Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/WikipediaDay2010

The 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: : Saturday, 16-Jan-2010 4:00 PM IST

Venue:

[http://cis-india.org/ The Centre for Internet and Society]

No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers

14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore,

Karnataka 560052, India

Phone: (+91)-80-4092-6283‎

Directions 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.

[http://maps.google.co.in/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Centre+for+Internet+and+Society&sll=21.125498,81.914063&sspn=34.155633,56.513672&ie=UTF8&ll=12.989744,77.594966&spn=0.004412,0.010986&z=17&iwloc=A Google Maps Link] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=12.98876&mlon=77.59405&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF Openstreetmap]

• 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
• [http://www.pavanaja.com Dr. U.B. Pavanaja] - Specialist in Indian language computing and localization
• Pramod. R (User:Pamri) - Wikipedian
• [http://jace.seacrow.com Kiran Jonnalagadda] - Researcher at Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
• Arjuna Rao (User:Arjunaraoc) - Wikipedian

1. Prof. Chidhananda Gowda - Former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University. (could not attend)
2. [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board#Achal_Prabhala| Achal Prabhala] - Advisory Board member, Wikimedia Foundation (could not attend)
3. [http://www.pavanaja.com Dr. U.B. Pavanaja][http://www.twitter.com/pavanaja] - Specialist in Indian language computing, Localization, Technology for Education,
4. [http://ismail.in N.A.M. Ismail] - Senior Journalist from Prajavani (could not attend)
5. Harish G.B. - Knowledge Commission, Karnataka (could not attend)

1. Srinivasan - Samskrita Bharathi volunteer
2. S.S. Sriram - Samskrita Bharathi volunteer
3. S. Krithiga - Samskrita Bharathi volunteer
4. Narasimha Kandi - Samskrita Bharathi volunteer

1. DNA - [http://chupchap.in/ NT Balanarayan]
2. Times of India
3. The New Indian Express - [http://www.judeunleashed.blogspot.com Jayadevan PK]
4. The Hindu - Deepa Kurup

File:WikipediaDay.jpg, Srinivasan(Samskrita_Bharathi), Omshivaprakash, Rajeshodayanchal, Pamri, , , , Pavanaja.U.B, Shijualex, Arunram, Vivekpatil32 Arjunaraoc, Naveenpf, Vaibhavskulkarni, Narasimha Kandi (Sanskrita Bharathi), Anoopan, Logicwiki, Jackerhack]]

1. Arunram
2. H P Nadig
3. Srikanth
4. Anoopan
5. naveenpf
6. Omshivaprakash H L
7. Shijualex
8. Arjunaraoc
9. Rameshng
10. Rajeshodayanchal
11. Vaibhavskulkarni
12. Pamri
13. Jackerhack
14. Vivekpatil32
15. Srinivasan(Samskrita_Bharathi)
16. Narasimha Kandi (Sanskrita Bharathi)
17. ( Please fill names)
20. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja
21. TOI reporter (?)

1. Arunram (talk) 13:56, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
2. H P Nadig ^{\Talk \Contributions} 18:04, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
3. Srikanth (Logic) 04:15, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
4. Anoopan (talk) 05:25, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
5. Vivek Rp[http://www.oxitech.net/vivekrp] (talk) 01:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
6. naveenpf (talk)
7. Omshivaprakash H L talk
8. Shijualex (talk) 11:02, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
9. Sunil Jayaprakash
10. Arjunaraoc (talk) 14:15, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
11. Arun006 (talk) 15:33, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
12. Vaibhavskulkarni (talk)
13. Rameshng (talk)
14. Pramod S G
15. Praband S G
16. Tinu Cherian - 17:58, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
17. Philip Tiju
18. Srikeit
19. Trotternama
20. Vasantnk (talk)

Please list post meeting coverage links here.

• Tweet with #Wikipediadayblr twitter hashtag [http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23Wikipediadayblr http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23Wikipediadayblr]

Please list coverage of this event by media here.

1. DNA on 15-Jan-09 [http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_wikipedia-hits-a-sixer-this-year_1335006 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.)
2. Thats Kannada on 16-Jan-09: ದಟ್ಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ : ಜ.16ರಂದು ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬ ಆಚರಣೆ [http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/news/2010/01/16/wikipedia-birthday-january-15-celebration.html]
3. Times Of India (Sunday Times) on 17-Jan-2010 [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIBG&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&Enter=true&Skin=TOINEW&GZ=T&AW=1263711354046 coverage] of Wikipedia in 5th page with title "[http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG/2010/01/17&PageLabel=5&EntityId=Ar00502&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T Wikipedia marches ahead]".
4. The Hindu on 17-Jan-2010 [http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/internet/article81385.ece?homepage=true Can Wikipedia fuel growth of vernacular content online?] on Page 11.

Please upload to commons and add category Commons:Category:Wikipedia Day 2010 Bangalore

1. Wikipedia Signpost News
2. [http://teluginux.blogspot.com/2010/01/2009-2010.html ArjunaRaoC] (Telugu Blog post)
3. [http://platonic.techfiz.info/2010/01/17/bangalore-wikipedians-celebrate-wikipedia-day-2010/ Omshivaprakash]
4. [http://sampada.net/article/23573 Omshivaprakash] (Kannada Blog Post)
5. [http://vaibhavsk.blogspot.com/2010/01/wikipedia-day-15-jan-2010-in-bangalore.html Bangalore Wikipedia Day 2010 - Vaibhavskulkarni]

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