Dear all,
Forwarding Liam's email to the Bangalore list. FYI.
The message may not have reached you as he is not a member of the list.
regards
Arun
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From: Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt(a)gmail.com>
To: Arun Ramarathnam <arunram25(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:19:13 +1100
Subject: Re: Liam Wyatt's visit to India
Thank you for this introduction and for making the
<http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011>
http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011 coordination pages Arun. Also
thank you Bishakha for your earlier introduction.
As described, I have been invited to speak at a conference in Delhi and
thought it would be a good opportunity to visit also Mumbai and Bangalore
and see if there was anything I could do to help the local Wikimedia
communities in these cities to generate some prodictive relationships with
local cultural organisations.
For Mumbai and Bangalore I think it would be best to have (potentially) a
couple of meetings - one with just wikimedians (with dinner?) where we can
plan and talk about what you can/would like to achieve. And then a second
meeting which includes any GLAM representatives wo would like to meet us so
we can all talk together. If there is time/interest afterwards, it might
also be possible to visit some specific institutions directly.
For Delhi, I have a bit less time because I will be speaking at the ICLAM
conference on both the 15th and 16th. Therefore, possibly the best time to
do things in Delhi would be dinner on the 16th(?) and maybe a meeting on the
17th?
In any case, you do not need me to be present, of course, to start making
collaboration projects with local cultural organisations but I hope that I
can be a catalyst!
So, if you are interested in being involved in GLAM outreach and can come to
some event At any of these cities, please add your name at the relevant
place and help organise a meetup.
I look forward to meeting you all next month,
Sincerely,
-Liam
Wittylama.com/blog
Peace, love & metadata
On 26/01/2011, at 6:49, Arun Ramarathnam <arunram25(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
It's a pleasure to inform you all that Liam
Wyatt<http://www.wittylama.com/>will be visiting India between 12th
and 19th Feb to focus on
GLAM <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLAM_(industry_sector)>related
initiatives here.
Liam's visit to India is intended to support wikimedia communities to
explore the possibilities of collaborating with Galleries, Libraries,
Archives and Museums (GLAM) in strengthening articles on wikipedia of mutual
interest.
Liam recently became a Wikimedia Fellow -
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/01/19/announcing-our-glam-fellow-liam-w…>
http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/01/19/announcing-our-glam-fellow-liam-w…
Liam was the wikipedian in
residence<http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/07/10/the-royal-cup-bridges-wikipedia-a…>
at
the British Museum last year. Liam has been focussed on GLAM and was
the convener of the GLAM-WIKI
<http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/GLAM-WIKI>event held in Australia in
August
2009.
It is great to have Liam visiting us. He will be visiting Delhi, Mumbai and
Bangalore. We hope to make the most of Liam's visit to create more awareness
for GLAM amongst wikipedians and connect with GLAM stakeholders wherever
possible.
Liam will also be speaking at the
ICLAM<http://www.nift.ac.in/ICLAM_2011/index.htm>conference on the
15th.
For coordinating events during his visit, I have create a GLAM project page
on the India wiki, to help us all get started:
<http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011>
http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011
There are city specific pages, each of which has a planning page.
We look forward to all your support and active participation to organize
events and meeting in various cities. Wikipedians are requested to join the
discussions in the planning pages for each city. .
regards
Arun
Bangalore, India
<http://www.twitter.com/arunram>www.twitter.com/arunram
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Ralph,
This is indeed a great opportunity to create greater awareness about the
Kannada wikipedia. We need a lot more contributors to Kannada wikipedia.
Exhibitions are hectic but p;pose the best outreach opportunity.
I though of sharing some learnings from the recent exhibit stall we had at
the World Sanskrit Book fair for you and the other volunteers to consider:
- These exhibitions tend to draw lot of crowds and can be very
exhausting.
- There needs to be 4 volunteers at a given time in the stall.
- Volunteers need to be in shifts of 2 hours to be effective and retain
energy reserves.
