Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Thanks for posting this here Bala. :-)
Maybe we should print a few flyers with the Contest details, maybe
even a QR Code about the contest and hand it over to whoever we see in
public with a camera. ;-P

On 12/15/11, Bala Jeyaraman  wrote:
> Per Srikanth's request: here is the report from Prasanna Venkatesh one of
> the attendees of the meetup as posted on the event's facebook page (
> http://www.facebook.com/events/192614487481512/)
> Here i share what happened in Wikipedia meet up held at coimbatore:
>
> We arrived there at coimbatore by early morning and joined with new friends
> at coimbatore, Karthikeyan
> Savithriwho received us
> there with warm welcome and we entered into KGiSL campus
> around 11 am and the event started only after we arrived there.
>
> 1. Srikanth Ramakrishnan
> who was the first
> speaker to start with meet up, shared his
> experience with us and to tell about him, he is editing wikipedia articles
> right from the age of 13 (8th standard) and now he has got around 10,000
> articles being edited in the span of 6.5 years.
>
> 2. Arrived Mr. Bala, Admin and an active wikipedian especially handling
> Tamil section of wikipedia and he was an programmer in an MNC and now he is
> self-employed. Mr. Bala started with the basics of wikipedia and covered
> the following:
> i. What is wikipedia?
> ii. Wikipeida - by the people, of the people and for the people.
> iii. Advantage of wikipedia being let open for public editing.
> iv. Demo on how to become a user, contributor to wikipedia.
> v. General and basic rules for starting and writing an article with proper
> reference.
> vi. Tamizh wiki oodaga(media) poati - any one can participate and submit
> your own photography regarding Tamizh and its culture, people ect. and you
> have the chance to win US. 200$
> vii. Tools like wikimedia (Mediawiki, wiki source, etc.) are discussed.
> viii. Technical part of wikipedia is discussed.
>
> Finally we had a Photo-session and greeted each other and it was good time
> together and we gained knowledge over how to contribute the above things
> and soon after at the evening we created a account for us in wikipedia..
> and now roaming around with camera in hand :p
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks a lot Arjuna. I think February will be good as exams won't be
>> there then. Meanwhile, I do hope that the Academy in Jan will help up
>> increase the active community members in Coimbatore for further
>> meetups to happen.
>>
>> On 12/14/11, Arjuna Rao Chavala  wrote:
>> > Srikanth R,
>> >
>> > My previous discussion is about wiki academy for journalism students of
>> > Amrita institution in Coimbatore for Jan 2012. No such event happened in
>> > 2011.
>> >
>> > Getting regular meetups happen is a big challenge even in places like
>> > Bangalore. You can plan for once in two months or so to start with
>> > encourage people to edit, participate in nearby meetups, wiki academies,
>> > encourage membership in chapter to grow the movement on a sustainable
>> basis.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Arjuna Rao Chavala
>> > -
>> > Sent via mobile
>> > On Dec 14, 2011 11:10 PM, "Srikanth Ramakrishnan" <
>> parakara.gh...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Heya, this just struck me. Arjuna mentioned to me that there was an
>> >> Academy held in Coimbatore back in April 2011. Maybe, we could get
>> >> guys from there to attend the next meetup, provided some experienced
>> >> community member attends it.
>> >>
>> >> On 12/13/11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
>> >> > Thanks for the positive response guys. I'll try and arrange a meetup
>> >> > in the second week of January. Since the only two Wikipedians are out
>> >> > of town and it also will be Wikipedia Day, presence of a member of
>> >> > chapter or foundation would be welcome.
>> >> >
>> >> > On 12/13/11, ansuman  wrote:
>> >> >> Very nice report. I hope to see more active wikipedians. And hope
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> community grows. You rock, Keep it up.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Regards
>> >> >> ansu
>> >> >> *
>> >> >> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
>> >> >> *
>> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>> >> >> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> Heya all,
>> >> >>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
>> >> >>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
>> >> >>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us
>> >> >>> an
>> >> >>> A/C presentation hall for this event.
>> >> >>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's
>> most
>> >> >>> respected IT establishments.
>> >> >>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself,
>> the
>> >> >>> MD of KGISL,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Bala Jeyaraman]

Per Srikanth's request: here is the report from Prasanna Venkatesh one of
the attendees of the meetup as posted on the event's facebook page (
http://www.facebook.com/events/192614487481512/)
Here i share what happened in Wikipedia meet up held at coimbatore:

We arrived there at coimbatore by early morning and joined with new friends
at coimbatore, Karthikeyan
Savithriwho received us
there with warm welcome and we entered into KGiSL campus
around 11 am and the event started only after we arrived there.

