Hi All,
We have been planning a web meeting for which we initially planned this
coming Sunday and then got suggestion for Sunday 5th February. It seems
that some interested people can't make either first or second. So I have
thought to do it on both these following sundays.
Time remains the same, 11 am India time and we'll meet on skype ID
gu.wikipedia.
Can you please confirm who will be attending when? We'll be mainly focusing
on editing, things to remember while editing/translating, etc.
Hope to see as many of you as can.
Tc,
Dhaval
મિત્રો,
ગુજરાતી અને અન્ય ભારતીય ભાષાઓમાં ટાઇપ કરવા માટેનું ટૂલ નારાયમ આપણા ગુજરાતી
વિકિપીડિયામાં ઇન્સ્ટોલ કરવા માટેનો એક પ્રસ્તાવ મુક્યો છે. તેના વિષે ચર્ચા
ચોતરા પર શરૂ કરવામાં આવી છે. આપ સૌને વિનંતી છે કે આપના વ્યસ્ત સમયમાંથિઇ
થોડી પળો કાઢીને વિકિપીડિયા:ચોતરો પર
મતદાન<http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/વિકિપીડિયા:ચોતરો_(અન્ય)#Extension:Narayam_.E0.…>
ની
મુલાકાત લઈને આપનો મત જણાવશો તો આપનો આભારી રહીશ.
આભાર,
ધવલ
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Hi Friends,
For easy typing in Gujarati and other languages on wikipedia there is a
tool developed, which is called Narayam. I have proposed installation of
this tool on our gu.wiki and have started a discussion on
Wikipedia:Chotaro. I request you all to take a few moments out of your busy
schedule and please visit વિકિપીડિયા:ચોતરો
મતદાન<http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/વિકિપીડિયા:ચોતરો_(અન્ય)#Extension:Narayam_.E0.…>and
vote there.
Thanks,
Dhaval
Cross posting across India related lists. Kindly ignore if you have
read this on another mailing list.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter : Jan 2012 Report
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:08:57 +0530
From: Naveen Francis <naveenpf(a)wikimedia.in>
Reply-To: wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com
To: Wikimedia India Community list
<wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wmin-members
<wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com>
Dear all,
Greetings from Wikimedia India !!!
The Wikimedia Chapter (India) celebrated its first anniversary on 3rd
January 2012.
Organisational Updates
Formation of Task Forces:
The formation of the different task forces are still in progress. The
various task forces are a) Fundraising, b) Special Projects, c)
Administration, d) City and Language Special Interest Groups, and e)
Communications, PR & Media Relations.
We are seeking more volunteers for the task forces. If you are
interested, please feel free to contact the respective task force
stewards or find more information here [1]
Membership:
The Chapter membership stands at 196 members as of 31 January 2012. Six
new members were added to the chapter membership in this month. We
extend a very warm welcome to the family.
Donations:
Total donations received in Jan 2012 - INR 10700
Average donations in Jan 2012 - INR 3566
FCRA:
Our application for prior permission under the Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act FCRA 2010, with the Government of India is under
process. As the stated time for response is over recently, chapter will
be following up with the authorities. [ As we write this report, our
application was approved by the Government of India]
Internet Relay Chat(IRCs):
>From time to time, Wikimedia India conduct planned online IRC chat
sessions. The IRC on Jan 05, 2011 was anchored by Sudhanwa Jogalekar
with the focus on Chapter Specia Interest Groups (SIG) co-ordination
[2]. The IRC on Jan 07, 2010, anchored by Arun Ramarathnam discussed on
the Jan 15th Celebration plans, SIGs and GLAM projects. [3]
Board Meetings:
The Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee had two tele-conference EC
meetings (dated 04 Jan and 18 Jan, 2012) in the month of January.The
Wikimedia India chapter and Wikimedia Foundation had one joint
co-ordination call on 25 Jan 2012, which was attended by Arjuna Rao
Chavala, Naveen Francis, Tinu Cherian and Hisham Mundol. The main
agenda of the call was on Chapter - Foundation India programs
Collaboration Framework .
