[Wikimediaindia-l] Mashable: Where Do Wikipedia Donations Go? Outgoing Chief Warns of Corruption

Mashable: Where Do Wikipedia Donations Go? Outgoing Chief Warns of Corruption http://mashable.com/2013/10/17/wikipedia-donation-corruption/ When Wikipedia decided to roll out an aggressive fundraising effort a few years ago, the free encyclopedia came with a remarkably effective battle plan. For

[Wikimediaindia-l] The Hindu: One story, two sides

The Hindu: One story, two sides http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/one-story-two-sides/article5124147.ece School textbooks in India and Pakistan present divergent views on historical events. The History Project attempts a truce. Here are two versions of the same sequence of events. One:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Few concerns

izing team of the WikiConference India 2011 event. My request to anyone interested in following up on this issue is to perhaps consider contacting the concerned persons directly and see if they are able to resolve the issue for you in a manner that is satisfactory. Kind Regards, Anirudh Bhati On

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Few concerns

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Bishakha Datta wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Shyamal L. wrote: > >> >> * Wikiculture - Deal with issues not the persons raising them - what >> matters more than who. >> > > I want to strongly endorse this in my personal capacity and urge that

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikipedia.in

Great news! Thank you for the update. Kind Regards, Anirudh On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Pranav Curumsey wrote: > As announced on the chapter members mailing list a few days ago, the > domain Wikipedia.in has been procured by WMF for us after many attempts > over the years. > > For now it r

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food

Addendum: I know that the original proposal is to have an 'online' event, however it was not a substantive proposal. In such cases, please feel free to ask interested participants to contact you off-list in order to follow up. Thanks, again Anirudh Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Hello,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography event on Indian food

Hello, all Given the large amount of traffic on this list, may I suggest that discussions relevant for one city/project be conducted no your respective city or project specific lists? I think Wikimedia Pune list would be suitable for such discussions. Please feel free to send in reports or any o

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Servers in India for Wikipedia & other Wiki projects

Hi, Srikanth Yes, if the Wikimedia Foundation sets up servers in India they will have to comply with local regulations, which is something they may not be too keen on. SEA-ME-WE 4 is a bottleneck for India and many other countries in the region, and we can expect that the private players collabor

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Status of membership applcation to Wikimedia India Chapter

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Niraj Suryawanshi < niraj.suryawan...@gmail.com> wrote: > We would be glad if anyone can help us over this and not by someone who is > callow enough to say "The India mailing list isn't exactly a place to ask > such questions as it'd be a privacy violation". > Nir

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] WMF Grant and FDC

Cheers, Pranav! This is great news and is the result of the hard-work of the EC team and our Executive Manager. Looking forward to WMIN's upcoming programs. Kind Regards, Anirudh On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Pranav Curumsey wrote: > Hiya, > > This is to inform you that the WMF has approved

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [A2K]: Introducing Dr. U.B Pavanaja, Consultant - Indian languages

Hello all, I haven't seen a job announcement related to the relevant position either on the Wikimedia India (WMI?) mailing list or on any of the local mailing lists. Thanks, Anirudh On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Vishnu t wrote: > Dear Pradeep, > > Thank you for your wishes. We are indeed ha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] women and technology

On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Arun Ramarathnam wrote: > When at the workshop, the girls began to create articles on Wiki, *male > editors were quick to pull them down*. “This can be intimidating for > anyone, and more so for girls.” Instead of spending the time creating a > template to delete,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia and indiawikipedia.com & wikipedia.in

Hi Sumana - please direct all communications concerning legal matters to the Wikimedia India chapter directly as these matters may not be suitable for discussion on a public mailing list. Thanks, ASB. On Tue, Mar 5, 2013, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > Daniel Zahn of Wikimedia Foundation's Opera

[Wikimediaindia-l] Legolas2186

Hi all, I don't think this has been discussed yet. An editor from India with the handle Legolas2186 has been indef'd from the English Wikipedia due to years of fabrication of sources on articles related to Madonna, Lady Gaga and other artistes. Here are a few relevant links: http://www.dailydot

