Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Rahul Dravid

2012-03-09 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
And there would be many newbies who we can reach as well :) @ Pranav and Srikeit and anyone who are monitoring the edits, please make sure you write to them and provide some support. On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:32 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: His retirement has apparently taken cricinfo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-09 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Tinu, Someone from the Chapter, [I DO NOT want to name him] told me so. I do not want to take the matter furtheer because I travelled at my expense. I am NOT claiming it from the Chapter. Good Day, Cheerio. -- On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 4:01 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Dear

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Register: Learn Wikipedia editing while you sit at home

2012-03-09 Thread Nitika
On 09-Mar-2012, at 4:02 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: Nitika, I have a question. Can we try this over another medium which may allow ~15-20 members to participate? Is Google Hangout the only option? I've never used Hangout so I don't know it's limitations. Hey Srikanth, Im not aware

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Rahul Dravid

2012-03-09 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 15:55, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Not only is this relevant to indic languages as well, the image discussion is related to Commons. That is still about content. IIRC we don't discuss about content(even if its related to Indic / commons) here unless its important

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Rahul Dravid

2012-03-09 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
An individual mail to each community, then? As I said, a mail to the English community types? However, judging by that, you should do something about the fact that there are plenty of mails related ONLY to English that do the rounds of the list on a frequent basis. On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 4:16

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Register: Learn Wikipedia editing while you sit at home

2012-03-09 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Screen sharing options are numerous, https://join.me allows sharing screen, even https://ustream.tv allows video casting, There is an Open source service called http://www.bigbluebutton.org which is effective for virtual classes, but when you talk about an interactive audio-video 2 way system in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Rahul Dravid

2012-03-09 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Just a suggestion in general: For discussions around topics of Indian interest and the English Wikipedia please subscribe to Wikipedia India-English mailing list. http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en anirudh On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-09 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Okay, so the person who blasted me about Trichy caught me on this one too. Let me clarify. Tinu, I know the Chapter has been supportive of my actions even though I'm not a member [yet]. Naveen was more than ready to sign the MoU much before I informed Nitika. I am NOT claiming travel amount from

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Monthly meetup of Pune Wikipedians - 10 March 2012

2012-03-09 Thread Debanjan Bandyopadhyay
That will surely help. Thanks Ashwin, I will come then. Your a real life saver. :) On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: Will drop you to a proper bus-stand at highway in Dapodi. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Monthly meetup of Pune Wikipedians - 10 March 2012

2012-03-09 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Err, Ashwin, Debanjan, Couldn't you discuss this in private among yourselves instead of sending it to the entire list? I don't mean to sound insensitive, but ... On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: That will surely help. Thanks Ashwin, I will come

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Monthly meetup of Pune Wikipedians - 10 March 2012

2012-03-09 Thread Ashwin Baindur
My apologies, didn't realise we weren't on Pune list. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Err, Ashwin, Debanjan, Couldn't you discuss this in private among

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] introduction (community communications for Wikidata)

2012-03-09 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
Hi, For those of you not on the foundation-l and who are interested in data and its use and representation on Wikipedia. -- Forwarded message -- From: Lydia Pintscher lydia.pintsc...@wikimedia.de Date: Mar 9, 2012 10:43 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] introduction (community

[Wikimediaindia-l] An Innovative Outreach effort

2012-03-09 Thread Debanjan Bandyopadhyay
Hello all, I am sending this mail, as I am soon going to be leaving for Kolkata and as such a particular incident reminded me how we can do a free of cost basic outreach, to spread the word about Wikipedia. The incident occurred when I was traveling from Mumbai to Kolkata, just after the

[Wikimediaindia-l] RFC over hindi wiki bureaucrat actions

2012-03-09 Thread Jyothis E
All, Please note that hindi wikipedia's bureaucrats has been removed temporarily for concerns over improper rights management, transparency of the actions and possible privacy violations due to the rights that was requested and implemented over the course of time. An RfC has been

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] RFC over hindi wiki bureaucrat actions

2012-03-09 Thread Theo10011
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 4:12 AM, Jyothis E jyothi...@gmail.com wrote: All, Please note that hindi wikipedia's bureaucrats has been removed temporarily for concerns over improper rights management, transparency of the actions and possible privacy violations due to the rights that was

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] RFC over hindi wiki bureaucrat actions

2012-03-09 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Interesting.. Thanks Jyothis Theo for sharing this. It is sad to see that a very inportant Wikipedia like Hindi-wiki is in such a huge mess. Such issues occur when the communities are not strong big enough, which results in a few individuals having a free run. This is also an important lesson

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Monthly Report: Feb 2012

2012-03-09 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Thanks Srikanth for the clarification. chapter hat The India Chapter is here to serve the community. It makes no distinction between chapter or (other) community members in these efforts. AFAIK, Naveen had told RSrikanth that his travel expenses ( related to NITT) will be reimbursed by the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] RFC over hindi wiki bureaucrat actions

2012-03-09 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Thank you very much for bringing this up Hyothis. Bala and I [Tamil guys] had discussed this back in December. Editing the Hindi Wikipedia was slight pain, because someone seemed to have set up filters such that nothing new could be added easily. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:56 AM, CherianTinu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] An Innovative Outreach effort

2012-03-09 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Brilliant! I too had got questions when I wore my old Wikipedia t-shirt in Coimbatore and Chennai. Only, I never managed to explain properly and it was in a Local Bus [in CBE] and train [in CHN]. I'd sure love to board a Duronto, just because it is non stop and I have a long time on board it to do

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] RFC over hindi wiki bureaucrat actions

2012-03-09 Thread John Vandenberg
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you very much for bringing this up Hyothis. Bala and I [Tamil guys] had discussed this back in December. Editing the Hindi Wikipedia was slight pain, because someone seemed to have set up filters such