Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Santhosh Thottingal wins the President's Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman for 2019

Wonderful news and very well deserved. Congratulations Santosh! ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata Advisor position: Update

Conngratulations! Bodhi has been doing some amazing work with data pushes, very well deserved and excited to see whats ahead. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences

[Wikimediaindia-l] Inviting Wikimedians to OpenStreetMap Asia conference in Bengaluru Nov 17-18

Dear all, Many will already be aware of the new maps available on the wiki - Wikimedia Maps [1] which are created using data from the crowdsourced map data project - OpenStreetMap [2] that opens up possibilities like truly multiingual open maps [3] and geovisualizations [4] on the wiki. The

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi wrote: > And all such changes should be compliant of US law as the server is > located there, and should only work for Indian IP addresses only? > > >From the discussion on phabricator

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

Also made a demo with the language selector + the maps to switch the language easily: https://jsfiddle.net/planemad/Lcvp5p7x/ Thank you Santosh for the ULS ;) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

> > > I've seen the response of developer team and that's fair enough (to show > the areas as disputed). > >> >> We are in the middle of working through a task to clearly mark all areas >> where borders are in dispute between countries: https:// >> phabricator.wikimedia.org/T113008 >> >> I am not

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Featured Wikimedian] April 2018

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

> I regret that we may not be able to use it in India as POK and Aksai Chin > are not shown as parts of India. Not only does this hurts the sentiments of > Indian readers, it is also certain to draw flak from media, government and > Indian law enforcement agencies. If possible, please try to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

> > > Gladly. Our maps terms of use [2] state that we do allow use by third > parties, though there is a concern about over-use, so we request that third > parties "please respect our limited services and resources.” There are also > some specific requests about providing info, in case we need

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi wrote: > For some reason, it is showing names with different spellings instead of > the current spelling on OSM. Any idea why? > >> >> >> Links to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Maps for all Indic languages Wikimedia projects.

AMAZING! After a decade this has become a reality to have fully localized world maps! Naveen what is the policy on using these tiles, can we include it in openstreetmap.in ? ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in India

Based >> on wikidata] >> >> http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/governance/culture_monuments >> [Only National Monuments] >> >> >> Thanks, >> Naveen Francis >> <http://wikibooks.in> >> >> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 8:19 PM, Arun Ganesh <arun.plane

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in India

This is always an amazing documentation of our heritage. What is the easiest way to find a historic monument close to my location to photograph? There is a great list of monuments [1] but is there a geocoded version that we could explore on a map for more convenience? [1]

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Asia

Congrats Ravi! This is a great win for free knowledge in India after the example set by the TN govt. Really excited to see what new milestones we hit this year. On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Ravishankar wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks a lot for all your wishes. > > The Global

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Featured Wikimedian

This is so amazing. Thanks for highlighting such a beautiful project! On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Sanket Oswal wrote: > Greetings from Wikimedia India Chapter! > > It gives us immense pleasure to announce that the featured Wikimedian for > the month of September is

[Wikimediaindia-l] Indic maps OpenStreetMap

-turbo.eu/s/dkh -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Updates from the Global Tamil Wikimedia Community

Wow, this is quite an update. Amazing work, the many visible and invisible faces involved! -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Recruitment Announcement : Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter

To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?

own future. - *Swami Vivekananda* -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?

: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Step-by-step_user_group_creation_guide Thanks Asaf, that was helpful. -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Many user groups instead of One Chapter?

iPhone ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Hackathon 2013, Rakkar

preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [IEGCom] IEG announcements

/ Congratulations to all, and Arun Ganesh (User:Planemad) from India along with Hugo Lopez (User:Yug) from France, their project has been approved, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimaps_Atlas. Arun, I look forward to seeing the developments as you move ahead with this project

[Wikimediaindia-l] Request for a mediawki hackathon during Congress Everywhere at Dharamshala

to that decision. In the meantime do share this with any community member you might know in the Delhi/North area. Queries on the proposal are also invited on the talk page of the proposal. [1] http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Ghoomakad -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad

[Wikimediaindia-l] Request to review the Wikimaps Atlas Grant

to be the open source map engine that brings together Wikidata, Commons and Openstreetmap. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Yug [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimaps -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - March '13

To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-chn] Wikimedia India needs your support: Our First Fundraiser

.* * * * * * * *--* *Thanks and regards,* *Karthik Nadar,* *Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.* ___ Wikimedia-in-chn mailing list wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-chn -- Arun Ganesh (planemad

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

I don't understand the interpretation that longitude-latitude co-ordinates of the placemarks cannot be stored / used with the places. These do not belong to Google. Wikimapia is a tool for geocoding - allowing someone to derive coordinate values from some source, in this case, copyright

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

The short reply is, if you dont like google and their terms of service, dont use it! Its a little unfair to use someone's service and then call them villain if you did not read or like the fine print. The primary issue with wikimapia is that google derived data is mixed with direct user

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] TOI:Urdu Wikipedia to be up and running in June

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.gh...@gmail.com wrote: Seeing the recent state of affairs wrt Internet and information, I think the Government of India WOULD want to create a 'new' Urdu project where they CAN have control over what goes on and what doesn't.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] TOI:Urdu Wikipedia to be up and running in June

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Noopur Raval nra...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hey folks, Here's another similar story in today's Indian Express: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/to-counter-pak-india-to-launch-its-own-urdu-wiki/957849/ There was supposed to be a meeting on Monday with the

[Wikimediaindia-l] TOI:Urdu Wikipedia to be up and running in June

This article in today's Times of India left me puzzled. This is not related to the Urdu wikipedia is it? excerpt: Mooted by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), instituted by the human resource development ministry, the project is likely to be up and running in June.

