[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K draft work plans July 2015 to June 2016

2015-04-01 Thread Vishnu
round of FDC proposal here[2]. We intend to revise these draft work plans based on your and FDC feedback in July, 2015, subject to grant support from FDC. Best, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_July_2015_-_June_2016

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] IRC with Punjabi Wikipedia Community on March 11 at 9 PM (IST)

2015-03-11 Thread Vishnu
potential. Best wishes, Vishnu On 03/10/2015 09:45 PM, Tito Dutta wrote: That's a nice thinking. Good wishes.:) On 10 March 2015 at 20:24, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu ravidre...@wikimedia.in mailto:ravidre...@wikimedia.in wrote: Hi, May I invite the larger Wikimedia community to join us

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] New Free Research Accounts via the Wikipedia Library

2015-03-04 Thread Vishnu T
Please see the below email about free access to online academic resources. Do encourage deserving Wikimedians, whom you know, to apply. Best, Vishnu -- Forwarded message -- From: Jake Orlowitz jorlow...@gmail.com Date: Tuesday, 3 March 2015 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New Free

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Train the Trainer Program

2015-03-03 Thread Vishnu
Dear Sankarshan On 03/03/2015 11:21 PM, sankarshan wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:17 AM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com wrote: This is the second such event held in India, the first one was in 2013. Has there been an outreach to the participants from 2013 asking them to document (in form

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Quarterly Reports (Announcement)

2015-02-28 Thread Vishnu
/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Progress_report_form/Q2 Apologies for the delayed submission of the first quarterly report. Best, Vishnu User:Visdaviva ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Train the Trainer Program

2015-02-26 Thread Vishnu
Dear Sudhanwa, Srikanth and Ashwin, Thank you for your wishes! This has been conveyed to all the participants. You can follow the live feed on Twitter with hashtag #CISA2KTTT (: Best, Vishnu On 02/26/2015 01:49 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: We eagerly look forward to blogs, tweets discussion

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Train the Trainer Program

2015-02-25 Thread Vishnu
was in 2013. For more details see the event page here [1]. Best, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2015 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Steward Candidate Submissions are open

2015-01-25 Thread Vishnu T
+1 Srikanth. Vishnu On Sunday, 25 January 2015, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote: Would be great to see a few candidates. Better still would be to have some stewards from the subcontinent. On 25-Jan-2015 9:41 am, Jyothis E jyothi...@gmail.com wrote: All, 2015 election

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Train-the-Trainer Programme - 2015 (Announcement)

2015-01-14 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Srikanth, We are exploring possibilities of holding this in other cities, taking various factors into consideration. We will update the location and venue on the Event page on Meta as soon as we have decided. Best, Vishnu On Wednesday, 14 January 2015, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant

[Wikimediaindia-l] Train-the-Trainer Programme - 2015 (Announcement)

2015-01-14 Thread Vishnu
. Best, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2015 [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge

[Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright and CC primer for Indian Wikimedians

2014-12-28 Thread Vishnu
at thomasjv93{at} gmail.com or on his EN Wikipedia User Talk page:Thomasjv93 He is copied on this e-mail. It would be useful if you could post this message on your respective Wikimedia project's village pump. Thank you for your support. Best, Vishnu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Scanner machine

2014-11-26 Thread Vishnu T
during the TTT . Please consider reaching out to Jayanta for help. Best, Vishnu On Wednesday, 26 November 2014, Shyamal Lakshminarayanan lshya...@gmail.com wrote: Tito, Just some comments from experience but not directly related to your request. I have scanned a fairly large number of documents

[Wikimediaindia-l] (Announcement) Community help in selecting the CIS-A2K PO

2014-11-12 Thread Vishnu
and let us know your intent by November 18th. Thank you. Vishnu [1] http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-institutional-partnership ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediaindia-l] (Announcement) Recruitment of Programme Officer, CIS-A2K

2014-11-01 Thread Vishnu
. For more details see this link [1]. The last date of submitting applications is November 14, 2014. Best, Vishnu CIS-A2K [1] http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-institutional-partnership

[Wikimediaindia-l] (Announcement) Recruitment of Programme Officer, CIS-A2K

2014-11-01 Thread Vishnu
in India. You will be a part of a small team of 5 to 6 doing high visibility and high impact work. You should be open to work in a highly transparent and accountable environment. For more details see this link [1]. The last date of submitting applications is November 14, 2014. Best, Vishnu CIS