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: You have been unsubscribed from WikiMedia India

Hi Ashwin, Subscriptions to Wikimedia mailing lists exist independent of Nabble. The status of any user's subscription to Nabble is unconnected with their status of subscription of Wikimedia mailing lists. Thanks, Anirudh On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > List admin, Is i

[Wikimediaindia-l] Posts to list by new subscribers

Hi all, from now on, all emails sent by new subscribers to this mailing list will be held for moderator approval. thanks, Anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing prefer

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chapter Misleading Community!

at has been said that goes to prove that CIS regularly funds > chapter activities. > > > > > Regards, > Abhishek Suryawanshi, > On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Anirudh Bhati > wrote: >> >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chapter Misleading Community!

Abhishek, I noticed that you have been repetitively raising the same issues over and over again. The members of the Executive Committee of Wikimedia India and Sunil@CIS have already responded to your questions. It is clear to us all that some members of the Executive committee will be travelling

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

Posting content from the link the Karthik provided: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/February_11,_2013 *Date and Time* February 11, 2013, 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm *How to connect ?* IRC Channel at #wikimedia-in connect

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] How to set up a SIG?

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) wrote: > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan > wrote: >> >> Becoming a member is pretty easy. It costs INR 100 to join and requires a >> single form to be filled and sent across. > > > Actually, it isn't. As Bence is not an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal for India's First MediaWiki Group Ahmedabad

I don't see the bunch of coders representing their case over on this list. I see Harsh as an active volunteer, who else is active? On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Arun Ganesh wrote: > Let me (take the effort) to skip through the many lines of diplomacy. What I > understand: > > Bunch of coders

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter Anniversary

Thank you for posting this, Sudhanwa. It was an absolute pleasure serving through my term with the WMIN EC. I wish the new board best of luck with their efforts towards promoting Wikimedia in India and supporting the communities of volunteers. Kind Regards, Anirudh On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:36

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian profile on Wikimedia India Chapter wiki

Thanks, Netha, for your help and support! Kind Regards, Anirudh On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Dhaval S. Vyas wrote: > Hi Netha, > > Very good initiative. I would suggest we have profiles of all the Indian > language wikimedians who were recognised as Noteworthy Wikimedian > Contributors during

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-mum] Fw: [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF Trustee

The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has very little to do with how policies are formulated on the English Wikipedia project. ASB. On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا wrote: > Bishkha, Congrats! And please do something to push

[Wikimediaindia-l] A Wikipedia Mini-hackathon in Delhi (CIS India)

FYI, folks. -- Forwarded message -- From: Sumana Harihareswara Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:40 AM Subject: [Wmfcc-l] A Wikipedia Mini-hackathon in Delhi (CIS India) To: Communications Committee User:Yuvipanda led this event. http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/mini-hackathon-de

[Wikimediaindia-l] TechCrunch: $50 Android Smartphones Are Disrupting Africa Much Faster Than You Think, Says Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales

FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Amit Kapoor Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 5:09 AM Subject: [Wmfcc-l] TechCrunch: $50 Android Smartphones Are Disrupting Africa Much Faster Than You Think, Says Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales To: Communications Committee http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/10/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] Bangalore meetup #51

Good stuff! :) On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Arun Ramarathnam wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > You are welcome to join this event on youtube here: > http://youtu.be/cBHYcIuK3CA > > Ravi is about to start speaking on Wikivoyage in a few mins. > > regards > Arun > > Arun Ramarathnam > Bangalore,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Warning? (was: Universal Language Selector)

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 2:59 AM, praveenp wrote: > Unlike your replay to the thread, my main concern was about ULS. But, I > cannot help myself from poking those who try to use thread for being a > pundit using some negligible differences.:-) > I am not even sure what you were trying to convey t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > Again: Let's not make up controversy. > No one is trying to rake up a controversy. This is a polite discussion, at least on my part, so I will appreciate if you do not allude otherwise. I have presented an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > So are the words "India" and "Indian". If this logic is true, then the > English name of the Republic of India, and the name of this mailing > list would be derogatory as well. Evidently, to most people they

