Please read my comments here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:TWLCon_(2019_India)#Unprofessional_pla…
Regards,
Pavanaja
From: Wikimediaindia-l <wikimediaindia-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On Behalf Of
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 3:46 PM
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications
Dear all,
Following the comments, some new changes have been proposed for discussion on the event
page.
Please participate in the discussion at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:TWLCon_(2019_India)#Resturcturing_the_….
Thanks,
Krishna
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 10:01 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)gmail.com
<mailto:kcvelaga@gmail.com> > wrote:
Hi Shyamal,
Firstly I am sorry to all about the event. I was not regular in updating that, so
everything remained the way when I first created (basically from my sandox). It needs to
be updated, I'll do that shorty. I've also replied to your talk page message,
which I believe will answer your question from the immediate previous email, atleast to
some extent.
I'll glad to continue the discussion there, so that it'll help to make it a better
event. If there is anyone who would like to add to the program or discussion, please
comment on the event talk page.
Thanks,
Krishna
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:43 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <lshyamal(a)gmail.com
<mailto:lshyamal@gmail.com> > wrote:
Hi Krishna,
I think the "we" is unclear here. Many of us Wikipedians would have run into
librarians and we might all have networks to tap into for helping an event such as this.
The status is marked as "Initial planning" - it would seem like that is what it
ought to be and you might like to avoid Google Forms at this stage and ask for more open
feedback on the scope itself. Even the dates could be changed - it would easily have been
possible to choose a date that would commemorate say S R Ranganathan (9 August), which
would also have made it possible to rally the message more effectively within librarian
networks.
I recently met a librarian who was attending WikiCite 2018 but had no idea of the
Wikimedia related activities in India. I think no attempt has been made here to reach out
into rather disjoint networks, it needs far more participation, a much-larger organising
"team" and a broader scope to be effective or useful. A meeting of a few
Wikipedians would certainly be fun, and relatively cheap to organize but unlikely to be
particularly useful in the long run. As far as I have seen, other than User:Gazal World
and perhaps a couple of other Indians, there is no activity on the en:resource exchange
and I do not know if such fora exist on other language wikipedias. I know that there are
several Indian/Indic Wikipedians with access to JSTOR and other resources via TWL but I do
not think there has not even been a survey of whether the grantees have made use of those
resources.
best wishes
Shyamal
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)gmail.com
<mailto:kcvelaga@gmail.com> > wrote:
Hi Dhaval,
We are in a conversation with a few institutions, where academics, librarians and any
other related personnel can take part in some discussions. We will be finalising it by the
end of this week, definitely before notifying the participants.
Yes, applications will close today. We haven't fixed the event dates only to suit the
venue, but to avoid clashes with Hindi WP conference, we fixed on 4-6 Jan. I made the
change
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_%282019_India%29&type=revision&diff=18648338&oldid=18645643>
this morning about the same.
Thanks,
Krishna
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:12 PM Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com
<mailto:dsvyas@gmail.com> > wrote:
The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference homepage it reads:
Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have any good
options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well connected, easy of connecting
with local library/librarian community.
And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed venue to begin with?
Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even dates weren't confirm and there
were couple of options projected there.
Regards,
Dhaval Vyas
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, 15:34 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)gmail.com
<mailto:kcvelaga@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Shyamal,
I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.
Thanks,
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <lshyamal(a)gmail.com
<mailto:lshyamal@gmail.com> > wrote:
I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears to have been set up
without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of an event that
precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement simply by requiring that one
has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can help some of us understand the process by
which this event has been thought about?
best wishes
Shyamal
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:04 PM <pavanaja(a)vishvakannada.com
<mailto:pavanaja@vishvakannada.com> > wrote:
We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018. That’s what was
mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have changed that to Nov 25th only
yesterday.
Here is the history of that edit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643>
&diff=prev&oldid=18645643
Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply. They are still
under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.
Regards,
Pavanaja
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Chaitanya Velaga
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Sorry for the typo
The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)gmail.com
<mailto:kcvelaga@gmail.com> > wrote:
Dear all,
Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The applications will close
at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon as possible.
Event page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application:
https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
Thanks,
Krishna
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)gmail.com
<mailto:kcvelaga@gmail.com> > wrote:
Dear all,
I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019 India)"[1], a
mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and library outreach for Wikimedia
projects in India are now open. Due to limited time, we're not able to spare much time
for responses, kindly accept my apologies. The application period is 19–25 November 2018.
In brief about the event:
TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia. Among several other
programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share their collections with the public.
TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming conference to increase awareness about TWL to
Wikimedians in India and discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been
primarily designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the event may be
referred from the event page.
The application form is at:
https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last date 25 November
2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019 (tentative); Venue will
be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks
User:KCVelaga
[1]:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
[2]:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guideli…
[3]:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
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