WikiConference 2011
The Chapter and Mumbai Conference organisers are working closely for the
closure and audit of accounts related to WikiConference Mumbai 2011.
Community & Special Interest Groups.
SOPA and Wikipedia Blackout:
The global community of volunteers who edit the English Wikipedia
had decided to support the protest against the introduction of the
“Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) in the US House of Representatives
and the “Protect IP Act” in the US Senate. To that end, the
English Wikipedia was blacked out globally for a period of 24
hours on 18 January 2012. The black out in India commenced at
10.30am IST on 18 January 2012.
The Press release and Communication to the members related to Wikipedia
Blackout can found here [4],[5].
Wikipedia eleventh anniversary :
Wikipedia turned eleven on the 15th of January 2012. The eleventh
anniversary of Wikipedia was celebrated in different parts of the
country [6]. More than 8 Indian cities and towns and over 200
Wikimedians & Wiki enthusiasts celebrated this occasion of Wikipedia
anniversary, around the nation.
Some of the meetups had a Wikipedia anniversary cake to celebrate the
occasion. Google Hangout was also conducted between different cities
celebrating at the same time.
The New Wikimedia India portal ( wikimedia.in <http://wikimedia.in> )
was launched on this day. It is designed to provide quick and rapid
access to Indic wikimedia projects - Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource,
Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikiquote and Commons.
A full collection of images related to the celebrations, around the
nation, can be found here [7].
Events:
A round-up of Wikimedia events, academies and initiatives around the
nation is as follows.
Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad (3 Jan 2012): Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad [8] is
a scavenger hunt for free content photography in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,
organised by Noopur Raval , Anirudh Bhati and Srikeit Tadepalli. The
aim of this exercise is to encourage participants to compete to take
photographs of as many local sights and city specific objects of
cultural heritage as possible for Wikipedia articles. Over 75
participants attended and around 815 images were uploaded to the
Wikimedia Commons as a part of this initiative [9].
Wikipedia Takes Mumbai II ( 28 Jan 2012) : This is the second
photography drive in Mumbai. [10] The event was led by Nikita Belavate,
Anshuman Fotedar and Karthik Nadar and other members of the Mumbai
Community. Over 625 images were uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons as a
part of this initiative [11]
Wiki Academies/Workshops : Several Wiki Academies were held in different
parts of the nation , organised and conducted by the Chapter, its
members ,WMF India Programs and the Wikimedia community in India. .
a) Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi , Kerala (05-Jan) [12]
b) Workshop at Text100, Mumbai (webcast to Text100 Delhi and Bangalore)
(06-Jan) [13]
c) SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (11-Jan ) [14]
d) P S R Rengasamy college of engineering for women, Sivakasi, Tamil
Nadu. (20-Jan) [15]
e) Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal (25-Jan) [16]
f) Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal (25-Jan) [17]
g) Amrita School of Communication, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (28-Jan) (18)
h) Jamia Millia Islamia, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Delhi
(30-Jan) [19]
i) Kerala Sahitya Academy, Trissur, Kerala (8-Jan) [20]
j) Jnana Prabodhini - Wikiacademy, Pune (15-Jan) [21]
A session on Commons was conducted for photography group called
‘Tassavurrati’. [22] They have successfully started uploading pictures
of their trips (most recent: Surajkund Mela) to the Wkimedia Commons.
Other News:
* Telugu SIG celebrated the Wikipedia day on 29 Jan 2012 at Hyderabad.
Top 10 contributors in the articles category and non article
category were recognised at the function. [23]
* Sanskrit Wikipedia saw an excellent editor growth (50%) compared to
last month, and a 234% increase in the number of edits.
* The 1st Delhi Odia Wikimeetup and Academy was conducted on 29 Jan
2012 by Odia SIG Chair and WMF India Programs Consultant ,
Subhashish Panigraphi. [24]
* One of the first Assamese Wikipedia community meetup and Wikipedia
Workshop was held on Jan 29 at Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam [25]
Milestones & Anniversaries
January 2012
24
* TheSanskrit Wiktionary <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sa:>has
reached 200 entries with the addition of over a dozen entries all
apparently meaning "sun".
