Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian recognition and Jury mention

[Ashwin Baindur]

Hello friends,

I request admins of all Wikimedia India projects to kindly :


   1. *Declare the results of the Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition on your
   wikimedia project village pumps (discussion portals).* See the English
   Wikipedia entry for the same at:


   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#Results_-_Noteworthy_Wikimedian_Recognition_2011

   2. *Create a userbox for userpage of the winners and award them.* See
   the specimen cicrulated by me amongst jury at:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AshLin/NWR_Userbox

   3. *Create a suitable barnstar for all nominees and award them.* See the
   barnstar at the page of Sundar (nominee) and Bhadani (winner):


   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sundar#Noteworthy_Wikimedian_Recognition_2011


   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Bhadani#Noteworthy_Wikimedian_Recognition_2011


To Bala, Please use these as a starting point. The userbox had been
circulated amongst jury members and no comments were received so I suppose
that all is well. I chose Barnstar of National Merit from the WikiProject
India page.

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Bala Jeyaraman wrote:

> can we get a common (approved by chapter) barnstar/medal.userbox that
> could be place in the award winner's user page. I was talking to one today
> and he said he would like something solid to show that he indeed get a
> recognition from the chapter.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Ashwin Baindur 
> wrote:
>
>> Vide discussions amongst jury members, userbox has been placed on the
>> award-winner's user page (Bhadani)on English Wikipedia and all nominees
>> from WikiProject India on English Wikipedia have been given a Barnstar of
>> National Merit.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Ashwin Baindur
>> --
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Arun Ramarathnam wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> On behalf of the jury for the NWR 2011,
>>>  thank you all for you active participation and your nominations of
>>> contributing Wikimedians for the recognition.
>>>
>>> We shared the details during Day 3 of the WikiConference India. The
>>> updated deck is shared for your reference,
>>>
>>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/NWR_2011_and_Jury_mention_V1.0.pdf
>>>
>>> Let us applaud all the 41 
>>> nominations. They
>>> are fantastic contributors and a great inspiration. We salute their passion
>>> and commitment to contribute and develop educational content under a free
>>> license .  We should
>>> celebrate everyone of them.
>>>
>>> I would like to thank the entire Jury
>>>  personally for their time
>>> and efforts toward the NWR 2011 exercise.
>>>
>>> This is the first year for the NWR 2011 and we have tried our best to
>>> make this exercise participative. Next year we hope to do even better. We
>>> welcome everyone's inputs to make this even process better next year.
>>>
>>> The intention of this exercise was to Discover, Document, Recognize and
>>> Share the contributions of prolific Wikimedians. As you will appreciate
>>> this is an ongoing process. We hope we taken a small step in that direction.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Arun
>>> On behalf the NWR 2011 Jury 
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian recognition and Jury mention

[Bala Jeyaraman]

can we get a common (approved by chapter) barnstar/medal.userbox that could
be place in the award winner's user page. I was talking to one today and he
said he would like something solid to show that he indeed get a recognition
from the chapter.

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:

> Vide discussions amongst jury members, userbox has been placed on the
> award-winner's user page (Bhadani)on English Wikipedia and all nominees
> from WikiProject India on English Wikipedia have been given a Barnstar of
> National Merit.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
> --
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Arun Ramarathnam wrote:
>
>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>
>> On behalf of the jury for the NWR 2011,
>>  thank you all for you active participation and your nominations of
>> contributing Wikimedians for the recognition.
>>
>> We shared the details during Day 3 of the WikiConference India. The
>> updated deck is shared for your reference,
>>
>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/NWR_2011_and_Jury_mention_V1.0.pdf
>>
>> Let us applaud all the 41 
>> nominations. They
>> are fantastic contributors and a great inspiration. We salute their passion
>> and commitment to contribute and develop educational content under a free
>> license .  We should
>> celebrate everyone of them.
>>
>> I would like to thank the entire Jury
>>  personally for their time
>> and efforts toward the NWR 2011 exercise.
>>
>> This is the first year for the NWR 2011 and we have tried our best to
>> make this exercise participative. Next year we hope to do even better. We
>> welcome everyone's inputs to make this even process better next year.
>>
>> The intention of this exercise was to Discover, Document, Recognize and
>> Share the contributions of prolific Wikimedians. As you will appreciate
>> this is an ongoing process. We hope we taken a small step in that direction.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> regards
>> Arun
>> On behalf the NWR 2011 Jury 
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian recognition and Jury mention

