Oh, and did I mention the updated article now lives at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freed.in, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freed is a disambiguation page, which points to the former, amongst other things?
Right, I just did. --- Viksit Gaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good LORD! > > Gotta love discussions on issues which require about > 15 minutes to fix, and perhaps double that typing > out > philosophies on why not to. > > Kenneth - your opinions on this matter, imho, are > rather baseless. Wikipedia does have issues against > original research, but NOT articles which cite > references - (to pages outside of wikipedia as a > primary source of information). Of course, keeping > them NPOV (Neutral Point of view) is an art, which > I > do agree a lot of potential article authors are not > well versed with. > > As for articles with 'comments' attached - thats the > general rule on any encyclopaedia. You cite > references > before you make claims, and automated bots/human > editors run around on the website, checking whether > these things are done or not. Its the norm, not the > exception. > > Note to whoever made logos (Niyam?) - Please > attribute > a license to them, and change it on the images page > on > the (updated) wikipedia article. And mention it on > the > freed.in website too. Perhaps a press kit would be a > good idea - logos, and a small blurb ready made for > anyone who wants to cover it. > > - Viksit > > --- Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > do any of the other articles have these > comments > > attached? Instead of > > > > sounding off - try to understand that > wikipedia > > insists that all > > > > materials on wikipedia *must* be secondary > > information and not > > > > primary information. Wikipedia strongly > opposes > > original material. > > > > And this blatant advertising for freed is just > > going to confirm the > > > > opinion held in many places that we are a > nation > > of jerks. > > > > i agree with raj's comment below, to what kenneth > > says in the para above. > > look forward to kenneth making a positive > > contribution to wikipedia, > > and thereby with his own hands undoing the image > of > > india *kenneth > > perceives* gets projected abroad with well-meaning > > and perhaps > > poorly-implemented wikipedia entries. > > > > ok kenneth you do that, and in celebration of YOUR > > effort and > > initiative, i'll celebrate kenneth's positive > small > > contribution to > > the community with a round of samosas and chai at > > the next ilug-D > > meeting, being held this sunday. > > am sure kishore will be very happy to click and > > publish photos of > > those attending ilug-d, commemorating your > > pitching-in and helping the > > community and freed.in in a positive, constructive > > way. > > > > thanks also for sharing with us on how we can > > contribute in the right > > way to wikipedia. please lead us all by example. > > > > > > > > OK, since you appear to be most concerned about > > India's image, why don't > > > you fix issues with the article (and thereby > > improve the global > > > perception of India and Indians)? > > > > er.. kenneth's perception of (perception of india > > and indians). > > if wikipedia moderated publicly-archived emails to > a > > mailing list, i'm > > sure they'd add their customary '[citation > needed]'. > > > > :-) > > niyam > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -- Raju > > > -- > > > Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://kandalaya.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, > 2007 > > Archives at: > > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > -- > Viksit Gaur > > viksit at aya dot yale dot edu > http://viksit.com > > Just because you have a mind like a hammer doesn't > mean you should treat everyone else like a nail - > Terry Pratchett > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search > that gives answers, not web links. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 > Archives at: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
