Congrats all the wikipedians who made this great event happen, Kudos! Best On 05-Nov-2012, at 9:58 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote:
> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Subha Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
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