[Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Achal Prabhala
Dear admins of WikimediaIndia-l and others connected to it, I only noticed recently that the list description for WikimediaIndia-l reads "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." Personally, I find that a bit limiting - given that it (seems) to exclude English - which is of co

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Achal Prabhala
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[Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Achal Prabhala
Hi Hari, others, thanks for the clarification - what about Shiju's suggestion - Wikimedia India discussion list? Cheers, Achal ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, There are several mailing lists that are about the English Wikipedia. The problem with including discussing particular English subjects on the Indian mailing list will not help in coming to a consensus in the English language community. My expectation is that when English becomes a major topic

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Theo10011
I kind of agree with Achal on this one, the description should be changed to be as inclusive as possible. It's topics related to India, Indic languages might be considered a subset of the overall plan but it's not the only focus of this list, or am I wrong in assuming that? It seems ironic to exc

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Gerard Meijssen
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Hari Prasad Nadig
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Theo10011 wrote: > I kind of agree with Achal on this one, the description should be changed > to be as inclusive as possible. It's topics related to India, Indic > languages might be considered a subset of the overall plan but it's not the > only focus of this lis

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Shiju Alex
Just keep it as *Wikimedia India discussion list*. The list discusses all wikimedia India related topics irrespective of the fact that whether the topic is related to English wiki projects (India specific topics) or Indian language wiki projects or some other topics related to wikimedia India. :)

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
The question is not English Wikipedia or Indic language Wikipedias. This list is primarily for discussions related to *anything* related to Wikimedia projects in India, Indic language Wikipedias, chapter , Wikipedia related news in India , Wikimedians from & in India etc Something on the lines of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Arun Ramarathnam
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Achal Prabhala wrote: > Dear admins of WikimediaIndia-l and others connected to it, > > I only noticed recently that the list description for WikimediaIndia-l > reads "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." > Personally, I find that a bit limiti

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:30 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > The question is not English Wikipedia or Indic language Wikipedias. This > list is primarily for discussions related to *anything* related to Wikimedia > projects in India, Indic language Wikipedias, chapter , Wikipedia related > news in

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Theo10011
There's no issue there, Hari and Shiju. I apologize if my tone gave you the wrong impression. I think we might be getting lost in the minutia of it with the description. I would be happy with any options listed above, ideally it shouldn't be about limiting any one aspect of the India project even

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I think that is a good name. Thanks, GerardM On 1 February 2011 19:14, Achal Prabhala wrote: > Hi Hari, others, > > thanks for the clarification - what about Shiju's suggestion - Wikimedia > India discussion list? > > Cheers, > Achal > > ___

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Achal Prabhala wrote: > Hi Hari, others, > > thanks for the clarification - what about Shiju's suggestion - Wikimedia > India discussion list? > > It is unnecessarily long and does not add much in terms of explanation. I suggest keeping it short as mentioned in my

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

2011-02-01 Thread Casey Brown
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Achal Prabhala wrote: > thanks for the clarification - what about Shiju's suggestion - Wikimedia > India discussion list? Yeah, that's the normal format. Either that or "Wikimedia India mailing list". -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 __