Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-07 Thread Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi Tito, I would to add to what Pavan and Ashwin said. Firstly I agree with both of them, stressing the fact that community-based selection process is not ideal for all the communities. This is for several reasons; - There may be users who are only contributing to the main spaces without

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-06 Thread Tito Dutta
Hello, There are various opinion on this. On one hand, we have received feedback not supporting community selection on village pump. On the other hand, we have also got a several feedback and suggestions. Thanks for adding your input on this. We have noted these. Additional comment from other

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-06 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Pavan, thanks for your input. You do make a valid point. Selection by community where the community spirit is absent is likely to throw up unsuitable candidates because the selection is now based on group dynamics and we have all seen how wrong that can go. If CIS A2K is providing Advanced

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-06 Thread pavan santhosh
Hello Jayanta, I would like to appreciate you and team for planning and rolling out this training. Along with that, I would also like to raise a major concern which is unrelated to bidding but is more about program design. Meta page about this event says that "The selection [of participants]

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-06 Thread Jayanta Nath
Hi Balaji, Thanks for the queries about this events. I have a basic agenda of this workshop below, although We would like to fixed the agenda after need assessment. 1. Digitization post processing. 2. Advance proofreading techniques. 3. Wikidata Linkage. 4.Library classification. 5. Finishing

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-04 Thread balaji
Hello Tito, Thanks for the detailed reply. I have few feedback for the reply. //C. >>If there is an agenda for this training and format of the training, it would be good to know before bidding. Agenda is decided after the needs-assessment of the participants. If you have topics to suggest,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-04 Thread Tito Dutta
Hello Balaji, Thanks for your questions, let me try to answer to these. A. >>The title for the meeting in fixed as "Wiki Advanced Training". Already minimum one training was conducted by CIS for many of the Indic wikisource community. How the "Wiki Advanced Training" training is going to be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-04 Thread Abhinav srivastava
Hi, In consent with the opinion expressed by Balaji // *instead of training a two day editathon can be conducted with experts helping people who face problems while proofreading. *// I couldn't agree more. I myself face a lot many problem and such exercise could benefit. Similar to the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-09-04 Thread balaji
Hi, The title for the meeting in fixed as "Wiki Advanced Training". Already minimum one training was conducted by CIS for many of the Indic wikisource community. How the "Wiki Advanced Training" training is going to be different from the earlier trainings. If there is an agenda for this training

[Wikimediaindia-l] Call for bids to host Wikisource Advance Training 2019

2019-08-14 Thread Jayanta Nath
Dear Wikimedians, It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Wikisource Advance Training 2019 program organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 11 October & 13 October 2019. Advance Wikisource Training is a residential training program is planned for Indic Wikisource community