On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:04 AM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Do notice that we had intentionally named it as "Noteworthy Wikimedian" > and not "Best Wikimedian" ! > > So what could you and everyone do ? Find them, nominate and recognize > them. > > > +1 > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar <ravidre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Arjuna, >> >> I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy >> Wikimedians. >> >> 1. Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference >> activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will >> not give a real picture to the public. >> >> 2. Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme >> cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination >> and approval is done by the community itself. >> >> 3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An >> example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at >> >> http://tawp.in/r/1eyn >> >> I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is >> valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and >> upset a lot of people. >> >> 3. What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age? >> What is the purpose achieved after the event is over? >> >> I would recommend requesting each language community and project to >> suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio >> / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content >> can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities. >> This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people. >> >> Ravi >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Vickram Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com>
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