[Ashwin Baindur]

Vide discussions amongst jury members, userbox has been placed on the
award-winner's user page (Bhadani)on English Wikipedia and all nominees
from WikiProject India on English Wikipedia have been given a Barnstar of
National Merit.

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Arun Ramarathnam wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> On behalf of the jury for the NWR 2011 ,
>  thank you all for you active participation and your nominations of
> contributing Wikimedians for the recognition.
>
> We shared the details during Day 3 of the WikiConference India. The
> updated deck is shared for your reference,
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/NWR_2011_and_Jury_mention_V1.0.pdf
>
> Let us applaud all the 41 
> nominations. They
> are fantastic contributors and a great inspiration. We salute their passion
> and commitment to contribute and develop educational content under a free
> license .  We should
> celebrate everyone of them.
>
> I would like to thank the entire Jury
>  personally for their time
> and efforts toward the NWR 2011 exercise.
>
> This is the first year for the NWR 2011 and we have tried our best to make
> this exercise participative. Next year we hope to do even better. We
> welcome everyone's inputs to make this even process better next year.
>
> The intention of this exercise was to Discover, Document, Recognize and
> Share the contributions of prolific Wikimedians. As you will appreciate
> this is an ongoing process. We hope we taken a small step in that direction.
>
> Thank you.
>
> regards
> Arun
> On behalf the NWR 2011 Jury 
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian recognition and Jury mention

[Arun Ramarathnam]

Thanks for you feedback Srikanth. It was quite a task for the Jury.

With multiple Wikimedia projects, nominations from 12 languages, multiple
contribution types and gender we had quite a few things to cover and
represent in the eventual list.

You point is a good one. On large wikipedias/projects and the number of
recognitions for them.

While we had a few weeks, we did invest in a very well documented process.
The Jury was quite diverse as well.

Request your suggestions for next year here please -
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/NWR_2011/Feedback

regards
Arun


On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote:

> Great work!! I know it was a tough job for jury. Getting nominated itself
> is an award. But i have a small feedback. Keep community awards
> proportional to size of community. 1 award to English Wikipedia is too low
> IMHO. Having enough time for nomination is another thing, but am sure we
> will improve the process from next year given the fact the entire process
> was done in last minute this year.
>
> Regards,
> Srikanth L
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian recognition and Jury mention

[Ravishankar]

Arun,

While all the noteworthy Wikimedians announced and jury mentions are good,
I am very disappointed that some of the very outstanding nominations are
left out for unknown reasons. There is no need to limit the number of
selections if documentation, learning is the motive. I resisted nominating
anyone to save this disappointment for myself and the nominated Wikipedians.

First of all, having a jury sounds un-wikipediac for me. This is a kind of
hierarchy which is common in award committees but does not belong in
Wikipedia. In Wikipedia, we have a jury only in extreme cases for
arbitration. In cases where we can have more than one able choice, we have
only the community to nominate and recognize all able nominations (Example:
sysop elections ). And, when the community is small, many times we assume
good faith without voting and revert only if a difference of opinion arises
( Example: Featured Wikipedians in Tamil Wikipedia).

In our earlier conversation analogies were drawn to Nobel prize and Jimmy's
Global Wikimedian of the year. Jimmy's award is purely personal choice and
there can be no controversy for that (Please clarify if that is an official
award by WMF). A comparison with Nobel prize doesn't sound good as this is
an exercise done by Wikipedians for the Wikipedians.

And the whole planning of this year's NWR left much to be desired.

If you want to continue doing this every year, please do it without jury
and ask each community to send their choices and recognize all of them.

