[Wikimediaindia-l] Indic language wikipedias - 2011 annual update

2012-02-15 Thread Shiju Alex
Dear All, I have compiled the, statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias for the year 2011. In this report, my aim is to provide an *analysis* as well as *my perspectives* on the health of various Indic language communities as well as the state of various Indic language wikipedias for th

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania 2012 - scholarship applications, Deadline : 16 Feb 2012

2012-02-15 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
A gentle reminder of the Deadline of*TODAY* for the application of Wikimania Scholarships ! Regards Tinu Cherian Wikimedia India On 1/25/2012 5:19 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: Hi all, Wikimania is the annual international conference of Wikimedians , jointly hosted by the local team

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding wiki academy at NITK

2012-02-15 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
Hi Nischay, Thanks for you interest in organizing a Wiki Academy at your college. I guess you are referring to this page that was created. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/National_Institute_of_Technology_Surathkal We will get in touch with you soon. Regards Tinu Cheri

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-15 Thread Nitika
That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and taking ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best Pratik! I'm sure you'll learn a lot while leading this project. And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching out on several WikiProj

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding wiki academy at NITK

2012-02-15 Thread Nitika
On 15-Feb-2012, at 6:07 PM, nischay nahata wrote: > Well I made a page for wiki academy at my college NITK. > But I don't know how to proceed from here ..specifically how to get > someone to give a speech on wikimedia, etc..Any advise? > > Hey Nischay, Thanks for setting this up. I'll be h

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiProject India Report for January 2012

2012-02-15 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Dear friends, The month of January passed quietly for WikiProject India on English Wikipedia. However elsewhere, the SOPA/PIPA discussion in the United States was the hot topic of the month and English Wikipedia went dark on 18 January for 24 hours in protest against these proposed laws. At this

[Wikimediaindia-l] New Volunteer joins WikiProject India team

2012-02-15 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Dear friends, I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold of people in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young member (in comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune Club. He was an active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India Educa

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report_Wiki Academy/College Of Engineering (IHRD), Adoor

2012-02-15 Thread Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
Thank you Prosobh G Sridhar/ Adv T K Sujith for sharing the report ! Great job with the WikiAcademy ! http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/College_Of_Engineering_%28IHRD%29,_Adoor http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Malayalam_wiki_studyclass_-_Adoor_13Feb2012 Regards Tinu Cherian

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] WikiProject India Report for January 2012

2012-02-15 Thread Ashwin Baindur
I do firmly believe in the need for enthusing young/new editors to stay on board. I'd be glad to help out. At the moment we have a lot of young folk in the Wikipedia Pune Club an informal interaction seems the best way to mentor them. Its a pleasure to interact with them & they are very helpful. W

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] WikiProject India Report for January 2012

2012-02-15 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi, On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Barry Newstead wrote: > +1 and add my thanks to AshLin.  I was just discussing the question Anirudh > raises with the India Programs team 12 hours ago.  There are different > discussions to be had wrt helping young/new editors integrate into the en:wp > commun

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] WikiProject India Report for January 2012

2012-02-15 Thread Barry Newstead
+1 and add my thanks to AshLin. I was just discussing the question Anirudh raises with the India Programs team 12 hours ago. There are different discussions to be had wrt helping young/new editors integrate into the en:wp community. It would be good to pilot some localized outreach/mentorship app

[Wikimediaindia-l] Report_Wiki Academy/College Of Engineering (IHRD), Adoor

2012-02-15 Thread പ്രശോഭ് . ജി . ശ്രീധര്‍
42 Student participents were there for the program. Mr Tittu Vargheese, a student gave the welcome speech . Adv. T.K. Sujith took the Presentation both in English and Malayalam followed by a class on Common wikipedia editing by Prasobh G. Sreedhar .He also created an article about adoor engineering

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding wiki academy at NITK

2012-02-15 Thread ansuman
Hello, Visit http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy and http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Behind_a_WikiAcademy On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:07 PM, nischay nahata wrote: > Well I made a page for wiki academy at my college NITK. > But I don't know how to proceed from here ..specifically how to get > someone

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] WikiProject India Report for January 2012

2012-02-15 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Thanks, Anirudh! Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Great report, AshLin! Loved the commentary. I think the English > Wikipedia community needs a renewed focus! We should attempt to org

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] WikiProject India Report for January 2012

2012-02-15 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Great report, AshLin! Loved the commentary. I think the English Wikipedia community needs a renewed focus! We should attempt to organize meetups dedicated to the English Wikipedia around the major cities of the country. This is so that we can help young editors who may or may not decide to bec

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Improving outreach efforts in India

2012-02-15 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Thank you very much for this email. Most of these thoughts are useful not only for India, but for other countries, too. 2012/2/13 Nitika : > Dear All, > > The following is a post I've put up on the India Program page on meta > regarding outreach (Please > see:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tal

[Wikimediaindia-l] Regarding wiki academy at NITK

2012-02-15 Thread nischay nahata
Well I made a page for wiki academy at my college NITK. But I don't know how to proceed from here ..specifically how to get someone to give a speech on wikimedia, etc..Any advise? -- With Regards Nischay Nahata B.tech 3rd year Department of Information Technology NITK,Surathkal _

[Wikimediaindia-l] Reminder email

2012-02-15 Thread Mandar Kulkarni
Dear All, This is a reminder email. When we all will be able to see the various Videos of India Wikiconference 2011 on you tube? The target date given was 31st Dec. 2012. Can we get some communication and confirmation on the same pls. If this is done, request to share the link. With Regards,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-del] [Summary], Delhi Wiki Meetup 6

2012-02-15 Thread Sheel Sindhu Manohar
Yeah it was a nice experience and we learnt a lot about editing On 15 Feb 2012 13:17, "Subhashish Panigrahi" wrote: Dear All, We had the second monthly Wiki meet up at Delhi last Sunday and here is the summary of the meet up. The details of the Meet up could be looked at: http://en.wikipedia.o