1. Srikanth Ramakrishnan
who was the first
speaker to start with meet up, shared his
experience with us and to tell about him, he is editing wikipedia articles
right from the age of 13 (8th standard) and now he has got around 10,000
articles being edited in the span of 6.5 years.

2. Arrived Mr. Bala, Admin and an active wikipedian especially handling
Tamil section of wikipedia and he was an programmer in an MNC and now he is
self-employed. Mr. Bala started with the basics of wikipedia and covered
the following:
i. What is wikipedia?
ii. Wikipeida - by the people, of the people and for the people.
iii. Advantage of wikipedia being let open for public editing.
iv. Demo on how to become a user, contributor to wikipedia.
v. General and basic rules for starting and writing an article with proper
reference.
vi. Tamizh wiki oodaga(media) poati - any one can participate and submit
your own photography regarding Tamizh and its culture, people ect. and you
have the chance to win US. 200$
vii. Tools like wikimedia (Mediawiki, wiki source, etc.) are discussed.
viii. Technical part of wikipedia is discussed.

Finally we had a Photo-session and greeted each other and it was good time
together and we gained knowledge over how to contribute the above things
and soon after at the evening we created a account for us in wikipedia..
and now roaming around with camera in hand :p


On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks a lot Arjuna. I think February will be good as exams won't be
> there then. Meanwhile, I do hope that the Academy in Jan will help up
> increase the active community members in Coimbatore for further
> meetups to happen.
>
> On 12/14/11, Arjuna Rao Chavala  wrote:
> > Srikanth R,
> >
> > My previous discussion is about wiki academy for journalism students of
> > Amrita institution in Coimbatore for Jan 2012. No such event happened in
> > 2011.
> >
> > Getting regular meetups happen is a big challenge even in places like
> > Bangalore. You can plan for once in two months or so to start with
> > encourage people to edit, participate in nearby meetups, wiki academies,
> > encourage membership in chapter to grow the movement on a sustainable
> basis.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Arjuna Rao Chavala
> > -
> > Sent via mobile
> > On Dec 14, 2011 11:10 PM, "Srikanth Ramakrishnan" <
> parakara.gh...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Heya, this just struck me. Arjuna mentioned to me that there was an
> >> Academy held in Coimbatore back in April 2011. Maybe, we could get
> >> guys from there to attend the next meetup, provided some experienced
> >> community member attends it.
> >>
> >> On 12/13/11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> >> > Thanks for the positive response guys. I'll try and arrange a meetup
> >> > in the second week of January. Since the only two Wikipedians are out
> >> > of town and it also will be Wikipedia Day, presence of a member of
> >> > chapter or foundation would be welcome.
> >> >
> >> > On 12/13/11, ansuman  wrote:
> >> >> Very nice report. I hope to see more active wikipedians. And hope the
> >> >> community grows. You rock, Keep it up.
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards
> >> >> ansu
> >> >> *
> >> >> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
> >> >> *
> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> >> >> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Heya all,
> >> >>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
> >> >>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
> >> >>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
> >> >>> A/C presentation hall for this event.
> >> >>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's
> most
> >> >>> respected IT establishments.
> >> >>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself,
> the
> >> >>> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
> >> >>> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The meetup started at 11am.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC
> Pondy
> >> >>> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
> >> >>> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an
> online
> >> >>> forum SkyScraperCity and came 

