Just a gentle reminder for the Bangalore Wiikimeetup today... See you all there !
-Tinu Cherian On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:44 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > On behalf of the Bangalore Wikipedia / Wikimedia Community, we > would like to co-cordially invite you to attend the 43rd Bangalore > Wikimeetup on* Sunday, 11 Mar 2012 3 PM* > > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiMeetups/Bangalore/Bangalore43 > > *Date: *: Sunday, 11-March-2012 Time: 3:00 PM IST > > *Venue:* > The Centre for Internet and Society ( Wikimedia India Office) > No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, > 4th Main > Domlur 2nd Stage > Opposite to Domlur Club > Bangalore 560 071 > Karnataka > > *Agenda*: > > > > - *Native language transliterations in English Wikipedia articles* - > Swaroop G Rao (User:MikeLynch) > > > In English Wikipedia articles, articles with strong non-English > connections usually carry a transliteration (along with pronunciation) in > the language of origin. There was many disputes regarding these > transliterations. This presentation will focus primarily on these > transliterations, exploring many possible points of view into the problem. > Since India is a large country of over 28 states and 22 official languages > (and hundreds of other recognized languages), we can expect this problem to > be more pronounced in Indian articles. And not surprisingly, it is so. This > is a contentious issue many a times; and more often than not, regional > polarization occurs, even among established editors. Swaroop will speak > about looking into these problems objectively, and in the meantime, also > looking into possible solutions. Along the way, he will also present some > case studies of contentious discussions/edit wars which have already taken > place. > > > - *NASSCOM Initiative - Engineering Services* - RadhaKrishna Arvapally > (User:Arkrishna) > > > NASSCOM (Under Human Resources Ministry) has few initiative of which one > of them is Education Initiative: Under this initiative, NASSCOM aims to > enhance graduate employability through appropriate skill enrichment and act > as bridge between industry, academia and government. As being part of one > of the working groups, RadhaKrishna made a framework to add WikiMedia to > this course. He will be talking more about this. > > > > - *Kerala Sarvavijnanakosham and Malayalam Wikipedia *- Ramesh N G > (User:Rameshng) > > > This story is about an effort to increase the content of the Malayalam > Wikipedia where the community is successful in getting the content from the > Kerala Government officially published Encyclopedia called as > SarvavijnanaKosham. In 2008, Kerala government Education minister announced > about giving the content of SarvavijnanaKosham to Malayalam Wikipedia. The > SarvavijnanaKosham contains nearly 21 volumes, each with ~1600 article; out > of which four volumes are published online. The license of the website > content is changed to GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. Malayalam > wikipedian a groups 7 users started transferring the content from the > website to Malayalam Wikipedia. Under the project while transferring the > content the users make sure that it wikified, possible images added, > interwiki given etc. This presentation is about the idea behind getting the > content, the project coordination, current status and future of this > project. This project is one of the motivating project and rich in content > where we are getting the article content which are written by subject > matter expert in SarvavijnanaKosham for last 70 years. > > > > - *Community activities and Outreach in Kannada Wikipedia* - > Omshivaprakash H L(User:Omshivaprakash) > > > Omshivaprakash will talk about the recent increase in the Community > Activities around Kn-wiki and its future plans for outreach. He will be > also taking on how kn-wiktionary has adopted its best projects and > practices. > > > If you are planning to attend , you can sign up here > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiMeetups/Bangalore/Bangalore43#Sign_Up > or the facebook event page > https://www.facebook.com/events/119678494824154/ ( Note that facebook > page shows the wrong time due to some bug) > > If you need any help, feel free to contact us. > > See you all there ! > > Regards > > RadhaKrishna Arvapally & Tinu Cherian > > > > >
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