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (Announcement) Recruitment of Programme Officer, CIS-A2K

2014-11-01 Thread Vishnu
Dear Anivar, Thanks for the suggestion. Will get this change reflected. Best, Vishnu On Saturday 01 November 2014 06:48 PM, Anivar Aravind wrote: Just a comment . free knowledge or free and open knowledge are the usual terms used by wmf and movement in general . the term open knowledge

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K revised plan for July 2014 to June 2015

2014-10-30 Thread Vishnu
June 2015. You are encouraged to share your feedback on the discussion pages on Meta. We look forward to your continuous engagement in our collective dream of further growing the Wikimedia and open knowledge movement in India. Best, Vishnu CIS-A2K

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K revised plan for July 2014 to June 2015

2014-10-30 Thread Vishnu
are encouraged to share your feedback on the discussion pages on Meta. We look forward to your continuous engagement in our collective dream of further growing the Wikimedia and open knowledge movement in India. Best, Vishnu CIS-A2K [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN is looking for a FEMALE representative for AdaCamp Bangalore

2014-10-29 Thread Vishnu
+1 On Wednesday 29 October 2014 05:45 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu wrote: Hi, Wikimedia India is looking for a FEMALE representative to participate in AdaCamp Bangalore http://bangalore.adacamp.org. The representative * Need not be a chapter member. But, we would like you to become a

[Wikimediaindia-l] Support to Community participation - Wikipedia at Swatantra 2014

2014-10-28 Thread Vishnu
here [2] Best wishes, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_July_2014_-_June_2015#Community_Strengthening_Initiatives [2] http://bit.ly/1tBuWpT ___ Wikimediaindia-l

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Re-licensing Wikimedia logos on Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0

2014-10-27 Thread Vishnu
Dear Wikimedians, The below crucial e-mail from WMF Legal about re-licensing the Wikimedia logos for your information. Do spread the word among your community. Best, Vishnu Forwarded Message

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Hindustani Music resource donation event - Mumbai

2014-10-06 Thread Vishnu
in Hindustani music collaborates with her in these efforts. Please feel free to write to her off the list. Cheers, Vishnu ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit

[Wikimediaindia-l] Hindustani Music resource donation event - Mumbai

2014-10-05 Thread Vishnu
. We welcome the community members in Mumbai to join us in this effort. Please help spread the word. Best, Vishnu [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neela_Bhagwat [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwalior_gharana (needs wiki love) ___ Wikimediaindia-l

[Wikimediaindia-l] Etherpad link - India Community Consultation

2014-10-04 Thread Vishnu
Dear Wikimedians, Here is the link to the Etherpad [1], which captured the proceedings of the Day 1 (1 to 8 pm) of the India Community Consultation-2014. Best, Vishnu [1] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Indiacommunityconsultation-Day1

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian women in science edit-a-thon

2014-10-01 Thread Vishnu
-a-thon received a better response from Indic Wikimedians and I am sure they would also be interested to take part in this. Best, Vishnu [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon On Wednesday 01 October 2014 04:28 PM, Shyamal L. wrote: Please note this upcoming event

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikikn-l (kannada wikipedia)] Release of 105 books by Govt of Karnataka under CC-BY-SA

2014-09-25 Thread Vishnu
On Thursday 25 September 2014 11:19 AM, Rajesh Ranjan wrote: On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com mailto:anivar.arav...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com mailto:visdav...@gmail.com wrote: Dear

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Software Freedom Day Celebrations across India

2014-09-24 Thread Vishnu
+1 Ravi Vishnu On Wednesday 24 September 2014 04:02 AM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu wrote: Hi, Software Freedom Day is a global celebration and education of why transparent and sustainable technologies are now more important than ever. You may find an event happening near your place at http

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikikn-l (kannada wikipedia)] Release of 105 books by Govt of Karnataka under CC-BY-SA

2014-09-24 Thread Vishnu
in the Indian languages during the last 60 years happened under aegis of the Government in India. Cheers, Vishnu [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_v._Rural https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea-expression_divide (needs wiki love) On Wednesday 24 September 2014 07:00 PM, Ravishankar Ayyakkannu

