Hi Ravi,
Wish you a wonderful 2013!
Appreciate in you taking time to deeply engage with the write-up and for
sharing your thoughts and queries. Some further thoughts and responses
below.
1. Wiki-Panchayat is unnecessary.
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Rationale: Keep four crabs in a box and each one will ensure that
Hi,
A local MediaWiki Group is a nice initiative be it in Ahmedabad or anywhere
else as long as there are enthusiastic volunteers involved. It'll be nice
to see this group come to life (MediaWiki group Ahmedabad or a chapter SIG).
I must say it's quite awkward not seeing any involvement of
On 01/03/2013 10:02 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
Just to let you all know:
Our Executive Manager Sowmyan met Erik some time back and asked if he
needed any help from the chapter. Erik said we could hold quarterly
hackathons in different parts of India.
We are more than happy to do this and
On 01/03/2013 08:37 AM, Theo10011 wrote:
So, to summarize again, Quim, a staff member, and you, a
No, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups were proposed at the MediaWiki
community and wikimedia-l, they were discussed also with the
Affiliations Committee and they were finally approved and
That is exactly what I was wondering as well Konarak.
On 4 Jan 2013 15:15, Konarak Ratnakar konarak...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
A local MediaWiki Group is a nice initiative be it in Ahmedabad or
anywhere else as long as there are enthusiastic volunteers involved. It'll
be nice to see this group
howdy Quim
I'll reply to your earlier post and state my main objection to this before
stopping. I don't really care as much as I might be leading you to believe,
so I should disengage. I care more for the larger picture. But I just want
to point out some minor discrepancies that might be
So here's my main concern.
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote:
But the point that keeps me thinking is why the first response from
Wikimedia India chapter to a new group of volunteers seems to be inquiring
and resisting more than congratulating and embracing.
Hi Theo,
I think the historical context you put the Ahmedabad group in is
fascinating, but imputing the creation of the proposed group to yet another
WMF-led half-baked initiative is unfair.
Wikimedia User Groups are finally getting off the ground; while the page
might contain edits from me, it
My two cents based on two decades of experience in open source and
growing adoption and contributions in India:
Mediawiki is an open source project which has community members
contributing to it globally. Having a technical Mediawiki user group
with developers gathering together for face-to-face
