On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Sumana Harihareswara <suma...@wikimedia.org > wrote:
> On 04/09/2012 08:00 AM, wikimediaindia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.orgwrote: > > Odia Wikipedia Outreach Programs in Odisha > > This was a very interesting and comprehensive report -- thank you, > Mrutyunjaya Kar! > > I noticed this: > > > Once we had shown > > everyone this, we invited those who were interested to stay for a more > > detailed and hands-on editing to stay, and told everyone else they were > > free to leave. A few of the audience left the lab, and the remaining 9 > > created their user accounts. > > I see that a few other outreach sessions have also done this. I am > curious -- when you do this, what specific phrasing do you use? I want > to know how to say "if you're not interested, you can leave if you want" > in a friendly, hospitable way, so your examples might help. > Thank you Mritunjaya, and nice observation Sumana! One of the most common questions which I have received from new meet up and workshop participants is: "Do you get paid for doing this?" or "Will I get paid for working on Wikipedia?" I'm interested in knowing how other members of the community handle these questions. > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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