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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:01:57 +0530
From: ashwin.bain...@gmail.com mailto:ashwin.bain...@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Quality Issues with English
Wikipedia
On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:
This is a letter to all Indian editors of the English Wikipedia requesting
discussion, cooperation and help.
Recently I was asked to give a three to four minute presentation on the state
of WikiProject India on English Wikipedia for the
Srikanth, I find it a bit difficult to believe that the reason you said is
the only reason why English editting stopped. It must be a combination of
many things-
* Retirement and reduction of editting by long term editors
* For some reason, the same pleasure no longer felt in editting.
* Hostile
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Quality Issues with English Wikipedia
Srikanth, I find it a bit difficult to believe that the reason you said is the
only reason why English editting stopped. It must be a combination of many
things-
* Retirement and reduction of editting by long
of reliable sources.
For Indian articles, that is something that can be difficult to find at
times.
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:01:57 +0530
From: ashwin.bain...@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Quality Issues
: [Wikimediaindia-l] Quality Issues with English Wikipedia
I agree partially with you, Pranav. Yes, finding reliable sources in Indic
languages can be quite a challenge.
My own personal view is this - But while a source may be in a language but its
utility as a reference is basically language neutral
This is a letter to all Indian editors of the English Wikipedia requesting
discussion, cooperation and help.
Recently I was asked to give a three to four minute presentation on the
state of WikiProject India on English Wikipedia for the session on state of
Indic Wikipedias at the recently
Ashwin,
This is a known fact for a while.
The number of active English editors working on English articles [India
ones], improving the articles, adding citations, fixing grammar has gone
down significantly in the last two years.
Besides this, there are a lot of so called Indian editors who claim
