On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seeing the recent state of affairs wrt Internet and information, I think > the Government of India WOULD want to create a 'new' Urdu project where > they CAN have control over what goes on and what doesn't. > And unless wikipedia itself is blocked (which I doubt if it ever will), all their efforts at containing information are useless. > -- > Srikanth > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Gautam John <gau...@prathambooks.org>wrote: > >> On 5 June 2012 14:50, Noopur Raval <nra...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> > >> http://www.indianexpress.com/news/to-counter-pak-india-to-launch-its-own-urdu-wiki/957849/ >> >> "In Wikipedia, information contributed is vetted for authenticity by >> experts; we will do the same to ensure that information provided to >> the public is a rich database free of prejudice and misinformation" >> >> Say what? >> >> Why don't they just fork the existing Urdu Wikipedia and fix it? Makes >> no sense to throw it *all* out. Then again, the Government oh so does >> love reinventing the wheel. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Best, >> >> Gautam >> ________ >> http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Srikanth Ramakrishnan. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- j.mp/ArunGanesh
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