Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food

2015-04-15 Thread Yohann Thomas
Hi Sankarshan You should understand that WMIN has not done any event like this on such a large scale. There was a trust deficit between the community WMIN. The new EC is trying to bridge this gap. So you can interpret it as an incentive to increase contribution and participation or , as an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food

2015-04-15 Thread Tito Dutta
I agree with Col.Ashwin Baindur. On 15 April 2015 at 21:56, Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ashwin There was an IRC on the 12th April which was informed about 6 days in advance on WLF discussion page. In this IRC, the prizes were discussed. Also when compared to other Wiki Loves

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food

2015-04-15 Thread Yohann Thomas
Hi Karthik The planning of the competition in Phase 2 constantly will evolve as the pilot project proceeds. Phase 1 will be a constant learning for all the volunteers as it proceeds. I don't see any harm when the main contest starts as the pilot ends. Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com On Wed,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food

2015-04-15 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
My only question is Why are such high value prizes being awarded for phase one which is both a trial period as well as invite only. Ideally the prizes should go for the next phase. On 15-Apr-2015 10:11 pm, Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sankarshan I would stick to the original

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food

2015-04-15 Thread sankarshan
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com wrote: So you can interpret it as an incentive to increase contribution and participation or , as an enticement. I am unable to comprehend why it should be based on my interpretation. I visited the link provided in your original

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food

2015-04-15 Thread Yohann Thomas
Hi Ashwin There was an IRC on the 12th April which was informed about 6 days in advance on WLF discussion page. In this IRC, the prizes were discussed. Also when compared to other Wiki Loves competitions which were also organized all over the world, they also had similar Prizes. Best example is

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Announcing Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food

2015-04-15 Thread Yohann Thomas
Hi Sankarshan I would stick to the original statement of the text. It is not an improper usage. Thanks :) !! Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:45 PM, sankarshan foss.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Yohann Thomas yohan...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Announcing Phase 1 of Wiki Loves Food

2015-04-15 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Dear Yohann, After going through the links and the logs etc, I am having serious doubts about this whole project. This is what I feel: 1. Is this really a competition? Or just a photo upload event? How come there are community nominations for a competition? Moreover, how language is related to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Net Neutrality and Wikipedia

2015-04-15 Thread Jayantilal Kothari
To understand what exactly is net neutrality please watch this video. http://goo.gl/6KDcvV Regards, Jayantilal On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Karthik Nadar karthik...@wikimedia.in wrote: Dear all, As Wikipedians, I'm not sure how many support Net Neutrality, but as Netizens I'm sure

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Wikimania 2015 participants from India

2015-04-15 Thread Jayantilal Kothari
Thanks Ravi for sharing this information. Regards, Jayantilal On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Arnav Sonara sonara.ar...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats to everyone! Just to let you know, that if Indian passport holders have a long term US visa they don't need any visa for Mexico. Thanks,