Might NOT bea good idea. Google seems to be interested in only their side of
the story, and NOT ours. Atleast that's what it sounded like at the Meetup
on 20th. We will discuss this [hopefully] on 10th..
2009/12/25 Ravi shankar <ravidreams_03(a)yahoo.com>
Hi all,
Following the recent Wiki meet in Bangalore, Sundar (Tamil Wikipedian)
brought to our notice that Google is contributing to various Indian language
Wikis using Google translation kit and paid translators. In Tamil Wiki, we
feel a strong need to corordinate / organize this activity andwe hope it is
the same situation in many Indian language wikis.
So, may I propose that we discuss this in this mailing list and send a
common notification from Indian language wikis to Google India? To begin
with I propose the following. Please add to the list.
1. Google should appoint one coordinator each for every Indian language
wiki where they contribute articles. This coordinator should be available to
reach by mail and be adequately responsive (Say, once a week at least). He
will take feedback from the wiki community and pass it to the paid
contributors.
2. If Googe policy allows, they should know us the time frame and scale of
this operation so we can plan accordingly.
3. Google should not translate existing articles because they are over
riding previous contributions.
4. Each Wiki can submit a list of needed articles and the translators can
consider giving priority from them.
5. Each Wiki can draft an essential Manual of Style which the translators
shall follow.
6. Based on the responses for above, we shall periodically re-evaluate how
we can continue to cooperate with Google.
After we finalise the list , some one of us who has links with Google India
team can take this forward.
Thanks,
Ravi
(Tamil Wiki)
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