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WikiTrack collects the Wikimedia Username entered into the app, information on the projects visited (listed by language) and projects remembered by the user so that these can be run through the Wikimedia metrics to study the impact. The data collected shall be used only for global metrics and in measuring impact of the project.

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Wikimedia India hpn March 8, 2010 - 11:20

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Back in 2004, we used to have discussions on how to improve Indian language projects on Wikipedia and related projects. It was then that the discussions had also channeled towards a probable Indian Chapter that could provide support and backing for the local community and the local projects. At that time, there were just a few chapters worldwide.

Weekend log hpn December 16, 2008 - 16:52

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It was a busy weekend, last one. On Saturday morning I had to dust curtains, vacuum the floor of the entire house as my sister had called up and said she would be moving in for couple of days to be with mother. She wouldn't like it if it isn't clean and things aren't organized! And then Murali was here to discuss about Tech Sampada, which is a new initiative on Sampada that we're coming up with (with an ambitious plan of getting people to write about technology, and developments surrounding technology in Kannada). Interviews we had recorded with Prof. U R Rao, Prof.

The errors on Wikipedia Logo

Submitted by hpn on June 25, 2007 - 20:31

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The incorrect characters on the Wikipedia logo [:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/technology/25wikipedia.html|has now made it to the New York Times] as news. There were numerous people wondering about the incorrect characters (easily four of them for Indians), and many had started talking about it on Wiki last year.

Wikipedia covered on IBN-live (tv18) hpn December 11, 2006 - 23:20

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wikipedia

India

[:http://www.ibnlive.com/|IBN-Live] has [:http://www.ibnlive.com/news/wikipedia-gets-bigger-better-freer/28219-7…|a story today] covering Wikipedia (the story although probably best suited on their other site - moneycontrol.com).

Top 100 articles on Kannada Wikipedia hpn September 21, 2006 - 05:46

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[:http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4…|Edward Chernenko] of [:http://ru.wikipedia.org/|Russian Wikipedia] has put across [:http://tools.wikimedia.de/~edwardspec/cgi-bin/top100.cgi?uselang=kn|this very nice tool] that counts the hits that various language Wikipedias receive (Javascript snippet needs to be inserted on wiki to get it started, though). For many months now, Wikimedia has not been keeping page hit statistics on Wikipedia project since they add up to the load on the servers.

Kannada Wikisource is now on a separate domain

Submitted by hpn on July 12, 2006 - 17:21

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Thanks largely to [:http://manadamaatu.blogspot.com/|Manohar], [:http://kn.wikisource.org|Wikisource Kannada] is now a very active project and recently got its own domain, too. Visit the project and [:http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:CP|contribute], take part. Don't let the initial Main page template scare you.

Ahead of 2000 mark hpn June 29, 2006 - 06:30

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Kannada

wikipedia

If I haven't yet pulled your attention towards it, let me do it now. [:http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/|Kannada Wikipedia] now has more than [:http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics|2000 articles] in its garner!

Be there tomorrow!

Submitted by hpn on April 1, 2006 - 07:49

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General

Kannada

wikipedia

Kannada Wikipedia Event
2nd April, Sunday, 2006. 4.00 PM to 8.00 PM. Nayana Auditorium, Kannada Bhavana, J C Road, Bangalore. Links: Invitation, Registration, More about the event

Registrations cross 100 hpn March 23, 2006 - 09:46

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Kannada

wikipedia

[:http://hpnadig.net/Kannada-Wikipedia-Meet|Registration ] for the [:http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PM|Kannada Wikipedia event] today crossed 100. Taking into account that the news about the event has just started to make it to the news media - with more than a week remaining for the event, this number sounds like a very good response until now.

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