Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias

2014-09-15 Thread Viswanathan Prabhakaran
You sent this on July 30th!?
I received this on September 15th!
But anyway, thank you!  Your suggestion is worth considering. :)




On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Anwar Hussain anwar2...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello Everyone :)

 we should tap into colleges, schools and the senior editors can look into
 inspiring the new and junior editors.

 I think this is how wikipedia can engage new editors, young editors.


 On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Moksh Juneja mo...@wikimedia.in wrote:

 In my suggestion/ recommendation we need to create vertical projects
 within wiki-projects. It could be Indian space Environment, local
 destinations in your city, etc. With this we should tap into colleges,
 schools and the senior editors can look into inspiring the new and junior
 editors.

 I am saying this in my personal capacity as a contributor to Wikipedia.

 --
 Moksh Juneja
 Wikimedia India


 On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:52 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:

 Yes, rightly said..here money is not solving one but creating many...
 And only the community can save itself...not paid organizations... :)
 On 29-Jul-2014 10:00 pm, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote:

 Ansuman,

 Money can't solve all problems and it can bring new problems too :)

 Irrespective of availablilty or lack of funds, communities can really
 manage things themselves.

 If the communities don't plan and take initiatives, nothing can save
 the projects.

 Ravi

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias

2014-09-14 Thread Anwar Hussain
Hello Everyone :)

we should tap into colleges, schools and the senior editors can look into
inspiring the new and junior editors.

I think this is how wikipedia can engage new editors, young editors.


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Moksh Juneja mo...@wikimedia.in wrote:

 In my suggestion/ recommendation we need to create vertical projects
 within wiki-projects. It could be Indian space Environment, local
 destinations in your city, etc. With this we should tap into colleges,
 schools and the senior editors can look into inspiring the new and junior
 editors.

 I am saying this in my personal capacity as a contributor to Wikipedia.

 --
 Moksh Juneja
 Wikimedia India


 On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:52 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:

 Yes, rightly said..here money is not solving one but creating many...
 And only the community can save itself...not paid organizations... :)
 On 29-Jul-2014 10:00 pm, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote:

 Ansuman,

 Money can't solve all problems and it can bring new problems too :)

 Irrespective of availablilty or lack of funds, communities can really
 manage things themselves.

 If the communities don't plan and take initiatives, nothing can save the
 projects.

 Ravi

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias

2014-08-02 Thread Kaśyap కశ్యప్
I support Mr.Ravi's third point  We recognize  few individuals
who contributed  and awarded surprisingly we don't find any impact after
that, some how  new  and  anonymous users  contribution is very low in
Te.Wiki .During most of its content existence the Te.Wiki has been
maintained by community without organized effort.I found while others come
to share knowledge writing in Telugu as per Wiki style is barrier . Most of
the people not able to express their knowledge in Telugu.My experience with
Telugu Wikipedia from 2006
Regards
Kasyap
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2014-07-30 9:00 GMT+05:30 Moksh Juneja mo...@wikimedia.in:

 In my suggestion/ recommendation we need to create vertical projects
 within wiki-projects. It could be Indian space Environment, local
 destinations in your city, etc. With this we should tap into colleges,
 schools and the senior editors can look into inspiring the new and junior
 editors.

 I am saying this in my personal capacity as a contributor to Wikipedia.

 --
 Moksh Juneja
 Wikimedia India


 On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:52 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:

 Yes, rightly said..here money is not solving one but creating many...
 And only the community can save itself...not paid organizations... :)
 On 29-Jul-2014 10:00 pm, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote:

 Ansuman,

 Money can't solve all problems and it can bring new problems too :)

 Irrespective of availablilty or lack of funds, communities can really
 manage things themselves.

 If the communities don't plan and take initiatives, nothing can save the
 projects.

 Ravi

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias

2014-07-29 Thread ansuman
A large amount goes to experiments...if one third of that amount used
appreciating editors, we would have been a much better scenario.

On 29-Jul-2014 7:09 pm, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey,

 I have been noting declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias for
the last few months.


http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/telugu-wikipedia-struggles-to-stay-afloat/article6255633.ece

 triggered to write this mail.

 This is my view on what's happening:

 1. Most of the Indian Wikipedias have crossed 10 years. Many of the
active and first generation contributors are burnt out, taking a leave or
have left for good. If you are not creative, intentional and consistent in
your efforts to replenish and nurture the next generation, you will see a
declining trend.

 2. Malayalam Wikipedia which once had 30 contributors who made 100+ edits
a month registered only 10 such editors in May 2014. The last time they had
activity this low was during May 2011. At the same time, their Wiki Source
is registering a phenomenal growth. So, some resources could be split
between projects too. This is a good reason to not start too many projects.
Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource should be good enough unless you have a
huge community.

 3. Focus on offline projects like events, celebrations. While they are
good, over doing can stress few active contributors. In my experience,
every time after organizing some offline event, there is too much burn out
and people return after months.

 4. Things that plague all global Wikipedias - archaic editor, social
media distractions, increasing use of tablets / smart phones.

 Future will be quite challenging :)

I'm sure more experiments coming our way to make the future less
challenging.. ;)


 Ravi

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias

2014-07-29 Thread Ravishankar
Ansuman,

Money can't solve all problems and it can bring new problems too :)

Irrespective of availablilty or lack of funds, communities can really
manage things themselves.

If the communities don't plan and take initiatives, nothing can save the
projects.

Ravi
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Declining contributions across Indian Wikipedias

2014-07-29 Thread Moksh Juneja
In my suggestion/ recommendation we need to create vertical projects within
wiki-projects. It could be Indian space Environment, local destinations in
your city, etc. With this we should tap into colleges, schools and the
senior editors can look into inspiring the new and junior editors.

I am saying this in my personal capacity as a contributor to Wikipedia.

--
Moksh Juneja
Wikimedia India


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:52 PM, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote:

 Yes, rightly said..here money is not solving one but creating many...
 And only the community can save itself...not paid organizations... :)
 On 29-Jul-2014 10:00 pm, Ravishankar ravidre...@gmail.com wrote:

 Ansuman,

 Money can't solve all problems and it can bring new problems too :)

 Irrespective of availablilty or lack of funds, communities can really
 manage things themselves.

 If the communities don't plan and take initiatives, nothing can save the
 projects.

 Ravi

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