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] ***Security notice*** for IRC: vulnerability prior to September 15, change passwords

2014-09-24 Thread Vishnu
For those who are active on IRC [1]. Best, Vishnu [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Forwarded Message Subject: [Wikimedia-l] ***Security notice*** for IRC: vulnerability prior to September 15, change passwords Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:45:59 -0700

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

2014-09-21 Thread Vishnu
Dear Ravi, Congratulations and welcome! Best wishes. Vishnu On Sunday 21 September 2014 01:25 PM, Jayanta Nath wrote: Dear Members of Wikimedia India Chapter, It is my pleasure to announce Ravishankar Ayyakkannu as the Program Director of Wikimedia India Chapter. He was involved

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals

2014-09-02 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Wikimedians, Please see the below call for proposals for IEG. Best, Vishnu -- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: Tuesday, 2 September 2014 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals To: wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] 20 volumes (8376 pages) of Tamil Encylopedia released under Creative Commons

2014-08-30 Thread Vishnu
Dear Ravi and Tamil Wikimedians, This is fantastic news! Congratulations to Prof. C.R. Selvakumar and all the Tamil Wikimedians and to Prof. P.R. Nakkeeran of (Tamil Virtual Academy) for this significant content donation!! Best wishes, Vishnu On Saturday 30 August 2014 08:10 PM

[Wikimediaindia-l] (Announcement) Nitika's exit from CIS-A2K

2014-08-19 Thread Vishnu
University and the Nirmala Institute of Education and in sharing the A2K's work openly with the Wikimedia community. We wish Nitika the best in life! Vishnu ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediaindia-l] Statement on CIS-A2K's FDC Proposal

2014-08-14 Thread Vishnu
to your continuous engagement in our collective dream of further growing the Wikimedia and open knowledge movement in India. Best wishes, Vishnu CIS-A2K Note: This is being put up on Meta here [1] [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A brief message

2014-08-14 Thread Vishnu T
%2FThe_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society%2FProposal_form#Statement_on_CIS-A2K.27s_proposal_discussion Best, Vishnu On Friday, 15 August 2014, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear fellow Wikipedians, Yesterday, Vishnu Vardhan, the CIS-A2K programme director, sent a Very Long Email to this list, titled

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Bulletin June 2014

2014-07-12 Thread Vishnu
Dear Subha, I think, Ravi has a valid observation and a useful suggestion. Cheers, Vishnu On Friday 11 July 2014 03:19 PM, Ravishankar wrote: Subha, To clarify further: * This is a good project. * I don't mind whether you spend your personal time or official time for this. * Issues

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Pride, India 2014

2014-07-07 Thread Vishnu
, Culture and History in India. Please feel free to chip in with ideas, articles and activities on the event page on Meta [3]. Everyone is welcome to join the event as enthusiasts, editors, translators, bloggers or event managers. Start by signing up as a participant [4]. Best, Vishnu [1] https

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Pride, India 2014

2014-07-07 Thread Vishnu
Ravi, This is an ongoing lable-a-thon. Please see the event page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Indian_Parliamentarian_Label-a-thon We will put up a report after the event. Vishnu On Monday 07 July 2014 04:54 PM, Ravishankar wrote: Vishnu, I would love

[Wikimediaindia-l] (Announcement) Draft Policy for Open Access to DBT DST funded research

2014-07-07 Thread Vishnu
CIS has contributed to this draft, which is up for comments until July 25, 2014. Hope this will come through soon and ensure that more scientific research in India would be openly accessible for all of us. Best, Vishnu

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Please spread the word: Tools only on Tool Labs from July 1

2014-06-05 Thread Vishnu
Below FYI. Vishnu Original Message Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Please spread the word: Tools only on Tool Labs from July 1 Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:50:34 +0200 From: Silke Meyer silke.me...@wikimedia.de Reply-To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation

2014-05-15 Thread Vishnu
Please see his posting here http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2013-November/010603.html Best, Vishnu ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-blr] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation

2014-05-15 Thread Vishnu
source”. I do not think there is any violation in Pavanaja writing for Prajavani. Best, Vishnu On Wednesday 14 May 2014 12:15 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: Dear Pavanaja, Please correct me if I'm wrong. You have received an annual compensation of about *17 Lakhs* last year (that also

