Thanks Shiju. I raised same points yesterday , in Malayalam wikimedia list , in a related thread. Thanks for bringing this discussion here
Anivar On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Shiju Alex <shijualexonl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Another strategy that we can adopt while doing this program in India is, > about the selection of articles for editing. We can ask students to > contribute to articles that they are interested in, rather than of all of > them editing the articles on the same topic. > > The reason I am telling this is, In India (in general) it is not the > students who are deciding the course (and career) that they want to > study/pursue. Parents, relatives, and community around them decide that. So > even though the student's interest may lie in a specific area, he might be > studying a different course. > > Allowing students to edit in a topic that they like will bring in more > original content. But the issue with this methodology is, the role of > Professors might be reduced, and the role of CA and OA might be increased. > And I am not sure how the > > But this methodology is adopted very successfully in Kerala using School > wiki <http://schoolwiki.in>. But we may say, that is school children and > they are not mature enough for wikipedia editing. Again that is our > misconception. In general, personally I am more interested to target school > students (high school and Plus 2) than college students. School children > are fantastic. It is true that most of us under estimate them. But to see > the successful result from India, see the young and wonderful wikipedians > we have in Malayalam wikipedia and wikisource. > > *Note: *Please note that I am replying to this thread as a Malayalam wiki > community memeber. > > Shiju > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Swaroop Rao <raul.swar...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> That's true Arjun, there is a lot of interest in this program in many >> colleges, and this is going untapped. No, its not dead for sure. It was a >> pilot, and it didn't come out pretty; no issues, that's how we learn. I >> think that one thing we learnt is that the US model may not work out well >> for India, so we need to develop an India specific model for this (That's >> what we've been trying to do in these previous mails actually I guess). >> >> Swaroop Rao >> (MikeLynch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch>) >> >> >> Steering Committee member, United States Education Program >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 23:36, Arjun mangol <arjun.man...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I refuse to believe it dead as of yet. There's yet a lot of avenues that >>> haven't been explored. My personal suggestion was that let IEP establish a >>> Wikipedia Club in every college in Pune to begin with, that would inculcate >>> new, interested members who have a genuine passion for the project. Such >>> clubs could meet every second Sunday, hold guest lecs, set a quota for a >>> certain no. of articles to be created by the Pune chapter and so on by the >>> members, teach its members better editing skills, and spread the knowledge. >>> The CA training prog that I attended was a hell lotta fun and I wish many >>> of my friends get the feel of it too. >>> >>> These clubs would be managed by all the 'veteran' CAs and newer ones if >>> needed as and when. IEP would be the umbrella organisation to it all, and >>> we can focus a lot more on quality of articles rather than the sheer no. of >>> editors and rampant copyvio-ing done as a consequence by the newbies. Give >>> it thought. My friends in many colleges throughout India were literally >>> jealous that I was a part of it. Let's not let it go unnoticed that there >>> is genuine interest spread in pockets throughout the country. >>> >>> - Arjun >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Arnav Sonara >>> <sonara.ar...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> hi, >>>>> >>>>> It was a pilot and hence I guess was meant to die at some point. >>>>> >>>>> First up, to the Campus Ambassadors, you guys showed a lot of courage >>>>> in taking up and then following through on your commitment of being Campus >>>>> Ambassadors through the length of this Pilot. I hope the team will also >>>>> speak to the Ambassadors whilst doing the post-mortem so future programs >>>>> have the benefit of their "experience". The same also goes to the India >>>>> Programs team that initiated this project. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks to all of you, yes this was a Pilot, but at no point I see it >>>> dying. Its just that we have taken a pause right now to learn from the >>>> findings and ll come back all prepared and with the help of you all we ll >>>> try to gain new heights again. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thanks >>>> Arnav (ricku). >>>> (User:Rangilo_Gujarati)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rangilo_Gujarati> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> - Arjun >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- "[It is not] possible to distinguish between 'numerical' and 'nonnumerical' algorithms, as if numbers were somehow different from other kinds of precise information." - Donald Knuth
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