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Anivar Aravind wrote: > factually incorrect . > Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_scripts > The article you refer to lacks proper citations. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

4, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > ‪“We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ > > > 2012/11/14 Anirudh Bhati : > &g

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic languages (was Re: Spoken Wikipedia for Indic Languages)

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > If he didn't explain it, then you can presume that it's wrong. There's > nothing to discuss, and there's nothing wrong with saying "Indic > languages". > The word "Indic" refers generally to the Indo-Aryan f

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] Quark 2013 at BITS Goa

1-3 February 2013, according to the email sent above. :) On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > When is the event supposed to happen? I can join in from Bangalore if I'm > free. > > > On Saturday, November 10, 2012, Anirudh Bhati wrote: >>

[Wikimediaindia-l] Quark 2013 at BITS Goa

-- From: Vishal Jain Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:42 PM Subject: Workshop during Quark 2013 To: "Anirudh Bhati" Dear Sir, Hope you are having a great day. Foremost we would like to express our gratitude for the interest that you have shown to our proposal. We are aware of the Hack

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Resigning from the post of volunteer co-ordinator of WP:INCOTM

This email falls within the ambit of the topics that can be discussed on this mailing list. Since Pratik is moving out of the project, it makes sense to send a message to the larger list in order to recruit potential volunteers who may be up for the task. Given how we discuss all sorts of regiona

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Resigning from the post of volunteer co-ordinator of WP:INCOTM

Thank you, Pratik, for all the wonderful work you have done around India COTM. Sincerely, anirudh On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Pratik Lahoti wrote: > Hi all. > > Hope you are doing good. > > This is to inform you all that due to academic reasons, *I wish to step > down from the post of vol

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help needed for WLM

The members of the juries ideally should not participate in the contest. That, of course, should prevent them from participating in the event itself - which involves taking good pictures and uploading them to the Commons. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Karthik Nadar wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] #GOIBlocks list contains Wikipedia too

Ineffective blocks, but it still works. http://stats.grok.se/en/latest60/Persecution_of_Muslims_in_Burma On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Karthik Nadar wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> As feared a few months back[0], censorship has begun[

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] IRC: Social Media pilot

Once you log in to the webchat server on freenode, type " /join #wikimedia-office " On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Arjun Mangol Kanoth wrote: > Erm, I think ive got in in the wrong channel? I don't see anyone there :S > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Noopur Raval wrote: >> >> Dear all, >>

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimapia switches to CC-BY-SA

Just so that everyone here is on the same page, Wikimapia is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation, the US-based non-profit which operates Wikipedia and other sister projects. On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Arun Ganesh wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Anirudh Bha

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimapia switches to CC-BY-SA

I would assume that the "data" they are referring to is the user-generated content on their website. They cannot license the maps themselves under CC BY-SA since those are licensed to them by Google. See below: Terms of Service: [...] F. All User Submissions of all users and all Wikimapia Data

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] HT City, New Delhi : Wiki meet for Delhi tomorrow

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Theo10011 wrote: > > > I'm confused here for a moment, so I have to ask- Who is Abhishek > Suryawanshi? I have started and ran the first few Delhi meetups, and never > met or heard of Abhishek. > > Is he on the list? or can anyone give me his username? I'm curious

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] HT City, New Delhi : Wiki meet for Delhi tomorrow

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > The statement, "Abroad, they have a > page on each street and every good place," makes it sound like a Tourist > Guide of sorts. > Am I the only one who feels this way? Pages about streets and local buildings don't have to sound like

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] HT City, New Delhi : Wiki meet for Delhi tomorrow

Published in HT City, New Delhi June 8, 2012 Wiki meet for Delhi tomorrow If you think Wikipedia doesn’t have the real good stuff on Delhi or just doesn’t get the city right, tomorrow is your chance to change that. The open source knowledge website is holding a meet-up in Hauz Khas on Sunday, and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Noopur, thank you for posting the report. I have a few questions for the > India Programs team which I have listed under, would appreciate if you > could respond: > > 1. How do you plan on scaling the Social Media pilot