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation

2014-05-15 Thread Vishnu
made and signed by CIS with the owner? And perhaps the electricity bill (which specifies the name of the owner)? Dear Hari, Yes, this should be very much possible. Cheers, Vishnu ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation

2014-05-14 Thread Vishnu
Dear Hari, Please see my replies in-line. On Wednesday 14 May 2014 12:51 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: Vishnu, There have been detailed discussion on how the salaries seem to overshadow everything else in CIS's proposal of *1.8 Crore*. And it is not just me, many other community members who

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Legal threat for Wikimedia community volunteers in India getting WMF grants

2014-05-14 Thread Vishnu
the entire e-mail discussion for an objective assessment by any senior Wikimedian and I would tender an apology should I be at wrong. Best, Vishnu On Wednesday 14 May 2014 12:45 PM, ansuman wrote: I have had a similar experience with Vishnu when I first wrote an email (prior to the job

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Legal threat for Wikimedia community volunteers in India getting WMF grants

2014-05-14 Thread Vishnu
this was done. It is best to seek clarification from the team that was involved from WMF. Best, Vishnu ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation

2014-05-14 Thread Vishnu
Dear Ravi, On Wednesday 14 May 2014 01:02 PM, Ravishankar wrote: Vishnu, //Please note that CIS has never kept its documents closed to open them again. // //We had also thrown open all our document to the general public for scrutiny during May 2013. I have written to members on this list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation

2014-05-14 Thread Vishnu
Dear Hari, On Wednesday 14 May 2014 02:11 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: [..snip..] On 14 May 2014 12:53, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com mailto:visdav...@gmail.com wrote: I'm afraid that just the explanations may not suffice here as the concerns are serious in nature. I sincerely hope

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation

2014-05-13 Thread Vishnu
. CIS-A2K welcomes your feedback and suggestions. Thank you, Vishnu [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikipedia-gu] Attn: Wikisource communities - Don't waste your time typing text. Get paid.

2014-05-02 Thread Vishnu
Dear Dhaval, I am sharing the link on the Meta where this has been discussed Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form#Questions_about_this_form_and_the_relationship_between_CIS_and_Wikimedia Best, Vishnu On Friday 02 May 2014 12:38 PM

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposed Wiki Data Marathon program by CIS-A2K

2014-04-30 Thread Vishnu
priorities.// which requires some introspection. Cheers, Vishnu ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposed Wiki Data Marathon program by CIS-A2K

2014-04-25 Thread Vishnu
will be able to do it or not. Best, Vishnu [1] Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form#Replies_to_FDC_Staff_about_CIS_Programs [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF-A2K_Revised_Budget_%28draft%29_and_Utilization_Sept_12-Feb_13.pdf [3

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMIN's grant report

2014-04-24 Thread Vishnu
does not productively contribute the programmatic aspect. Also all our MoUs have an exit clause with one months notice by either of the parties. So CIS-A2K is extremely clear what it would do if the further phase of support does not come through. Trust this helps. Best, Vishnu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] A new steward from India

2014-04-24 Thread Vishnu
Congratulations Shanmugam!! Cheers, Vishnu On Wednesday 23 April 2014 03:30 PM, Ravishankar wrote: Hey, Just wanted to let you know that Shanmugam has been elected as a Steward recently. He started editing in Tamil Wikipedia and serves as a sysop there. He is available in the Indian time

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Reports on WMF grants team visit

2014-04-18 Thread Vishnu
, Vishnu On Friday 18 April 2014 10:41 AM, Ravishankar wrote: Any updates on this? I asked Anushaya about this during IRC with Indic Wiki IRC in Feb 2014 and she said I should ask WMIN and CIS-A2K :) // Hey, Any reports from Wikimedia India chapter / CIS - A2K regarding the plans after WMF

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Reports on WMF grants team visit

2014-04-18 Thread Vishnu
Hi Karthik, I think our mails crossed. We will take lead in sharing a draft with you and other in the EC for your inputs, soon. Best, Vishnu On Friday 18 April 2014 12:40 PM, Karthik Nadar wrote: Hi Ravi, Thanks for bringing this up. I was wrong in believing that WMF and CIS would

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Work Plan for July 14-June 15

