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Summary edit
The Wikipedia Bangalore meetup is a monthly get-together of wikipedians (contributors and users) to meet up, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for wikipedia and wikimedia.
As discussed in the Bangalore Meetup 3 in July, Wikipedians in Bangalore (Bangapedians) will meet up every month on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday at 3 PM. The meetups are intended to be structured as follows —Introductions, a few focused talks by Wikipedians to share experience / expertise followed by demos and open discussions on topics of common interest.
Pre-Meeting discussions can be on the talk page please.
Date and Venue edit
Date: : Sunday, 11-Apr-2010 3:00 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
Intended Audience edit
Anyone interested in Wikipedia (user, contributor or curious about it). Wikipedians from any part of India or the world and anyone who is interested in Wikipedia! Meetup is open to members of all Wikimedia projects and Wikipedians from all languages. All are welcome, and we are especially interested in seeing newcomers to join the experienced Wikipedians/Wikimedians. If you are interested in coming, please add your name below.
Getting there edit
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 HospitalFortis Hospital (on the same building). This building is right next to Sigma mall.
- Avoid the main entrance of the
Wockhardt HospitalFortis Hospital . Enter via the extreme left side gate and walk down through the side of the hospital. Find the small board of "Centre for Internet & Society". Find the Lift / stairs nearby. CIS is on the 3rd floor.
Agenda edit
- Introductions by Wikipedians.
- Meet and connect
- Bishakha Datta - Newly appointed WikiMedia Foundation Board member.
- Updates
- Chapter formation updates - Srinivas
- Telugu Wikipedia Academy - Arjunarao
- 9th World Tamil conference at Coimbatore and Wikipedia advocacy - Sundar
- Malayalam Wikipedia meetup, 17-Apr-2010 - Tinu Cherian
- Discussions
- Wikimedia Conference at Berlin. Chapter's committee and Developers' Workshop sessions. - Arun and HP Nadig
- Talks
- Networking & Snacks.
Live streaming edit
- http://www.justin.tv/wpmbl#r=SzuF5k4~
- http://www.justin.tv/wpmbl/b/262059228 - Recorded version via justin.tv. ( low quality)
Participants edit
Attended edit
- WMF board member Bishakha Datta
- WMF Advisory board member Achal Prabala
- Arunram (talk) 1
- Tinu Cherian
- GKJohn (talk)
- Ravichandar84
- Jithesh e j (talk)
- Gurubrahma (talk)
- Arjunaraoc (talk)
- Hari Prasad Nadig
- Naveenpf
- Philip Tiju
- Sundar
- Sreejithk2000
- BalaNarayanan , DNA
- Pradeep Nair, The Times of India
- Deepa Kurup, The Hindu
- Vinay Sarawagi , Reuters
- Sreejithk2000
Remote Attendance edit
Signed up edit
- WMF board member Bishakha Datta
- Arunram (talk) 10:34, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
- Jithesh e j (talk) 04:59, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
- -- Tinu Cherian - 11:06, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
- Philip Tiju 04:40, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
- GKJohn (talk)
- Arjunaraoc (talk) 12:33, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
- Sundar \talk \contribs 12:37, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
- Vivekrp (talk) [1][2]
- Gurubrahma (talk) 11:24, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
- Srikeit
- Hari Prasad Nadig
- Rsrikanth05 (talk) [Will be late].
- Naveenpf
- Devengoa [Attended remotely via the webcast].
- prashanthns (talk) 04:07, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
- User:Ravichandar84 The EnforcerOffice of the secret service 15:45, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
- Rahul Gonsalves
- Juergen Fleger
- Anoopan
- Kiran
Regrets edit
- Gingerjoos (talk) 16:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
- Yann (talk) 03:37, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
Press edit
- Times of India
- The Hindu
- DNA
- Bangalore Mirror / Tentative
- Deccan Chronicle / Tentative
Announcements/Event Notices edit
Please list external links announcing the meet-up here.
Post-meetup summary/Blogs/News edit
Please list post meeting coverage links here.
Twitter edit
- Tweet with #WPMBL13 twitter hashtag http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23WPMBL13
Media coverage edit
Please list coverage of this event by media here.
- http://www.todaynews.in/city/bangalore/wikipedia-now-has-an-indian-face-63171.html
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Wikipedia-cries-for-desi-content/articleshow
- http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article396385.ece/5785692.cms
Photos edit
Please upload to commons and add category Commons:Category:Bangalore Meetup Apr10