Suprised that there is no Hyderabad event by the volunteers yet. Is there none on the list who can put together one?
regards Arun On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:58 AM, theo10011 <[email protected]> wrote: > Anirudh its only one right now, the other one is a redirect. > > http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyderabad,_India&redirect=no > > <http://ten.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyderabad,_India&redirect=no> > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Anirudh Bhati <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks, Steven. There are two pages. >> >> http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad,_India >> http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad >> >> Yours sincerely, >> >> Anirudh Bhati >> >> 00 91 9328712208 >> Skype: anirudhsbh >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Steven Walling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Okay, I'm just going to be bold and delete the Hyderabad and Bhopal >> pages, and explain to these folks that we're only here to support >> volunteer-led events, not corporate ones et cetera. >> > >> > If any Wikimedians from either of those cities want to put something up, >> go for it though. >> > >> > Thanks for the quick response. >> > >> > On Jan 11, 2011, at 11:50 AM, theo10011 wrote: >> > >> >> Steven >> >> >> >> Its a common issue with marketing companies like this. The event is for >> 17th January, I think we should delete the page altogether, there's no sense >> in promoting something this exploitative on the wrong day. >> >> >> >> I recall there were some Wikipedians from Hyderabad, but not sure if >> thats one of them. Perhaps someone from the chapter might be able to shed >> more light on this. >> >> >> >> In the mean time, I vote to have the page removed or any other that >> tries to exploit the ten celebration. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Steven Walling < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> >> >> So recently a Hyderabad event got created on ten.wikipedia.org, and >> I've received some email about it. However, if you read the page ( >> http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad,_India) you can see it doesn't >> quite seem to be run by Wikimedians, and I'm concerned by some of the >> content, such "Wikipedia, as an ultimate resource for Online >> Media/Marketing" and the fact that is seems to be run solely by a media >> company. >> >> >> >> Does anyone know the editor who created the page or listed contact? I >> don't want to promote an event that is less about Wikipedia and your work >> than some random company. >> >> >> >> Steven Walling >> >> Fellow at the Wikimedia Foundation >> >> wikimediafoundation.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > >> > Steven Walling >> > Fellow at the Wikimedia Foundation >> > wikimediafoundation.org >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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