Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[murtaza amin]

lets take this offline, Im mumbai based, planning something similar here, 

pls feel free to call me 9029070060 Murtaza Amin



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> From: Sumana Harihareswara 
> To: Arnav Sonara ; 
> wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Cc: 
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> 
> On 12/09/2011 11:59 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
>>  On 12/09/2011 03:10 AM, wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
>>>  Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:02:00 +0530
>>>  From: Arnav Sonara 
>>>  Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l]  Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat
>>>  To: Wikimedia India Community list
>>>      
>>>  Message-ID:
>>>      
> 
>>>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>> 
>>>  Hello,
>>> 
>>>  This is User:Rangilo_Gujarati here basically from Gujarat and now in 
> Pune,
>>>  am planning an outreach event most probably a workshop in MS University
>>>  Baroda, Gujarat during their forthcoming technical festival
>>>  Footprints<http://www.msu-footprints.org/>.
>>>  Also am the Campus Ambassador for India Education Program too, I need 
> some
>>>  input from you guys.
>>> 
>>>  The organizers of this event have basically no idea about what a 
> community
>>>  is or how WP works, since I ll be targeting newbies I am planning to 
> start
>>>  from Introduction to WP, then an editing session and main motto behind 
> this
>>>  would be to start an active community in Baroda or Gujarat and get the
>>>  contributors to EN and GU WP and commons too.
>>> 
>>>  Now the organizers are asking few questions like "Why anyone 
> should attend
>>>  it?", "What would be the exclusivity of the workshop?", 
> "How can we
>>>  (university and attendees) be benefited from this?". They are 
> worried too
>>>  much about "exclusivity", how to convince them that these 
> type of sessions
>>>  are some thing more than "exclusively in Footprints", 
> "first time in
>>>  gujarat" ??
>>> 
>>>  Since I have no experience in conducting an outreach workshop 
> independently
>>>  I want your feedback on it, and what possibly should I answer them?.
>>> 
>>>  Please do reply with your valuable suggestions/critics.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  -- Thanks Arnav (ricku). (User:Rangilo_Gujarati)
>>>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rangilo_Gujarati> 
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> 
> Arnav, at Footprints, if you meet people who are interested in
> contributing to Wikimedia's open source software projects, please do
> feel free to let them know about our efforts, such as MediaWiki.  Here
> are some flyers or notes that you can use if they are suitable for you.
> 
> Ten things technically inclined volunteers can do to help Wikimedia
> projects: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Sumanah/TechVolunteersCanDo
> 
> The "please contribute to MediaWiki" flyer --
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_flyer_2016_color.pdf
> 
> Also, I am the coordinator for MediaWiki's participation in the Google
> Summer of Code, a selective paid summer internship for college students
> who want to work remotely on open source software projects.  The
> homepage for that effort is
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code and I can give you
> more information.
> 
> I hope these are useful to you.  Please feel free to translate, print,
> modify, link, and so on.  Thank you! Good luck and best wishes! Hope you
> can realize great outcomes from this event.  :-)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sumana Harihareswara
> Volunteer Development Coordinator
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Sumana Harihareswara]

On 12/09/2011 11:59 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
> On 12/09/2011 03:10 AM, wikimediaindia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:02:00 +0530
>> From: Arnav Sonara 
>> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l]  Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat
>> To: Wikimedia India Community list
>>  
>> Message-ID:
>>  
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is User:Rangilo_Gujarati here basically from Gujarat and now in Pune,
>> am planning an outreach event most probably a workshop in MS University
>> Baroda, Gujarat during their forthcoming technical festival
>> Footprints.
>> Also am the Campus Ambassador for India Education Program too, I need some
>> input from you guys.
>>
>> The organizers of this event have basically no idea about what a community
>> is or how WP works, since I ll be targeting newbies I am planning to start
>> from Introduction to WP, then an editing session and main motto behind this
>> would be to start an active community in Baroda or Gujarat and get the
>> contributors to EN and GU WP and commons too.
>>
>> Now the organizers are asking few questions like "Why anyone should attend
>> it?", "What would be the exclusivity of the workshop?", "How can we
>> (university and attendees) be benefited from this?". They are worried too
>> much about "exclusivity", how to convince them that these type of sessions
>> are some thing more than "exclusively in Footprints", "first time in
>> gujarat" ??
>>
>> Since I have no experience in conducting an outreach workshop independently
>> I want your feedback on it, and what possibly should I answer them?.
>>
>> Please do reply with your valuable suggestions/critics.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Thanks Arnav (ricku). (User:Rangilo_Gujarati)
>>  -- next
>> part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:
>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/attachments/20111203/03dfd2e6/attachment-0001.htm

Arnav, at Footprints, if you meet people who are interested in
contributing to Wikimedia's open source software projects, please do
feel free to let them know about our efforts, such as MediaWiki.  Here
are some flyers or notes that you can use if they are suitable for you.