Ravi



On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Arun Ramarathnam wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> On behalf of the jury for the NWR 2011 ,
>  thank you all for you active participation and your nominations of
> contributing Wikimedians for the recognition.
>
> We shared the details during Day 3 of the WikiConference India. The
> updated deck is shared for your reference,
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/NWR_2011_and_Jury_mention_V1.0.pdf
>
> Let us applaud all the 41 
> nominations. They
> are fantastic contributors and a great inspiration. We salute their passion
> and commitment to contribute and develop educational content under a free
> license .  We should
> celebrate everyone of them.
>
> I would like to thank the entire Jury
>  personally for their time
> and efforts toward the NWR 2011 exercise.
>
> This is the first year for the NWR 2011 and we have tried our best to
> make this exercise participative. Next year we hope to do even better. We
> welcome everyone's inputs to make this even process better next year.
>
> The intention of this exercise was to Discover, Document, Recognize and
> Share the contributions of prolific Wikimedians. As you will appreciate
> this is an ongoing process. We hope we taken a small step in that direction.
>
> Thank you.
>
> regards
> Arun
> On behalf the NWR 2011 Jury 
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian recognition and Jury mention

[Srikanth Lakshmanan]

Great work!! I know it was a tough job for jury. Getting nominated itself
is an award. But i have a small feedback. Keep community awards
proportional to size of community. 1 award to English Wikipedia is too low
IMHO. Having enough time for nomination is another thing, but am sure we
will improve the process from next year given the fact the entire process
was done in last minute this year.

Regards,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian recognition and Jury mention

[Arun Ramarathnam]

Dear Wikimedians,

On behalf of the jury for the NWR 2011 ,
 thank you all for you active participation and your nominations of
contributing Wikimedians for the recognition.

We shared the details during Day 3 of the WikiConference India. The updated
deck is shared for your reference,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/NWR_2011_and_Jury_mention_V1.0.pdf

Let us applaud all the 41
nominations. They
are fantastic contributors and a great inspiration. We salute their passion
and commitment to contribute and develop educational content under a free
license .  We should
celebrate everyone of them.

I would like to thank the entire Jury
 personally for their time and
efforts toward the NWR 2011 exercise.

This is the first year for the NWR 2011 and we have tried our best to make
this exercise participative. Next year we hope to do even better. We
welcome everyone's inputs to make this even process better next year.

The intention of this exercise was to Discover, Document, Recognize and
Share the contributions of prolific Wikimedians. As you will appreciate
this is an ongoing process. We hope we taken a small step in that direction.

Thank you.

regards
Arun
On behalf the NWR 2011 Jury 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[Ravishankar]

Hi all,

Thanks for sharing your views.

I will share my response after the Wiki conference is over.

For now, all the best for the event.

Ravi

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala
 wrote:
> Hi Ravi,
>
> Thanks for your email. Tinu's response has captured some keypoints behind
> the initiative, which was discussed with EC and other stakeholders, so I
> will be brief.  Additional responses inline..
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011
>  at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar  wrote:
>>
>> Arjuna,
>>
>> I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy
>> Wikimedians.
>>
>>
>> 1. Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference
>> activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will
>> not give a real picture to the public.
>>
> I hope you understood that the recognition is for contributions till 2010.
> We had good discussions on the Jury size and the implications. Jury members
> are also have been consulted on the process and only after their consent,
> the Jury is finalized.  While there are other approaches for taking care if
> some of the jury members are nominated, in view of the short lead time, we
> wanted to keep the process simple.
>
>>
>> 2. Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
>> cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination
>> and approval is done by the community itself.
>>
> When we talk of a India wide recognition, community driven process is going
> to be extremly difficult, as each one  of  us are not aware of the
> contributions of  Wikimedians outside one's core project.
>
>>
>> 3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An
>> example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at
>>
>> http://tawp.in/r/1eyn
>>
>> I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is
>> valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and
>> upset a lot of people.
>
> Nominations can be done by one or more wikimedians.  You can discuss in your
> core community and come up with  nominations.  Every nomination is itself a
> way of recognising fellow wikimedians who made a difference.
>>
>> 3. What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age?
>> What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?
>>
> When you look it as a recognition at Pan India level, even a certificate has
> value.  This can make the noteworthy wikipedians feel that their
> contributions have been recognised, encourage them to share their
> experiences in our outreach events, can  inspire our community members and
> strengthen  the wikimedia movement.
>
>>
>> I would recommend requesting each language community and project to
>> suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio
>> / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content
>> can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities.
>> This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
>>
> Agree that there are alternate ways of recognition each with its own
> advantages and disadvantages in terms of lead time, effort etc. Foundation
> is attempting what you said and we can certainly leverage the same.
>
> We look forward to active participation from all in making this initiative a
> success.
>
> Cheers
> Arjun

