Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Notes on Mediawiki Hackathon 2017, Vienna, Austria

Thanks indeed for this. Shared via FSUG-Goa and ILUG-Goa mailing lists! FN On 22 May 2017 at 07:03, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Hi friends, > > Got an opportunity to attend the mediawiki hackathon 2017 at vienna, > austria on May 19,21 and 22. > > Here are my notes on the event. > > Day 1 - https://g

[Wikimediaindia-l] Meet up at the Konkani Wikipedia 'tinto' (village pump)

*Volunteers needed there: http://bit.ly/2mbos1m * ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe fr

[Wikimediaindia-l] Barkha Datt's comments about the Wikipedia

At around 1:04:50- 1:04:55 of this discussion [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3RhsO9q_y8], the Indian television anchor Barkha Dutt complains: "Wikipedia says I have three husbands. I've not met them yet." Is her complaint true? If so, can it be rectified? If not, can it be clarified? FN --

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-l] Editors not understanding the context?

Thanks John. I don't intend to criticise anyone on the basis of age. Yet, to me, it seems quite problematic when someone who understands little or nothing about the cultural specificity of some distant geography goes about deleting with such speed. Sometime back, a prominent scholar who contribute

[Wikimediaindia-l] Editors not understanding the context?

How does one deal with editors who apparently do not understand the cultural context of what is being written? I created a page for one of the most noted [[Fado]] singers in India here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sirsat It was deleted in no time, and the reason given? (G11

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Wikisource Update September 2016

Sorry, I know this might not quite be an 'Indic' (language) question, but is there some way we could track the contribution to the English Wikipedia [ http://en.wikipedia.org] from India? Statistics? FN -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Butterfly(WLB)

On 30 August 2016 at 11:27, Ananya Mondal wrote: > Hello Wikipedians, > A URL in my last email was no correct, the correct URL is: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Atudu/ > Wiki_Loves_Butterfly > Thank you. > Have shared your note with an environmental group in Goa. FN --

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wanted: volunteers to complete profile of Goa writers

o fill these gaps. > > Thanks > Abhinav > > Sent from my iPad > > On 22-Aug-2016, at 3:23 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या > *فريدريك نورونيا wrote: > > [Sent out this note to some Goa mailing lists. Thinking of an edit-a-thon > here. Can someone help m

[Wikimediaindia-l] Two links... via Goa

Marathi Wikipedia (brief comment, FPJ) http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/912300/The-Free-Press-Journal-Mumbai-Edition/21-Aug-2016#page/16/2 Wikitravels... (Navhind Times) http://epaper.navhindtimes.in/mainpage.aspx?pdate=2016-08-21 Rgds, FN -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wanted: volunteers to complete profile of Goa writers

[Sent out this note to some Goa mailing lists. Thinking of an edit-a-thon here. Can someone help me to get permission for the mass creation of 10-20 accounts and the use of the same from a single IP address? This could happen in the next 2-3 weeks. --FN] Dear all: Pls see the following writer-rel

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikiconference India 2016 on Wikipedia

Dear all: Can we have a page on this issue here, if it's alright please: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016 If you agree, can you please help to improve it? FN -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha

[Wikimediaindia-l] Konkani Wikipedia

http://englishnews.thegoan.net/story.php?id=9499 -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1

[Wikimediaindia-l] Gadgil takes his Western Ghats crusade to Wikipedia

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/news/gadgil-takes-his-western-ghats-crusade-to-wikipedia/article8013203.ece Updated: December 21, 2015 05:39 IST Gadgil takes his Western Ghats crusade to Wikipedia Commercial spaces in Goa

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright law of India

I've sent a query asking Lawrence Liang too. FN On 24 March 2014 17:35, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > Hi Yann, I'm forwarding this mail to a noted lawyer who works on > copyrights. > Apart from this, I'm hoping some of the lawyers on this list respond to > this. > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India-Pakistan rivalry on English WP

A good idea. If I could help, let me know. I'm into editing... On 9 February 2014 01:51, Saqib Qayyum wrote: > Greetings from Karachi to my follow Wikimedians in India. > > I was actually thinking of writing a blog post for the WMIN chapter > official blog on the subjected issue. Wondering if s

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Need music clips available under Creative commons license

Maybe we could request musicians here (in Goa) to create these. What category of music is needed? FN _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ FN P +91-832-240-9490 M +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org _/ New from Goa,1556: http://bit.ly/TGIU-cover The G

[Wikimediaindia-l] Sept 26, Re-releasing the Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopedia) and building the Konkani Wikipedia.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re-release_of_Konkani_Vishwakosh_under_Creative_Commons_License_CC-BY-SA_3.0_-_Invite.pdf Re-releasing the Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopedia) and building the Konkani Wikipedia. On Sept 26, 2013, Thursday, at 10 am. Conference Hall, Goa University, Taleigao

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Getting a new language Wikipedia going...

; which script. > > Thanks, > Tejaswini > > On 11 March 2013 02:37, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك > نورونيا wrote: > >> Dear all: >> >> Konkani Wikipedia [http://bit.ly/14bTwAi] is in its incubation stage. We >> would like to attempt

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Status of Indian language wikipedias in 2012 and priorities, Telugu WP report

Isn't Konkani in incubation too? FN -- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org Goa,1556's updated list of books available on and from Goa: http://www.scribd.com/doc/76671049/Goa1556-Catalogue-Books-from-Goa On 22 January 2013 16:35, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote: > > >

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

Bishkha, Congrats! And please do something to push for flexible rules that take care of non-Western situations while crafting a global online encyclopedia. I feel that societies which don't have such a long tradition with the printed word (or are mostly oral societies) have a distinct disadvantage

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Promoting GLAM in Goa... at the Central Library, Panjim

ake forward? > > regards > Arun > > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या > *فريدريك نورونيا wrote: > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/8283347792/in/photostream >> -- >> FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec

Dear Nitika, Is it possible to get in touch with others who have been contributing to the Goa pages in the past? Also, some of us have bandwidth problems here, otherwise we would have contributed more. Is it possible to set up a small team to continue this process, in Goa itself, after the workshop

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec

Let me know if I could be of any help, as I'm based in Goa itself. The announcement for the event has already been uploaded by the Univ library staff and Dr Gopakumar to http://unigoa.ac.in/ (which is where I saw it). Have also shared it with Goanet, an 18-year-old volunteer network active in Goa