- Most of the questions in event like these are general awareness, what
they can do as readers, how they need to do if they need to contribute (whom
to contact). Discussions will not be very technical. (except in the cases of
very few visitors)
- Having pamphlets is a a great help with the links to wikimedia.in,
kannada wikipedia and other projects, India meetup page. We struggled
writing the links through the 2 days as we did not have any pamphlets.
- We now have the banners from the W10 event in Bangalore. These will be
of great use.
- Take the wikireader, it generates a lot of interest. It is now with
HPN.
- Suggest 3-4 laptops with a data card each. This is better than using a
single projector. We did not use a projector. One to one discussions are
most effective.
- Take a a few notebooks to write down contacts of people who want help
to become contributors.
- You will also run into people who would want to give away content they
have created to wikipedia. This is as always a great opportunity.
- From our past experience, the volunteers knowing wikipedia (even using
is good). Key messages to communicate can be shared with the team. The
general public is not very well informed on specifics of wikipedia except
being aware. Many may not know about it in Indian languages.
- The volunteers need the ability to communicate and relate to the varied
audience and backgrounds. This is the most important skill than even being
insightful.
- Have at least one senior wikipedian in the stall to answer the
difficult or detailed questions.
- Overlap some volunteers across days to carry the learning and
experience of earlier days across subsequent days.
- Expect people to ask questions about Kanaja and other similar projects.
They may also have stalls.
Best wishes for the event.
regards
Arun
Bangalore, India
www.twitter.com/arunram
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ralph <work.well.done.in(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1096315.ece
>
> In order to move forward, may I suggest the following:
>
> Job description of volunteer: other prerequisites - please list
> 1. Speak Kannada Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
> 2. Programming knowledge Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
> 3.
> 4.
>
> 1. List of names/email of volunteers who will be present at the Kannada
> Wikipedia booth on
> a. 4 Fri
> b. 5 Sat
> c. 6 Sun
>
> 2. Location map of venue/hall/room - exact details to prevent frantic
> searching for the right place.
>
> 3. Bus from Shivajinagar/Majestic/...
>
> 4. Coordinator name & mobile 9.........
>
> 5. Please bring (your own) snack/lunch, booth will be working without a
> break! Cannot afford to lose a single visitor.
>
> 6. Script: What should/should not be said. It may be impossible to meet
> before the event for the orientation but a virtual classroom will address
> that need.
>
> http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/453323-let-s-learn-to-use-wiziq-virtual-c…
>
> Await your comments. Thanks. Ralph
>
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>
> From: wikimedia-in-blr-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Wikimedia-in-blr Digest, Vol 6, Issue 32
> To: wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:08:43 +0000
Dear All,
ಹಾರ್ಧಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು !!
ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಬರಹ, ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ.
The kannada writer community on the web is really inspiring lot for the others to follow. Hence, I feel that good contributions are being posted for the benefit of others in the true wikepedian spirit.
Shekar R
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:31:34 +0530
> From: Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Wikipedia meetup at Mangalore
> To: Wikimedia India List <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
> "Kannada Wikipedia Discussion List wikikn-l(a)wikipedia.org"
> <wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Mailing list for Wikimedians /
> Wikipedians in Bangalore, India"
> <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
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> Wikipedians are meeting up at Mangalore this weekend:
>
> Date: *Saturday, 29 - January - 2011 3:00 PM IST*
>
> Venue:
>
> *St. Aloysius College*
> PG Block, Light house Hill Road
> Mangalore
> Karnataka
>
> More information at:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mangalore/Jan_29_2011
>
> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196639767018480
>
> Join in!
>
> --
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> http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig
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> From: Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [Wikimedia-in-blr] 10,000+ articles on Kannada Wikipedia
> To: Wikimedia India List <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
> "Kannada Wikipedia Discussion List wikikn-l(a)wikipedia.org"
> <wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Mailing list for Wikimedians /
> Wikipedians in Bangalore, India"
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> An update was due.