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Heya,
I logged into Facebook after a week to find out that Prasanna has psoted a
detailed report on the meetup facebook event page.
The link to the page is on the meetup page on Meta.
Perhaps, Bala, Subha or Ansuman could copy it here
It would explain things from a newcomers point of view.
--

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks a lot Arjuna. I think February will be good as exams won't be
> there then. Meanwhile, I do hope that the Academy in Jan will help up
> increase the active community members in Coimbatore for further
> meetups to happen.
>
> On 12/14/11, Arjuna Rao Chavala  wrote:
> > Srikanth R,
> >
> > My previous discussion is about wiki academy for journalism students of
> > Amrita institution in Coimbatore for Jan 2012. No such event happened in
> > 2011.
> >
> > Getting regular meetups happen is a big challenge even in places like
> > Bangalore. You can plan for once in two months or so to start with
> > encourage people to edit, participate in nearby meetups, wiki academies,
> > encourage membership in chapter to grow the movement on a sustainable
> basis.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Arjuna Rao Chavala
> > -
> > Sent via mobile
> > On Dec 14, 2011 11:10 PM, "Srikanth Ramakrishnan" <
> parakara.gh...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Heya, this just struck me. Arjuna mentioned to me that there was an
> >> Academy held in Coimbatore back in April 2011. Maybe, we could get
> >> guys from there to attend the next meetup, provided some experienced
> >> community member attends it.
> >>
> >> On 12/13/11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> >> > Thanks for the positive response guys. I'll try and arrange a meetup
> >> > in the second week of January. Since the only two Wikipedians are out
> >> > of town and it also will be Wikipedia Day, presence of a member of
> >> > chapter or foundation would be welcome.
> >> >
> >> > On 12/13/11, ansuman  wrote:
> >> >> Very nice report. I hope to see more active wikipedians. And hope the
> >> >> community grows. You rock, Keep it up.
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards
> >> >> ansu
> >> >> *
> >> >> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
> >> >> *
> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> >> >> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Heya all,
> >> >>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
> >> >>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
> >> >>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
> >> >>> A/C presentation hall for this event.
> >> >>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's
> most
> >> >>> respected IT establishments.
> >> >>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself,
> the
> >> >>> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
> >> >>> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The meetup started at 11am.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC
> Pondy
> >> >>> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
> >> >>> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an
> online
> >> >>> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
> >> >>> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the
> meetup
> >> >>> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
> >> >>> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
> >> >>> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
> >> >>> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city
> in
> >> >>> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
> >> >>> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account
> on
> >> >>> the English Wikipedia and contributes too.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
> >> >>> Prasanna to upload them soon.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the
> rest
> >> >>> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
> >> >>> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
> >> >>> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
> >> >>> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so
> from
> >> >>> Kakinada.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Comments, suggestions most welcome.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Regards,
> >> >>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
> >> >>> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
> >> >>> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
> >> >>> http://c

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Thanks a lot Arjuna. I think February will be good as exams won't be
there then. Meanwhile, I do hope that the Academy in Jan will help up
increase the active community members in Coimbatore for further
meetups to happen.