Ten things technically inclined volunteers can do to help Wikimedia
projects: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Sumanah/TechVolunteersCanDo

The "please contribute to MediaWiki" flyer --
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_flyer_2016_color.pdf

Also, I am the coordinator for MediaWiki's participation in the Google
Summer of Code, a selective paid summer internship for college students
who want to work remotely on open source software projects.  The
homepage for that effort is
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code and I can give you
more information.

I hope these are useful to you.  Please feel free to translate, print,
modify, link, and so on.  Thank you! Good luck and best wishes! Hope you
can realize great outcomes from this event.  :-)


-- 
Sumana Harihareswara
Volunteer Development Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Arnav Sonara]

Hisham,

THANKS A LOT 

Headed towards home right now, ll get back to you all with more details as
soon as I get them. Once again, thanks everyone.


On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Hisham  wrote:

>
>
> On Dec 4, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote:
>
>
>
> However, each Wikipedian who does a WikiAcademy has his own style and we
> cannot and should not try to make these uniform, IMHO.
>
>
> Absolutely agree.  It is essential that individual / collective styles are
> always the basis of anything.   I was thinking of supporting this by
> collating and sharing ideas - that individual Wikipedians can then chose to
> use / not use / adapt at will.
>
>
> hisham
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Hisham]

On Dec 4, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote:

> 
> 
> However, each Wikipedian who does a WikiAcademy has his own style and we 
> cannot and should not try to make these uniform, IMHO.


Absolutely agree.  It is essential that individual / collective styles are 
always the basis of anything.   I was thinking of supporting this by collating 
and sharing ideas - that individual Wikipedians can then chose to use / not use 
/ adapt at will.


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Pradeep Mohandas]

hi,

Responding to the conduct of WikiAcademy question inline.

>
> We could have a photography event (which we call Wiki loves monuments) and
> get students to get us images. We already have rules for the event and we
> can arrange a small prize or swags. That way, you don't have to specially
> call people to places or events and same time we start smaller and have
> sure results. What we essentially need is a wiki-geek (or an experienced
> editor as you call it) and someone who can communicate the idea well.
>
>
> I think you have touched on a really important point and I've been
> reflecting on it.  I think a pairing of experienced editors and reasonably
> informed newbies would be a very powerful combination.
>
> Caveat to my follow sentences is that I run the risk of gross
> generalisations - but bear them out as reflective of one perspective out of
> others.  One common refrain I hear from experienced community members is
> that the results from outreach efforts are sub-optimal.  The numbers that
> one gets from outreach are always going to be low (after all, globally,
> ~90k people edit out of 450+m readers so the ratios are always going to be
> low.  Informally, you will also hear that (some) attendees on sessions
> conducted by experienced wikipedians find the sessions passionate but too
> daunting and they find those conducted by newbies to be clear but somewhat
> inadequate.   Can we arrive at a best of breed?  However, there must be
> ways that we can work out how volunteer time in outreach and academies and
> workshops can get better results.  I intend to share my thoughts on this in
> the next few days - but thank you for catalysing something in my head.
>
>
It's best to not go prepared for a WikiAcademy. At the first WikiAcademy in
Mumbai, although we had a list of things to show people, we never completed
the list. This was because people wanted to know more about the interface
and the way discussions happen and conversations between user happens (talk
pages) along with the others. Being a bit of an academic crowd, they were
also interested in question of what Wikipedia meant by neutral sources and
the reliability of Wikipedia as a resource. (Thanks to Vickram Crishna for
handling those questions :) ). We were quite happy with the result, in the
end. So, it's pretty important that we do not be stiff about what they need
to learn and what they do not need to learn.

However, each Wikipedian who does a WikiAcademy has his own style and we
cannot and should not try to make these uniform, IMHO.

warm regards,
Pradeep
User:Prad2609
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Hisham]

responding to both Pradeep & Noopur.

On Dec 3, 2011, at 11:10 PM, Pradeep Mohandas wrote:

> hi Noopur,
> 
> Hope you're enjoying your time in Amsterdam. We expect a longer report on 
> list after you return to India on GLAMcamp. :)
> 
> I totally agree with you that we need to reach-out more at college fests and 
> events.