>
> Kannada Wikipedia has recently crossed 10,000 articles milestone:
>
> http://kn.wikipedia.org/
>
> Kannada Wiktionary now has more than 85,000 entries.
>
> Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to each contributor who has made this
> possible.
>
> --
> Hari Prasad Nadig
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> From: Gautam John <gautam(a)prathambooks.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] 10,000+ articles on Kannada Wikipedia
> To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore,
> India" <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
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> Wow! Congratulations all!
>
> Today is turning out to be a great day!
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
> ________
> http://social.prathambooks.org/
>
>
>
>
> On 27 January 2011 21:41, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > An update was due.
> >
> > Kannada Wikipedia has recently crossed 10,000 articles milestone:
> >
> > http://kn.wikipedia.org/
> >
> > Kannada Wiktionary now has more than 85,000 entries.
> >
> > Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to each contributor who has made this
> > possible.
> >
> > --
> > Hari Prasad Nadig
> > http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig
> > http://flickr.com/hpnadig
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:09:19 +0530
> From: gokul das <gokuldas.1950(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] The Hindu : "One among the clan of
> Wikipedians"
> To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore,
> India" <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Cc: "to \"Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia.\""
> <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "cc \"Achal Prabhala
> \(Wikimedia Foundation\)\"" <aprabhala(a)gmail.com>
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hi Wikies,
>
> Ignite a movement to free Hossein Derakhshan from the prison
> in Iran.It should be possible with
>
> the reach of Internet into 2 billion thinking heads.
>
> Gokuldas
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:46 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > The Hindu : "One among the clan of Wikipedians",
> > featuring Achal Prabhala
> >
> > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-neighbourhood/article11…
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Tinu Cherian
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:31:27 +0530
> From: gokul das <gokuldas.1950(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Wikipedia meetup at Mangalore
> To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore,
> India" <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
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>
> Hi,Mangalore Wikis,
>
> Three Cheers! Have a nice 29th Jan'11.evening.
> Save the blogger Hossein Derakhshan
>
> who is serving a prison term in Iran. His crime:Innocence and belief in
> world peace.
>
> WikiGokuldas
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Wikipedians are meeting up at Mangalore this weekend:
> >
> > Date: *Saturday, 29 - January - 2011 3:00 PM IST*
> >
> > Venue:
> >
> > *St. Aloysius College*
> > PG Block, Light house Hill Road
> > Mangalore
> > Karnataka
> >
> > More information at:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mangalore/Jan_29_2011
> >
> > http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196639767018480
> >
> > Join in!
> >
> > --
> > Hari Prasad Nadig
> > http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig
> > http://flickr.com/hpnadig
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> From: Achal Prabhala <aprabhala(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] The Hindu : "One among the clan of
> Wikipedians"
> To: gokul das <gokuldas.1950(a)gmail.com>
> Cc: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore,
> India" <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "to \"Discussion list
> on Indian language projects of Wikimedia.\""
> <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID: <4D41DA71.9080401(a)gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi Gokuldas, the good news is he's 'temporarily free' as of one month
> ago, albeit at a high price:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11962032
>
>
> On Friday 28 January 2011 02:09 AM, gokul das wrote:
> > Hi Wikies,
> >
> > Ignite a movement to free Hossein Derakhshan from the
> > prison in Iran.It should be possible with
> >
> > the reach of Internet into 2 billion thinking heads.
> >
> > Gokuldas
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:46 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
> > <tinucherian(a)gmail.com <mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > The Hindu : "One among the clan of Wikipedians",
> > featuring Achal Prabhala
> > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-neighbourhood/article11…
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Tinu Cherian
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list
> > Wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> > <mailto:Wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org>
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr
> >
> >
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:59:21 +0530
> From: Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] 10,000+ articles on Kannada Wikipedia
> To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore,
> India" <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <AANLkTikkkbhbOVHu=zFJMo8UtHEQO6Rx3fduWsZggph=(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Congrats to the Kannada Wikipedia and Kannada wiktionary community. This is
> good news.