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[Arjuna Rao Chavala]

Hi Ravi,

Thanks for your email. Tinu's response has captured some keypoints behind
the initiative, which was discussed with EC and other stakeholders, so I
will be brief.  Additional responses inline..

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011
 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar  wrote:

> Arjuna,
>
> I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy
> Wikimedians.
>
>
1. Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference
> activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will
> not give a real picture to the public.
>
> I hope you understood that the recognition is for contributions till 2010.
We had good discussions on the Jury size and the implications. Jury members
are also have been consulted on the process and only after their consent,
the Jury is finalized.  While there are other approaches for taking care if
some of the jury members are nominated, in view of the short lead time, we
wanted to keep the process simple.


> 2. Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
> cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination
> and approval is done by the community itself.
>
> When we talk of a India wide recognition, community driven process is
going to be extremly difficult, as each one  of  us are not aware of the
contributions of  Wikimedians outside one's core project.


> 3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An
> example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at
>
> http://tawp.in/r/1eyn
>
> I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is
> valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and
> upset a lot of people.
>

Nominations can be done by one or more wikimedians.  You can discuss in
your core community and come up with  nominations.  Every nomination is
itself a  way of recognising fellow wikimedians who made a difference.

>
> 3. What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age?
> What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?
>
> When you look it as a recognition at Pan India level, even a certificate
has value.  This can make the noteworthy wikipedians feel that their
contributions have been recognised, encourage them to share their
experiences in our outreach events, can  inspire our community members and
strengthen  the wikimedia movement.


> I would recommend requesting each language community and project to
> suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio
> / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content
> can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities.
> This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
>
> Agree that there are alternate ways of recognition each with its own
advantages and disadvantages in terms of lead time, effort etc. Foundation
is attempting what you said and we can certainly leverage the same.

We look forward to active participation from all in making this initiative
a success.

Cheers
Arjun
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[Bishakha Datta]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar  wrote:

>
> I would recommend requesting each language community and project to
> suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio
> / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content
> can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities.
> This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
>
> I think this is a fantastic idea - these could be used in many different
ways going forward.

In case the time is too short to do this before the last date for
nominations, this could still be done later - it is an idea that stands on
its own.

Cheers
Bishakha
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[Bishakha Datta]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar  wrote:

>
> 2. Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
> cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination
> and approval is done by the community itself.
>
> Not sure a jury is so un-wikipediac. Juries usually pick the venue for
each wikimania, on clear and transparent criteria.

Another way to think of a jury is as a committee - or a smaller group of
people, who convene to make something specific happen. And there are many
of these: ChapCom (Chapters Committee), NomCom (Nominations Committee),
CommCom (Communications Committee), to name a few.

And, of course, there are more than 11 committees that are part of
WikiConference India 2011.

Also, in this specific case, the jury is charged to pick noteworthy
wikipedians from among those nominated by different communities. So it is
not like the jury is separately nominating and deciding on its own, but
from a pool nominated by a larger community. (So it's a smaller subset of
the former, in a sense).

