Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

2012-03-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
+1 to WDD. Also, let us NOT mix Social Media with Wikipedia. I don't want people posing 'Wl u be mai frnd' on my Talk page. Social Media and Wikipedia, is a big NONO. I realised this back in 2010 when I was trying to use Twitter to get more Wikipedians. On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:05 PM,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team

2012-03-26 Thread wheredevelsdare
1. Report - Pradeep has covered that. Lets not link this to wci 12. 2. Video - We got the dvds in Jan but had some trouble converting/uploading to Youtube, we are working on this and hope to close this asap. Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:41:25 +0530 From: parakara.gh...@gmail.com To:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

2012-03-26 Thread Aditya Sengupta
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 14:37, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Also, let us NOT mix Social Media with Wikipedia. I don't want people posing 'Wl u be mai frnd' on my Talk page. Social Media and Wikipedia, is a big NONO. I realised this back in 2010 when I was trying to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

2012-03-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
I'd send it privately as a mil to you alone. I did it as a volunteer. Remember, the WMF has hired someone to do the same. They may have more 'working' ideas. On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Aditya Sengupta apsengu...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 14:37, Srikanth Ramakrishnan

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

2012-03-26 Thread Aditya Sengupta
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 15:14, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: I'd send it privately as a mil to you alone. I did it as a volunteer. Remember, the WMF has hired someone to do the same. They may have more 'working' ideas. Of course. Of course. But perhaps an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team

2012-03-26 Thread Aditya Sengupta
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 14:53, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: 1. Report - Pradeep has covered that. Lets not link this to wci 12. Or perhaps there could be a rain check on WCI-12 till the report is out? So that whoever is working on WCI-12 can learn from past mistakes? And get stuff

[Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation for 2nd Bhubaneswar Meetup

2012-03-26 Thread Mrutyunjaya Kar
Dear All, The 2nd Bhubaneswar meetup (http://goo.gl/AccU6) is planned for Sunday 1st April 2012 (Odisha day), from 1030 to 1230 hrs at Webrains Solutions Private Limited, Infocity, Near Gulf Club, Bhubaneswar by Odia Wiki Community. One community meetup between the existing Odia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

2012-03-26 Thread Gautam John
On 26 March 2012 14:37, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Also, let us NOT mix Social Media with Wikipedia. I don't want people posing 'Wl u be mai frnd' on my Talk page. Social Media and Wikipedia, is a big NONO. I'm curious. Why do you say, so? What are the other paths

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation for 2nd Bhubaneswar Meetup

2012-03-26 Thread ansuman
All the very best guys, Hope we will get new editors and remember I am always there to assist newbies. Let them and me know :-) On 26 March 2012 16:27, Mrutyunjaya Kar mkr...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, The 2nd Bhubaneswar meetup (http://goo.gl/AccU6) is planned for Sunday 1st April

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team

2012-03-26 Thread Mandar Kulkarni
Apart from the formal report, we still have not received the VDOs which were been promised in Nov. and nobody in the mailing list is commenting on that. Who owns that responsibility? If no body can take the ownership of that, why you cannot declare that we will not publish the VDOs or those

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team

2012-03-26 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Hi Mandar, I guess you are referring to the Videos of the 2011 Conference. It was answered earlier in this thread earlier http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2012-March/007738.html Btw I am not sure if all bold large fonts are considered the same way as all

[Wikimediaindia-l] Membership Drive for year 2012-13

2012-03-26 Thread Naveen Francis
Hi all, Greetings from the Wikimedia India ! We are pleased to announce that Wikimedia India chapter ( Registered Name: Wikimedia Chapter) membership applications for the year 2012-’13 has been started. You can find most of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the membership here

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon

2012-03-26 Thread Netha Hussain
Report of the First India WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon : The India WikiWomen Edit-a-Thon was held on 25th of March, 2012 from 11 30 to 14 00 IST. Eight people signed up for the event, but only four editors turned up for the event. The editors who participated in the Edit-a-thon were User: Nitika.t,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Programs Additional IRC: Thursday March 22nd @ 9pm IST(Open House) (#wikimedia-office)

2012-03-26 Thread Pradeep Mohandas
Is there a prize for answering these questions? These questions look odd without context/clarification. Pradeep On 26 March 2012 11:14, Hisham his...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Mar 26, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: Hi, The conversation is moving off topic. Perhaps the question

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team

2012-03-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Tinu, whether the videos and reports are out or not, the fact of the matter is that not many of those who didn't attend last time know what happened and this may result in noone volunteering. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ Wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation for 2nd Bhubaneswar Meetup

2012-03-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
All the very best to the Odisha team. May all your efforts be very successful. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon

2012-03-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Great job! I hope in Future, we can have more users and can span multiple languages. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences

[Wikimediaindia-l] My post to User:Prad2609

2012-03-26 Thread Srikeit
*[Something I posted as a message to Pradeep's talk page on his decision to retire from Wikipedia. But I think may make sense to many of you. Please ignore if you think I'm caballing]* * * *Why retire from here?* Remember the good old days? When we used to edit in our own cocoons? The only

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] My post to User:Prad2609

2012-03-26 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Don't worry Srikeit , That is a temporary phase. IIRC, he was out of the mailing list/s also some weeks/months back. :-) Let him take some wikiholidays and come back afresh. Regards -Sudhanwa On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote: [Something I posted as a message

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] My post to User:Prad2609

2012-03-26 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Srikeit, I agree with you. Personally, my edits in 2009 dipped heavily after I joined the list and I started going to offline meets. I myself had disabled deliveries from this list, only to create a new account for it. Sad. As for retirement, don't worry. I'd give him some time to think over it.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India 2012 - Bootstrap Team

2012-03-26 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
I didn't know the passion for continued volunteering for the Wikimedia movement was dependent on the availability of the videos of the WikiConference :P ( We should definitely add that as one of the key expectations for next Conference) The fact that those who didn't attend last time was their

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam Wiktionary reached 1 lakh mile stone!

2012-03-26 Thread Rajesh Pandey
Congratulations editors :) Cheers, Rajesh User:RajeshPandey On Mar 25, 2012 12:58 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations :-) ya please share more ! On 25 March 2012 10:07, Jobin Raju jobin...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations to all! With regards, Jobin Raju User: Jobin RV

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Malayalam Wiktionary reached 1 lakh mile stone!

2012-03-26 Thread Saroj Dhakal
Congrats ! Great news indeed ! On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Rajesh Pandey pandey.pan...@gmail.comwrote: Congratulations editors :) Cheers, Rajesh User:RajeshPandey On Mar 25, 2012 12:58 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations :-) ya please share more ! On 25 March

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] My post to User:Prad2609

2012-03-26 Thread wheredevelsdare
Please dont underestimate things - they are far more serious than they were in the past. Srikeit: The issues are far too serious to leave aside. There so much involved and things look so dark, I myself am at wits end. The question is does one have the time and energy to take them up or does