On 12/14/11, Arjuna Rao Chavala  wrote:
> Srikanth R,
>
> My previous discussion is about wiki academy for journalism students of
> Amrita institution in Coimbatore for Jan 2012. No such event happened in
> 2011.
>
> Getting regular meetups happen is a big challenge even in places like
> Bangalore. You can plan for once in two months or so to start with
> encourage people to edit, participate in nearby meetups, wiki academies,
> encourage membership in chapter to grow the movement on a sustainable basis.
>
> Cheers
> Arjuna Rao Chavala
> -
> Sent via mobile
> On Dec 14, 2011 11:10 PM, "Srikanth Ramakrishnan" 
> wrote:
>
>> Heya, this just struck me. Arjuna mentioned to me that there was an
>> Academy held in Coimbatore back in April 2011. Maybe, we could get
>> guys from there to attend the next meetup, provided some experienced
>> community member attends it.
>>
>> On 12/13/11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
>> > Thanks for the positive response guys. I'll try and arrange a meetup
>> > in the second week of January. Since the only two Wikipedians are out
>> > of town and it also will be Wikipedia Day, presence of a member of
>> > chapter or foundation would be welcome.
>> >
>> > On 12/13/11, ansuman  wrote:
>> >> Very nice report. I hope to see more active wikipedians. And hope the
>> >> community grows. You rock, Keep it up.
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >> ansu
>> >> *
>> >> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
>> >> *
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>> >> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Heya all,
>> >>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
>> >>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
>> >>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
>> >>>
>> >>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
>> >>> A/C presentation hall for this event.
>> >>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most
>> >>> respected IT establishments.
>> >>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the
>> >>> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
>> >>> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
>> >>>
>> >>> The meetup started at 11am.
>> >>>
>> >>> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy
>> >>> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
>> >>> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online
>> >>> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
>> >>> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup
>> >>> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
>> >>> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
>> >>> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
>> >>> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in
>> >>> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.
>> >>>
>> >>> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.
>> >>>
>> >>> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
>> >>> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on
>> >>> the English Wikipedia and contributes too.
>> >>>
>> >>> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
>> >>> Prasanna to upload them soon.
>> >>>
>> >>> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest
>> >>> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.
>> >>>
>> >>> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
>> >>> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
>> >>> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
>> >>> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from
>> >>> Kakinada.
>> >>>
>> >>> Comments, suggestions most welcome.
>> >>>
>> >>> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
>> >>> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
>> >>> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
>> >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
>> >>>
>> >>> ___
>> >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list
>> >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit
>> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
>> > Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
>> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Arjuna Rao Chavala]

Srikanth R,

My previous discussion is about wiki academy for journalism students of
Amrita institution in Coimbatore for Jan 2012. No such event happened in
2011.

Getting regular meetups happen is a big challenge even in places like
Bangalore. You can plan for once in two months or so to start with
encourage people to edit, participate in nearby meetups, wiki academies,
encourage membership in chapter to grow the movement on a sustainable basis.

Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
-
Sent via mobile
On Dec 14, 2011 11:10 PM, "Srikanth Ramakrishnan" 
wrote:

> Heya, this just struck me. Arjuna mentioned to me that there was an
> Academy held in Coimbatore back in April 2011. Maybe, we could get
> guys from there to attend the next meetup, provided some experienced
> community member attends it.
>
> On 12/13/11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> > Thanks for the positive response guys. I'll try and arrange a meetup
> > in the second week of January. Since the only two Wikipedians are out
> > of town and it also will be Wikipedia Day, presence of a member of
> > chapter or foundation would be welcome.
> >
> > On 12/13/11, ansuman  wrote:
> >> Very nice report. I hope to see more active wikipedians. And hope the
> >> community grows. You rock, Keep it up.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> ansu
> >> *
> >> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
> >> *
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> >> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Heya all,
> >>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
> >>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
> >>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
> >>>
> >>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
> >>> A/C presentation hall for this event.
> >>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most
> >>> respected IT establishments.
> >>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the
> >>> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
> >>> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
> >>>
> >>> The meetup started at 11am.
> >>>
> >>> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy
> >>> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
> >>> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online
> >>> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
> >>> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup
> >>> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
> >>> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
> >>> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
> >>> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in
> >>> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.
> >>>
> >>> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.
> >>>
> >>> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
> >>> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on
> >>> the English Wikipedia and contributes too.
> >>>
> >>> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
> >>> Prasanna to upload them soon.
> >>>
> >>> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest
> >>> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.
> >>>
> >>> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
> >>> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
> >>> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
> >>> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from
> >>> Kakinada.
> >>>
> >>> Comments, suggestions most welcome.
> >>>
> >>> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
> >>> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
> >>> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
> >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
> >>>
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> >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit
> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
> > Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Heya, this just struck me. Arjuna mentioned to me that there was an
Academy held in Coimbatore back in April 2011. Maybe, we could get
guys from there to attend the next meetup, provided some experienced
community member attends it.