2014-04-16 Thread Vishnu
/Draft_Work_plan_July_2014_-_June_2015/100_Books_on_Gujarati_Wikisource * Wiki Loves Public Arts, India https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_July_2014_-_June_2015/Wiki_Loves_Public_Art_%28India%29 Best, Vishnu [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Work Plan for July 14-June 15

2014-04-16 Thread Vishnu
on these. Probably, it would be apt to raise these broader concerns on CIS-A2K's FDC proposal discussion page [4]. Best, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_July_2014_-_June_2015#Budget.2C_CIS_support_rationale_and_Assessment_by_WMF [2

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Photography and ethics symposium

2014-04-16 Thread Vishnu
Dear Shyamal, Thanks for sharing this. CIS will explore the possibilities of web streaming this event. Will share details closer to the date. Best, Vishnu On Monday 07 April 2014 02:09 PM, Shyamal L. wrote: This might be of interest and worth participation in by the Chapter. http

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Work Plan for July 14-June 15

2014-04-16 Thread Vishnu
are unable to honour currently, etc. : Top-down approach: Could you please say more about the top-down approach, probably citing some examples from any one of 21 plans? Thanks! Best, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_July_2014_-_June_2015/Telugu

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Work Plan for July 14-June 15

2014-04-16 Thread Vishnu
. This will help us with other language plans too. Would appreciate if you could also post this feedback on the work plan page on Odia Wikipedia [2] so that the larger Odia community will also see it. Thanks, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedians in Residence -- what makes a good program

2014-04-14 Thread Vishnu
Sorry for cross posting. This could be useful in the Indian context too. Cheers, Vishnu Original Message Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedians in Residence -- what makes a good program Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:29:46 -0700 From: Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com Reply

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Work Plan for July 14-June 15

2014-03-31 Thread Vishnu
support for this work plan [2]. Thanks, Vishnu (Program Director, CIS-A2K) [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_July_2014_-_June_2015 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Re: Gujarati Wikisource - completes 50 books

2014-03-27 Thread Vishnu
Please see the below email from Sushant Savla. Congratulations to Sushant and other Gujarati Wikimedians for their efforts in achieving this milestone!! Best, Vishnu Original Message Subject:Re: Gujarati Wikisource - completes 50 books Date: 27 Mar 2014 15:01:24

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee members

2014-02-28 Thread Vishnu
Dear Wikimedians, Individual Engagement Grants Committee is receiving proposals. Do share and encourage applicants with interesting ideas to improve Wikimedia projects. Best, Vishnu Original Message Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application

2014-01-08 Thread Vishnu
Dear Wikimedians, FYI Vishnu Original Message Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application

[Wikimediaindia-l] How to Edit Hindi Wikipedia: Video training module is ready

2014-01-07 Thread Vishnu
tutorials on Kannada Wikipedia will follow soon. Best, Vishnu ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indian Wikipedians featured in Editing Wikipedia outreach booklet

2014-01-07 Thread Vishnu
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing this Arjuna. Congratulations Viswa and Netha!! Vishnu On Wednesday 08 January 2014 01:08 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote: Hi, The new edition of Welcome to Wikipedia called Editing Wikipedia features Viswa (Page 6 ) and Netha (Page 16) from India. https

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Kolkata Bookfair report

2013-12-24 Thread Vishnu
details in hand. All the best!! Vishnu On Saturday 21 December 2013 11:44 PM, Jayanta Nath wrote: KOLKATA: In an effort to enthuse people to become regular contributors to its site, Wikipedia will launch a campaign at the Kolkata Book Fair http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kolkata-Book

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] (Announcement) Selection of Community Communications Consultant at CIS-A2K

2013-12-16 Thread Vishnu
. Best, Vishnu On Friday 13 December 2013 10:04 PM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote: Hi, Having his Wikipedia username is as good as or better than having his name, Vishnu. Pradeep Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone http://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Thesis defence ( on crowdsourcing - of some interest to the community)

2013-12-11 Thread Vishnu
Interesting! Thanks for sharing this Shyamal. Could you also share the details of the institution? Once the Defense is done, any idea, if thesis be made accessible digitally? Vishnu On Wednesday 11 December 2013 01:39 PM, Shyamal L. wrote: Department of Computer Science and Automation Ph.D

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Dec 7-8 in Delhi for articles on violence against women