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Update on Social Media Pilot

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Barry Newstead (WMF) < bnewst...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Just a brief note on the 8% retention rate of a pilot that is not yet two > months old and has the potential for significant further refinement and > improvement. This is a high retention rate based on data

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Community Building Pilot Update: Fantastic Story from Assam

For those interested, the statistics are available here: http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaAS.htm The number of active users (ie. those with more than 5+ edits per month) was 31, and the number of very active editors (ie. those with more than 100+ edits per month) remained approximately

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiWomenCamp and WikiGenero-Buenos Aires, Participation

thank you for the report, netha! hopefully, we'll see more women participation focused workshops and meetups coming up in your hometown soon! ;-) best, anirudh On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Netha Hussain wrote: > Hola! > > Greetings from Buenos Aires! > > I am User: Netha Hussain (1), writ

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimania 2012 scholarships

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Karthik Nadar wrote: > Was just been to Mahalakshmi > (Mumbai) yesterday, > and hence found out another US visa consulate. > That one is a VFS-US office. Consular operations for the US mission are locate

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:04 AM, wrote: > I believe Aditya sent one when this thing first cropped up on this list. > Philippe is referring to the page source, not the screenshot. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay wrote: > Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to be > involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad > injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of inkfruit? > For people w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay wrote: > Ok then can we not make the default version the https one like say google > does. This will not be a permanent solution, I'm afraid. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediai

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedians work for personal satisfaction, not politics or personal gain

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay wrote: > Seriously? I don't mean to be rude here but I'd really don't think that is > the way it was meant to be interpreted. I mean, if I say Ashwin is > kind-hearted, doesn't mean I'm calling every other community member > heartless. My tw

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press] Malayalm Wikipedia could be emulated

Malayalam Wikipedia could be emulated Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/malayalam-wikipedia-could-be-emulated/253196-60-116.html KOLLAM: From the seven-year-olds Achu Kulangara, Aswin and Sai Ram to the 70-year-old A J Johnson, all delegates were busy attending sessions. The Malayalam wikipedia

[Wikimediaindia-l] [OT] We have resolution!

Finally! This answers the long-standing question... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17769677 Best, anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.w

[Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Wikiacademy at LD College of Engineering, Ahmedabad

Greetings from Ahmedabad! I am here sitting with Konarak Ratnakar and Harsh Kothari, very enthusiastic contributors to English and Gujarati Wikimedia projects. They have organized a Wikiacademy at LD College of Engineering, scheduled on 24 April 2012. The main focus of these event is training po

[Wikimediaindia-l] Ashwin Baindur and Shyamal interviewed by the Signpost

Congratulations Ashwin and Shyamal! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-04-16/WikiProject_report Best, anirdh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailin

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question about outreach sessions

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I have tried this method. Bala and I during the Coimbatore meetup > in December, just said that the session would be more indepth compared > to the previous one. > This is a nice example of separating

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question about outreach sessions

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:53 AM, Arnav Sonara wrote: > "*Where and how else can your voice be heard thousands of times round the > world by different people?*" > Posing such a question in the context of image and file uploads may be fine. However, if we attempt at recruiting editors saying that

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question about outreach sessions

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > On 04/09/2012 08:00 AM, wikimediaindia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.orgwrote: > > Odia Wikipedia Outreach Programs in Odisha > > This was a very interesting and comprehensive report -- thank you, > Mrutyunjaya Kar! > > I noticed this: >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (no subject)

Please don't click on the spam link. I have unsubscribed Swapnil from the mailing list and sent him a warning. On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Swapnil Narendra wrote: > http://evokephotography.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/liz-comment-counter-by-ozh/fjgvkd.html > > _

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Outreach at Itanagar

"A very strong argument can be made for quitting presentations altogether and relying only on the internet. A number of students created their accounts." I like this part! I don't think we can do away with presentations completely, but the presentations should never overshadow the live training a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Chennai Unofficial Wikimedia Hackathon Report

