Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments Winners from India
Hi Theo, Response in line. On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Theo10011 de10...@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 arjunar...@gmail.comwrote: 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 arjunar...@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 ___ 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
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments Winners from India
Wonderful set of pictures. Kudos to every one participated! On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: There is actually very little that is as disappointing as people who never did the work, complaining about people who actually did. I don't recall any previous organization of WLM from you or the chapter in the last year. It is easy to nitpick an incoming batch of young volunteers, doing something for the first time, it is harder to actually do something. I didn't have the time or the energy to take this up, neither did you, but I won't criticize them now over trivial matters on an announcement email. On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.comwrote: 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. Ah, I must have forgotten the time you organized WLM in the past. Lucky for you, all mails are archived[1]. Why don't you go ahead and find it? I only see a single relevant email from you in the last year mentioning the IRC meeting time related to WLM and other business. I wasn't talking about WLM policy, just general privacy policy, which would require that information oversighted on en.wp, and commons, and the offender warned in most cases. 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. Yes, it wasn't clear. You are not just haranguing what might be, a small oversight publicly, which is really supportive of these new office bearers. On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@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. Apparently, you seem to be the only one with this burning curiosity. Actually to correct you again, it is not a pure virtual world event, in most countries, it had photo-walks, local cultural institute partnerships, sponsors, promotion, juries, and yes, prizes among other things. (Beh, clarify here please!) As I mentioned before it's a photo contest, not a photographer contest. 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. Yes, and they are answerable to you? Anyway, I must be missing where your criticism fills the gap and inspires them. 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. It's not. You actually just seemed petty, this all might have just been an oversight on the organizer's part, which you could have mentioned to Karthik and others in private, and they would have corrected. Instead, you nitpicked on a public list to a group of 20 year old (Karthik I think is even younger), for something, let's face it, that you, I and others, were too busy or lazy to organize ourselves. -Theo P.S. When you reply inline, try and leave a gap so that the quote doesn't get truncated with the reply. [1]http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments Winners from India
*It is not a pure virtual world event, in most countries, it had photo-walks, local cultural institute partnerships, sponsors, promotion, juries, and yes, prizes among other things. (Beh, clarify here please!)* Well, I can only talk about WMPT experience, and it was so much off line work. We had like 8 in person meetings to get the list from IGESPAR (our ASI), we needed to travel several times to meet with sponsors (sometimes crossing the country), we needed to talk with promotion partners, prize partners and PR partners (all that also in person). We needed to set up a place for the jury meeting (and all the logistics involved). We had 2 Wiki Takes events and we needed to set up the prize reception. WLM is a wonderful thing to do, but definitely isn't a pure virtual event. _ *Béria Lima* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos* On 6 November 2012 13:53, Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote: There is actually very little that is as disappointing as people who never did the work, complaining about people who actually did. I don't recall any previous organization of WLM from you or the chapter in the last year. It is easy to nitpick an incoming batch of young volunteers, doing something for the first time, it is harder to actually do something. I didn't have the time or the energy to take this up, neither did you, but I won't criticize them now over trivial matters on an announcement email. On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@gmail.comwrote: 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. Ah, I must have forgotten the time you organized WLM in the past. Lucky for you, all mails are archived[1]. Why don't you go ahead and find it? I only see a single relevant email from you in the last year mentioning the IRC meeting time related to WLM and other business. I wasn't talking about WLM policy, just general privacy policy, which would require that information oversighted on en.wp, and commons, and the offender warned in most cases. 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. Yes, it wasn't clear. You are not just haranguing what might be, a small oversight publicly, which is really supportive of these new office bearers. On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunar...@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. Apparently, you seem to be the only one with this burning curiosity. Actually to correct you again, it is not a pure virtual world event, in most countries, it had photo-walks, local cultural institute partnerships, sponsors, promotion, juries, and yes, prizes among other things. (Beh, clarify here please!) As I mentioned before it's a photo contest, not a photographer contest. 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. Yes, and they are answerable to you? Anyway, I must be missing where your criticism fills the gap and inspires them. 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