On 12/13/11, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> Thanks for the positive response guys. I'll try and arrange a meetup
> in the second week of January. Since the only two Wikipedians are out
> of town and it also will be Wikipedia Day, presence of a member of
> chapter or foundation would be welcome.
>
> On 12/13/11, ansuman  wrote:
>> Very nice report. I hope to see more active wikipedians. And hope the
>> community grows. You rock, Keep it up.
>>
>> Regards
>> ansu
>> *
>> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
>> *
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Heya all,
>>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
>>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
>>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
>>>
>>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
>>> A/C presentation hall for this event.
>>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most
>>> respected IT establishments.
>>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the
>>> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
>>> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
>>>
>>> The meetup started at 11am.
>>>
>>> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy
>>> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
>>> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online
>>> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
>>> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup
>>> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
>>> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
>>> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
>>> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in
>>> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.
>>>
>>> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.
>>>
>>> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
>>> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on
>>> the English Wikipedia and contributes too.
>>>
>>> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
>>> Prasanna to upload them soon.
>>>
>>> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest
>>> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.
>>>
>>> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
>>> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
>>> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
>>> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from
>>> Kakinada.
>>>
>>> Comments, suggestions most welcome.
>>>
>>> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
>>> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
>>> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
>>>
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>
>
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> Regards,
> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
>


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Thanks for the positive response guys. I'll try and arrange a meetup
in the second week of January. Since the only two Wikipedians are out
of town and it also will be Wikipedia Day, presence of a member of
chapter or foundation would be welcome.

On 12/13/11, ansuman  wrote:
> Very nice report. I hope to see more active wikipedians. And hope the
> community grows. You rock, Keep it up.
>
> Regards
> ansu
> *
> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ
> *
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Heya all,
>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
>>
>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
>> A/C presentation hall for this event.
>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most
>> respected IT establishments.
>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the
>> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
>> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
>>
>> The meetup started at 11am.
>>
>> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy
>> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
>> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online
>> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
>> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup
>> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
>> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
>> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
>> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in
>> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.
>>
>> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.
>>
>> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
>> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on
>> the English Wikipedia and contributes too.
>>
>> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
>> Prasanna to upload them soon.
>>
>> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest
>> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.
>>
>> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
>> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
>> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
>> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from
>> Kakinada.
>>
>> Comments, suggestions most welcome.
>>
>> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.
>>
>> --
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
>> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
>> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[ansuman]

Very nice report. I hope to see more active wikipedians. And hope the
community grows. You rock, Keep it up.

Regards
ansu
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*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Heya all,
> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
>
> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
> A/C presentation hall for this event.
> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most
> respected IT establishments.
> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the
> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
>
> The meetup started at 11am.
>
> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy
> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online
> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup
> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in
> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.
>
> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.
>
> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on
> the English Wikipedia and contributes too.
>
> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
> Prasanna to upload them soon.
>
> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest
> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.
>
> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from
> Kakinada.
>
> Comments, suggestions most welcome.
>
> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.
>
> --
>
> --
> Regards,
> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Gautam John]

Congratulations, Srikanth! And good luck Yuvi!

I'm glad I could help in some small way.

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam

http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

And I never imagined that I would be watching Bala create an article
on the Tamil Wikipedia called 8am Arivu saying 8am Arivu is an
upcoming sequel to 7am Arivu starring Superstar Srikanth in front of a
dozen people. ;-)
Yuvi, is it in KITE? If yes, then do drop in a line to those guys that
you know Bala and me. Might help us land another meetup there.

