And one more problem has resulted.
People are targetting us Wikimedia/Wikipedia users.
The other day I was wearing the Wikipedia 10 T-shirt on MG Road in Bangalore
and got a yelling in Kannada from a Police Inspector. I didn't exactly
understand what he said, but I know he said Wikipedia, Sarkar,
On 31 March 2011 13:40, Srikanth Ramakrishnan rsrikant...@gmail.com wrote:
The other day I was wearing the Wikipedia 10 T-shirt on MG Road in Bangalore
and got a yelling in Kannada from a Police Inspector. I didn't exactly
understand what he said, but I know he said Wikipedia, Sarkar, Danger.
Hoi,
One thing we can do is reach out to the minister. I did that on my blog.
When I get a high quality picture, I will blog about it on my blog and I
will propose it as a featured picture.
My point is that our relation with politicians is different from the
Wikileaks people, the kind of exposure
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 14:10, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote:
On 30 March 2011 11:49, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote:
Getting sick of this popular urban legand. Why dont we run a site
notice
banner for atleast India alone for 2 months. Please Note :-
Wikipedia
I think right now, we can start by sending out a message to everybody who we
know?
Spread the message?
On Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, IRC etc. ?
Or wear a T-shirt [I know it's stupid, I can get one though].
I'm serious about all of these, we need to do something. I have had numerous
arguments with
Hi,
Facebook, Twitter campaign by ourselves will help. I can see some doing it
already.
The Indian Wikimedia chapter can consider circulating a press release
clarifying this.
A banner campaign can be the last resort.
Ravi
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
On 30 March 2011 11:49, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik@gmail.com wrote:
Getting sick of this popular urban legand. Why dont we run a site notice
banner for atleast India alone for 2 months. Please Note :- Wikipedia
and Wikileaks are 2 different things and link to a detailed note.
Srikanth, to
Nikhil,
While I would love to agree with you, given the turn legislation has been
taking in India (e.g. the law governing blogs), I think free communities
like Wikipedia and Openstreetmap stand a serious risk at the hands of those
who value 'national security', which unfortunately is the perfect
Angry with Wikileaks, Indian Union minister for law and justice Veerappa
Moily lashes against Wikipedia
.. *Union minister for law and justice Veerappa Moily on Tuesday criticized
WikiLeaks for playing havoc in the democracies of many countries. These are
all products which create instability in
