Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] COIL : Are " foreigners " deleting Wikipedia's India content?

2010-10-26 Thread Arun Ram
Actually we should note the following: - The article is sensationally titled. - It quotes an active wikipedian to make that assertion.. So the question IMHO are: - Is that a perception some wikipedians carry. - If so why? What could we do to change that impression? - Or were they misquoted?

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] COIL : Are " foreigners " deleting Wikipedia's India content?

2010-10-26 Thread YellowMonkey
I tried posting a comment but it wouldn't let me. Still, probably it was spam or nonsense, but even then, the response rates to vandalism or spam or flagrant soapboxing is much slower on Indian articles on en, so he should be thankful On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < rsrik

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] COIL : Are " foreigners " deleting Wikipedia's India content?

2010-10-22 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
the conflict in the article is a very intresting thing to note.. -- Regards, rsrikanth05 On 21 October 2010 21:57, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > Very true Tinu, Most people just dont get policies right. I am sure its a > standard practice by experienced users now to use a {{Welcome}} template, >

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] COIL : Are " foreigners " deleting Wikipedia's India content?

2010-10-21 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
Very true Tinu, Most people just dont get policies right. I am sure its a standard practice by experienced users now to use a {{Welcome}} template, but very few users actually go through them. I think a better, fun, interactive way [read quiz/survey] of reaching out the wikipolicies will help. Prob