WikiMeetups/Bangalore/Bangalore51



Monthly Wikipedia/ Wikimedia Meetup in Bangalore.

Date and Venue
Date: : Sunday, 18-Nov-2012 Time: 3:00 PM IST Note: In the view of Diwali Holidays, this month meetup is postponed to 3rd Sunday !

Venue: The Centre for Internet and Society No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, 4th Main Domlur 2nd Stage, (Opposite to Domlur Club Bangalore 560 071, Karnataka

Agenda

 * Talks
 * Wikivoyage projectby Ravikiran (EN Wiki) on Wikivoyage
 * Talk coverage:
 * History of Wikivoyage project
 * State of the project
 * Wikivoyage India opportunities
 * Opportunities to collaborate and learn between Wikivoyage and Wikipedia communities
 * About Ravikiran:
 * Wikitraveller, now Wikivoyager. Admin on Wikivoyage and contributing since 2004).
 * Discussions
 * Wiki Project Karnataka - Collaboration opportunties between Kannada Wikipedia, English Wikipedia & Photo community. - Arunram, Omshivaprakash, Ramesh NG
 * Replicating Wiki Women's workshop in Bangalore - Pavithra
 * Updates
 * Engineering workshop in Bangalore (deferred to next meetup due to lack of time)
 * DevCamp experience - Pavithra (deferred to next meetup due to lack of time)
 * Sanskrit Wikipedia updates - Dr. Sumana Koundinya (deferred to next meetup due to lack of time)

Intended Audience
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.



Attended

 * 1) Arunram 00:19, 6 November 2012 (IST)
 * 2) Omshivaprakash
 * 3) Pavithra
 * 4) Rameshng
 * 5) Sreejithk2000
 * 6) SumanaKoundinya 11:10, 17 November 2012 (IST)
 * 7) Shubha
 * 8) Chidroopa Sharma
 * 9) Kishore Annam Thyagaraja
 * 10) Mangala Gowri
 * 11) Ravikiran r (on Hangout)
 * 12) Arjunarao (on Hangout)
 * 13) Tejas (on Hangout)

Signed Up
Add your name as " # " if you have an username or else add " # Name" or use the facebook event page. You may require to Create a username & confirm the email address to edit this page. If you don't wish to create a login but wants to add your name here, please let us know at arkrishna12px@undefinedwikimedia.in or arunram12px@undefinedwikimedia.in


 * 1) Arkrishna
 * 2) Arunram 00:19, 6 November 2012 (IST)
 * 3) Raghu Udiyar
 * 4) Omshivaprakash
 * 5) Pavithra
 * 6) Tejas
 * 7) Ravikiran r
 * 8) Rameshng
 * 9) Sreejithk2000
 * 10) SumanaKoundinya 11:10, 17 November 2012 (IST)
 * 11) Shubha


 * Signedup on FaceBook:
 * 1) Srikanth RamaKrishnan
 * 2) DB Srinivasa Rao
 * 3) Mangala Gowri
 * 4) Kishore Annam Thyagaraja

Tentative

 * 1) Tinucherian 17:02, 12 November 2012 (IST)
 * 2) Chidroopa Sharma

Best wishes

 * Crossed half a century and still running! Kudos to the Bangalore team for conducting awesome meetups! --Netha Hussain 16:55, 15 November 2012 (IST)

Announcements/Event Notices
Please list external links announcing the meet-up here.
 * Facebook Invite : https://www.facebook.com/events/160684754074013/

Meetup Video

 * You can find the meetup videos archived here

Presentations

 * Wikivoyage Presentation can be found here

Twitter

 * Tweet with #WPMBL51 twitter hashtag http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23WPMBL51

Photos
Please upload to commons and add category Commons:Category:Bangalore Meetup Nov 2012

Media coverage
Please list coverage of this event by media here.
 * None.

Getting there

 * By Road:
 * From MG Road, Brigade Road, Central Business District, Vidhan Soudha — Come straight on Old Airport Road towards Domlur, and take a Left after Steves Gym / Paratha House. Go straight, and continue straight after the Domlur BDA Complex crossroads. Further, go straight, cross bridge over storm water drain, and take Left AFTER The Energy Research Institute [TERI]. You will see Domlur Club on the LEFT. Take a right onto the SECOND lane, opposite the gate of the Club. The CIS building has a white gate and is on the RIGHT-hand side, first gate.
 * From Hosur Road, Electronics City, Koramangala, Sarjapur, Bannerghatta — Take Inner Ring Road/Intermediate Ring Road towards the Domlur-Old Airport flyover. Proceed straight towards Indra Nagar by taking the flyover. Take a Left just AFTER the flyover, before the Pedestrian Foot Over Bridge [FOB]. Proceed forward and take the Third LEFT towards TERI. Take a Right before TERI and proceed as above.
 * From Old Airport, HAL, Marathalli, Varthur — Come on Old Airport-Varthur Road, cross Domlur flyover, take a Right AT the flyover proceed towards IndraNagar and proceed as per above to reach.
 * From Old Madras, Road, Indira Nagar, Ulsoor — Take 100feet Road [Under Metro] to Domlur flyover. Take a Right BEFORE the flyover, at the Pedestrian Foot Over Bridge [FOB]. Proceed forward and take the Third LEFT towards TERI. Take a Right before TERI and proceed as above.


 * By Bus:
 * From Kempegowda Bus Station [Majestic], KR Market, Shivaji Nagar, take a bus towards Old Airport, Domlur and get down at the Water Tank and Proceed as above.
 * From Banashankari, Central Silk Board — Take a bus towards Indiranagar/Domlur and get down at Doopanahalli 100 Feet Ring Road bus stop just after the flyover, and proceed as above.
 * From Hanumanthanagar, Srinagar, Girinagar and other parts of Southwest Bangalore - Catch a bus of the 201 series at Srinagar or Kamakhya and get down at Domlur Bus Stand, walk towards TERI (hardly 100 metres behind Domlur Bus Stand), and proceed as above.