2013-12-04 Thread Vishnu T
A much needed edit-a-thon, Rohini. Will spread the word to individuals and groups who could participate. Best, Vishnu On Wednesday, 4 December 2013, Rohini Lakshané roh...@wikimedia.in wrote: Breakthrough, a global human rights organisation that runs campaigns such as Bell Bajao, and Wikimedia

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

2013-12-02 Thread Vishnu
Sounds like a great idea, Arun. All the best!! Vishnu On Sunday 01 December 2013 06:31 PM, Arun Ganesh wrote: Dear Indian Wikimedians, Those of you in the hacker community would be aware that the 30th Chaos Communication Congress will be live streamed at a special event in a himalayan

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invite to WikiSangamotsavam-2013, the annual gathering of Malayalam Wikimedians

2013-11-25 Thread Vishnu T
movement in India, Vishnu On Friday, 22 November 2013, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, WikiSangamotsavam 2013, the annual gathering of users and well wishers of Malayalam Wikimedia projects, will take place from 21-23 December, 2013 in YMCA Alappuzha, Kerala. Please

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tamil Wikipedia crosses 1000 total contributors milestone

2013-11-25 Thread Vishnu T
Awesome, Ravi! Congratulations to the diverse Tamil WP community!! Loads of wishes for a wonderful wiki year ahead! Hope to see you all during the 11th year Tamil Wiki celebrations :-) Cheers, Vishnu On 24 November 2013 23:17, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, October 2013

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-11-20 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Ansuman, Thanks for flagging this. All the profiles of the CIS-A2K team members are now updated. Please see [1]. Best, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Team On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Me: Please make available

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-11-20 Thread Vishnu T
of the CIS-A2K activities on a monthly basis and serve as a monthly report of the work done. We will also initiate measures to put up these details on Meta as indicated here [2]. Best, Vishnu [1] http://bit.ly/A2K-NR [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports#Monthly_Reports

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-11-20 Thread Vishnu T
and the associated communities. For instance, we have a beginning with Telugu Wikimedia community. See this [2]. Best, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2013_-_June_2014/Learning_and_Evaluation [2] https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Winners of WLM India 2013

2013-11-20 Thread Vishnu T
Wow! Amazing pics!! Congratulations to all the winners. +1 to Karthik and everyone else who were involved. Cheers, Vishnu On Thursday, 21 November 2013, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear all, This year, we received 11,000 images if monuments in Wiki Loves Monuments India

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Kerala School text books to be Licensed under Creativecommons, Printing using FOSS Tools

2013-11-15 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Anivar, Congratulations to you, others in the SMC team and officials who are behind this initiative!! Hope to hear about the official order. Let the Knowledge Go around :) Best, Vishnu On 15 November 2013 18:33, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for the typos

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Lilavati's daughters

2013-11-14 Thread Vishnu T
Thanks Gerard! Will add this info on the project page too [1] and also on the project pages on Indic Wikipedias. --Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon#Project_pages_on_Indic_Wikipedias

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [CIS-A2K Announcement] MoU with Christ University, Bangalore

2013-11-14 Thread Vishnu T
if I do this incorrectly. Vishnu T, What would be included in the program, and wouldn't English also be an appropriate possible location for the same? Yes. We could undertake a similar program also in English. However, given the IEP experience we are careful to not hurry with such a program

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] CC Launch

2013-11-14 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Sowmyan, Thanks for the detailed account of the event. Are there any images of the event available on Commons? If yes, would be great to have a link. Cheers, Vishnu On 15 November 2013 00:29, Sowmyan Tirumurti tsowm...@wikimedia.in wrote: The relaunch of the creative Commons India took

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia and Language Diversity in India

2013-11-14 Thread Vishnu T
develop these ideas further. Best, Vishnu [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:So_Many_Languages-_Challenges_and_Opportunities_for_the_Wikimedia_Movement_in_India.pdf [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wikimedia-movement-india

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF and CIS agreement

2013-11-06 Thread Vishnu T
budget. Best, Vishnu [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2013-May/009900.html [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF-A2K_Grant_Budget_and_Utilization_Sept12_-Feb13.pdf [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CIS-A2K_WMF_Grant_Revised_Budget_%28Approved

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia Announcement] CIS-A2K Grant Report for September 2012-June 2013

2013-11-05 Thread Vishnu T
Foundation for actively engaging with our work. We will continue to work upon our deficiencies, failures and successes. Warm regards, Vishnu Program Director, CIS-A2K ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe