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > I have done some blogging about the Chennai hackathon. Really good news is > that one of the tools, the "Random Good WP India article tool" is now > available on line at srik.me/WPIndia. > OMG! I love this. The first article that

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Program: Pilot Designs

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Hisham wrote: > Story-telling for Community > Building > is > the work that Noopur just announced (and as illustrated by the profile on > Netha) - where we want to celebrate the diversity

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

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > Hi, > > A bunch of observations: > 1. I've never seen such scrutiny of any Wikipedian's contributions. I'm > disappointed also to see this scrutiny being done by only a section of the > community. I think the Indian community needs to spe

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-in-del] GLAM meetup 1: Crafts museum

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Vickram Crishna wrote: > Actually, you are mailing the entire list. The instructions for quitting the > list are at the bottom of every email, but I am repeating it here at the top > for your convenience: > Note: I have unsubscribed her. > >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate?

to avoid flooding this one. Here is the list > address: wlm...@lists.wmnederland.nl. > Just passing it for your information so that we can have more focused > discussions there. > Thanks! > Noopur > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Anirudh Bhati > wrote: >> >

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate?

FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Lodewijk Date: Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:27 AM Subject: [Internal-l] Wiki Loves Monuments - will your country participate? To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)" Hi all, we're well on our way getting started w

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Lesson from the past: Photowalks and other events

f >> they already exist or if there is a justifiable reason to create a new >> one you can create those and add the cat to these files. >> >> Though, I would suggest we all refrain from adding too many categories. I >> was asked on Commons not to add more than 1-2

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Lesson from the past: Photowalks and other events

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Noopur wrote: > Just to add to what Konarak and Ashwin said, I am guilty as charged. We kept > the Category:Ahmedabad_1 to avoid flooding the popular category. It was > decided to serve as the ''maintenance category'' but none of us really got > around to transfer

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report: Wiki workshop @ IIT Delhi

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Agreed. We can't have articles for eachand every college fest. I said > the same thing at NITT. Though I believe Pragyan scraped thru the > Notability border because it was ISO certified. That simply depends on whether the event pass

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 in Chittagong

Forwarding a report published by Wikimedia Bangladesh regarding an unconference organized in Chittagong. According to Tanvir, at least 300 participants attended. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tanvir Rahman Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bangla Wik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

Business Insider gave a $5bn valuation to Wikipedia in 2010. So yeah, that's a big market for spammers. anirudh On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Ramesh N G wrote: > I was really amazed on the discussion on the ads on the wikipedia. > Looking at the snapshot, it could really some virus or adwa

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Rahul Dravid

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 wrote: > Hi > > Now th

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

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > IEP volunteers >> > > This is another branding going on to side line wikipedia editors. > Remember once a person start editing in Wikipedia they are wikipedians. > But here we are branding and sidelining them to prove our POV. > No one is "bra

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

n't impose our decision on the community > or the India Programs, Although I personally see Chapter as a subset of the > larger community. > I did not express an opinion or a view. Please look up the dictionary definition. I think we have had enough distractions from the main issue

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

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:24 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > Theo, > > *" Err... I have no idea who or what implied that. "* > > I am referring to your previous full time and paid work for the Wikimedia > Foundation 2010-2011 > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_contractors#Indivi

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

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Hisham wrote: > > > On Mar 7, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Hisham wrote: > >> >> Nothing is conducted solely by India Program - and hence I said >> "supported." Everyt

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

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Tinu, > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM, CherianTinu Abraham > wrote: > >> If it matters, if you have read the MoA or the Chapters agreement of the >> Wikimedia India Chapter or most of the chapters, the Fou

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

Tinu, On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > If it matters, if you have read the MoA or the Chapters agreement of the > Wikimedia India Chapter or most of the chapters, the Foundation and > Chapters are independent organizations. Wikimedia Foundation is NOT a > parent organi

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

e staff working for them. The Secretary ( > volunteer) of the Dutch chapter is also a Foundation Full time Contractor. > > Hope that clarifies > > -TC > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Shij