20
* TheDivehi Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Dv:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 100,000 page edits.
* TheAssamese Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=As:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 500 uploaded files.
17
* TheBengali Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Bn:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 1,000 uploaded files.
* TheOriya Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Or:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 2,000 articles.
15
* TheBengali Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Bn:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 1,000 uploaded files.
* TheUrdu Wiktionary <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur:>has reached
10,000 entries.
13
* Wikimedia Commons <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/>has reached
12,000,000 files.
* TheTamil Wikibooks
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=B:ta:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 10,000 page edits.
10
* TheEnglish Wikibooks
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=B:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 40,000 book modules.
7
* TheMarathi Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=Mr:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 100,000 total pages.
* TheAssamese Wikipedia
<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=As:&action=edit&redlink=1>has
reached 1,000 articles.
Media Coverage
There was a huge coverage for Wikipedia on Indian media in this month,
mainly related to Wikipedia Blackout. A comprehensive list of the
coverage can be found here [24]
We look forward to your continued support and active participation.
Report compiled by Executive members,SIG chairs and The Communications team.
Best,
On behalf of Wikimedia Chapter (India)
Naveen Francis
Secretary
Notes:
1) http://members.wikimedia.in/Main_Page#Task_forces
2) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Jan_05,2012
3) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Internet_Relay_Chats/Jan_07,2012
4)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Press_Releases/2012/_English_Wikipedia_to_go_dark_…
5)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Announcements/Communication_regarding_SOPA_and_Wik…
6) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Eleven
7) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_11_in_India
8) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Ahmedabad
9) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ahmedabad_1
10) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Mumbai_II
11) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Takes_Mumbai_2
12)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Cochin_University_of_Science_and_Tech…
13) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/Mumbai_Workshop_2
14)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/SSN_College_of_Engineering,_Chennai
15)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/P_S_R_Rengasamy_college_of_engineering_for_women,_…
16) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Netaji_Subhash_Engineering_College
17) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Jadavpur_University
18)
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wiki_Academy/Amrita_School_of_Communication,_Coimb…
19) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MDHJMI1
20) http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WATSR2
21)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Pune/W11_celebration_Pune_wit…
22) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tassavurrati_1.jpg
23)
http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%…
24) http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:MDEL1
25)
http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%…
24) http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news#Jan_2012
Dear All,
I am writing to share with you a very inspiring initiative regarding health
and medicine articles on Wikipedia. Crores of Wikipedia readers read up
about health related issues either when they or their loved ones fall ill
or before or after they have consulted doctors or when they are curious
about a particular disease or drug. In fact, quite a few doctors and
nurses also read up these articles to improve their knowledge.
Wikipedia's medical articles have 15-20 crore page views every month. The
top 300 articles are viewed more than 1 lakh times every month. The
challenge is that the majority of these articles are only available in
English.
This initiative (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_tas…)
has been conceptualised by WikiProject Medicine, Wikimedia Canada and very
interesting organisation called Translators Without Borders. It seeks to
translate a set of 80 of the most important health care articles into as
many languages as possible.
Given the state of our health care system as well as the increasing
readership of Indic language projects, there is huge positive impact that
we can have if we participate in this initiative and have these articles in
all Indic languages. The project page (referenced above) includes an
outline of the project, FAQs, useful links and a sign up for interested
volunteers.
The ways that we can participate are as follows
- English Editors to improve articles on en-wp
- English Editors to convert articles into simple English Wikipedia (so
that non-English editors who don't have a medical background can also help
out)
- Indic editors to help translating either by themselves or by helping
the translators at Translators Without Borders
Remember, you don't have to be a health care professional to help out. All
you have to do is simply care.
