Hi Theo,
Response in line.
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Theo10011 <de10011(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This was a great initiative by such a young group of
volunteers - Karthik,
Naveen and everyone involved, a big Thank you and Congratulations, for
getting this done. India desperately needed to be included in WLM, I hope
you can keep up the momentum.
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Karthik,
Thanks for the update. Thanks to you, Naveen and the jury for all the
hardwork and perseverance.
Can you update the (user names/ real names and location of winners on the
web site? I am sure that the winners must be eagerly waiting to receive
the prizes and hope you will have some more updates on the same.
I'm not sure which "web site" you are referring to above - commons?
chapter wiki? Karthik's email mentions the link to each winning picture on
commons, and if you look closely below each picture is a section for
"Author".
I'm not sure how familiar you are with WLM. But if you look on the commons
page for the winners[1], a large majority of them are redlinks with next to
no information about real names and locations of photographers. I believe
the competition has more to do with the pictures themselves than the
photographers. Some of the winners created their account for the sole
purpose of uploading the pics, some chose their names, some didn't. It is
their right if they choose to not declare their real name and location.
Putting this information on commons without their permission, can be
tantamount to WP:OUTING[2] and against the Wikimedia privacy policy.
I very much am involved with WLM and also know the policies. You seem to
have missed some mails on this topic from me.
BTW, this is just not a virtual world event as there is lot of prize money
at stake. I am not advocating that Karthik share the real names without
contacting the winners. If my mail was not clear in that aspect, I am sorry.
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunaraoc(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Disappointed that there are no user pages or
information on background
of contributors of winning entries.
Let's try and contain the disappointment, shall we? ;) This was a big
initiative taken by such a young group of volunteers. They deserve to
lauded for their achievement. The information about the individual
photographer is rarely a priority during these initiatives.
Sorry to disagree. As mentioned, this is just not a pure virtual world
event. Once we know the winning photographs, there is a curiosity to know
the author/photographers of the award winning entries.
Also after spending quite a lot of effort and money, there are more
expectations on leveraging this for the movement. May be some of these
people will become passionate Wikimedians and start initiatives to improve
media about India.
Hope the winners will take action to update their pages soon so that the
community knows bit about them and their passion for Photography/monuments
and their approach towards the contest and also few words about their
winning entry.
If they choose to mention those details, sure. They don't have to do
anything, like the majority of winners from other countries.
Agreed. Again there is an opportunity for India to be different while
respecting the policies. That is the focus of my message.
Hope that helps in bringing clarity to my message.
Cheers
Arjuna