Re: [fsug-kochi-discuss] Wikimedia Sponsorships for Indian Language Content in Wikipedia

On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 10:53:36AM +0530, Anivar Aravind wrote:
>>>Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> From: Maruthu Pandian <haipandian79-/[email protected]>
>>>> Date: 1 July 2005 11.25.27 GMT+05:30
>>>> To: lis-forum-QX/3N9wx0SU/NI2e8YfAcJ/[email protected]
>>>> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sponsorship for students on Indian languages
>>>> for Wikipedia
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> So far the Wikipedias in Indian languages have seen
>>>> very slow progress. These are among the lowest ratio
>>>> "number of articles / number of speakers". There a
>>>> number of technical and other reasons.
>>>>
>>>> Some people from the Wikimedia Foundation think that a
>>>> financial help may  boost these languages. They are
>>>> willing to sponsor students who might  contribute
>>>> writing articles in Indian languages on different
>>>> subjects for  Wikipedia.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the URL for further reading.
>>>>
>>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Promoting_the_Indian_languages_projects
>>>>
>>>> Here are some proposed rules:
>>>>  * The articles should be written in Indian languages
>>>> from scratch or translated (probably from the English
>>>> Wikipedia).
>>>>  * The articles should be encoded in Unicode.
>>>>  * The articles sould be released under the GFDL
>>>> licence (free to edit and copy).
>>>>  * The articles should be more than 500 words.
>>>>
>>>>  Here are a list of articles:
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
>>>> Wikipedia:List_of_articles_all_languages_should_have
>>>>  This list should be completed with specific Indian
>>>> topics (Indian states and cities, personalities,
>>>> events, etc.).
>>>>
>>>> A proposition of a list of Indian subjects is welcome.
>>>>
>>>> For each language, at least two persons are needed to
>>>> review the quality of the articles (teachers, writers,
>>>> etc.).
>>>>
>>>> Please could you also transfer this message to people
>>>> who might be interested by this project ?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Maruthu Pandian.B
>>>> Pubsub Concepts Pvt Ltd.
>>>>
>>>>

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