Kudos to Surya, Arunmozhi, and Bala. Great work.
> Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift.
>:)
And, a nice article too: http://tawp.in/r/2n4m :)
- Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for
the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
>________________________________
>From: Surya Prakash <suryasalem2...@gmail.com>
>To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:46 PM
>Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on ILUGC wikipedia stall
>
>
>Thank you for the sharing Bala.
>
>I was in MIT at 10 AM. Arunmozhi came 10.30 & we chose an end for our stall in
>that Hangar. :) Then using Arun's laptop (actually it has no monitor support.
>It was supported by bag ;) )
>
>Somehow we arranged a demo laptop using mobile internet connection. :)
>
>I explained various Wikimedia projects & "how to edit?" talks & Reliability of
>WP & importance of Main page in a WP & works of an Admin. & Sign Up campaign.
>:)
>
>Then, I took some Wikipedia logo stickers & shirt badges with me. (Which I got
>from 10Wiki celebs.)
>People took them with them. :)
>
>Near 2 PM Bala joined with us. He took the stall very interestingly in his OWN
>STYLE. :)
>
>Finally our stall selected as best among 20. I was gifted a book on "PYTHON
>PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE".
>
>It was a good experience. :)
>
>Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift. :)
>
>Pictures will be shared soon. :) ILUGC is creating a separate report on the
>event. :)
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>$U®¥∩
>http://goo.gl/RoMyo.com
>http://about.me/suryaceg
>
>
>
>
>2011/9/22 Bala Jeyaraman <sodabot...@gmail.com>
>
>unfortunately we dint bring any cameras. But the ILUGC people had, i will ask
>for photos from them
>>
>>My personal impression : (i was there for the last couple of hours) The
>>stall was a couple of tables with a hand made banner. We didnt have any
>>handout material as this was organised in very short notice. IMO The BIG
>>advantage wikipedia stall had was the attitude - Surya treated every visitor
>>as a potential wikipedia editor and gave them the full pitch and took them
>>through various wiki projects within a short period of time.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Pradeep Mohandas
>><pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>hi,
>>>
>>>Do you have any pics of the stall? It would be nice to see it. Might give
>>>others idea on how to do such a thing themselves?
>>>
>>>warm regards,
>>>Pradeep Mohandas
>>>
>>>
>>>On 21 September 2011 23:03, Bala Jeyaraman <sodabot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>The Chennai Linux user's group celebrated the Software Freedom Day (Sep 17)
>>>>by organising free software demo stall exhibition at Madras Institute of
>>>>Technology campus, Chennai. (http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Sfd2011).
>>>>
>>>>They gave space for a Wikipedia stall in that exhibition and S. A. Surya
>>>>Prakash (http://tawp.in/r/1nmq) from Tamil Wikipedia ran the stall. He was
>>>>assisted by open source enthusiast Arun Mozhi (http://www.arunmozhi.in/).
>>>>They introduced wikipedia and other wikiprojects to the exhibition visitors
>>>>through out the day. The Wikipedia stall was adjudged the best amongst the
>>>>20 odd stalls in the exhibition and Surya was given a prize by ILUGC.
>>>>
>>>>The Tamil report is at : http://tawp.in/r/2n3f
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>regards
>>>>Bala
>>>>
>>>>
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