Dear Vishnu, We should published Press-Note ASAP.
Jayanta On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Vishnu <visdav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Jayanta, > > It's difficult to work with journalists who may be rushing to meet > submission deadlines and end up mis-quoting the facts or give wrong > details :) > > Probably, it may help if you could do a Press-Note and send it to all the > Media agencies. At least they will have the correct details in hand. > > All the best!! > > Vishnu > > > > On Saturday 21 December 2013 11:44 PM, Jayanta Nath wrote: > > KOLKATA: In an effort to enthuse people to become regular contributors to > its site, Wikipedia will launch a campaign at the Kolkata Book > Fair<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kolkata-Book-Fair>next year. It > has already booked a stall and lined up an awareness > programme to sign up volunteers. Incidentally, Kolkata fares poorly when it > comes to contribute to the world's biggest online encyclopedia. At present, > the city has only five contributors. > > Wikipedia needs people from Kolkata to contribute voluntarily not only to > the mother website but also to its Bengali link, Banglapedia. "We would > hold workshops where we would give presentations about how to edit existing > material on Wiki/Banglapedia. The biggest incentive for any contributor is > that, the moment he/she writes a piece or edits something, it gets updated > and is published for the world to see," explained Jayanta Nath, chief of > Banglapedia. > > The Book Fair authorities have already sealed the deal and are looking > forward to this heavyweight participant. > > "Wikipedia's participation will add glamour to the fair," said Tridib > Chatterjee, general secretary of the Publishers and Booksellers > Guild<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Publishers-and-Booksellers-Guild> > . > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Jayanta Nath <jayanta...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Now another wrong report.... >> >> >> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Wikipedia-stall-at-book-fair-next-year/articleshow/27695829.cms >> >> Jayanta >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing listwikimediaindi...@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 > >
_______________________________________________ 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