On 12/13/11, Bala Jeyaraman  wrote:
> A great many thanks to Srikanth R for putting together the first Kovai
> meetup and making it a reality. (I never dreamt that there would be a kovai
> meetup and i would be in it :-)).  It gave me a chance to connect with
> another wikipedian who was responsible for writing large parts of
> Coimbatore article in en wiki. Snagging KGISL as location was a major coup
> and thanks to Gautam, Venkat, Srikanth and KGISL themselves for letting us
> use their AC seminar room.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi > wrote:
>
>> Amazing non-formal report Srikanth!
>>
>> Hope the meetup in Kovai bring up more active editors. {{Applause}} for
>> making this a success!
>>
>> Best
>> Subha
>>
>>
>> On 13 December 2011 16:15, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Heya all,
>>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
>>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
>>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
>>>
>>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
>>> A/C presentation hall for this event.
>>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most
>>> respected IT establishments.
>>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the
>>> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
>>> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
>>>
>>> The meetup started at 11am.
>>>
>>> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy
>>> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
>>> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online
>>> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
>>> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup
>>> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
>>> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
>>> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
>>> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in
>>> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.
>>>
>>> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.
>>>
>>> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
>>> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on
>>> the English Wikipedia and contributes too.
>>>
>>> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
>>> Prasanna to upload them soon.
>>>
>>> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest
>>> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.
>>>
>>> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
>>> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
>>> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
>>> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from
>>> Kakinada.
>>>
>>> Comments, suggestions most welcome.
>>>
>>> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
>>> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
>>> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
>>>
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>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>> *
>>
>> *S u b h a *
>>
>>  *ଓଡ଼ିଆଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ*
>>
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>> t*
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Yuvi Panda]

Am doing something similar at the same place tomorrow, but technical
(mediawiki hacking). Let's see how that goes ;)
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Bala Jeyaraman]

A great many thanks to Srikanth R for putting together the first Kovai
meetup and making it a reality. (I never dreamt that there would be a kovai
meetup and i would be in it :-)).  It gave me a chance to connect with
another wikipedian who was responsible for writing large parts of
Coimbatore article in en wiki. Snagging KGISL as location was a major coup
and thanks to Gautam, Venkat, Srikanth and KGISL themselves for letting us
use their AC seminar room.


On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi  wrote:

> Amazing non-formal report Srikanth!
>
> Hope the meetup in Kovai bring up more active editors. {{Applause}} for
> making this a success!
>
> Best
> Subha
>
>
> On 13 December 2011 16:15, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
>
>> Heya all,
>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
>>
>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
>> A/C presentation hall for this event.
>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most
>> respected IT establishments.
>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the
>> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
>> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
>>
>> The meetup started at 11am.
>>
>> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy
>> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
>> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online
>> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
>> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup
>> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
>> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
>> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
>> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in
>> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.
>>
>> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.
>>
>> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
>> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on
>> the English Wikipedia and contributes too.
>>
>> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
>> Prasanna to upload them soon.
>>
>> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest
>> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.
>>
>> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
>> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
>> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
>> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from
>> Kakinada.
>>
>> Comments, suggestions most welcome.
>>
>> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.
>>
>> --
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
>> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
>> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
>>
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>
>
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>
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>
> *
>
> *S u b h a *
>
>  *ଓଡ଼ିଆଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ*
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Subhashish Panigrahi]

Amazing non-formal report Srikanth!

Hope the meetup in Kovai bring up more active editors. {{Applause}} for
making this a success!

Best
Subha

On 13 December 2011 16:15, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:

> Heya all,
> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.
>
> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
> A/C presentation hall for this event.
> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most
> respected IT establishments.
> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the
> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.
>
> The meetup started at 11am.
>
> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy
> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online
> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup
> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in
> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.
>
> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.
>
> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on
> the English Wikipedia and contributes too.
>
> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
> Prasanna to upload them soon.
>
> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest
> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.
>
> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from
> Kakinada.
>
> Comments, suggestions most welcome.
>
> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.
>
> --
>
> --
> Regards,
> Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Report on WikiKovai meet 1.

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

Heya all,
This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut.
To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days,
And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet.

Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an
A/C presentation hall for this event.
KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most
respected IT establishments.
The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the
MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and
Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two.

The meetup started at 11am.

We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy
[Indian Linux User Group Puducherry].
One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online
forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai.
Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup
and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day.
Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model
worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old
debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in
Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability.

Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc.

Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr.
Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on
the English Wikipedia and contributes too.

The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask
Prasanna to upload them soon.

It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest
were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though.

We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable
date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in
town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can
get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from
Kakinada.

Comments, suggestions most welcome.

All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please.

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Regards,
Srikanth Ramakrishnan,
Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers
My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05

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