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