And the press is sensationalist enough to accept any crap... I mean, they've interviewed us, spoken to us, covered our meetups so many times, why THE HELL can't they understand we're all EQUAL?? And if there really was any head, why the hell don't we do chamchagiri with him? I guess this can be discussed at the Malayalam Wikipedia and at Bangalore on 14th before we hold a vote online eh?
On 22 February 2010 10:20, YellowMonkey <[email protected]> wrote: > And this conman who should be avoided, his name is ...... > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Shiju Alex <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Ravi for bringing up this topic. I sent a similar mail regarding >> this some time back. >> >> Now a days many so called "wikipedians" are popping up here and there >> claiming themselves *as the spokesperson of different Indian language >> wikis*. The irony is that *none of the Wiki language communities are >> aware about these types of developments*. And some of these spokespersons >> doesn't even have an account in the respective language wiki. >> >> >> I know that *Wiki editing* and *Wiki advocacy* are two different topics. >> But we, contributors to different language wikipedias, doesn't want some one >> outside the Language community taking the responsibility of spokesperson >> with out our knowledge. >> >> >> It is a good idea to appoint a team of active wikians for each language as >> the official Spokespersons/contact persons. Let each Wiki language community >> decide how it should be represented outside. >> >> >> Shiju >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Ravi shankar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Recently we came to know that a fraud guy has been claiming himself to be >>> the "head" of Tamil Wiki and a director for yet-to-be-formed Indian >>> Wikimedia chapter. He has been doing this at many places including Govt >>> circles. This was a shock for us. I would like to warn a similar possibility >>> for all other Indian Wikis. >>> >>> I recommend that each Wiki start a mechanism to officially elect few >>> official Spokespersons / contact persons and spread the word about this >>> selection. The appointment can be cycled every few months to share >>> responsibility with more members. These need not be just the sysops / >>> bureaucrats. They can be anyone trust worthy, long serving the community, >>> having fair idea of Wiki organization and easy to cooperate and communicate >>> with. >>> >>> Ravi. >>> >>> http://ravidreams.com/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Regards, Your friend in time, Cherian/Srikanth/R/ Wikipedia on YOUR MIND? Join us on Twitter....
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