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January 15 is known as Wikipedia Day to Wikipedians. On this date in the year 2001, the wiki-based Wikipedia project went public after spending five days on Nupedia.
Wikipedia Day 2010
editA Wikipedia Day celebration was celebrated in Bangalore on Saturday January 16, 2010.
Intended Audience
editThe event is intended for the following:
- General public - anyone interested or curious about Wikipedia or Wikimedia.
- Wikipedia users - current users of Wikipedia or any Wikimedia projects.
- Wikipedians - Contributors to Wikipedia content in all languages. (This is not a English Wikipedia event alone)
- Indian Language specialists and those working on Computing in Indian languages.
This is a free event and open to all.
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Date and Venue
editDate: : Saturday, 16-Jan-2010 4:00 PM IST
Venue:
The Centre for Internet and Society
No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore,
Karnataka 560052, India
Phone: ( 91)-80-4092-6283
Getting there
editDirections to Cunningham road
- From Shivaji Nagar Bus stand , come to Indian Express Bus Stop Junction, and go straight to Cunningham Road.
- From Vidhan Soudha/GPO come directly to Indian Express Bus Stop Junction from there left turn into Cunningham Road.
Directions from Cunningham road to Venue
On Cunningham Road, about half a kilometre from the Indian Express Junction, Center for Internet and Society (CIS) is located behind Wockhardt Hospital (on the same building). This building is right next to Sigma mall.
You will need to walk to the rear of the Wockhardt building and get to the 3rd floor.
If you still need help call Royson - 98807 20579 for help with directions.
Agenda
edit- Wikipedia & Wikimedia - Background and Indian context - Arunram
- Update on Indian Wikipedia initiatives
- Telugu Wikipeda - Arjunarao
- Tamil Wikipedia - Ravishankar A
- English Wikipedia - discussion led by Naveenpf and other wikipedians
- Malayalam Wikipedia - Shiju Alex & Anoopan
- Kannada Wikipedia - HP Nadig
- Panel Discussion
- Panel topic
- Promoting greater usage and increasing contributions to Wikipedias in Indian Languages
- Panelists
- Arun Ramarathnam (User:Arunram) - Panel chair
- Dr. U.B. Pavanaja - Specialist in Indian language computing and localization
- Pramod. R (User:Pamri) - Wikipedian
- Kiran Jonnalagadda - Researcher at Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
- Arjuna Rao (User:Arjunaraoc) - Wikipedian
- Panel topic
Invitees
editInvitees
edit- Prof. Chidhananda Gowda - Former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University. (could not attend)
- Achal Prabhala - Advisory Board member, Wikimedia Foundation (could not attend)
- Dr. U.B. Pavanaja[1] - Specialist in Indian language computing, Localization, Technology for Education,
- N.A.M. Ismail - Senior Journalist from Prajavani (could not attend)
- Harish G.B. - Knowledge Commission, Karnataka (could not attend)
Language focus groups
edit- Srinivasan - Samskrita Bharathi volunteer
- S.S. Sriram - Samskrita Bharathi volunteer
- S. Krithiga - Samskrita Bharathi volunteer
- Narasimha Kandi - Samskrita Bharathi volunteer
Media
edit- DNA - NT Balanarayan
- Times of India
- The New Indian Express - Jayadevan PK
- The Hindu - Deepa Kurup
Participants
edit
Attended
edit- Arunram
- H P Nadig
- Srikanth
- Anoopan
- naveenpf
- Omshivaprakash H L
- Shijualex
- Arjunaraoc
- Rameshng
- Rajeshodayanchal
- Vaibhavskulkarni
- Pamri
- Jackerhack
- Vivekpatil32
- Srinivasan(Samskrita_Bharathi)
- Narasimha Kandi (Sanskrita Bharathi)
- <Participant1> ( Please fill names)
- <Participant2>
- <Participant3>
- Dr. U.B. Pavanaja
- TOI reporter (?)
Signed up
edit- Arunram (talk) 13:56, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- H P Nadig \Talk \Contributions 18:04, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- Srikanth (Logic) 04:15, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Anoopan (talk) 05:25, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Vivek Rp[2] (talk) 01:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- naveenpf (talk)
- Omshivaprakash H L talk
- Shijualex (talk) 11:02, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Sunil Jayaprakash
- Arjunaraoc (talk) 14:15, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Arun006 (talk) 15:33, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
- Vaibhavskulkarni (talk)
- Rameshng (talk)
- Pramod S G
- Praband S G
- Tinu Cherian - 17:58, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
- Philip Tiju
- Srikeit
- Trotternama
- Vasantnk (talk)
Post-meetup summary/Blogs/News
editPlease list post meeting coverage links here.
- Tweet with #Wikipediadayblr twitter hashtag http://twitter.com/#search?q=#Wikipediadayblr
Media coverage
editPlease list coverage of this event by media here.
- DNA on 15-Jan-09 coverage of Wikipedia anniversary (Report was incorrect on a few aspects - It is the 9th year instead if the 6th. Also there are numerous wikipedians in Bangalore instead of just one.)
- Thats Kannada on 16-Jan-09: ದಟ್ಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ : ಜ.16ರಂದು ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬ ಆಚರಣೆ [3]
- Times Of India (Sunday Times) on 17-Jan-2010 coverage of Wikipedia in 5th page with title "Wikipedia marches ahead".
- The Hindu on 17-Jan-2010 Can Wikipedia fuel growth of vernacular content online? on Page 11.
Photos
editPlease upload to commons and add category Commons:Category:Wikipedia Day 2010 Bangalore
Blogs posts
edit- Wikipedia Signpost News
- ArjunaRaoC (Telugu Blog post)
- Omshivaprakash
- Omshivaprakash (Kannada Blog Post)
- Bangalore Wikipedia Day 2010 - Vaibhavskulkarni
User Badge
editAdd {{User WikiDay2010}}