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Women Workshop Report
Great work !! And a nice report too!! Is it possible to have some followup events for this activity. Some women meetup every 2-3 months will be a good way to keep everyone in touch and to have better interaction. Congrats to all the volunteers, co-ordinators and participants for a successful event. Keep up the good work!! Regards -Sudhanwa On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Krutikaa Jawanjal krutika...@gmail.com wrote: A Day Spent well. The Wikipedia Women Workshop which took place on November, 4th 2012 in Vidyalankar Institute of Technology (VIT), Wadala was indeed a success. The people who volunteered in organizing this workshop were Bishakha Datta, Moksh Juneja, Karthik Nadar, Pranav Curumsey, Pradeep Mohandas, Anshuman Fotedar, Aditi Juneja, Harriet Vidyasagar, Nikita Belavate, Netra Parikh, Noopur Raval, Netha Hussain. All discussions and planning done while organizing this workshop for women paid off. In all, 70+ women participants attended the workshop. The workshop started with a short introduction after which, wasting no time, the women participants moved on to learning how to edit Wikipedia which was though by the present on ground volunteers. The participants were were divided in groups and every group had to create a new article which wasn't already available on Wikipedia. In the process, women interacted with the volunteers, asked question regarding Wikipedia. Every group at least had added introduction to the new article. Having done with the basic editing, a general presentation on Wikipedia was given by some of the volunteers. This was followed by question and answers regarding the same. By this time, it was already 1.30pm, so the lunch was announced. After having lunch, the participants got back to their seats. Pretty much everybody stayed back post lunch. Moksh continued with teaching how to edit Wikipedia. This time it wasn't it in groups though. References and Notability were the main topics that were covered in this session. Anshuman and Karthik then proceeded with teaching photo uploads on Wikipedia. Quiz was conducted towards the end and Wikipedia-Tshirts were given as prizes for giving right answers. Karthik, then also showcased the winning images of Wiki Loves Momunents 2012 India. The long day came to an end with an overwhelming response and a call for organizing many such activities. The feedback received was positive. The participants enjoyed the workshop. We are thankful to everybody who made this event a great one. Thanks to all the volunteers. Special thanks to Moksh and Karthik who went out of the way to get everything arranged before hand at the venue, to Netha and Noopur for making it to the workshop and for working hand in hand with the Mumbai Community, to Srikanth Ramakrishnan who constantly stayed in touch for online help. Special thanks to whole Vidyalankar team. Vishwas Deshpande, Founder of Vidyalankar, who gave us an opportunity to to do the Mumbai's first Wiki Workshop for Women at Vidyalankar. Milind Tadvalkar (Director) and Seema Shah (Principal), Jayprakash Kurmi and Vivek and the complete IT Team at VIT, Mahesh from Canteen for an awesome Pav Bhaji for Lunch. Another thanks to Netra Parikh, for giving us enough place at her office, Pinstorm, for all out pre-meetings. Thanks to all. Regards, Krutikaa Jawanjal ___ 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 -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ 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] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec : Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia Women Workshop Report
+1 A wiki Academy at Goa University was being discussed for mid December. Nitika will take that call. It is the height of the tourist season so we need to think through accommodation options for out of state folk. Warm regards Harriet Harriet Vidyasagar www.outofindia.net www.womenofindia.net INDIA: 91-99011 66276 USA: 1-301-649-2240 On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.comwrote: Great work !! And a nice report too!! Is it possible to have some followup events for this activity. Some women meetup every 2-3 months will be a good way to keep everyone in touch and to have better interaction. Congrats to all the volunteers, co-ordinators and participants for a successful event. Keep up the good work!! Regards -Sudhanwa On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Krutikaa Jawanjal krutika...@gmail.com wrote: A Day Spent well. The Wikipedia Women Workshop which took place on November, 4th 2012 in Vidyalankar Institute of Technology (VIT), Wadala was indeed a success. The people who volunteered in organizing this workshop were Bishakha Datta, Moksh Juneja, Karthik Nadar, Pranav Curumsey, Pradeep Mohandas, Anshuman Fotedar, Aditi Juneja, Harriet Vidyasagar, Nikita Belavate, Netra Parikh, Noopur Raval, Netha Hussain. All discussions and planning done while organizing this workshop for women paid off. In all, 70+ women participants attended the workshop. The workshop started with a short introduction after which, wasting no time, the women participants moved on to learning how to edit Wikipedia which was though by the present on ground volunteers. The participants were were divided in groups and every group had to create a new article which wasn't already available on Wikipedia. In the process, women interacted with the volunteers, asked question regarding