Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-12 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 04:22, Barry Newstead bnewst...@wikimedia.orgwrote: It would also be cool if we celebrate what people actual do and debate the efficacy based on the results (since all of our work is experimental in nature and unproven at this time) Since we are talking something

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-12 Thread Hisham
Hi Srikanth Comments inline. On Apr 12, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 04:22, Barry Newstead bnewst...@wikimedia.org wrote: It would also be cool if we celebrate what people actual do and debate the efficacy based on the results (since all of our work

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-12 Thread wheredevelsdare
Barry, I think the moot point is being missed here. There is a general feeling (atleast from what I understand) that IP should focus on what the community cannot do - and the community should be more involved in deciding what IP should do. Other chapters that have hired staff have hired people

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-12 Thread Hisham
On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:57 PM, wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wheredevelsd...@hotmail.com wrote: snip there is no report for March This delay is on my side. It is now up at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Reports/Community_Monthly_Reports/Mar_2012#Monthly_Report_-_Mar_2012 snip

[Wikimediaindia-l] India Program - Monthly Report: March Plan: April

2012-04-12 Thread Hisham
The month community report for March is available here [1] and the areas of work in April are available here [2]. (Apologies for the delay in this. Going forward, we will have these out before the 7th of every month.) Please do share your comments and suggestions on the respective talk pages.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-12 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Thank you for your responding to me, Barry. I would like to point out a few issues, if I may, to set the context to my stated wish about what India Programs should be doing. A significant proportion of the events listed in your reference were community events and if we consider only those

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-12 Thread Barry Newstead
Dear Ashwin, Thanks for your message. I have to say that specific comments are much more useful than vague generalisations, because these are actionable for us and we can correct misperceptions (of which there are some significant ones below). I'd like to respond to your points below. Please

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-12 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Dear Barry, thank you for taking the trouble to provide a comprehensive and timely response to my critique. There is no doubt that India Programs is putting in hard work, and there are definitely good results as you pointed out and I agree with. All your points are well taken, though I am not in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East (SciDev.net)

2012-04-12 Thread Barry Newstead
Thanks Ashwin for this additional response. A couple of quick notes to close this one out. Best, Barry On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.comwrote: Dear Barry, thank you for taking the trouble to provide a comprehensive and timely response to my critique.