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It is proposed to start an India chapter of the Wikimedia. We believe that it is important to spread the concept of free knowledge in India.

This page is for discussion about the proposal for an India chapter of Wikimedia. This chapter can help coordinate various Indian language Wikipedias and spread the Wikipedia word in India.

Contents 1 Background and Progress 2 Stuff 3 Todo 4 Communication channels 4.1 WikimediaIndia-l 4.2 IRC 4.3 Other mailing lists/groups/noticeboards 4.4 Google SMS Channels 4.5 See also 5 See also

[edit] Background and Progress

• An IRC meeting on September 30, 2004 at 15:30 IST. For a summary of the discussion, please see 2004 IRC meeting.
• 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.
• Sue Gardner and Jimmy visited India in Dec 2008.
• Discussions started again after 2009 July Bangalore Meetup

[edit] Stuff

• Bylaws
• Projects
• Languages

[edit] Todo

	Pending tasks for Wikimedia India:	edit - watch - purge
	Invite Indian Wikipedian editors to join WikimediaIndia-l and invite them to participate in the discussion for formation of Wikimedia India chapter. Discuss the initial funding: nominal charges for forms and registration, website hosting and domain name etc. Discuss initial registered office. Discuss selecton of initial Board of Directors. Discuss membership fees. Discuss projects and activities.

[edit] Communication channels

[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] IRC

To join the discussion on IRC, join us in #wikimedia-in

[edit] Other mailing lists/groups/noticeboards

• English: Noticeboard for India-related topics
• Hindi: Hindi Wikipedia Users Group or vist hi:विकिपीडिया:याहू ग्रुप.
• Marathi: mr-wiki or vist mr:आंतरविकि दूतावास. Also see mr:विकिपीडिया:मराठी विकिपीडिया माध्यम प्रसिद्धी प्रकल्प and mr:Wikipedia:कायदा आणि प्रताधिकारमुक्ती प्रकल्प
• Telugu: Use Telugu Wiki or you can even send a mail to wikite-l

• Malayalam Wiki projects mailing list Id is: wikiml-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[edit] Google SMS Channels

Google India beta feature works for Indian subscribed mobile nos only.

• marathiwikipedians
• malyalamwiki

[edit] See also

• A combined recent changes is available at bloglines.com/public/Wikimedia.

[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