WikiMeetups/Bangalore/Bangalore43

Summary
The Wikipedia Bangalore meetup is a monthly get-together of wikipedians (contributors and users) to meet up, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for wikipedia and wikimedia.

As discussed in the Bangalore Meetup 3 in July, Wikipedians in Bangalore (Bangapedians) will meet up every month on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday at 3 PM. The meetups are intended to be structured as follows —Introductions, a few focused talks by Wikipedians to share experience / expertise followed by demos and open discussions on topics of common interest.

Pre-Meeting discussions can be on the talk page please.

Date and Venue
Date: : Sunday, 11-March-2012 Time: 3:00 PM IST

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

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.

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.

Agenda

 * Native language transliterations in English Wikipedia articles - Swaroop G Rao (User:MikeLynch)
 * NASSCOM Initiative - Engineering Services - RadhaKrishna Arvapally (User:Arkrishna)
 * Kerala Sarvavijnanakosham and Malayalam Wikipedia - Ramesh N G (User:Rameshng)
 * "Community activities and Outreach in Kannada Wikipedia" - Omshivaprakash H L (User:Omshivaprakash)

Attended

 * 1) User:Arjunaraoc
 * 2) ansuman
 * 3)  A T Kishore
 * 4) Rameshng
 * 5) MikeLynch
 * 6) Arkrishna
 * 7) Tinucherian
 * 8) Arunram
 * 9) Rajnikanth
 * 10) Omshivaprakash H L
 * 11) Prasanth Vijay
 * 12)  Jeff Shawn

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 tinucherian12px@undefinedwikimedia.in


 * 1) Tinucherian 12:53, 15 February 2012 (CET)
 * 2) Nearly Headless Nick 01:19, 1 March 2012 (CET)
 * 3) ansuman 15:06, 2 March 2012 (CET)
 * 4) Arkrishna 11:08, 3 March 2012 (IST)
 * 5) Omshivaprakash H L 16:18, 3 March 2012 (IST)
 * 6) MikeLynch 18:26, 4 March 2012 (CET)
 * 7) Gautam John 07:50, 5 March 2012 (CET) (Will try and be there.)
 * 8) Arunram 08:24, 5 March 2012 (CET)
 * 9) Musab Iqbal (Mail Request) 13:37, 5 March 2012 (IST)
 * 10) Deepak Rajanikanth (Via Facebook)
 * 11) Laxmi Khatiwada (Via Facebook)
 * 12) Sohanmaheshwar (Via Facebook)
 * 13) Venugopal Madathil (Via Facebook)
 * 14) Pavithra Hanchagaiah (Via Facebook)
 * 15) Rameshng
 * 16) Mohammad Nasiruddin (Via Facebook)
 * 17) Jaya Krishnan R (Via Facebook)
 * 18) M Afzal Ahmad (Via Facebook)
 * 19) Shobhashree Panda (Via Facebook)
 * 20) User:Arjunaraoc
 * 21) Annam Thyagaraja Kishore (Via Facebook)

Tentative

 * 1) Jeff Shawn (Via Facebook)
 * 2) Anoop Narayanan (Via Facebook)

Regrets

 * 1) naveenpf 06:45, 2 March 2012 (CET) - Best Wishes !!! ... Out of Town

Announcements/Event Notices
Please list external links announcing the meet-up here.
 * Facebook Invite : https://www.facebook.com/events/119678494824154/

Twitter

 * Tweet with #WPMBL43 twitter hashtag http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23WPMBL43

Media coverage
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Photos
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