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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 edit

A Wikipedia Day celebration was celebrated in Bangalore on Saturday January 16, 2010.

Intended Audience edit

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 and Venue edit

Date: : 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 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 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.

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Agenda edit

  • Wikipedia & Wikimedia - Background and Indian context - Arunram
  • Update on Indian Wikipedia initiatives
  • Panel Discussion
    • Panel topic
      • Promoting greater usage and increasing contributions to Wikipedias in Indian Languages
    • Panelists

Invitees edit

Invitees edit

  1. Prof. Chidhananda Gowda - Former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University. (could not attend)
  2. Achal Prabhala - Advisory Board member, Wikimedia Foundation (could not attend)
  3. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja[1] - Specialist in Indian language computing, Localization, Technology for Education,
  4. N.A.M. Ismail - Senior Journalist from Prajavani (could not attend)
  5. Harish G.B. - Knowledge Commission, Karnataka (could not attend)

Language focus groups edit

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

Media edit

  1. DNA - NT Balanarayan
  2. Times of India
  3. The New Indian Express - Jayadevan PK
  4. The Hindu - Deepa Kurup

Participants edit

 
Wikipedia Day 2010: (from left to right, names incomplete) Rameshng, Srinivasan(Samskrita_Bharathi), Omshivaprakash, Rajeshodayanchal, Pamri, <Participant1>, <Participant2>, <Participant3>, Pavanaja.U.B, Shijualex, Arunram, Vivekpatil32 Arjunaraoc, Naveenpf, Vaibhavskulkarni, Narasimha Kandi (Sanskrita Bharathi), Anoopan, Logicwiki, Jackerhack

Attended edit

  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. <Participant1> ( Please fill names)
  18. <Participant2>
  19. <Participant3>
  20. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja
  21. TOI reporter (?)

Signed up edit

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

Post-meetup summary/Blogs/News edit

Please list post meeting coverage links here.

Twitter edit

Media coverage edit

Please list coverage of this event by media here.

  1. 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.)
  2. Thats Kannada on 16-Jan-09: ದಟ್ಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ : ಜ.16ರಂದು ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬ ಆಚರಣೆ [3]
  3. Times Of India (Sunday Times) on 17-Jan-2010 coverage of Wikipedia in 5th page with title "Wikipedia marches ahead".
  4. The Hindu on 17-Jan-2010 Can Wikipedia fuel growth of vernacular content online? on Page 11.

Photos edit

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

Blogs posts edit

  1. Wikipedia Signpost News
  2. ArjunaRaoC (Telugu Blog post)
  3. Omshivaprakash
  4. Omshivaprakash (Kannada Blog Post)
  5. Bangalore Wikipedia Day 2010 - Vaibhavskulkarni

User Badge edit

Add {{User WikiDay2010}}

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