Wikipedia. Every group at least had added introduction to the new article. Having done with the basic editing, a general presentation on Wikipedia was given by some of the volunteers. This was followed by question and answers regarding the same. By this time, it was already 1.30pm, so the lunch was announced. After having lunch, the participants got back to their seats. Pretty much everybody stayed back post lunch. Moksh continued with teaching how to edit Wikipedia. This time it wasn't it in groups though. References and Notability were the main topics that were covered in this session. Anshuman and Karthik then proceeded with teaching photo uploads on Wikipedia. Quiz was conducted towards the end and Wikipedia-Tshirts were given as prizes for giving right answers. Karthik, then also showcased the winning images of Wiki Loves Momunents 2012 India. The long day came to an end with an overwhelming response and a call for organizing many such activities. The feedback received was positive. The participants enjoyed the workshop. We are thankful to everybody who made this event a great one. Thanks to all the volunteers. Special thanks to Moksh and Karthik who went out of the way to get everything arranged before hand at the venue, to Netha and Noopur for making it to the workshop and for working hand in hand with the Mumbai Community, to Srikanth Ramakrishnan who constantly stayed in touch for online help. Special thanks to whole Vidyalankar team. Vishwas Deshpande, Founder of Vidyalankar, who gave us an opportunity to to do the Mumbai's first Wiki Workshop for Women at Vidyalankar. Milind Tadvalkar (Director) and Seema Shah (Principal), Jayprakash Kurmi and Vivek and the complete IT Team at VIT, Mahesh from Canteen for an awesome Pav Bhaji for Lunch. Another thanks to Netra Parikh, for giving us enough place at her office, Pinstorm, for all out pre-meetings. Thanks to all. Regards, Krutikaa Jawanjal ___ 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 -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum ___ 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
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec : Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia Women Workshop Report
Hi Adethya, tentatively, it is planned for December. If you are from Goa, you may get in touch with Harriet and then with Goa University. Mumbai community may also lend strong support! On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: When is the WikiAcademy planned? dates? thanks, Ade.S On 7 November 2012 00:27, Outofindia outofin...@gmail.com wrote: +1 A wiki Academy at Goa University was being discussed for mid December. Nitika will take that call. It is the height of the tourist season so we need to think through accommodation options for out of state folk. Warm regards Harriet Harriet Vidyasagar www.outofindia.net www.womenofindia.net INDIA: 91-99011 66276 USA: 1-301-649-2240 On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Great work !! And a nice report too!! Is it possible to have some followup events for this activity. Some women meetup every 2-3 months will be a good way to keep everyone in touch and to have better interaction. Congrats to all the volunteers, co-ordinators and participants for a successful event. Keep up the good work!! Regards -Sudhanwa On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Krutikaa Jawanjal krutika...@gmail.com wrote: A Day Spent well. The Wikipedia Women Workshop which took place on November, 4th 2012 in Vidyalankar Institute of Technology (VIT), Wadala was indeed a success. The people who volunteered in organizing this workshop were Bishakha Datta, Moksh Juneja, Karthik Nadar, Pranav Curumsey, Pradeep Mohandas, Anshuman Fotedar, Aditi Juneja, Harriet Vidyasagar, Nikita Belavate, Netra Parikh, Noopur Raval, Netha Hussain. All discussions and planning done while organizing this workshop for women paid off. In all, 70+ women participants attended the workshop. The workshop started with a short introduction after which, wasting no time, the women participants moved on to learning how to edit Wikipedia which was though by the present on ground volunteers. The participants were were divided in groups and every group had to create a new article which wasn't already available on Wikipedia. In the process, women interacted with the volunteers, asked question regarding Wikipedia. Every group at least had added introduction to the new article. Having done with the basic editing, a general presentation on Wikipedia was given by some of the volunteers. This was followed by question and answers regarding the same. By this time, it was already 1.30pm, so the lunch was announced. After having lunch, the participants got back to their seats. Pretty much everybody stayed back post lunch. Moksh continued with teaching how to edit Wikipedia. This time it wasn't it in groups though. References and Notability were the main topics that were covered in this session. Anshuman and Karthik then proceeded with teaching photo uploads on Wikipedia. Quiz was conducted towards the end and Wikipedia-Tshirts were given as prizes for giving right answers. Karthik, then also showcased the winning images of Wiki Loves Momunents 2012 India. The long day came to an end with an overwhelming response and a call for organizing many such activities. The feedback received was positive. The participants enjoyed the workshop. We are thankful to everybody who made this event a great one. Thanks to all the volunteers. Special thanks to Moksh and Karthik who went out of the way to get everything arranged before hand at the venue, to Netha and Noopur for making it to the workshop and for working hand in hand with the Mumbai Community, to Srikanth Ramakrishnan who constantly stayed in touch for online help. Special thanks to whole Vidyalankar team. Vishwas Deshpande, Founder of Vidyalankar, who gave us an opportunity to to do the Mumbai's first Wiki Workshop for Women at Vidyalankar. Milind Tadvalkar (Director) and Seema Shah (Principal), Jayprakash Kurmi and Vivek and the complete IT Team at VIT, Mahesh from Canteen for an awesome Pav Bhaji for Lunch. Another thanks to Netra Parikh, for giving us enough place at her office, Pinstorm, for all out pre-meetings. Thanks to all. Regards, Krutikaa Jawanjal ___ 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 -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec : Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia Women Workshop Report