I am really happy to note that 5 editors from 5 Indic languages have
already signed up<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_tas…>
for
this wonderful project. Of these 2 languages - Assamese and Malayalam -
have already started wiki project and started working on articles (really
big comprehensive articles) related to Medicine.
Assamese wikipedia medicine project page: ৱিকিপিডিয়া:ৱিকিপ্ৰকল্প
চিকিৎসাবিজ্ঞান<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%…>
Some of the articles created:
- কৰ্কট ৰোগ<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F_…>
(Cancer)
- সৰ্পদংশন<http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A6%…>
(Snakebite)
Malayalam wikipedia biology project page:
വിക്കിപീഡിയ:വിക്കിപദ്ധതി/ജീവശാസ്ത്രം<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…>
Some of the articles created:
- ആസ്മ (Asthma) <http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthma>
- ന്യുമോണിയ (Pneumonia) <http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonia>
- മസ്തിഷ്കാഘാതം (Stroke) <http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke>
Please note that this project do not involve machine translation or bots.
It is really happy to note that both in Assamese and Malayalam wiki these
projects are run by doctor (or medicine students) wikipedians :) Yes, Indic
wikipedias has editors from all wakes of life.
There is so much potential on the articles related to medicine both in
Indic and English. I encourage interested wikipedians to join this project
by adding your name
here<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_tas…>
.
I welcome and invite everyone to join in.
Healthy Editing
Shiju Alex
Hi everyone, The 3rd Wikipedia Ahmedabad Meetup was arranged on 19th February 2012, at Seva Cafe Navarangpura.[1] Total 5 wikipedians attended the meetup(excluding a volunteer from the venue who also joined us, I've led him to Facebook Mumbai Wikipedia group, he might attend future meetups there.)
The meetup started with the discussion on Wikipedians in Ahmedabad. There aren't many people from the city (even Gujarat) who actually edit wikipedia regularly, so we discussed the ideas on getting people aware of what Wikipedia is. Inspired by Bangalore Meetup 42 I'm planning to post a GeoNotice to Wikipedians from Ahmedabad, so if there are users that edit but aren't in active in the community, can come forward. The other ideas that we put on table included a proposal to Smit Shah, a student from LD college of Engineering to lead WikiAcademy in the same college in March or April and as part of GLAM project, try getting information on obtainable and/or given permissions in the Museums in Ahmedabad.[2]
Afterwards Kartik Mistry talked about the Gujarati Wikipedia interface translation (on Translatewiki.net). He and another user translated about 1500 interface files to Gujarati, couple of weeks before the meetup.
I introduced them to some major details of Wikipedia's Policies and Guidelines and Citing sources, some gadgets that can help them in editing Wikipedia more efficiently, the google books and JSTOR citation tool (which Ashwin Baindur posted on the mailing list some time ago).[3]
Finally we had off project discussion about Raspberry Pi and Linux community and stuff like that, and a photo session of course.[4]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ahmedabad/Ahmedabad3
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Museums_in_Ahmedabad[3]http://reftag.appspot.com/
[4] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ahmedabad_Meetup_Feb2012
I would like to thank the Wikimedia India Chapter for their help and guidance with organizing the event,On behalf of Wikimedia Ahmedabad Community,
--Konarak Ratnakar | kondi
Dear Friends,
This is to inform you that Gujarati Wiki Source has completed 500 Articles.
You are welcome to contribute.
Next milestone 600 articles.
Thank you,
Sushant
મિત્રો,
આપ સૌને જાણ હશે કે ભારતીય ભાષાઓને આવરી લેતું વિકિનું પૃષ્ઠ બનાવાયું છે, જે તમે અહીં http://wikimedia.in/wikipedia.html જોઈ શકશો. આ પાના પર "ગુજરાતી" ભાષાની કડી નીચે વિકિની ઓળખ નિઃશુલ્ક જ્ઞાનકોષ તરીકે થઈ છે, મારા મતે આમાં ક્ષતિ છે. " નિઃશુલ્ક જ્ઞાનકોષ " ને બદલે તે "મુક્ત જ્ઞાનકોષ" અથવા "મુક્ત વિશ્વકોષ" કે "મુક્ત વિશ્વજ્ઞાનકોષ" એમ હોવી જોઈએ. આપણા ગુજરાતી વિકિના લોગોમાં પણ "મુક્ત વિશ્વજ્ઞાનકોષ" શબ્દ પ્રયોગ થયો છે.
