The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has very little to do with how policies are formulated on the English Wikipedia project. ASB.
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bishkha, Congrats! And please do something to push for flexible rules that > take care of non-Western situations while crafting a global online > encyclopedia. > > I feel that societies which don't have such a long tradition with the > printed word (or are mostly oral societies) have a distinct disadvantage > while trying to match up to global Wikipedia requirements (for > 'notability', referencing, etc). This gets doubly bad when someone needs to > reference non-English texts, which might not be visible in cyberspace > itself. > > Do make a case for the need of separate standards when writing about > Asian-African-LatinAm societies in the Wikipedia. This will go a long way > in creating a level playing field. FN > > -- > FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 f...@goa-india.org > Goa,1556's updated list of books available on and from Goa: > http://www.scribd.com/doc/76671049/Goa1556-Catalogue-Books-from-Goa > > > > > On 29 December 2012 12:11, Bishakha Datta <bishakhada...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you, all. >> >> It's been a terrific experience, and I hope to continue to be of use to >> the Foundation and to the movement in my next term. >> >> Best >> Bishakha >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Outofindia <outofin...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Congratulations Bishakha >>> >>> This is indeed good news for Wiki Media's work in India and a well >>> deserved reappointment! >>> >>> Best wishes >>> >>> >>> Harriet >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Pradeep Mohandas >>> <prad2...@yahoo.com>wrote: >>> >>>> FYI. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> * From: * Geoff Brigham <gbrig...@wikimedia.org>; >>>> * To: * <wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org>; < >>>> wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>; >>>> * Subject: * [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF >>>> Trustee >>>> * Sent: * Fri, Dec 28, 2012 3:39:27 PM >>>> >>>> I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a >>>> Trustee >>>> on the WMF Board for another two-year term. >>>> >>>> The Board resolution may be found here: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Bishakha_Datta_Reappointment_2012 >>>> >>>> >>>> The Board minutes may be found here: >>>> >>>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2012-12-27 >>>> >>>> Congratulations to Bishakha! >>>> -- >>>> Geoff Brigham >>>> General Counsel >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>>> wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list >>>> wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-in-mum mailing list >>> wikimedia-in-...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-mum >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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