Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : India is No.6 in donating to Wikipedia

2011-03-20 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, If the Dutch example is something to go by, being able to pay through electronic banking made a big difference in the Netherlands.. However, do you agree with me that being able to contribute to Wikipedia (financially or as an editor) is what it takes to give a sense of ownership? Thanks,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : India is No.6 in donating to Wikipedia

2011-03-20 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
I agree with Bishakha. People generally contribute money for causes they believe in but not necessarily part of. Another interesting thing that I came across, while I was doing my background work for this story and talking to prolific editors and Wikipedians, I found out that less than 5 % of

[Wikimediaindia-l] Deletion (aka genocide) of articles

2011-03-20 Thread Nikhil Sheth
Hi All, I'm not fully sure where the community is going on this topic, but here's my two cents on deletion of articles in Indian /any language wikipedias: *It should not happen. Period.* At least not until we reach a qualitative number that is proportional to the population of people in the