મારા મતે "નિ:શુલ્ક" શબ્દ એ ખૂબ ટૂંકી વ્યાખ્યા ધરાવે છે. પ્રાયઃ તેનો સંદર્ભ આર્થિક સંદર્ભે કે નાણા વ્યવહાર અર્થે થાય છે. જ્યારે "મુક્ત" શબ્દ તે વિકિ વિશ્વજ્ઞાન કોષના ઉદ્દેશ્યને વધુ સારી રીતે દર્શાવે છે.
મારી સમજ અનુસાર "નિઃશુલ્ક જ્ઞાનકોષ" ને બદલીને "મુક્ત વિશ્વજ્ઞાનકોષ" કરવી જોઈએ.
આપ સૌને નમ્ર વિનંતી કે આપના વિચારો માંડશો.
Sushant Savla
Cross-posting to other mailing lists. Kindly ignore if you have read
this on another mailing list.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks
Tinu Cherian
Wikimedia India.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [WMIN-Members] New Wikimedia India Portals
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:18:34 +0530
From: Naveen Francis <naveenpf(a)wikimedia.in>
Reply-To: wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com
To: Wikimedia India Community list
<wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wmin-members
<wmin-members(a)googlegroups.com>
Hi all,
We are pleased to formally announce the launch of the following new
Wikimedia India Portals:
http://wikimedia.in/- The new landing page will be the gateway to the
various Project pages and Wikis.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/>The public wiki is
now revamped with an all-new look and lots of information. Feel free to
add more information to the wikis.
http://members.wikimedia.in <http://members.wikimedia.in/>Wiki for India
Chapter Members
http://blog.wikimedia.in/Wikimedia India Blog - to post a blog, contact
Arjuna Rao Chavala or Tinu Cherian
We are pleased to introduce the following new Wikimedia Project gateways
for the various Indic languages:
http://wikisource.in<http://wikisource.in/>
http://wikiquote.in<http://wikiquote.in/>
http://wikibooks.in<http://wikibooks.in/>
http://wikinews.in<http://wikinews.in/>
http://wikibooks.org.in<http://wikibooks.org.in/>
http://wikisource.org.in<http://wikisource.org.in/>
http://wiktionary.org.in<http://wiktionary.org.in/>
The planned landing page for http://wikipedia.in is available here
<http://wikimedia.in/wikipedia.html>.
Efforts are currently underway to obtain control of a few more important
domains and announcements will be made as and when we get them. We
sincerely believe this initiative will help drive more traffic to Indic
language Wikimedia Projects.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Wikimedia CH /
Switzerland Chapter and Manuel Schneider (Wikimedia CH / Switzerland)
for hosting our websites and portals at no cost.
A number of people need to be thanked, who helped in the this initiative.
Rajesh K Oayanchal who designed the portals and Jyothis E who gave his
webspace for the testing purposes. Anirudh, Noopur Raval, ,Surya,
Radhakrishna, Omshivaprakash, Debanjan, Saroj, Swaroop, Abhishek
Suryawanshi and others have helped in translations .
Tanvir Rahman , Tinu Cherian and Arun Ram helped in revamping the public
wiki.
We hope that you will find these portals useful and informative.
Please do get back to us with your feedback and suggestions.
Regards,
Naveen Francis
Wikimedia India Chapter
Hi,
The next Wikipedia meetup in Ahmedabad is being scheduled for Sunday, 19
February 2012. The time and venue is still to be discussed. Please join
in and contribute!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ahmedabad/Ahmedabad3
Yours sincerely,
Anirudh Bhati
+91 9328712208
Skype: anirudhsbh
