Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Stay connected

2020-08-03 Thread Tito Dutta
Hello, Indeed, that's a great and kind thought. Thanks for initiating this. I am also available for communication (any topic, specially non-wiki topics, food, books :)) Thanks User:Titodutta (Wikipedian) On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 04:36, Bodhisattwa Mandal wrote: > Hello, > > I am getting news

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fundraising in India - Launched

2020-08-03 Thread Nitesh Gill
+1 and I agree with others. I am working on Wikipedia from last five years and during my journey I just felt we are here for each other. I will go through with Bodhi's point that we are facing these difficult times due to COVID-19 and cases are increasing day by day in India, as all know. It's

[Wikimediaindia-l] Stay connected

2020-08-03 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hello, I am getting news that some of our community members from different parts of the country and/or their loved ones, relatives and close neighbours are getting infected by COVID-19 and/or affected by psychological problems due to the stagnation of our lives for last few months. Things are

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fundraising in India - Launched

2020-08-03 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
+1 to everything that others said. We are getting negative reactions from readers everywhere. No doubt, it's a bad design with a very unacceptable tone to ask for money. In the midst of COVID-19 crisis, it's a very bad timing too. Being active on non-Wikipedia projects, this donation campaign

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fundraising in India - Launched

2020-08-03 Thread Suyash Dwivedi
+1Balaji Regards, Er. Suyash Dwivedi (pronouns - he/his/him) (U:Suyash.dwivedi) suyash@gmail.com IST (Indian Standard Time) UTC+5:30 --Sent from my mobile device On Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 11:45 PM balaji wrote: > Mostly of people asked of if the donation notice was geninue or scam. > Since they

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fundraising in India - Launched

2020-08-03 Thread balaji
Mostly of people asked of if the donation notice was geninue or scam. Since they know I am closely associated with wikipedia movement they asked me. Sudden popup of donation notice seems like a spam or hacking by external agency. Totally uncool. And seeing the count shown I felt like I am being

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fundraising in India - Launched

2020-08-03 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi, Here is some note by Amit Abhyankar on Facebook. There are similar comments on this post. - I guess most of us have received this message when accessing Wikipedia. While there is nothing wrong in asking for donations, I didn't like the tone of this appeal. The way it says