[Wikimediaindia-l] Updated Aksharyogini font release in Open Font License

2013-11-04 Thread Vishnu T
Kudos Sudhanwa! I couldn't help but repeat, what a wonderful gesture! +1 to Ashwin. Vishnu On Sunday, 3 November 2013, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: What a wonderful gesture! If only everyone followed your lead in social good instead of donating blidly to temples, bursting

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Short-term assignment at CIS-A2K

2013-10-30 Thread Vishnu T
Surely. We were looking to extend the date until November 5. Will be sending a mail on this shortly. Best, Vishnu On Thursday, 31 October 2013, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Vishnu, //The last date to receive the applications is November 1, 2013. Applicants are requested to use

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-10-29 Thread Vishnu T
Dear Ansuman, On 28 October 2013 16:46, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, This is part of the replies of Vishnu four months ago. --- --- Me: And also tell the community, who are all involved in the interview process

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-10-29 Thread Vishnu T
to improve upon our successes and failures in growing the Wikimedia movement in India. Best, Vishnu PS. Dear Friends, there might be slight delay in my e-mail responses as I will be on a short break during November 1 to November 4. ___ Wikimediaindia-l

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SA

2013-10-29 Thread Vishnu T
AFAIK Harriet is more thinking of the modalities of off line delivery of Konkani Wikipedia (once live) through XO Tablets which has Sugar learning environment. Would the current Kiwix easily interact with Sugar? Any idea if the Kiwix UI is already available in Konkani? Best, Vishnu On 30

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: A2K, its lies and irresponsibilities

2013-10-28 Thread Vishnu T
September 2012. c) Support to various requests placed by the Indian Wikimedia community. [3] More updates to follow. Vishnu [[:m:User:Visdaviva]] [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_April_2013_-_June_2014 [1] http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters [2] https

[Wikimediaindia-l] Short-term assignment at CIS-A2K

2013-10-25 Thread Vishnu T
the interview by November 5, 2013. Vishnu ___ 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

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re-releasing Konkani Vishwakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Event Invitation)

2013-09-24 Thread Vishnu T
. Best, Vishnu [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re-release_of_Konkani_Vishwakosh_under_Creative_Commons_License_CC-BY-SA_3.0_-_Invite.pdf ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K MoU with Goa University (Announcement)

2013-09-23 Thread Vishnu T
to Wikipedians Harriet Vidyasagar and Frederick Noronha who have engaged with CIS-A2K team and been a constant source of support. Wish us best of luck! Vishnu ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] unsubscribing - sabbatical

2013-09-19 Thread Vishnu T
Enjoy Hacker School, Sumana! Best. Vishnu On Thursday, 19 September 2013, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi folks. Just wanted to let you know I'm unsubscribing in advance of the start of my sabbatical - more info at http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] German University of Tubingen partners with Malayalam Wikipedians to digitize the works of Herman Gundert.

2013-09-17 Thread Vishnu T
Brilliant news!! Congratulations to the Malayalam Wikimedia community for their excellent efforts. Best, Vishnu On 18 September 2013 09:43, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, Some of you would have already heard about the recent partnership between Malayalam

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcement: CIS-A2K's Train The Trainer Program

2013-09-08 Thread Vishnu T
of these skill set into the program design. Best, Vishnu On 7 September 2013 08:43, Shyamal L. lshya...@gmail.com wrote: I see that core editing related matters are included only in point 5 and 6. I was recently examining some statistics related to BSNL dynamic IP addresses since I quite frequently see

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-en] Announcement: CIS-A2K's Train The Trainer Program

2013-09-06 Thread Vishnu T
will be mostly from Bangalore. This will be in addition to the in-house expertise at CIS-A2K. Sorry for the delayed reply. Best, Vishnu On 4 September 2013 18:37, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: Who's training, what's the syllabus? On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Nitika Tandon

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Reg: Training the trainers (Was: Re: Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 538, Issue 1)

2013-09-06 Thread Vishnu T
Thanks for the good suggestion Shyamal. Most certainly. Vishnu Sent from a handheld device. Excuse my brevity. On Thursday, 5 September 2013, L. Shyamal lshya...@gmail.com wrote: A good question. I hope the trainers will have experience working on at least one FA class articles or a GA class

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