Yes. As Jyothis suggested, we can create a sub page for the wikimedia India pag<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India>e in Meta Wiki for coordinating this effort. Let the respective language community decide how and who should represent them outside wiki.
Shiju On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Jyothis Edathoot <[email protected]> wrote: > I think a sub page of metawiki page for the wikimedia India could be a > better page to discuss multi-wiki things than having it in many > places. > > Individual wikis may hold the vote for their spokes person/rep and > report it back in Meta pages. > > Regards, > Jyothis. > > http://www.Jyothis.net > > http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis > > woods are lovely dark and deep, > but i have promises to keep and > miles to go before i sleep and > lines to go before I press sleep > > completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / > resources) + ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings > > > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.... > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
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