Best,
Bishakha
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[Vickram Crishna]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:04 AM, CherianTinu Abraham
wrote:

>
> Do notice that we had intentionally named it as "Noteworthy Wikimedian"
> and not "Best Wikimedian" !
>
> So what could you and everyone do ? Find them, nominate and recognize
> them.
>
>
>

+1


>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar  wrote:
>
>> Arjuna,
>>
>> I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy
>> Wikimedians.
>>
>> 1. Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference
>> activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will
>> not give a real picture to the public.
>>
>> 2. Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
>> cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination
>> and approval is done by the community itself.
>>
>> 3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An
>> example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at
>>
>> http://tawp.in/r/1eyn
>>
>> I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is
>> valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and
>> upset a lot of people.
>>
>> 3. What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age?
>> What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?
>>
>> I would recommend requesting each language community and project to
>> suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio
>> / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content
>> can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities.
>> This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
>>
>> Ravi
>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[CherianTinu Abraham]

Hi Ravi,
I really appreciate your views on the new initiative.  I
thought I may also share on how I view the whole process,... these comments
are my personal views and not necessarily as an Executive Committee Member
of the Wikimedia India chapter.

You had already seen that Wikimania/ Wikimedia Foundation started
"Wikipedian of the Year" this year.

Having said that, this is an humble effort to recognize at least a few of
our really outstanding contributors of the Wikimedia Movement in India.

When we thought about this initiative , we wanted to make sure the process
is very OPEN and TRANSPARENT, although we were fully aware of the very
short time we have in hand before the Wiki-conference. We wanted it to be
selected by a Jury that is highly respected and qualified. We wanted to it
be announced to all in advance so that everybody gets a fair chance. We are
fully aware that there are some good candidates on the chapter EC, jury and
foundation staff. But again, wouldn't it be more transparent and ethical if
we could free the jury on any kind of conflict of interest ?

The result of this doesn't mean that anyone who didn't get the annual
"Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition" is any less good.
Who knows there are more than one Noteworthy Wikimedians to be recognized ?
Make the selection difficult for the jury !  May be Jury will be forced to
recognize at least a handful of Wikipedians !  :)

There are many reasons of attempting this :
How many of you know all the remarkable contributors in other languages ?
Do you know all the outstanding contributors in your own language Wikipedia
since its creation?

I may know some, you may know some.. Let everybody know them !

Nominate others, recognize their efforts, if you know that they have made
some outstanding contributions to the Movement !

Since this is the first time, the contributions are considered from
2001-2010, because we didn't want of ignore all those who have contributed
from the start of the project. Next year , probably it might be a fixed
time frame like Jan - Dec 2011.

Thank you for listing some of the great contributors of Tamil Wikipedia.
Honestly, I didn't know most of them. And possibly many on the list too ..
That is exactly the intention of this effort. This is just such an effort
to find the real gems of the Wikipedia and recognize them !

Please note that *this is NOT a competition* and the best you can do is  to
nominate all of them.

Being a sysop. b'crat or steward is NOT an achievement or consideration for
noteworthy Wikipedian. The contributions as an individual Wikipedian is
important. It is not even edit counts or even number of articles. Not
everyone is a great article writer, but have contributed in 1001 ways,
 copy editing, vandal fighting, removing copy vio, uploading
images, organizing events , meet-ups and academies, evangelizing Wikimedia
to others, the ways to contribute are countless.

And should we not recognize anyone because we are not sure they are the
only best ? No.
So should we just ignore the contributions of everyone ? No.
Even Nobel Prize is based on nominations . We don't even know if we have
missed lots of deserving people for the Nobel nominations. But still, are
we not giving Nobel Prizes every year?

We may not be able to find all those who have made great contributions,
but at-least we could find some and recognize them. Trust me, it will be a
great motivation and encouraging for them. And an inspiration for lot
others !

Do notice that we had intentionally named it as "Noteworthy Wikimedian" and
not "Best Wikimedian" !

So what could you and everyone do ? Find them, nominate and recognize them.

