[smc-discuss] [Wikiml-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] New members of Language committee

[jacob purackel]

Congrats.
 


From: kurianos at gmail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:23:44 +1100
To: discuss at lists.smc.org.in
CC: rajeeshknambiar at gmail.com; wikiml-l at lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikiml-l] [smc-discuss] Fwd: [Foundation-l] New members of Language committee

Ashamshakal masheeeeee


On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Rajeesh K Nambiar <rajeeshknambiar at gmail.com> wrote:


On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline at gmail.com> wrote:
> മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയരെ സംബന്ധിച്ചിടത്തോളം അത്യന്തം സന്തൊഷകരമായ ഒരു വാർത്തകൂടി
> പങ്കു വെക്കുന്നു. പ്രമുഖ ഫോസ് ഡെവലപ്പറും മലയാളം വിക്കിമീഡിയനും ആയ സന്തോഷ്
> തോട്ടിങ്ങലിനെ വിക്കിമീഡിയ ഫൗണ്ടെഷന്റെ ലങ്ങ്വേജ് കമ്മിറ്റിയിലേക്ക്
> തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തിരിക്കുന്നു.

സന്തോഷ്; ആശംസകള്‍, അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങള്‍!




>
> ഈ കമ്മിറ്റിയിൽ എത്തുന്ന ആദ്യത്തെ ഇന്ത്യാക്കാരൻ ആ  എന്നതല്ല സന്തൊഷിന്റെ
> തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കലിനെ കൂടുതൽ ആഹ്ലാദകമാക്കുന്നത്. താഴത്തെ മെയിലിൽ
> പറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നത് പോലെ സന്തോഷിനെ ഇന്ത്യാക്കാരൻ ആയത് കൊണ്ടല്ല , മറിച്ച് ഭാഷാ
> കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങിലും മറ്റും നടത്തിയ മികച്ച സേവനങ്ങളെ അടിസ്ഥാനമാക്കിയാണു്
> തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തത് എന്നതാണു്.
>
> സന്തോഷിനു് എല്ലാവിധ ആശംസകളൂം അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങളും.
>
> ഷിജു
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:49 PM
> Subject: [Foundation-l] New members of Language committee
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> I am glad to announce that Language committee is stronger for three
> new members. By the time of getting their applications, the list is:
>
> Ζαχαρίας Διακονικολάου (Zaharias Diakonikolau) (meta:User:ZaDiak)
> * languages spoken: el, en-4, de-2, grc-2, pnt-1
> * living in: Europe, Greece, Rhodes
> * reason for inclusion: A couple of months ago Language committee
> announced that it is searching for members from the [types of]
> projects which don't have Wikipedia-like dynamics. Zaharias has passed
> as an applicant from Wikiversity (he is admin at Beta Wikiversity and
> bureaucrat at Greek Wikiversity). However, his qualifications go
> further: he is actively working on creation, editing and promoting
> projects in various Greek languages. Knowing that he is young, he will
> be our long term investment, too.
>
> Oliver Stegen]] (meta:User:Baba Tabita)
> * languages spoken: de, en-4, sw-3 <small style="color:gray;">nl-1,
> fr-1</small>
> * living in: Africa, Kenya, Nairobi (from Europe, Germany)
> * reason for inclusion: Oliver is a linguist who is working for SIL on
> East African languages. We'll have one ultra-relevant expert in
> LangCom thanks to Jon Harald Søby, one of the LangCom members, who met
> Oliver in Nairobi.
>
> Santhosh Thottingal]] (meta:User:Santhosh.thottingal)
> * languages spoken: ml, hi-3, en-3, ta-2,
> * living in: Asia, India, Chennai (Madras)
> * reason for inclusion: Santhosh is a free software guru interested in
> languages. He will help us in articulating projects for covering
> language-related needs of Wikimedia projects.
>
> I want to add one more point related to Santhosh. He has passed as a
> LangCom member not because he is from India, but because he has
> relevant expertise and right attitude. Although he speaks three Indian
> languages, he has become a member of LangCom because he is a free
> software guru interested in languages. Before Santhosh's application,
> we would have been happy to see anyone with this qualification and
> this attitude, no matter of location of birth or residence.
>
> However, Bishakha's question and subsequent conversation helped, as it
> gave impulse to Santhosh to submit the application. And that brings to
> my mind that it would be good to pass the whole world periodically and
> raise the geographical equality issue. And it is not a joke. That's
> obviously giving people courage, or at least the idea, that they have
> the same right to become members of any Wikimedia body, as any
> Westerner has. Sometimes the qualifications won't be relevant for
> particular position, sometimes they will.
>
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