Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

Matthews; UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records If you have ideas Charles, I'm very happy to hear them. I just don't know what our connections with the Indian diaspora in the UK are right now and whether they'd be interes

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

Being a Born Indian (now British though) I agree with you, not at all a good idea to work with India Chapter or diaspora. Though we Indian tend to forget our past very quickly so you might get lucky in getting some Indians involved in the project if WMUK took it. Regards, Dhaval On 8 Feb 2017

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

> On 08 February 2017 at 13:57 John Lubbock > wrote: > > If you have ideas Charles, I'm very happy to hear them. I just don't know > what our connections with the Indian diaspora in the UK are right now and > whether they'd be interested in doing something on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

If you have ideas Charles, I'm very happy to hear them. I just don't know what our connections with the Indian diaspora in the UK are right now and whether they'd be interested in doing something on these records, rather than preferring something on their own culture. You're welcome to propose

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> On 08 February 2017 at 12:46 John Lubbock > wrote: > > There's quite a lot of interest in this subject also because of the BBC > series Taboo, which paints the East India Company in a pretty bad light that > is quite believable given what is known about them

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What access does Wikimedia UK have to this archive? I know it is British Library materials, and that it will be accessible in the BL building, but isn't it otherwise behind a paywall? Not sure how many universities have subscribed to it yet either. John On 08/02/2017 10:22, Lucy

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There's quite a lot of interest in this subject also because of the BBC series Taboo, which paints the East India Company in a pretty bad light that is quite believable given what is known about them. If anybody wants a somewhat long but illuminating read on them, I'd very much suggest the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

Ah OK, so it may be politically tricky/insensitive. Thanks Gordo. It's not an aspect of history I'm very familiar with but I suspect the answer to your question was yes, it was! Certainly looks that way from the Wikipedia page... On 8 February 2017 at 08:57, Gordon Joly

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

> > On 08 February 2017 at 08:57 Gordon Joly wrote: > > > On 06/02/17 13:36, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > > > Some of you may be aware that 2017 is the UK - India Year of Culture. I > > guess this resource may relate to that, or it could be a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

On 06/02/17 13:36, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote: > > Some of you may be aware that 2017 is the UK - India Year of Culture. I > guess this resource may relate to that, or it could be a coincidence. > Either way, it would be great to see what the potential is in terms of > the Wikimedia projects :) >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisaton of East India Company/ India Office records

Thanks for sharing this Andy. Some of you may be aware that 2017 is the UK - India Year of Culture. I guess this resource may relate to that, or it could be a coincidence. Either way, it would be great to see what the potential is in terms of the Wikimedia projects :) Cheers Lucy On 6 February