[Wikimediaindia-l] Testing
Hi, Testing Pls ignore. ___ 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] Wikipedia workshop at Startup Village
Hi, Last saturday Netha Hussain and I had an interesting experience conducting a Wikipedia workshop at Startup Village http://www.startupvillage.in/. Startup Village is a private-public not-for-profit business incubator at Ernakulam, Kerala. They wanted to help us in spreading the word about Wikipedia and editing it. The event page can be viewed herehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Workshop/Kochi_Workshop_1 . The workshop was an eye opener of sorts for us. It started half an hour later than planned, as most of the participants took longer to make it to the venue. We had the usual hiccups like microphones not being available and the internet connectivity being too slow. The connectivity affected the pace of the workshop. We found it difficult to demonstrate the examples we had. The biggest challenge was not technical but connecting with the audience. We had tailored our content for a crowd with a programming background. We had even conducted a mock session over phone in order to be sure of the roles the two of us should assume. However, the audience turned out to be diverse and largely not technical. Most of the participants did not have a mobile device, so the hands-on session was not as fruitful as we had anticipated it to be. We ended up lecturing more and demonstrating less. The workshop was structured into two halves. The first half was an introduction to wikipedia and the wiki markup. The second half was a gentle introduction to the mediawiki API or how to write programs using javascript to access content from wikipedia. When we broke up for lunch after the first half of the session, around half of the audience left. The second half had too few takers, there were people who had come back but we doubt if it had any tangible impact. Our biggest learning from the exercise was that it is very important to know the audience well in advance and structure the content accordingly. On the brighter side, we had interesting queries from a few participants who were already acquainted with editing Wikipedia. Startup Village has invited us to conduct similar workshops in future. A couple of participants and the organizers wrote to us, thanking us for volunteering. Thanks Jeph ___ 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] Membership
Hello, I read that Wikimedia India does not accept member who are not Indian nationals. This comes as a big surprise, and I don't see any reason for it. As far as I know, membership in a non-profit in India is not limited to Indian nationals. A change whould be most welcomed. Thanks, Yann Forget, from Ahmedabad ___ 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] Membership
Dear Yann, It was not a restriction the founding EC members put in did but a limitation required by the authorities (as advised by our consultant) to get the registration of the society through. We do know there are indophiles around the world who may want to sign up. Unfortunately we didn't have that flexibility then. The current EC may want to check if this is allowable now. Best Regards Arun On Jan 25, 2014 5:32 PM, Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I read that Wikimedia India does not accept member who are not Indian nationals. This comes as a big surprise, and I don't see any reason for it. As far as I know, membership in a non-profit in India is not limited to Indian nationals. A change whould be most welcomed. Thanks, Yann Forget, from Ahmedabad ___ 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 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] Membership
Hi,br/br/This question came up last February as well. Apparently, this was a restriction placed by the Registrar of Societies in Bangalore. See - http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2013-February/009280.htmlbr/br/I have no idea. I just linked to the conversation because I remember it happening and searched for the same and found it.br/br/Warm regards,br/User:Prad2609a href=http://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS;br/br/Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone/a___ 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] Membership
We will need registration with Ministry of Home Affairs to allow foreign nationals to register. _Abhijith JayanthiE: abhij...@wikimedia.inm: +91-9866898311 On Saturday, 25 January 2014 6:40 PM, Pradeep Mohandas prad2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, This question came up last February as well. Apparently, this was a restriction placed by the Registrar of Societies in Bangalore. See - http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2013-February/009280.html I have no idea. I just linked to the conversation because I remember it happening and searched for the same and found it. Warm regards, User:Prad2609 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone From: Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com; To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Membership Sent: Sat, Jan 25, 2014 12:01:47 PM Hello, I read that Wikimedia India does not accept member who are not Indian nationals. This comes as a big surprise, and I don't see any reason for it. As far as I know, membership in a non-profit in India is not limited to Indian nationals. A change whould be most welcomed. Thanks, Yann Forget, from Ahmedabad ___ 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 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] Membership
Yann, as Arun and Abhijit stated. We would require approval, both from the Registrar of Societies in Karnataka as well as the Ministry of Home Affairs at Delhi. The process is a lengthy and time consuming one because it involves a lot of running around. If any changes do take place, we will let everyone know. Cheerio, On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Abhijith Jayanthi abhijithsince1...@yahoo.com wrote: We will need registration with Ministry of Home Affairs to allow foreign nationals to register. _ Abhijith Jayanthi E: abhij...@wikimedia.in M: +91-9866898311 On Saturday, 25 January 2014 6:40 PM, Pradeep Mohandas prad2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, This question came up last February as well. Apparently, this was a restriction placed by the Registrar of Societies in Bangalore. See - http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2013-February/009280.html I have no idea. I just linked to the conversation because I remember it happening and searched for the same and found it. Warm regards, User:Prad2609 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS -- * From: * Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com; * To: * Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org; * Subject: * [Wikimediaindia-l] Membership * Sent: * Sat, Jan 25, 2014 12:01:47 PM Hello, I read that Wikimedia India does not accept member who are not Indian nationals. This comes as a big surprise, and I don't see any reason for it. As far as I know, membership in a non-profit in India is not limited to Indian nationals. A change whould be most welcomed. Thanks, Yann Forget, from Ahmedabad ___ 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 mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan Treasurer, Wikimedia Chapter [India] Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter todayhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donations ___ 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
