Wikimedia India
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Wikimedia India is an approved chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation for Wikimedians living in, or connected to India. This chapter helps coordinate various Indian language Wikipedias & other Wikimedia projects and spread the word in India. Chapter's latest updates can be accessed from its official portal wiki.wikimedia.in.
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[edit] Background and Progress
- 30-Sep-2004: An IRC meeting on September 30, 2004 at 15:30 IST. For a summary of the discussion, please see 2004 IRC meeting.
- Nov-2007: The discussions have been re-initiated in November 2007, and several people have responded enthusiastically on the WikimediaIndia-l mailing list (please see the November 2007 archive). A draft of proposed bylaws is available here.
- Dec-2008: Sue Gardner and Jimmy visited India in Dec 2008.
- Jul-2009: Discussions started again after 2009 July Bangalore Meetup
- 8-Mar-2010: Memorandum of Association proposed. Now, we have reached a state where we can take this forward formally and fast. A brief background of the history can be found here.
- 6-Apr-2010: A final version of the MoA and by-laws was submitted to the Wikimedia Chapters Committee on 6 April 2010, after undergoing various revisions based on feedback from individual members of the Chapters Committee, Wikipedians in India and elsewhere, and the advice of an Indian tax expert who is helping with registration. This is the announcement of final submission.
- June, 2010 Wikimedia India became the 29th chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation by a resolution of the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
- 3-January-2011 Registration of the organisation in India has been completed vide Registrar of Societies, Bangalore Urban District Certificate No: SOR/BLU/DR/1137/10-11 dt 03 Jan 2011 (announce page).
- 30-July-2011 Kicked off events with a seminar on Copy rights and Open Licensing at Bangalore
- 12-Sep-2011 Kicked off outreach events with a Wiki Academy for Department of Public libraries, Government of Karnataka.
- 24-September-2011 First AGM and Chapter Elections conducted successfully.
[edit] Stuff
- Draft MoA
- Draft version of MoA submitted to Chapters Committee for approval
- Final version of MoA submitted to Chapters Committee for ratification
- Things to do for the formation of India chapter
- Projects
- Languages
- Collaborations of the month
- Reports
[edit] Communication channels
[edit] Official Contact
- Wikimedia India
- Email: chapter
wikimedia.in - Press : presswikimedia.in
[edit] WikimediaIndia-l
There is a mailing list at WikimediaIndia-l for discussion of this chapter, and of the Indian language Wikimedia projects in general.
[edit] Other mailing lists/groups/noticeboards
List of Mailing Lists specific to India
[edit] IRC
To join the discussion on IRC, join us in #wikimedia-in
[edit] See also
- Category:Wikimedia India
- Promoting the South Asian languages projects
- Wikimedia chapters
- Chapters committee
- Step-by-step chapter creation guide
- Requirements for future chapters
- Guidelines for future chapters
- Local chapter FAQ
- Interorganizational relations among chapters; a summary of a long discussion on IRC.
- List of Indic Wikipedians who have done more than 1000 edits
- Wikipedia Devanagari Templates Project
- Requests for comment/Indic Sysop
