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

2012-04-13 Thread Theo10011
Hi Barry I have to say I'm a bit surprised reading this mail from you. I really don't care about what the issue is, and what side you or anyone is, but this is not the way to address and answer feedback and queries that I've heard from others a hundred times. This is not the kind of professional

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Asian Foundation for Philanthropy

2012-04-13 Thread Noopur
*fyi *This might be of interest to all the community members including those who live abroad. If you want to respond, you could reply directly to Richard and mark Bhakti on it. Thanks Noopur -- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk Date: Fri,

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

2012-04-13 Thread Barry Newstead
Hi Theo, Look, this is a two-way street. Ashwin made rather robust assertions along side his feedback and I think I am entitled to both clarify points and call out assertions that are unfair or unfounded IMO. The fact that I did that, shouldn't be interpreted as disrespect for a senior editor or

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

2012-04-13 Thread Theo10011
Hi Barry Thanks for the response. A couple of things, while I do agree on some of your observations about the trends on this list, I would like to point out I have rarely seen Ashwin partake in those discussions, either on the list or on IRC. To highlight general trends on a list, and use him to