+1

> I think an email was sent around on the list about participating in the 
> Calcutta (still not used to writing Kolkata) Book Fair as well. I think it is 
> best to let community members learn about, inform and participate in the 
> events. If and when an organisational affiliation is required, I''m sure that 
> the Chapter will be able to provide the same.

+1

> 
> Hope some of the members in the Bombay community will take you up on your 
> Mood Indigo offer. :) 

+1.  Let me know if you need any help from us and I'd be delighted to support.

> 
> User:Prad2609
> 
> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 13:30:18 +0100
> From: noopur.ra...@gmail.com
> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat
> 
> Hello! Sorry for inbox spamming :) Sitting in the GLAMcamp, I cannot stop 
> thinking how our community is doing so much and not getting highlighted, 
> especially all you Indic editors out there. Though I don't really "belong" to 
> the Wiki-geeks group, I think an excellent way of outreach is GLAM events. 
> They are simple to understand, easier to participate and fun things :)
> In response to Arnav's mail, I thought I'll put this idea on the table. I 
> think fests like Footprints, or bigger fests such as Mood Indigo are 
> excellent places to set a booth and do some outreach.

+1

> We could have a photography event (which we call Wiki loves monuments) and 
> get students to get us images. We already have rules for the event and we can 
> arrange a small prize or swags. That way, you don't have to specially call 
> people to places or events and same time we start smaller and have sure 
> results. What we essentially need is a wiki-geek (or an experienced editor as 
> you call it) and someone who can communicate the idea well.

I think you have touched on a really important point and I've been reflecting 
on it.  I think a pairing of experienced editors and reasonably informed 
newbies would be a very powerful combination.  

Caveat to my follow sentences is that I run the risk of gross generalisations - 
but bear them out as reflective of one perspective out of others.  One common 
refrain I hear from experienced community members is that the results from 
outreach efforts are sub-optimal.  The numbers that one gets from outreach are 
always going to be low (after all, globally, ~90k people edit out of 450+m 
readers so the ratios are always going to be low.  Informally, you will also 
hear that (some) attendees on sessions conducted by experienced wikipedians 
find the sessions passionate but too daunting and they find those conducted by 
newbies to be clear but somewhat inadequate.   Can we arrive at a best of 
breed?  However, there must be ways that we can work out how volunteer time in 
outreach and academies and workshops can get better results.  I intend to share 
my thoughts on this in the next few days - but thank you for catalysing 
something in my head.

> What do you guys think? I have friends at Mood Indigo and if Bombay people 
> are willing to take me up on it, we can have a stall there too!

as above, +1!

> Warmly
> Noopur

Thanks for this, Noopur. 

hisham 


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Arnav Sonara]

Hey Noopur and Pradeep,

How does Wikimedia Photo Scavenger Hunt sounds ?? Do have a look at the
following link and tell if this would be possible or not.

