Great work. Congratulations to all who worked hard behind this. Regards Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > This was a great initiative by such a young group of volunteers - Karthik, > Naveen and everyone involved, a big Thank you and Congratulations, for > getting this done. India desperately needed to be included in WLM, I hope > you can keep up the momentum. > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala > <arjunar...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Karthik, >> >> Thanks for the update. Thanks to you, Naveen and the jury for all the >> hardwork and perseverance. >> Can you update the (user names/ real names and location of winners on the >> web site? I am sure that the winners must be eagerly waiting to receive >> the prizes and hope you will have some more updates on the same. >> > > I'm not sure which "web site" you are referring to above - commons? > chapter wiki? Karthik's email mentions the link to each winning picture on > commons, and if you look closely below each picture is a section for > "Author". > > I'm not sure how familiar you are with WLM. But if you look on the commons > page for the winners[1], a large majority of them are redlinks with next to > no information about real names and locations of photographers. I believe > the competition has more to do with the pictures themselves than the > photographers. Some of the winners created their account for the sole > purpose of uploading the pics, some chose their names, some didn't. It is > their right if they choose to not declare their real name and location. > Putting this information on commons without their permission, can be > tantamount to WP:OUTING[2] and against the Wikimedia privacy policy. > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <arjunar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> Disappointed that there are no user pages or information on background >> of contributors of winning entries. >> > > Let's try and contain the disappointment, shall we? ;) This was a big > initiative taken by such a young group of volunteers. They deserve to > lauded for their achievement. The information about the individual > photographer is rarely a priority during these initiatives. > > >> >> Hope the winners will take action to update their pages soon so that the >> community knows bit about them and their passion for Photography/monuments >> and their approach towards the contest and also few words about their >> winning entry. >> > > If they choose to mention those details, sure. They don't have to do > anything, like the majority of winners from other countries. > > Thanks again guys, and Keep up the good work! > > Regards > Theo > > > [1]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_winners > [2] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Outing#Posting_of_personal_information > > _______________________________________________ > 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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