And I never imagined that I would be watching Bala create an article on the Tamil Wikipedia called 8am Arivu saying 8am Arivu is an upcoming sequel to 7am Arivu starring Superstar Srikanth in front of a dozen people. ;-) Yuvi, is it in KITE? If yes, then do drop in a line to those guys that you know Bala and me. Might help us land another meetup there.
On 12/13/11, Bala Jeyaraman <[email protected]> wrote: > A great many thanks to Srikanth R for putting together the first Kovai > meetup and making it a reality. (I never dreamt that there would be a kovai > meetup and i would be in it :-)). It gave me a chance to connect with > another wikipedian who was responsible for writing large parts of > Coimbatore article in en wiki. Snagging KGISL as location was a major coup > and thanks to Gautam, Venkat, Srikanth and KGISL themselves for letting us > use their AC seminar room. > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi <[email protected] >> wrote: > >> Amazing non-formal report Srikanth! >> >> Hope the meetup in Kovai bring up more active editors. {{Applause}} for >> making this a success! >> >> Best >> Subha >> >> >> On 13 December 2011 16:15, Srikanth Ramakrishnan >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Heya all, >>> This should've come in elaier but didn't as my lab was shut. >>> To Pradeep, who's been asking for two days, >>> And Noopur, the only other Wikipedian who asked about this meet. >>> >>> Our meetup was held at the KG Inst. of Tech [KITE] who offered us an >>> A/C presentation hall for this event. >>> KITE, is a part of KG Information Systems Ltd, one of the city's most >>> respected IT establishments. >>> The meetup space was offered by Mr. Ashok Bkathavatsalam himself, the >>> MD of KGISL, who in turn was told about this meet by Gautam John and >>> Venkat Mangudi. Thanks you two. >>> >>> The meetup started at 11am. >>> >>> We had ~14-15 attendees, out of which 8 or 9 were part of ILUGC Pondy >>> [Indian Linux User Group Puducherry]. >>> One Wikipedian saw the link to the meetup on my signature on an online >>> forum SkyScraperCity and came from Chennai. >>> Bala Jeyaraman, aka Sodabottle joined me a few minutes into the meetup >>> and it was him who spoke for the rest of the day. >>> Pre lunch, we basically spoke on how and why the Wikipedia model >>> worked, the principles of the project, with Bala using the age old >>> debate of whether Coimbatore or Madurai was the second largest city in >>> Tamil Nadu as an example for verifiability. >>> >>> Bala explained the ease of typing in Tamil, etc. >>> >>> Post lunch, we were joined by two faculty members of KITE, while Mr. >>> Ashok himself stepped in. Interestingly, he himself has an account on >>> the English Wikipedia and contributes too. >>> >>> The meetup ended at around 4, we took a few photos. I shall ask >>> Prasanna to upload them soon. >>> >>> It was a success, there were three existing Wikipedians, and the rest >>> were interested newcomers. I wouldn't call it an academy though. >>> >>> We've not scheduled a meetup for January yet, as the most probable >>> date is 15th Jan [Wikipedia Day] because both Bala and I won't be in >>> town. If anyone from the chapter/foundation can help lead it, I can >>> get people to attend and myself attend virtually thru Skype or so from >>> Kakinada. >>> >>> Comments, suggestions most welcome. >>> >>> All brickbats my way, bouquets to Bala please. >>> >>> --~~~~ >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan, >>> Sathyamangalam-Gobichettipalayam Star Gazers >>> My Commons uploads, now exceeding 75. >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Rsrikanth05 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> * >> >> ସୁ ଭ >> >> * >> >> * S u b h a * >> >> *ଓଡ଼ିଆଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ* >> >> *O d i a W i k i M a i l i n g l i s >> t*<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or> >> <http://facebook.com/subhashishp> >> <http://twitter.com/subhashishp><http://or.wikipedia.org> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
