Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Presenting The India Chronicles

2011-10-09 Thread Gautam John
So I read it and then re-read it and for the most part, the journey has been well captured. At least for the period in time from when I have been associated with this wonderful community. There is something that struck me though. Now that the journey and the story has been captured in the written

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Presenting The India Chronicles

2011-10-09 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
There is something that struck me though. Now that the journey and the story has been captured in the written form, in many ways, this *will* form the back story to the Indian community and Wikimedia movement. I'm wondering how comfortable everyone is with that? It's difficult for anything to be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Presenting The India Chronicles

2011-10-09 Thread Gautam John
On 9 October 2011 15:36, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.com wrote: It's difficult for anything to be *the* back story of the movement, much less this one. I agree Sundar. What I meant was that this particular narrative is now the only one committed to paper (as it were) and will be

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Presenting The India Chronicles

2011-10-09 Thread BalaSundaraRaman
I agree Sundar. What I meant was that this particular narrative is now the only one committed to paper (as it were) and will be crawled and indexed and searched and read and referenced and since it is the only narrative that is discoverable, outside the Community that is, it will tend towards

[Wikimediaindia-l] Facilitators for Wiki Academy at LNCT-INDORE

2011-10-09 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
Hi, We are looking for experienced Wikipedians from places preferably near to Indore for conducting Wiki Academy at LNCT. The sessions will be in English for one day on one of the weekends convenient to both LNCT and identified Facilitator. Necessary travel/stay expense will be reimbursed by

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Presenting The India Chronicles

2011-10-09 Thread Bishakha Datta
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:39 PM, BalaSundaraRaman sundarbe...@yahoo.comwrote: I agree Sundar. What I meant was that this particular narrative is now the only one committed to paper (as it were) and will be crawled and indexed and searched and read and referenced and since it is the only

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Presenting The India Chronicles

2011-10-09 Thread Gautam John
On 9 October 2011 21:57, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: I think Tory did a great job and had her finger on the pulse I mostly agree with you, Bishakha. So I think one good way forward in general - and this doesn't hold only for wikipedia, but for history making in general - is

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Presenting The India Chronicles

2011-10-09 Thread Gautam John
On 9 October 2011 23:43, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: And I think part of it is how we choose to see it and who/what we choose to hear - if I choose to see Tory's piece as dominant because it was commissioned by the Foundation, then that determines how much power I give it.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Presenting The India Chronicles

2011-10-09 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 23:23, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: On 9 October 2011 21:57, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: I think Tory did a great job and had her finger on the pulse I mostly agree with you, Bishakha. Agree, It was a quite an elaborate one. So I