Just a gentle reminder that the last date of nomination is Nov 13.
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/NWR_2011

Regards
Tinu Cherian


On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar  wrote:

> Arjuna,
>
> I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy
> Wikimedians.
>
> 1. Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference
> activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will
> not give a real picture to the public.
>
> 2. Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
> cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination
> and approval is done by the community itself.
>
> 3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An
> example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at
>
> http://tawp.in/r/1eyn
>
> I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is
> valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and
> upset a lot of people.
>
> 3. What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age?
> What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?
>
> I would recommend requesting each language community and project to
> suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio
> / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content
> can be used in the conference v

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[Ravishankar]

Arjuna,

I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy
Wikimedians.

1. Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference
activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will
not give a real picture to the public.

2. Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination
and approval is done by the community itself.

3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An
example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at

http://tawp.in/r/1eyn

I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is
valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and
upset a lot of people.

3. What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age?
What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?

I would recommend requesting each language community and project to
suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio
/ visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content
can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities.
This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.

Ravi

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[RadhaKrishna Arvapally]

I could not find the nomination form in the link given below.
can any one help me?


-RK




On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> The traction for Wikimedia projects and content in Indian languages (and
> Indian content in English) has been growing over the last decade thanks to
> the passion and tireless contributions of  several Wikimedians. We are
> getting set for WikiConference India 2011 which is around the corner.  The
> Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee (EC) and the Conference organising
> team thought it is appropriate to  recognize the most noteworthy
> contributors to Indian language projects and Indian content in English
> during the conference.
>
> Arun Ramarathnam and Naveen Francis from the EC are leading this
> initiative. The  process for the recognition has been prepared and a well
> diversified  Jury is identified. Details of the process and the Jury are
> enclosed for your perusal.
>
> I would like to appeal to all of you to spare few minutes to think of
> fellow wikimedians who made a significant difference over the first decade
> of Wikimedia movement and nominate them for the recognition.
>
> Further communication on the wiki based nomination form would follow from
> the Jury. Please spread this communication  across other relevant lists and
>  participate enthusiastically and help make this initiative, the first
> collective effort to appreciate stellar contributions from the community a
> success.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Arjuna Rao Chavala
>
> President, Wikimedia India
>
> ***
>
>
> Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition
>
> The Recognition
>
> Wikimedia projects have been active in India for a few years and the
> journey has been exciting (Wikimedia Chapter First Annual 
> report,
> Gautam John's 
> articleand 
> Wikimedia
> Foundation 
> article).
> This has been made possible by the contributions of hundreds of Wikimedians
> across various Wikimedia projects. WikiConference India 2011 is the first
> conference and largest congregation of Wikimedians in India across
> Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia India chapter Executive committee
> believes it would be befitting to use this opportunity to recognize
> noteworthy contributions of some of the best contributors to our projects.
>
> The objective of this recognition is to appreciate Wikimedians
> (contributing to India focused projects) from across Wikimedia projects and
> languages for their contributions.
>
> The nomination process
>
>- Any Wikimedian can nominate any other wikimedian of their choice for
>the recognition (preferred). Self nominations are also allowed.
>
>
>- Nominees for the Recognition should have made significant
>contributions to Wikimedia India projects or the movement. Contributions
>include  content,  Outreach and contributions in any other form.
>- Nominations should be  through  a filled Nomination form on the Wikimedia
>India wiki .
>- Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
>- The jury's decision would be final.
>
>
>
> Eligibility Criterion
>
> Any wikimedian other than current Members of the Wikimedia India
>  Executive committee, members of the Jury,  Wiki Conference India Office
> bearers, staff/contractors of the Wikimedia foundation  or anyone paid
> directly for their time/effort by Wikimedia organisations  are eligible for
> these recognitions.
>
> The Jury
>
> Jury constitution
> The chapter has constituted a Jury with members from the Chapter Executive
> committee, Wikimedia Foundation India office, Conference organisers and
> Community and other key stakeholders.
>
> Jury composition
>
>1. Achal Prabhala
>2. Arun Ramarathnam
>3. Ashwin Baindur
>4. Bishaka Datta
>5. Hisham Mundol
>6. Jayanta Nath
>7. Naveen Francis
>8. Pradeep Mohandas
>9. Shiju Alex
>
>
>
> Jury's role and responsibility
> The role of the jury will be to select Wikimedians for the recognition
> from the nominations made.
>
> Key dates
>
>- Announcement of call for nominations  to community: 9th Nov 2011,
>Wednesday.
>- Last date for nomination submission:13th Nov 2011, Sunday
>- Finalisation of Jury decision:17th Nov 2011, Thursday
>
>
>
> The  Recognition ceremony
>
> The Chapter Executive committee will conduct a formal recognition ceremony
> in the WikiConference 2011 to recognise the winners. The winners would be
> given a certificate/citation.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[Arun Ramarathnam]

