And this conman who should be avoided, his name is ...... On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonl...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Thanks Ravi for bringing up this topic. I sent a similar mail regarding > this some time back. > > Now a days many so called "wikipedians" are popping up here and there > claiming themselves *as the spokesperson of different Indian language > wikis*. The irony is that *none of the Wiki language communities are aware > about these types of developments*. And some of these spokespersons > doesn't even have an account in the respective language wiki. > > > I know that *Wiki editing* and *Wiki advocacy* are two different topics. > But we, contributors to different language wikipedias, doesn't want some one > outside the Language community taking the responsibility of spokesperson > with out our knowledge. > > > It is a good idea to appoint a team of active wikians for each language as > the official Spokespersons/contact persons. Let each Wiki language community > decide how it should be represented outside. > > > Shiju > > > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Ravi shankar <ravidreams...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Recently we came to know that a fraud guy has been claiming himself to be >> the "head" of Tamil Wiki and a director for yet-to-be-formed Indian >> Wikimedia chapter. He has been doing this at many places including Govt >> circles. This was a shock for us. I would like to warn a similar possibility >> for all other Indian Wikis. >> >> I recommend that each Wiki start a mechanism to officially elect few >> official Spokespersons / contact persons and spread the word about this >> selection. The appointment can be cycled every few months to share >> responsibility with more members. These need not be just the sysops / >> bureaucrats. They can be anyone trust worthy, long serving the community, >> having fair idea of Wiki organization and easy to cooperate and communicate >> with. >> >> Ravi. >> >> http://ravidreams.com/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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