http://toolserver.org/~contests/startahunt.php

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <
pradeep.mohan...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>  hi Noopur,
>
> Hope you're enjoying your time in Amsterdam. We expect a longer report on
> list after you return to India on GLAMcamp. :)
>
> I totally agree with you that we need to reach-out more at college fests
> and events. I think an email was sent around on the list about
> participating in the Calcutta (still not used to writing Kolkata) Book Fair
> as well. I think it is best to let community members learn about, inform
> and participate in the events. If and when an organisational affiliation is
> required, I''m sure that the Chapter will be able to provide the same.
>
> Hope some of the members in the Bombay community will take you up on your
> Mood Indigo offer. :)
>
> User:Prad2609
>
> --
> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 13:30:18 +0100
> From: noopur.ra...@gmail.com
> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat
>
>
> Hello! Sorry for inbox spamming :) Sitting in the GLAMcamp, I cannot stop
> thinking how our community is doing so much and not getting highlighted,
> especially all you Indic editors out there. Though I don't really "belong"
> to the Wiki-geeks group, I think an excellent way of outreach is GLAM
> events. They are simple to understand, easier to participate and fun things
> :)
> In response to Arnav's mail, I thought I'll put this idea on the table. I
> think fests like Footprints, or bigger fests such as Mood Indigo are
> excellent places to set a booth and do some outreach. We could have a
> photography event (which we call Wiki loves monuments) and get students to
> get us images. We already have rules for the event and we can arrange a
> small prize or swags. That way, you don't have to specially call people to
> places or events and same time we start smaller and have sure results. What
> we essentially need is a wiki-geek (or an experienced editor as you call
> it) and someone who can communicate the idea well. What do you guys think?
> I have friends at Mood Indigo and if Bombay people are willing to take me
> up on it, we can have a stall there too!
> Warmly
> Noopur
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Arnav Sonara wrote:
>
> Hey Noopur,
>
> Thanks, the event is on 24, 25, 26 February 2012.
>
> I just need answer of above questions to convince them to allow me to come
> there and conduct a workshop. Would love to have around there at that time
> if possible.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Noopur  wrote:
>
> Hey Arnav,
> I'll be in Gujarat post 12th Dec. I helped organize the 10th meetup in
> Delhi. If you need my help, I'd love to :)
> Warmly
> Noopur
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Arnav Sonara wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This is User:Rangilo_Gujarati here basically from Gujarat and now in Pune,
> am planning an outreach event most probably a workshop in MS University
> Baroda, Gujarat during their forthcoming technical festival 
> Footprints<http://www.msu-footprints.org/>.
> Also am the Campus Ambassador for India Education Program too, I need some
> input from you guys.
>
> The organizers of this event have basically no idea about what a community
> is or how WP works, since I ll be targeting newbies I am planning to start
> from Introduction to WP, then an editing session and main motto behind this
> would be to start an active community in Baroda or Gujarat and get the
> contributors to EN and GU WP and commons too.
>
> Now the organizers are asking few questions like "Why anyone should attend
> it?", "What would be the exclusivity of the workshop?", "How can we
> (university and attendees) be benefited from this?". They are worried too
> much about "exclusivity", how to convince them that these type of sessions
> are some thing more than "exclusively in Footprints", "first time in
> gujarat" ??
>
> Since I have no experience in conducting an outreach workshop
> independently I want your feedback on it, and what possibly should I answer
> them?.
>
> Please do reply with your valuable suggestions/critics.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks
> Arnav (ricku).
> (User:Rangilo_Gujarati)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%3aRangilo_Gujarati>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Pradeep Mohandas]

hi Noopur,

Hope you're enjoying your time in Amsterdam. We expect a longer report on list 
after you return to India on GLAMcamp. :)

I totally agree with you that we need to reach-out more at college fests and 
events. I think an email was sent around on the list about participating in the 
Calcutta (still not used to writing Kolkata) Book Fair as well. I think it is 
best to let community members learn about, inform and participate in the 
events. If and when an organisational affiliation is required, I''m sure that 
the Chapter will be able to provide the same.

Hope some of the members in the Bombay community will take you up on your Mood 
Indigo offer. :) 

User:Prad2609

Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 13:30:18 +0100
From: noopur.ra...@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

Hello! Sorry for inbox spamming :) Sitting in the GLAMcamp, I cannot stop 
thinking how our community is doing so much and not getting highlighted, 
especially all you Indic editors out there. Though I don't really "belong" to 
the Wiki-geeks group, I think an excellent way of outreach is GLAM events. They 
are simple to understand, easier to participate and fun things :)
In response to Arnav's mail, I thought I'll put this idea on the table. I think 
fests like Footprints, or bigger fests such as Mood Indigo are excellent places 
to set a booth and do some outreach. We could have a photography event (which 
we call Wiki loves monuments) and get students to get us images. We already 
have rules for the event and we can arrange a small prize or swags. That way, 
you don't have to specially call people to places or events and same time we 
start smaller and have sure results. What we essentially need is a wiki-geek 
(or an experienced editor as you call it) and someone who can communicate the 
idea well. What do you guys think? I have friends at Mood Indigo and if Bombay 
people are willing to take me up on it, we can have a stall there too!
WarmlyNoopur

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Arnav Sonara  wrote:

Hey Noopur,
Thanks, the event is on 24, 25, 26 February 2012.
I just need answer of above questions to convince them to allow me to come 
there and conduct a workshop. Would love to have around there at that time if 
possible.



On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Noopur  wrote:


Hey Arnav,I'll be in Gujarat post 12th Dec. I helped organize the 10th meetup 
in Delhi. If you need my help, I'd love to :) WarmlyNoopur



On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Arnav Sonara  wrote:

Hello,
This is User:Rangilo_Gujarati here basically from Gujarat and now in Pune, am 
planning an outreach event most probably a workshop in MS University Baroda, 
Gujarat during their forthcoming technical festival Footprints. Also am the 
Campus Ambassador for India Education Program too, I need some input from you 
guys.




