knowledge working. http://manypossibilities.net/2011/12/everyday-internet-miracles/ I ag