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

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: As always Theo, thank you for your incisive analytical insights. Assuming one were to use social media for outreach, how would you do it

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

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:12 AM, LiAnna Davis lda...@wikimedia.org wrote: Thanks for sharing these results so far, Noopur! That being said, I'm really glad to see this experimented with in places other than the United States. I think the early results Noopur shared from India and what we've

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] With Due Regrets

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 28 May 2012 19:56, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.com wrote: As far as the issue - to put it plainly, I developed an idea to improve educational sector using social media. But now I find that some

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] With Due Regrets

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Thanks for the responses. @Gautham : Thanks to u for ur swift responses. @Ashwin : Thanks, Ashwin Ji called directly and we had a small discussion about my concern. @Arun : Here is the link

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Mediawiki version upgrade

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Yes Mark, it is the one. Will really appreciate if it is fixed ASAP! On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Mark A. Hershberger m...@wikimedia.orgwrote: On 05/10/2012 04:07 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas wrote: There is already bug

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Mediawiki version upgrade

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Yes Srikant, I am following the bug so am aware that its approaching closure. Arun, This email is for you, probably you might consider doing some research, as Srikant did, before making such silly comments on a wider

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Mediawiki version upgrade

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Arun, In fact I am sorry. Sorry for taking the real bunter so seriously and personally, sorry for having a go at you. Guys here kept on convincing me that it was a joke, but I was blinded so much in my false anger.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Introduction - Arun

*Subject:* [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Introduction - Arun Congrats Arun! (Not that he needs introduction on this list) -- Forwarded message -- From: *Arun Ganesh* arun.plane...@gmail.com Date: Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:46 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Introduction - Arun

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Question about outreach sessions

While doing wikipedia/osm workshops, I make it a point to start with the Why am I doing this and what do I gain by being here section. This lets everyone understand what the open movement and community is about, and what I personally gained/gain by being a part of it. After this, I let everyone

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Outreach at Itanagar

I had the good fortune of accompanying Ashwin, where I conducted workshops on the OpenStreetMap project [1]. It was a unique learning as well as a fun experience to do this along with him. These kind of outreach efforts, especially to less connected areas like the northeast are extremely

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia India: Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad, January 2012

Wow, great job guys! I feel bad I could not make it despite being in ahmedabad due to some other commitments. i managed to do my small bit by giving a talk to nid students encouraging them to upload their work to commons :) -- j.mp/ArunGanesh ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Commons being blocked in most places.

On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Pradeep Mohandas pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com wrote: hi, Commons was blocked in my college too. All it took for me to get it unblocked was a 25 min conversation with Head of IT dept. She did the needful to unblock Commons. Suggest talking to the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] third remaider to stop the mail.

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.comwrote: I think this instruction has been sent to this ID more than once. What is the practice with WP mailing lists elsewhere in the world, when listmembers persist in ignoring replies and continue to spam the list with

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna vvcris...@radiophony.com wrote: That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go to court? Court? that's a bit extreme. This opportunity

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

We also have media from commons included in the textbooks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/arunganesh/6192169089/in/photostream There's no mention or credit anywhere of course. Atleast we know that wikipedia has been an important source for creating these books :) -- j.mp/ArunGanesh

[Wikimediaindia-l] WCI 2011 Registrations: SBI maestro payment not accepted

Is anyone facing an issue paying with maestro SBI debit card? I left the expiry date and cvv numbers blank (since SBI cards do not have them) and transaction was rejected. Can someone confirm that it is a real problem? -- j.mp/ArunGanesh http://j.mp/ArunGanesh

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:23, Jayanta Nath jayanta...@gmail.com wrote: This kind of mail should not be accepted. The problem is people giving list addresses and going ahead to verify them(I dont know how they

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] unsubscribe your mail.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:13 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: Kindly use the link at the bottom of the page to unsubscribe yourself. Requesting all those who want to unsubscribe to do so themselves via the link at the bottom of each email from the list and STOP sending such requests to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Please change it - Indian Maps on Wikipedia

Best would be to tell him to correct it if it is wrong, in true wikipedia spirit :) On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:10 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: My only intention was to ask the community on how to handle such mails or request. -TC On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] ‘Kanaja’ now accessible for the blind too.. How about wikipedia?

He was from this group called Third Eye in Chennai http://thirdeyetvg.com . They support student volunteers to develop accessible technology. On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.comwrote: During the chennai meetup, one gentlemen had told us people from

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: National Flag of India

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: AFAIK the limitation applies only toi: ...trade, business, certain calling or profession, or in the title of any patent, or in any trade mark or design This is not the case here so it should be fine. It also says:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India Government plans to regulate blogs and user generated content.

This is such a shame. And once again, the government's favorite line makes an appearance in the draft: *3.2 (j) threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India map and indian laws

As someone who created many of the Indian maps on wikipedia, this is a serious issue which needs a decision as it has been in the gray for quite a while. I have stopped my contribution of Indian maps ever since i realized that my work could have legal repercussions. For now, all the maps come with

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Note on Wikimedia stall at FOSS.in

I have updated it with feedback and other findings while manning the stall. -- j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Note on Wikimedia stall at FOSS.in

hah, thanks guys, im always ready to help if i'm free. luckily i was :) On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpna...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks, Arun. I really appreciate your help and work at the FOSS.in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian flag standards

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 16 April 2010 12:39, Zachary Harden zharde...@yahoo.co.jp wrote: To improve the accuracy on the sections dealing with the construction of the flag. Most importantly to me, the SVG file of the Indian flag will be