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

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > Shiju, you and Subhashish have been volunteers but now you are paid >> contractors hired by the Foundation. Any work you do within the purview of >> your contractual relationship with the Foundation will be work as a paid >> contractor and canno

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

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > I am replying to this mail as a *Malayalam wikimedia community member*. > > > Fact: Subhashish, *former volunteer*, and now paid consultant with India >> Programs. >> > > What do you mean by this? I Shiju Alex is a Indic language wikipedian now

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

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: > hi, > > >> I don't think it's a good idea to separate the chapter and the community. >> The chapter is a membership-based organization and by definition an >> umbrella organization which represents the community. There is no reason >> fo

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

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Hisham wrote: > > Nothing is conducted solely by India Program - and hence I said > "supported." Everything is conducted by the community - sometimes under > the aegis of the Chapter and sometimes independently. The support that we > have provided varies - from

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Great NITT fiasco ...

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Gautam John wrote: > On 29 February 2012 17:55, Sushant R wrote: > >> so u agre? gud. cos u scrwd up n did it big tym. >> u don hav a lptop, no isssus. get 1. can't afford one? get lost. >> v aint got no place 4 ppl lyk u. > > Whoa there! Be nice. Don't bite. And p

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Great NITT fiasco ...

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Noopur wrote: > And regarding an 'informal agreement', I am not trying to pinch here but an > 'informal MoU' kind of sounds self-contradictory, no? Also it would be great > if we could have a copy of it publicly, just for future reference on > informal/formal exten

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Great NITT fiasco ...

Noopur, Our websites are top 10 in terms of use and access in this country. A large proportion of Internet users in India are aware of Wikipedia, if not more of our projects. So, to characterize the movement as nascent would be inaccurate. :-) Most of us, when invited to speak at institutions a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Images in wikipedia

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:02 PM, nischay nahata wrote: > Like in sites like facebook and also in google image-search..on hover > the images pop-out in larger size and then on clicking they open in a > new page.. > You can activate popups from your preferences/settings after logging in to activate

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Good news. > I guess this means the Chapter can receive funding from the Foundation and > other foreign bodies? No, just the Foundation and a specific amount for now. > > ___ > Wikimediain

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission

Barry Newstead, for their help and guidance throughout. We are working out the modalities of actual implementation of getting funds into Chapter Bank account and will keep you updated. On behalf of the Wikimedia India, Anirudh Bhati Treasurer, Wikimedia India

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Should be. Yes. However do remember, new users editing was on a steady > decline thru 2010. To add to it, remember the IEP and the negative > publicity it generated. Enough to scare new users away. > I don

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Th life cycle theory is very much applicable here. I've come across > several retired editors who retired because they were students who now > had work commitments or working people who wanted to free up s

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

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

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimedia-in-en] GLAM-India: Wikipedia and NHHM collaboration

FYI. -- Forwarded message -- From: Ashwin Baindur Date: Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-IN-PUN] [Wikimedia-in-en] GLAM-India: Wikipedia and NHHM collaboration To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians in Pune, India" < wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org> This is s

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [cultural-partners] GLAM-India: Wikipedia and NHHM collaboration

Thank you for posting this, Noopur. Congratulations on finding this wonderful opportunity for collaboration with the state institution. With regard to "oral citations", you will need to see if the local Wikipedia communities accept them as sources. On the English Wikipedia, for instance, an audi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Museums access for photographers

excited by this idea of > putting Calico museum on the Wikipedia map. > I'll try look for her contact details but your best bet would be to > write to her on Facebook and tell her about this. I hope this helps. > Cheers > Noopur > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Anir

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: Building a new Legal and Community Advocacy Department & Promotion of Philippe Beaudette

the Ordinary Wikipedian? > -- > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > >> This is for your information. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Anirudh Bhati >> >> >> -- Forwarded message -- >> From: Geoff Brigham >> D

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Museums access for photographers

Just put it up on [[Hindu wedding]] http://enwp.org/Hindu_wedding On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the Chapter could write a letter of request? > As for the picture, it looks great! > > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Yann Fo

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