Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
True. The age old What's in it for me? syndrome. Tell new users that contributing to Wikipedia is rewarding in non monetary ways. Money may make the world go round, but Money does not buy you the simple joys of editing. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Vickram Crishna
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agree with Ashwin. That feeling of nostalgia is very powerful. > Vickram, the case of Nichalp is a one of case. It doesn't happen with > EVERYONE. :-) Thank goodness, too! But this commercialisation aspe

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Agree with Ashwin. That feeling of nostalgia is very powerful. Vickram, the case of Nichalp is a one of case. It doesn't happen with EVERYONE. On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > Hey, we expect people who have moved on to different things NOT to cut all > ties but to retur

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Hey, we expect people who have moved on to different things NOT to cut all ties but to return back out of nostalgia, often enough. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Vickram Crishna
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Swaroop Rao wrote: > Swaroop Rao > (MikeLynch ) > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 20:29, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > >> I think we need to contact dormant editors and ask them why they >> stopped editing. >> >> Here is something

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-20 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Agree with Logic. India Road Transport articles are babies in comparision with their American or European counterparts. There is so much to add, stuff that I've seen myself but camou add it because of lack of sources. I had posted about this last year. Yesterdays featured article was a highway btw

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 02:28, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > It has probably got more to do with the fact that pages on the > encyclopedia (even about general Indian topics) look complete and thorough Also the fact that availability of RS affects. Infact I would say that as one of reason for my non-i

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Swaroop Rao
at 6:31 PM, wrote: > >>> > >>> In that case, users like Srikeit and Anirudh who have been a part of > >>> WP:India since it was formed in 2006 should be called dinosaurs ;) > >>> > >>> ____ > >>> D

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
have been a part of > >>> WP:India since it was formed in 2006 should be called dinosaurs ;) > >>> > >>> ________ > >>> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:36:09 +0530 > >>> From: ashwin.bain...@gmail.com > >>> To

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
And also express how Wikipedia can be fun. That fun factor makes a whole world of difference. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Should be. Yes. However do remember, new users editing was on a steady > decline thru 2010. To add to it, remember the IEP and the negative > publicity it generated. Enough to scare new users away. > I don

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Should be. Yes. However do remember, new users editing was on a steady decline thru 2010. To add to it, remember the IEP and the negative publicity it generated. Enough to scare new users away. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Th life cycle theory is very much applicable here. I've come across > several retired editors who retired because they were students who now > had work commitments or working people who wanted to free up s

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Th life cycle theory is very much applicable here. I've come across several retired editors who retired because they were students who now had work commitments or working people who wanted to free up some time. Then we also have politics. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Me

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Ashwin Baindur
ed dinosaurs ;) >>> >>> ________ >>> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:36:09 +0530 >>> From: ashwin.bain...@gmail.com >>> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiPr

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-19 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
udh who have been a part of >> WP:India since it was formed in 2006 should be called dinosaurs ;) >> >> -- >> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:36:09 +0530 >> From: ashwin.bain...@gmail.com >> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> S

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-17 Thread Ashwin Baindur
called dinosaurs ;) > > -- > Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:36:09 +0530 > From: ashwin.bain...@gmail.com > To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if > you are an English language Wik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-17 Thread wheredevelsdare
for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language) I am thinking the title of "gaon budhas" or "village elders" be given to such people :) Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur --

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-17 Thread Deepon Saha
Thanks Ashwin, added my name..:) Deepon On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > I suddenly realised that amongst the guys who signed up for WikiProject > India in Jan-Feb are such hardcore Wikipedians as RSrikanth05, Joyson > Prabhu, Karthikndr & Sitush. > > Which brings me to t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-17 Thread Ashwin Baindur
I am thinking the title of "gaon budhas" or "village elders" be given to such people :) Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just a pointer. > Tinu, Logic,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-17 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Just a pointer. Tinu, Logic, Me, Ravichander, etc have been part of WP:India from 2009. : ) On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: > I suddenly realised that amongst the guys who signed up for WikiProject > India in Jan-Feb are such hardcore Wikipedians as RSrikanth05, Joyson > Pr

[Wikimediaindia-l] Please sign up for WikiProject India if you are an English language Wikipedian (yes, English is an Indic language)

2012-02-16 Thread Ashwin Baindur
I suddenly realised that amongst the guys who signed up for WikiProject India in Jan-Feb are such hardcore Wikipedians as RSrikanth05, Joyson Prabhu, Karthikndr & Sitush. Which brings me to the corollary - there are oodles of established Indian editors who are not yet members of WikiProject India!