Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-14 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Ravi, Sorry, I guess you were correct. Jyothis, that is a good point, maybe we should hold a poll on Meta? On 14 April 2010 10:50, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: Seems worthwhile to do both these - the most accurate bits in all the recent reports are from the Foundation's press

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-14 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Jyothis, a poll , or something like an RfA.. You stand, we elect, and we vote on someone from each indian language to represent that particular wiki [ALL, not just Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wikibooks, etc.] in India, to Indian newspapers. Regards, On 14 April 2010 15:26, CherianTinu Abraham

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-14 Thread Ravishankar
Srikanth, We have selected such spokespersons through a vote in Tamil Wikipedia itself. (similar to sysop voting process). Since Tamil Wiki is a close knit community, we proposed around 12 names and all were elected unanimously. After having this team of 12, we form subgroups for various

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-14 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Ravi, META was just a suggestion. Local wikis are fine too. Regards, Srikanth On 14 April 2010 20:20, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Srikanth, We have selected such spokespersons through a vote in Tamil Wikipedia itself. (similar to sysop voting process). Since Tamil Wiki is a close

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-14 Thread Ravishankar
Srikanth, Thanks for the understanding. An ideal and desirable state will be that the WMF, Local chapters and Local Wiki communities all co-exist with autonomy and facilitate each other's function rather than routing everything through one or another. Regards, Ravi On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-13 Thread Praveen Prakash
Bishakha Datta wrote: I feel the following misquotes/inaccuracies are somewhat damaging: *last para - the fictional quote on 'Malayalam articles having more depth.' I don't recall anyone saying this, let alone me. well, do math ;-) probably not that much damaging ;-) -- praveenp

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-13 Thread Ravishankar
Hi Bishaka, Welcome to Wikipedia. No ill-feelings :) I have had similar misreporting experiences with media. One way for better media management will be to take minutes during the meeting and handing over a formal written press release to the media people. We can also give contact numbers to

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-13 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Ravi, while that is a good point, do you think the press still will take it? I mean, it's not what they get, but what they put into the final print. Regards, On 13 April 2010 22:54, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bishaka, Welcome to Wikipedia. No ill-feelings :) I have had

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-13 Thread Ravishankar
Srikanth, 1. Whether they take or not, this will be a professional way for us to do. This will also be a good way to document our activities. 2. And if they take, it is a good chance for us to convey the exact message as it is. During the press conference on Tamil Wiki contest, while many

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-12 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Thanq Nadig for uploading the images with CC By SA license, I will copy them to our commons too.. Btw there was a news column today onTimes of India newspaper regarding this meetup and Bishakha Datta. E-editions can found below.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-12 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Too bad I couldn't make it in time. I was really looking forward to meeting you. :( On 12 April 2010 11:36, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Thanq Nadig for uploading the images with CC By SA license, I will copy them to our commons too.. Btw there was a news column today

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

2010-04-11 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
People, Some photos from today's Bangalore meet-up: http://is.gd/bowby (FlickR) -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org