Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-10 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Can someone clarify on how Wikimedia projects will benefit here? -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-09 Thread John Vandenberg
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Béria Lima wrote: > John: Is a presentation not an internship for what I read. Hi Beria, Sorry and thank you for clarifying. I was confused by the fact that the participant is going for 10 days, which is more than needed to make a presentation & workshop. IMO, t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-09 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Béria Lima wrote: > Asaf, GAC isn't for Participation grants, I don't know why you throwing > that in the people who disagree. Yes, Béria, and I have acknowledged this not once but *twice* in the response that first mentioned the GAC. I was pointing out that the

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-09 Thread Béria Lima
Asaf, GAC isn't for Participation grants, I don't know why you throwing that in the people who disagree. And you said yourself you needed to consult with WMIN, they are telling a big "NO", why you don't refuse the grant? _ *Béria Lima* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibil

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-09 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Ravi, do note that the same person requested a Grant for a Pune club where he wanted money for food expenses as well. On an unrelated note, there is a NASA-ISRO-BU Space Camp being held in Coimbatore. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. ___ Wikimediaind

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-08 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hello, everyone. I have responded on the grant talk page. Let's keep this conversation in one place, there: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation_talk:AbhiSuryawanshi/NASA_LARSS_program#Chapter_consultation.3F Thanks, Asaf On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Béria Lima wrote: > *John:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-08 Thread Béria Lima
*John:* Is a presentation not an internship for what I read. *Gautan*: The "Grants" team in this case is Asaf only. The GAC didn't review participation grants. *Ravishankar*: If you want to make your concern visible, post on Wikimedia mailing list _ *Béria Lima* *Imagine um mundo onde é dad

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-08 Thread John Vandenberg
I hope I am wrong, but this doesnt look like it fits within the participation assistance scheme. Instead it looks like the assistance is to cover travel to USA for an internship at NASA-related organisation. The grant request page is quite confusing. On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Gautam John

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-08 Thread Gautam John
On 8 July 2012 16:49, Ravishankar wrote: > "I plan to run this campaign across all Social media networks if I continue > to see any such grant." Something by way of explanation would be nice as well? As far as I can read, the WMF/Grants Team believes it fits one or more of the goals and did fund

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-08 Thread Ravishankar
Should have read "I plan to run this campaign across all Social media networks if I continue to see any such *grant*." ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit

[Wikimediaindia-l] Do not donate to Wikipedia

2012-07-08 Thread Ravishankar
Hey, Do not donate to Wikipedia because your money will go for insane grants like http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:AbhiSuryawanshi/NASA_LARSS_program I plan to run this campaign across all Social media networks if I continue to see any such donation. Ravi ___