Dear Wikimedians,

Please submit your nominations at the following url:
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/NWR_2011

It is also on the Wiki site notice on wiki.wikimedia.in

Please send in your nominations.

regards
Arun



On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> The traction for Wikimedia projects and content in Indian languages (and
> Indian content in English) has been growing over the last decade thanks to
> the passion and tireless contributions of  several Wikimedians. We are
> getting set for WikiConference India 2011 which is around the corner.  The
> Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee (EC) and the Conference organising
> team thought it is appropriate to  recognize the most noteworthy
> contributors to Indian language projects and Indian content in English
> during the conference.
>
> Arun Ramarathnam and Naveen Francis from the EC are leading this
> initiative. The  process for the recognition has been prepared and a well
> diversified  Jury is identified. Details of the process and the Jury are
> enclosed for your perusal.
>
> I would like to appeal to all of you to spare few minutes to think of
> fellow wikimedians who made a significant difference over the first decade
> of Wikimedia movement and nominate them for the recognition.
>
> Further communication on the wiki based nomination form would follow from
> the Jury. Please spread this communication  across other relevant lists and
>  participate enthusiastically and help make this initiative, the first
> collective effort to appreciate stellar contributions from the community a
> success.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Arjuna Rao Chavala
>
> President, Wikimedia India
>
> ***
>
>
> Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition
>
> The Recognition
>
> Wikimedia projects have been active in India for a few years and the
> journey has been exciting (Wikimedia Chapter First Annual 
> report,
> Gautam John's 
> articleand 
> Wikimedia
> Foundation 
> article).
> This has been made possible by the contributions of hundreds of Wikimedians
> across various Wikimedia projects. WikiConference India 2011 is the first
> conference and largest congregation of Wikimedians in India across
> Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia India chapter Executive committee
> believes it would be befitting to use this opportunity to recognize
> noteworthy contributions of some of the best contributors to our projects.
>
> The objective of this recognition is to appreciate Wikimedians
> (contributing to India focused projects) from across Wikimedia projects and
> languages for their contributions.
>
> The nomination process
>
>- Any Wikimedian can nominate any other wikimedian of their choice for
>the recognition (preferred). Self nominations are also allowed.
>
>
>- Nominees for the Recognition should have made significant
>contributions to Wikimedia India projects or the movement. Contributions
>include  content,  Outreach and contributions in any other form.
>- Nominations should be  through  a filled Nomination form on the Wikimedia
>India wiki .
>- Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
>- The jury's decision would be final.
>
>
>
> Eligibility Criterion
>
> Any wikimedian other than current Members of the Wikimedia India
>  Executive committee, members of the Jury,  Wiki Conference India Office
> bearers, staff/contractors of the Wikimedia foundation  or anyone paid
> directly for their time/effort by Wikimedia organisations  are eligible for
> these recognitions.
>
> The Jury
>
> Jury constitution
> The chapter has constituted a Jury with members from the Chapter Executive
> committee, Wikimedia Foundation India office, Conference organisers and
> Community and other key stakeholders.
>
> Jury composition
>
>1. Achal Prabhala
>2. Arun Ramarathnam
>3. Ashwin Baindur
>4. Bishaka Datta
>5. Hisham Mundol
>6. Jayanta Nath
>7. Naveen Francis
>8. Pradeep Mohandas
>9. Shiju Alex
>
>
>
> Jury's role and responsibility
> The role of the jury will be to select Wikimedians for the recognition
> from the nominations made.
>
> Key dates
>
>- Announcement of call for nominations  to community: 9th Nov 2011,
>Wednesday.
>- Last date for nomination submission:13th Nov 2011, Sunday
>- Finalisation of Jury decision:17th Nov 2011, Thursday
>
>
>
> The  Recognition ceremony
>
> The Chapter Executive committee will conduct a formal recognition ceremony
> in the WikiConference 2011 to recognise the winners. The winners would be
> given a certificate/citation.
> ***
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

