Noopur, Our websites are top 10 in terms of use and access in this country. A large proportion of Internet users in India are aware of Wikipedia, if not more of our projects. So, to characterize the movement as nascent would be inaccurate. :-)
Most of us, when invited to speak at institutions and organizations are treated quite well, all over the country. This is primarily because of the popularity of our projects among Internet users. As you gain more experience with Wikipedia, you will also find that it is not very difficult to identify potential long-term contributors for our project - they are usually very smart and inquisitive people who will seek you out themselves; and they are everywhere. This is not to say that all smart people will be interested in contributing, Wikipedia only attracts a particular kind. What they need is simply a nudge in the right direction, not "hand-holding" or persistent efforts at community-building. People who contribute to our projects - both online and offline - generally do it for the joy of it, and not for any other lofty moral ideals. When a contributor undergoes what Srikanth R and Sohan experienced at one place, it is generally a cause of concern since incidents like these will deter our volunteers to expend their precious time and energies in the future. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Noopur <noopur.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Regarding the chapter signing an MoU, I wasn't even aware of this and am > frankly quite surprised they managed to sign one so quickly. I will refrain > from commenting on that. I hope you will appreciate that the agreement with NIT was an informal one that simply stated that Wikimedia India will conduct a workshop during the course of their event. anirudh > > _______________________________________________ > 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