Hi Adethya, Harriet's number is attached to the mail at the signature. Thanks! On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Karthik I am from Chennai... if the dates are announced, it wil help me book my travel accordingly... i will also try contacting harriet. can i have her/his contact? Ade. S On 7 November 2012 09:41, Karthik Nadar karthik...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Adethya, tentatively, it is planned for December. If you are from Goa, you may get in touch with Harriet and then with Goa University. Mumbai community may also lend strong support! On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Adethya Sudarsanan adethyas...@gmail.com wrote: When is the WikiAcademy planned? dates? thanks, Ade.S On 7 November 2012 00:27, Outofindia outofin...@gmail.com wrote: +1 A wiki Academy at Goa University was being discussed for mid December. Nitika will take that call. It is the height of the tourist season so we need to think through accommodation options for out of state folk. Warm regards Harriet Harriet Vidyasagar www.outofindia.net www.womenofindia.net INDIA: 91-99011 66276 USA: 1-301-649-2240 On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Great work !! And a nice report too!! Is it possible to have some followup events for this activity. Some women meetup every 2-3 months will be a good way to keep everyone in touch and to have better interaction. Congrats to all the volunteers, co-ordinators and participants for a successful event. Keep up the good work!! Regards -Sudhanwa On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Krutikaa Jawanjal krutika...@gmail.com wrote: A Day Spent well. The Wikipedia Women Workshop which took place on November, 4th 2012 in Vidyalankar Institute of Technology (VIT), Wadala was indeed a success. The people who volunteered in organizing this workshop were Bishakha Datta, Moksh Juneja, Karthik Nadar, Pranav Curumsey, Pradeep Mohandas, Anshuman Fotedar, Aditi Juneja, Harriet Vidyasagar, Nikita Belavate, Netra Parikh, Noopur Raval, Netha Hussain. All discussions and planning done while organizing this workshop for women paid off. In all, 70+ women participants attended the workshop. The workshop started with a short introduction after which, wasting no time, the women participants moved on to learning how to edit Wikipedia which was though by the present on ground volunteers. The participants were were divided in groups and every group had to create a new article which wasn't already available on Wikipedia. In the process, women interacted with the volunteers, asked question regarding Wikipedia. Every group at least had added introduction to the new article. Having done with the basic editing, a general presentation on Wikipedia was given by some of the volunteers. This was followed by question and answers regarding the same. By this time, it was already 1.30pm, so the lunch was announced. After having lunch, the participants got back to their seats. Pretty much everybody stayed back post lunch. Moksh continued with teaching how to edit Wikipedia. This time it wasn't it in groups though. References and Notability were the main topics that were covered in this session. Anshuman and Karthik then proceeded with teaching photo uploads on Wikipedia. Quiz was conducted towards the end and Wikipedia-Tshirts were given as prizes for giving right answers. Karthik, then also showcased the winning images of Wiki Loves Momunents 2012 India. The long day came to an end with an overwhelming response and a call for organizing many such activities. The feedback received was positive. The participants enjoyed the workshop. We are thankful to everybody who made this event a great one. Thanks to all the volunteers. Special thanks to Moksh and Karthik who went out of the way to get everything arranged before hand at the venue, to Netha and Noopur for making it to the workshop and for working hand in hand with the Mumbai Community, to Srikanth Ramakrishnan who constantly stayed in touch for online help. Special thanks to whole Vidyalankar team. Vishwas Deshpande, Founder of Vidyalankar, who gave us an opportunity to to do the Mumbai's first Wiki Workshop for Women at Vidyalankar. Milind Tadvalkar (Director) and Seema Shah (Principal), Jayprakash Kurmi and Vivek and the complete IT Team at VIT, Mahesh from Canteen for an awesome Pav Bhaji for Lunch. Another thanks to Netra Parikh, for giving us enough place at her office, Pinstorm, for all out pre-meetings. Thanks to all. Regards, Krutikaa Jawanjal ___ 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 --
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki Academy in Goa in Dec : Re: [Wikimedia-in-mum] Wikipedia Women Workshop Report
Guys, just to remind you that this is a Women's event. You might want to check with Harriet to see if men are involved. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Sign this petition to introduce Volvo buses in Coimbatore city: https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/the-transport-minister-tamil-nadu-introduction-of-volvo-city-buses-in-the-city-of-coimbatore ___ 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