The organizers of this event have basically no idea about what a community is 
or how WP works, since I ll be targeting newbies I am planning to start from 
Introduction to WP, then an editing session and main motto behind this would be 
to start an active community in Baroda or Gujarat and get the contributors to 
EN and GU WP and commons too.




Now the organizers are asking few questions like "Why anyone should attend 
it?", "What would be the exclusivity of the workshop?", "How can we (university 
and attendees) be benefited from this?". They are worried too much about 
"exclusivity", how to convince them that these type of sessions are some thing 
more than "exclusively in Footprints", "first time in gujarat" ??




Since I have no experience in conducting an outreach workshop independently I 
want your feedback on it, and what possibly should I answer them?.
Please do reply with your valuable suggestions/critics.





-- 
Thanks
Arnav (ricku).
(User:Rangilo_Gujarati)








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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Pradeep Mohandas]

hi Arnav,

I would say a Wikipedia editing workshop or a chapter backed WikiAcademy would 
be a nice first step. The only thing that one can say to someone is that we 
will teach them how to edit Wikipedia and contribute to various Wikimedia 
projects. You can start by making this event exclusively with the college - 
that is, only members from the college (staff or students) can attend. 

My personal take on this, is that we should do a couple of community meetups in 
Baroda and/or Surat and clue them into what's happening. I was in touch with 
Shiju to see if there are any Gujarati Wikipedia community members in the area. 
He's sent out a general email to them off-list. I will ping them again on email 
and see if we can do a community meetup in December or January. Perhaps you 
should try writing to the Gujarati mailing list as well.

Thank you for taking this initiative, Arnav!

warm regards,
Pradeep

User:Prad2609


On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Arnav Sonara  wrote:

Hey Noopur,
Thanks, the event is on 24, 25, 26 February 2012.
I just need answer of above questions to convince them to allow me to come 
there and conduct a workshop. Would love to have around there at that time if 
possible.



On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Noopur  wrote:


Hey Arnav,I'll be in Gujarat post 12th Dec. I helped organize the 10th meetup 
in Delhi. If you need my help, I'd love to :) WarmlyNoopur



On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Arnav Sonara  wrote:

Hello,
This is User:Rangilo_Gujarati here basically from Gujarat and now in Pune, am 
planning an outreach event most probably a workshop in MS University Baroda, 
Gujarat during their forthcoming technical festival Footprints. Also am the 
Campus Ambassador for India Education Program too, I need some input from you 
guys.




The organizers of this event have basically no idea about what a community is 
or how WP works, since I ll be targeting newbies I am planning to start from 
Introduction to WP, then an editing session and main motto behind this would be 
to start an active community in Baroda or Gujarat and get the contributors to 
EN and GU WP and commons too.




Now the organizers are asking few questions like "Why anyone should attend 
it?", "What would be the exclusivity of the workshop?", "How can we (university 
and attendees) be benefited from this?". They are worried too much about 
"exclusivity", how to convince them that these type of sessions are some thing 
more than "exclusively in Footprints", "first time in gujarat" ??




Since I have no experience in conducting an outreach workshop independently I 
want your feedback on it, and what possibly should I answer them?.
Please do reply with your valuable suggestions/critics.





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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Noopur]

Hello! Sorry for inbox spamming :) Sitting in the GLAMcamp, I cannot stop
thinking how our community is doing so much and not getting highlighted,
especially all you Indic editors out there. Though I don't really "belong"
to the Wiki-geeks group, I think an excellent way of outreach is GLAM
events. They are simple to understand, easier to participate and fun things
:)
In response to Arnav's mail, I thought I'll put this idea on the table. I
think fests like Footprints, or bigger fests such as Mood Indigo are
excellent places to set a booth and do some outreach. We could have a
photography event (which we call Wiki loves monuments) and get students to
get us images. We already have rules for the event and we can arrange a
small prize or swags. That way, you don't have to specially call people to
places or events and same time we start smaller and have sure results. What
we essentially need is a wiki-geek (or an experienced editor as you call
it) and someone who can communicate the idea well. What do you guys think?
I have friends at Mood Indigo and if Bombay people are willing to take me
up on it, we can have a stall there too!
Warmly
Noopur

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Arnav Sonara wrote:

> Hey Noopur,
>
> Thanks, the event is on 24, 25, 26 February 2012.
>
> I just need answer of above questions to convince them to allow me to come
> there and conduct a workshop. Would love to have around there at that time
> if possible.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Noopur  wrote:
>
>> Hey Arnav,
>> I'll be in Gujarat post 12th Dec. I helped organize the 10th meetup in
>> Delhi. If you need my help, I'd love to :)
>> Warmly
>> Noopur
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Arnav Sonara wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> This is User:Rangilo_Gujarati here basically from Gujarat and now in
>>> Pune, am planning an outreach event most probably a workshop in MS
>>> University Baroda, Gujarat during their forthcoming technical festival
>>> Footprints . Also am the Campus
>>> Ambassador for India Education Program too, I need some input from you guys.
>>>
>>> The organizers of this event have basically no idea about what a
>>> community is or how WP works, since I ll be targeting newbies I am planning
>>> to start from Introduction to WP, then an editing session and main motto
>>> behind this would be to start an active community in Baroda or Gujarat and
>>> get the contributors to EN and GU WP and commons too.
>>>
>>> Now the organizers are asking few questions like "Why anyone should
>>> attend it?", "What would be the exclusivity of the workshop?", "How can we
>>> (university and attendees) be benefited from this?". They are worried too
>>> much about "exclusivity", how to convince them that these type of sessions
>>> are some thing more than "exclusively in Footprints", "first time in
>>> gujarat" ??
>>>
>>> Since I have no experience in conducting an outreach workshop
>>> independently I want your feedback on it, and what possibly should I answer
>>> them?.
>>>
>>> Please do reply with your valuable suggestions/critics.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks
>>> Arnav (ricku).
>>> (User:Rangilo_Gujarati)
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Arnav Sonara]

Hey Noopur,

Thanks, the event is on 24, 25, 26 February 2012.

I just need answer of above questions to convince them to allow me to come
there and conduct a workshop. Would love to have around there at that time
if possible.

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Noopur  wrote:

> Hey Arnav,
> I'll be in Gujarat post 12th Dec. I helped organize the 10th meetup in
> Delhi. If you need my help, I'd love to :)
> Warmly
> Noopur
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Arnav Sonara wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is User:Rangilo_Gujarati here basically from Gujarat and now in
>> Pune, am planning an outreach event most probably a workshop in MS
>> University Baroda, Gujarat during their forthcoming technical festival
>> Footprints . Also am the Campus
>> Ambassador for India Education Program too, I need some input from you guys.
>>
>> The organizers of this event have basically no idea about what a
>> community is or how WP works, since I ll be targeting newbies I am planning
>> to start from Introduction to WP, then an editing session and main motto
>> behind this would be to start an active community in Baroda or Gujarat and
>> get the contributors to EN and GU WP and commons too.
>>
>> Now the organizers are asking few questions like "Why anyone should
>> attend it?", "What would be the exclusivity of the workshop?", "How can we
>> (university and attendees) be benefited from this?". They are worried too
>> much about "exclusivity", how to convince them that these type of sessions
>> are some thing more than "exclusively in Footprints", "first time in
>> gujarat" ??
>>
>> Since I have no experience in conducting an outreach workshop
>> independently I want your feedback on it, and what possibly should I answer
>> them?.
>>
>> Please do reply with your valuable suggestions/critics.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> Arnav (ricku).
>> (User:Rangilo_Gujarati)
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Help with an WP outreach event in Gujarat

[Noopur]

Hey Arnav,
I'll be in Gujarat post 12th Dec. I helped organize the 10th meetup in
Delhi. If you need my help, I'd love to :)
Warmly
Noopur

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Arnav Sonara wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This is User:Rangilo_Gujarati here basically from Gujarat and now in Pune,
> am planning an outreach event most probably a workshop in MS University
> Baroda, Gujarat during their forthcoming technical festival 
> Footprints.
> Also am the Campus Ambassador for India Education Program too, I need some
> input from you guys.
>
> The organizers of this event have basically no idea about what a community
> is or how WP works, since I ll be targeting newbies I am planning to start
> from Introduction to WP, then an editing session and main motto behind this
> would be to start an active community in Baroda or Gujarat and get the
> contributors to EN and GU WP and commons too.
>
> Now the organizers are asking few questions like "Why anyone should attend
> it?", "What would be the exclusivity of the workshop?", "How can we
> (university and attendees) be benefited from this?". They are worried too
> much about "exclusivity", how to convince them that these type of sessions
> are some thing more than "exclusively in Footprints", "first time in
> gujarat" ??
>
> Since I have no experience in conducting an outreach workshop
> independently I want your feedback on it, and what possibly should I answer
> them?.
>
> Please do reply with your valuable suggestions/critics.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks
> Arnav (ricku).
> (User:Rangilo_Gujarati)
>
>
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