Ashwin, I understand what you mean. Perfectly, but I just want to point it out that we MUST avoid using that word infront of new users. Time and again, at meetups, we've had this question.* I own an article. He edited it. What should I do?*
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com>wrote: > Oh, I am under no apprehensions about ownership of WikiProject India. I am > only a volunteer who tends to it as SIG chair on being requested by some > colleagues. So it is my something in my care - a trust belonging to the > people in which I look after something which belongs to all. > > Ownership here can only mean the feeling that Wikipedia "belongs" to all > of us and because of that it is inherently good and desirable of us to work > for it - not that I "own" this or that article. When you "own" something > you care about it and work for it. I am sure that is what is meant by > Nitika. > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nitika, >> The term ownership doesn't exist here. >> Yes, while I welcome BPositive and hope that he helps us increase the >> Quality of Indian articles, >> I really don't like this Ownership thing people talk about. >> >> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Nitika <ntan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and >>> taking ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best Pratik! >>> I'm sure you'll learn a lot while leading this project. >>> >>> And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching >>> out on several WikiProjects, co-ordintaing offline Wikipedia project, >>> handholding newbies, guiding all the Campus Ambassadors, leading GA master >>> class, encouraging everyone to join WikiProject India and the list goes on >>> and on and on. Thank you so very much Ashwin! :-) >>> >>> Nitika >>> >>> >>> >>> On 16-Feb-2012, at 9:45 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote: >>> >>> > Dear friends, >>> > >>> > I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold of >>> people in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young member >>> (in comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune Club. He was >>> an active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India Education >>> Program. Energetic and enthusiastic BPositive is taking charge of the >>> India Collaboration of the Month (INCOTM) process and is the first person >>> to volunteer to help me keep WikiProject India active by taking on a >>> specific responsibility. >>> > >>> > All the best BPositive and hope you have a great time doing things new >>> to you till now! >>> > >>> > I request the wider India community to welcome and support BPositive >>> as he guides us on our monthly INCOTMs. >>> > >>> > AshLin >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Wikimedia-in-en mailing list >>> > wikimedia-in...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Srikanth Ramakrishnan. >> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore >> Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll >> Plaza. >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
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