>
> With this, Kannada Wikipedia has became the 12th Indian language wikipedia
> to cross the 10,000 article milestone. Kannada Wiktionary continues to be in
> the second position after Tamil Wiktionary.
>
> Good that Indian language wikipedians have started sharing the news about
> different milestones.
>
> Shiju
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Gautam John <gautam(a)prathambooks.org>wrote:
>
> > Wow! Congratulations all!
> >
> > Today is turning out to be a great day!
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Gautam
> > ________
> > http://social.prathambooks.org/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 27 January 2011 21:41, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > An update was due.
> > >
> > > Kannada Wikipedia has recently crossed 10,000 articles milestone:
> > >
> > > http://kn.wikipedia.org/
> > >
> > > Kannada Wiktionary now has more than 85,000 entries.
> > >
> > > Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to each contributor who has made
> > this
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Hari Prasad Nadig
> > > http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig
> > > http://flickr.com/hpnadig
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> From: CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Wikipedia meetup at Mangalore
> To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore,
> India" <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Cc: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia."
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>
> no offence, but can we restrict the discussions on the mailing list to
> Wikipedia/Wikimedia issues only ?
>
> -Tinu Cherian
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:31 AM, gokul das <gokuldas.1950(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,Mangalore Wikis,
> >
> > Three Cheers! Have a nice 29th Jan'11.evening.
> > Save the blogger Hossein Derakhshan
> >
> > who is serving a prison term in Iran. His crime:Innocence and belief in
> > world peace.
> >
> > WikiGokuldas
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Wikipedians are meeting up at Mangalore this weekend:
> >>
> >> Date: *Saturday, 29 - January - 2011 3:00 PM IST*
> >>
> >> Venue:
> >>
> >> *St. Aloysius College*
> >> PG Block, Light house Hill Road
> >> Mangalore
> >> Karnataka
> >>
> >> More information at:
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mangalore/Jan_29_2011
> >>
> >> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196639767018480
> >>
> >> Join in!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hari Prasad Nadig
> >> http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig
> >> http://flickr.com/hpnadig
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> Wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr
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> >>
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Hi All,
I attended the recent 10th anniversary celebrations of Wikipedia in
Bangalore. In the public event we had a discussion regarding giving
socialization look to Wikipedia. On the contrary we had a view that it will
dilute the very purpose of Wikipedia. Of course I agree that Wikipedia
should not be used as a scratch pad to scribble something. It is a
repository of authentic and informative knowledge. But that information
should be sharable with others. It is the fact that user can reach to that
information only if he is interested to know it. There is no chance that if
one user finds one information very useful wants to *share with others. *Can
we have popular *SHARE *button in Wikipedia? By this Wikipedia articles will
have more number of visitors and possibly more contributors.
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Regards
Omkar V S
http://omkarvs.blogspot.com
Bangalore, India
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Regards
Omkar V S
http://omkarvs.blogspot.com
Bangalore, India
On the topic of:
http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011/Bangalore_Feb2011, my
suggestion is to involve the NGMA Bangalore, an exciting and beautiful
arts space with a large auditorium, canteen and spacious grounds - in
other words, a good place to hold a meeting.
http://ngmaindia.gov.in/ngma_bangaluru.asp
The organisations listed here
http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:GLAM_2011/Bangalore_Feb2011/Planning
are maybe too numerous? In any case, an event at NGMA can be arranged;
i.e. a session where NGMA themselves and Wikipedians from the city are
equally exposed to the kinds of work that could happen with/inside a
museum. I think this will be a nice change from the usual CIS type
meetup that happens and also provide us with a new venue/work contact.
Anyone interested in this? General ideas welcome. Comments and
participation on the planing pages are thin and I thought this might
help. Some advance planning probably nec.
