Request the views of more editors on this proposal. Guys, Santanu took the trouble to give us a detailed proposal, at least lets do him the courtesy of giving our views, whatever these may be.
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Yohan, for pointing out, my bad. > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Shyamal Lakshminarayanan > <lshya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Does this project plan to be inclusive? I would like to join the trek and I >> can think of numerous others who could add value to any such an expedition - >> you should include specialists - geologists, lichen experts, botanists and >> others, otherwise random images without interpretation would miss out on the >> opportunity and only be at best pretty picnic photos. >> >> best wishes >> Shyamal >> >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've been on a mountaneering expedition myself (Nandad Devi 7817m), >>> 1993 and love mountains (see >>> https://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/sarson-patal/). >>> >>> I agree that we need good images to cover mountains in India. However, >>> I cannot see how funding an expedition can be justified from WMF >>> funds. Costs related to photography could perhaps be justified but not >>> a complete expedition costing Rs 4.6 lakh rupees or so! It may be >>> cheaper to pay photographers to surrender copyrights. >>> >>> Imho images of mountains, passes & biodiversity while required are not >>> so vital as to necessitate such expenditure. We need instead to >>> interact with mountaineers & ask them to donate specific images of >>> encyclopedic value needed for articles. >>> >>> I'd love to see any links to discussions where the community has been >>> informed about Wikipedia Treks Mountains as such. Till now, I have >>> never heard of it. >>> >>> AshLin >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Santanu Chandra <santan...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Dear my fellow Wikipedians, >>> > >>> > Greetings from Kolkata, India. >>> > I am pleased to inform you that we are going to organize a expedition >>> > project “Wikipedia Treks Kalindi Khal” under “Wikipedia Treks Mountain >>> > “in >>> > September 2015. >>> > >>> > This is a high-altitude trekking expedition from Gangotri to Badrinath >>> > in >>> > the Garhwal Himalayan region of India, targeting all language editions >>> > of >>> > Wikipedia, Commons, Wikspecies, Wikivoyage and other WMF projects. >>> > >>> > The overall purpose of Wikipedia Treks Kalindi Khal is to increase the >>> > material related to Himalayan Range with a free license in Wikimedia >>> > Commons >>> > and improve the quality and increase the amount of articles about >>> > diversifying Himalayan mountain range and other respective variety in >>> > different languages in Wikipedia. Reaching out to the majority of >>> > Himalayan >>> > mountain range during this trekking program will not only raise >>> > awareness >>> > among various community chapters, but also motivate them to contribute >>> > to >>> > the Wikimedia projects and organize this kind of trekking expedition in >>> > future. >>> > >>> > >>> > I just need an endorsement from all of you for this unique project >>> > >>> > >>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Sujay25/Wikipedia_Treks_Kalindi_Khal >>> > >>> > Feel free to discuss about the project in the discussion page. >>> > >>> > Thanks in advance, >>> > >>> > With warm regards, >>> > >>> > --- >>> > Santanu Chandra >>> > (Schwiki) >>> > Skype: Santanu731 >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > 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 >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Warm regards, >>> >>> Ashwin Baindur >>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------ -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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
