[Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiPatrika is now released - Volume 2 , Issue 1 - 2011 June

Thu Jun 9 18:57:34 UTC 2011

Wow, Tinu - this is a really great edition of WikiPatrika.  That's a
very admirable issue, and some amazing reading.

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:34 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
<tinucherian at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cross-posting to foundation list also.
>
> Regards
> Tinu Cherian
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: WikiPatrika Newsletter <wikipatrika at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:59 PM
> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikiPatrika is now released - Volume 2 , Issue 1
> - 2011 June
> To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Hi Wikipedians,
>                       The first community
> newsletter<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_India_Community_Newsletter_2010_September.pdf>from
> the Wikimedia India community was released in September 2010. Since
> that time, various community members have been involved with creating a
> regular version of the newsletter; today,* we are pleased to announce the
> commencement of WikiPatrika*, a monthly newsletter of Wikimedia community,
> chapter and foundation updates from India.
>
> 'Patrika' is the closest pan-Indian word that has roughly similar meaning
> across the country that also conveys the right spirit; it has a multitude of
> meanings, but is broadly understood to mean 'journal' or 'magazine'.
>
> WikiPatrika is an independent publication which is not affiliated with the
> Wikimedia Foundation or the Wikimedia India chapter. We sincerely thank the
> Wikimedia India chapter for allowing us to host this newsletter on
> wikimedia.in .
>
>
> The *first edition of WikiPatrika is now released* - Volume 2 , Issue 1  -
> 2011 June
> *http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika *
>
> *Community News : *
> This month: hear what's happening from Wikimedians in Bengali, English,
> Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia , Sanskrit,
> Tamil, Telugu
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2011-06/Community_News
>
> *Meetups and Events :*
> Meetups in Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and Mumbai
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2011-06/Meetups_and_Events
>
> *Press Coverage :*
> As usual, a flood of articles; check in to see where Wikimedia is covered
> and how
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2011-06/In_the_news
>
> *Free culture news :*
> Copyright law changes, government initiatives, and the latest in licensing
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2011-06/Free_culture_news
>
> *FOSS-MediaWiki Tech news :*
>  Google Summer of Code, India and Mediawiki. Plus Berlin Hackathon,
> Wikimedia Commons and UploadWizard
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2011-06/Tech_News
>
> *WMIN Chapter News:*
> Chapter membership opens!
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2011-06/WMIN_Chapter_News
>
> *WMF India Office news :*
> Campus ambassadors hit Pune: find out all about it.
> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2011-06/WMF_India_Office_News
>
> You can subscribe to wikimedia-in-newsletter at lists.wikimedia.org to receive
> the WikiPatrika newsletters  ( If you are not subscribed to wikimediaindia-l
> mailing list).
> We are are also working on user talk page delivery to your home Wikis in
> future .
>
> We hope that you find this useful. Going forward, this exercise will only be
> possible with *your* involvement, so if there is something you see that you
> would like to contribute to, change, or start - tell us!
>
> Write to us at wikimedia-in-newsletter-editors [at] lists [dot] wikimedia
> [dot] org
>
>
> Regards
> WikiPatrika Newsletter Team
>
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