[Arjuna Rao Chavala]

Dear Wikimedians,

The traction for Wikimedia projects and content in Indian languages (and
Indian content in English) has been growing over the last decade thanks to
the passion and tireless contributions of  several Wikimedians. We are
getting set for WikiConference India 2011 which is around the corner.  The
Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee (EC) and the Conference organising
team thought it is appropriate to  recognize the most noteworthy
contributors to Indian language projects and Indian content in English
during the conference.

Arun Ramarathnam and Naveen Francis from the EC are leading this
initiative. The  process for the recognition has been prepared and a well
diversified  Jury is identified. Details of the process and the Jury are
enclosed for your perusal.

I would like to appeal to all of you to spare few minutes to think of
fellow wikimedians who made a significant difference over the first decade
of Wikimedia movement and nominate them for the recognition.

Further communication on the wiki based nomination form would follow from
the Jury. Please spread this communication  across other relevant lists and
 participate enthusiastically and help make this initiative, the first
collective effort to appreciate stellar contributions from the community a
success.


Cheers

Arjuna Rao Chavala

President, Wikimedia India

***


Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition

The Recognition

Wikimedia projects have been active in India for a few years and the
journey has been exciting (Wikimedia Chapter First Annual
report,
Gautam John's 
articleand
Wikimedia
Foundation 
article).
This has been made possible by the contributions of hundreds of Wikimedians
across various Wikimedia projects. WikiConference India 2011 is the first
conference and largest congregation of Wikimedians in India across
Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia India chapter Executive committee
believes it would be befitting to use this opportunity to recognize
noteworthy contributions of some of the best contributors to our projects.

The objective of this recognition is to appreciate Wikimedians
(contributing to India focused projects) from across Wikimedia projects and
languages for their contributions.

The nomination process

   - Any Wikimedian can nominate any other wikimedian of their choice for
   the recognition (preferred). Self nominations are also allowed.


   - Nominees for the Recognition should have made significant
   contributions to Wikimedia India projects or the movement. Contributions
   include  content,  Outreach and contributions in any other form.
   - Nominations should be  through  a filled Nomination form on the Wikimedia
   India wiki .
   - Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
   - The jury's decision would be final.



Eligibility Criterion

Any wikimedian other than current Members of the Wikimedia India  Executive
committee, members of the Jury,  Wiki Conference India Office bearers,
staff/contractors of the Wikimedia foundation  or anyone paid directly for
their time/effort by Wikimedia organisations  are eligible for these
recognitions.

The Jury

Jury constitution
The chapter has constituted a Jury with members from the Chapter Executive
committee, Wikimedia Foundation India office, Conference organisers and
Community and other key stakeholders.

Jury composition

   1. Achal Prabhala
   2. Arun Ramarathnam
   3. Ashwin Baindur
   4. Bishaka Datta
   5. Hisham Mundol
   6. Jayanta Nath
   7. Naveen Francis
   8. Pradeep Mohandas
   9. Shiju Alex



Jury's role and responsibility
The role of the jury will be to select Wikimedians for the recognition from
the nominations made.

Key dates

   - Announcement of call for nominations  to community: 9th Nov 2011,
   Wednesday.
   - Last date for nomination submission:13th Nov 2011, Sunday
   - Finalisation of Jury decision:17th Nov 2011, Thursday



The  Recognition ceremony

The Chapter Executive committee will conduct a formal recognition ceremony
in the WikiConference 2011 to recognise the winners. The winners would be
given a certificate/citation.
***
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