Hi Tinu Cherian, You might want to remind the journo that we (Wikipedia) are non profit and our info comes under CC-BY-SA license, however Google is a Business set up for profit with all their info being subject to copyright.
Regards, User:AroundTheGlobe > From: wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Wikimediaindia-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 18 > To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 07:14:39 +0000 > > Send Wikimediaindia-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediaindia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediaindia-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wikipedia Meet-up in association with Indian Institute of > Foreign Trade (IIFT) - Kolkata (jayanta nath) > 2. Wikipedia workshop in Carte Blanche, Chennai (BalaSundaraRaman) > 3. Hindustan Times confuses Wikipedia with Wikileaks > (CherianTinu Abraham) > 4. Google Translation on Indian language Wikipedias & Paid > editing (CherianTinu Abraham) > 5. Re: Google Translation on Indian language Wikipedias & Paid > editing (jayanta nath) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:17:37 +0530 > From: jayanta nath <jayanta...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Meet-up in association with > Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) - Kolkata > To: Wikimedians West Bengal <wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <aanlktikke91zc4nm+nfbzx61faop2wf7y+azqktoo...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear friends, > An Wikipedia Meet-up/Workshop arranged by *Wikimedia India* (West > Bengal) and in association with *Indian Institute of Foreign Trade > <http://www.iift.edu/iift/index.asp>* (Kolkata Campus) has been held > on *Saturday*,*12th February 2011* 3 PM at Saltlake, EP Block, Sector > V,Kolkata, West Bengal,India. > > > For other details and register yourself add your name* **"Attending" > *section at wikipage below > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata3 > > > The details tentative schedule > > ** > > *1500* *Opening Speeches* > > > *Wikipedia & FOSS Culture > * Speaker 1(Mr Indranil Das Gupta) > > *Crowdsourcing* Speaker 2 (Rimi B Chatterjee) > Wikimedia India chapter updates Mr. Jayanta Nath > > > *1600* *Panel Discussion* > > World's Strongest Medium > Sumit Roy > TBD Ranjit Goswami (tentative) > > > > > > *1715* *Open Floor Discussion* > > > > *1730* *Snack Break* > > > > *1745* *Wiki Workshop* Mr. Jayanta Nath *1815* *Closing lecture* > *1830* *Wiki next Meetup discussion* > > > With Warm Regards, > *Jayanta Nath* > Wikimedia India,West Bengal > +91 9836294438 > Facebook :http://www.facebook.com/jayantanth > Wikipedia :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jayantanth > ______________________________ > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org <Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20110203/4e7ab2dc/attachment-0001.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:39:15 -0800 (PST) > From: BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbe...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia workshop in Carte Blanche, > Chennai > To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org > Message-ID: <979596.8022...@web59903.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi, > > As part of the FOSS event called Carte Blanche (http://cb.csmit.org/) to be > held > at the Madras Institute of Technology, a Wikipedia workshop is being > conducted > on February 6 between 9:30 am and 4:30 pm. Following is the proposal, the > exact > timings will be finalised soon. > > * English Wikipedia - general introduction for participation (Sundar) > * ????? ?????????????? ????????? (Tamil Wikipedia Workshop by users Manian, > Sengai Podhuvan, Paridhimathi, Surya Prakash, and Mahir) > * Hacking with Wikipedia (Srikanth's previous presentation will be used + > Sundar's introduction to pywikipediabot and a few bot examples + Mahir's > talk > about templates and other things) > > The organisers have kindly agreed to give us a stall as well. If any of you > can > participate or, better still, conduct sessions, you're most welcome. > On a sidenote, I've been asked to inaugurate the event on Feb 5 at 9:00 am. > All > are welcome. > > - Sundar > > > "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for > the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." > - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 07:32:10 +0530 > From: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Hindustan Times confuses Wikipedia with > Wikileaks > To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTi=6pHctL-oVoQW_m+E=it3xe8nkqadg5gqah...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hindustan Times confuses Wikipedia with Wikileaks > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/Two-Indian-cos-tried-to-sell-dual-use-products-to-Syria-Wikileaks/Article1-658213.aspx > > > "The US had alerted India that Syria was trying to buy products from two > Indian firms that could have been used in making chemical and biological > weapons, secret cables posted by* whistle-blowing site Wikipedia *has > revealed." > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20110204/fcdedc67/attachment-0001.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 12:31:07 +0530 > From: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Google Translation on Indian language > Wikipedias & Paid editing > To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <AANLkTi=AX9hk0xmPFSg8-Dga-j9g86NpiNmLYDVO=e...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > Yesterday I was asked some tricky questions by a journo. They were > something like this : > > *" Does the surge of number of Indian language Wikipedia articles has > anything to do with paid translations by Google ?"* > * > * > *"Why should regular Wikipedians be motivated to contribute when Google pays > to do the same ?"* > > I didn't answer them due to the sensitivity of the issue. But I am now > curious on a statistical point of view. > > I am not referring to the philosophical question on whether paid editing is > good or bad. > > But is there a way to find how many of the articles created in last year > were created by normal editors/bots and Google translators in each of the > Indian language Wikipedias? Somebody told me , the translators are supposed > to leave the translate URLs of Google in the edit summaries to get paid? > > Which are the languages on which Google translations are happening ? I know > it happens on Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu, at least. Any other ? I > know it is banned to Bengali & Malayalam. > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20110204/49fc5c31/attachment-0001.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 12:44:37 +0530 > From: jayanta nath <jayanta...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Google Translation on Indian language > Wikipedias & Paid editing > To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." > <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <aanlktik3hxitca9bd8+ydfgihwhh_72d05azhhsws...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > In Bengali Wikipedia is not like ban, but we thoroughly watch/check the > quality of translated content. If translation quality is not standard > Bengali, we not accept. Most of the times we faced junk translation from > Google translator. If any one translate English Wikipedia content to Bengali > Wikipedia with proper Bengali content we would accept. > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM, CherianTinu Abraham > <tinucher...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Hi, > > Yesterday I was asked some tricky questions by a journo. They were > > something like this : > > > > *" Does the surge of number of Indian language Wikipedia articles has > > anything to do with paid translations by Google ?"* > > * > > * > > *"Why should regular Wikipedians be motivated to contribute when Google > > pays to do the same ?"* > > > > I didn't answer them due to the sensitivity of the issue. But I am now > > curious on a statistical point of view. > > > > I am not referring to the philosophical question on whether paid editing is > > good or bad. > > > > But is there a way to find how many of the articles created in last year > > were created by normal editors/bots and Google translators in each of the > > Indian language Wikipedias? Somebody told me , the translators are supposed > > to leave the translate URLs of Google in the edit summaries to get paid? > > > > Which are the languages on which Google translations are happening ? I know > > it happens on Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu, at least. Any other ? I > > know it is banned to Bengali & Malayalam. > > > > Regards > > Tinu Cherian > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > > > > With Warm Regards, > *Jayanta Nath* > Calcutta,West Bengal > Facebook :http://www.facebook.com/jayantanth > Wikipedia :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jayantanth > ???? ??????? ????? ???? ????,???? ????? ?????????? ??????? ??? 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