[Hamara-devel] mediawiki file uploads, net neutrality page should be on site and not wiki.

shirish shirish at hamaralinux.org
Tue Apr 21 09:32:41 BST 2015


addition at bottom :-

On 04/21/2015 01:40 PM, shirish wrote:
> Hi all,
> I  was trying to make the "Net Neutrality" page on mediawiki and the 
> first thing I wanted to share are the pictures/memes which are going 
> around on websites/whatsapp and elsewhere.  But found that the 
> mediawiki installation is not configured for file uploads. Can 
> somebody do the needful ?
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads
>
> Please follow the instructions as shared above.
>
> Which also reminds me,  perhaps some of those extensions could also be 
> added and configured, even if we do them @ of 1 extension a 
> week/fortnightly I'll be more than happy because some feature would be 
> added. The more user-friendly it becomes, the more people will use it.
>
> For now, will be downloading some of the Youtube videos, seeing them 
> and which of them are good will put them on the wiki.
>
> The mainstream media seems to have caught the issue as well. For 
> instance, the famous or infamous shill,  Arnab Goswami of Times Now 
> did a one hour program on Net Neutrality about a week back, dunno how 
> much content will be therein but it is good news. See 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IAqN3_waBA for the programme.
>
> @Everybody -  what would you suggest is the best course -
>
> There are lot of parodies, spoofs as well as informative content which 
> frame the debate around net neutrality.  The informative content are 
> more small-time operators and independent outfits, the same goes for 
> parodies and spoofs as well.
>
> Discussions on channels is also there but again where they would come 
> is the question.
>
> Lastly, lot of celebrities are also throwing their weight behind Net 
> Neutrality.
>
> I could just link dump everything with small notes as to what that 
> video is about, is that good enough.
>
> On further thought, it seems to me that instead of having those links 
> just on the wiki, it would be better if we have it on the website 
> which would look more official while at the same time it will be 
> known. The wiki page can be used as a scratch-pad to add ideas for the 
> campaign as well.
>
> Looking forward to feedback.

You can find the page at 
http://wiki.hamaralinux.org/wiki/index.php/Hamara%27s_Position_on_Net_Neutrality

There are lot of videos so just will share only 5-10 videos for now,  
then will work on Website banners and any Pictures, Cartoons etc. which 
also share about Net Neutrality as well.

-- 
Shirish Agarwal,
Community Lead,
Hamaralinux.org

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