Cheers,
Achal
Hi all,
A relatively new Wikipedian sent me the personal mail
below. Initially I thought I will reply him privately, but later I decided
that my reply may possibly help someone else on the list, if at all, and
hence sending to the list. I have removed person's details for anonymity
but bccing him in this mail. I am also taking a small liberty to use his
mail.
Dear Wikipedian,
Before I try to clear your misunderstandings , I want to share
with you about my own experience. There was a time, very very long back,
when I even decided to quit Wikipedia because "my" article was marked for
deletion , and after a heated deletion discussion and lo, "my article" was
GONE ! I ,then , never understood the complexity of the establishment called
"Wikipedia" . I was tired, frustrated and angry like you! I cribbed that
Wikipedia admins and other "self proclaimed experts" are stupid aliens who
are out there to block Indians editing Wikipedia.
Ok, I took a small break then and later came back again investigating what
possibly went wrong. I have been mentored by several veteran Wikipedians. I
asked for advice and help whenever i was confused. And here I am now , with
52,000+ edits and an administrator on English Wikipedia.
Let us try to humbly explain what went wrong in your case.
Before that, a big thank you for creating 5 articles to Wikipedia. Good job
!
Unfortunately, we easily get irritated when somebody removes content that we
have added, it is just human nature.. But remember that all Wikipedia
content is open to being edited collaboratively. No one, no matter how
skilled, has the right to act as if they are the owner of a particular
article. If you are not willing to see that the information that you added
is mercilessly removed, altered & changed, ...never edit Wikipedia :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OWN
Talking about the content suitable for an article on Wikipedia, first and
foremost, we should remember , Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Forgotten, the
five pillars of Wikipedia ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars
So what would you like to see on an encyclopedia ? Definitely not,
information about ATM, medical stores, hostels, eateries , medical stores
etc, which you had tried to add to the article on a place. (I have checked
your edit history) These information is definitely useful, I agree, but they
find a better place on a city guide than an encyclopedia.
Remember that Wikipedia is not a web directory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_n…
and
also there is a difference between List articles with normal articles.
Arguments and differences of opinion on content on Wikipedia is natural.
Even now, there are times when I get personally very pissed off. :) But we
need to remind us a few things often : Observing Civility :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility and How to build a consensus
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus
I can see, that there are lots of good and encyclopedic information that you
have already added to Wikipedia. Excellent !
But I am happy to mentor and guide you more on Wikipedia.
I seriously wish that you would return back to Wikipedia and contribute
more.
Happy Editing !
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM, <name removed> wrote:
> Hi,
> I joined wiki in Aug 2010 and started contributing under the name of
> <name removed>. As a person, I am very passionate about sharing knowledge.
> I had so far created around 5 articles and made around 300 contributions. I
> had planned to add many articles based on financial institutions as I am
> currently doing my MBA from IIM.
>
> But I had a very bad experiencem today, with some editors cutting out my
> content without giving enough supporting evidence. One of them even said
> they cut it out because they thought it was not wiki worthy "based on my
> experience".
>
> Since you are very passioniate about growth of wiki in India, I would
> request you to please advise these experts to atleast explain their actions
> in detail and not just cut off. I have decided to leave wiki for good as I
> dont want to waste my time fighting with self proclaimed experts. Hope no
> one else faces same issue in future.
>
> Regards
> <name removed>
>
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 4:57 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <
> tinucherian(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
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Wikipedia celebrated its 10th anniversary on 15th January 11.
The Wiki enthusiasts in Mysore organised a meet up on the 16th of Jan 2011
to commemorate this occasion.
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore
Also we had a plan to have Wikipedia Photowalk.
So on 30th January we've organised a Photowalk here in Mysore.
The locations planned to cover is city center (Palace, Town hall, etc)
We'll meet near Chikka Gadiyaara (Vasavi vircle) [near south gate of Devraja
Market] at 7 AM.
Regards,
Kiran Ravikumar
Mysore
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirantr/