Aiyo, you are making #sadkittens. Now that you know
you got us 4 more
editors, cheer up! :) Forget the problems, gear up for the next one! Sorry
you had to hear so much shouting. *offers you a chocolate*
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Heya all.
I guess, I really need to explain something here.
I was wrong when I blamed the organisers of Pragyan for what happened.
The Fiasco, isn't a FIASCO anymore. We've got four users from the event
and I'm proud of that.
I believe I have inadvertently caused a flare up which has resulted in a
lot of people getting shouted out. Tensions are soaring and I believe I
caused it.
As far as Accomodation/Travel is considered, from my POV, what I got was
perfect. Saagar had informed me that guesthouses weren't good enough and I
took [and still take] his word for it. He slept in the lab so I could sleep
in his room.
As for the event, as Sohan pointed out the, delay and internet issues
were the only issue. The internet issue was mine in entirety. I didn't
mention that, OR mention anything about a lab. That makes it my fault.
The MoU: I admit, I didn't read the MoU at all, both the edited and
original versions of it. Big mistake.
Saagar helped me a LOT, and did whatevr was in his power to change the
slot to a weekend to ensure that Sohan could participate.
The lack of time and all was because we, [particularly ME] took time in
arriving at a proper decision. For every 10 mails I got from Saagar, Sohan,
Nitika, Naveen and Tinu on the matter I sent out only one reply.
I admit, the majority of the goof up was PURELY MY FAULT.
The remaining issus were a direct result of lack of time.
I just feel pathetic that I said whatever I did, because I and several
others are now at the receiving end of a lot of people.
At the time of writing the first mail, I was at the receiving end of
three people, one in particular called my session a flop show and blamed
everything on me, causing me to write that mail.
Now, suddenly I'M at the recievning end of no less than 16 people.
I feel guilty that the NIT T team, who did their best to make me feel
comfortable have been put thru this by me.
I learnt a lot at Pragyan, it was my first tech first, to be honest, and
I really enjoyed the guest lecture that I attended, which I feel is
specially significant to Wikipedia, which I shall write separately about
soon.
Sohan may feel different, but as I said over the phone to Nitika, I and
ONLY I am to blame for what I did.
I hope this isn't the end of what I was hoping would be a good
partnership. It is quite rare to see the top brains look at Wikipedia from
our POV. Most top schools/colleges etc are snobs [it's a stereotype but
mostly true in my experience] and these guys seemed genuinely interested in
what was being done.
I just feel pathetic at being such a screwup. As stated earlier I have a
lot to learn and till then I shall not volunteer for an academy/workshop.
I'll merely be a spectator and wait till I mature into someone better. The
real world is not so rosy as the Wiki world is.
Regards,
Srikanth.
P.S: I did manage to get a picture of the NITT gate which is now on the
Commons. Maybe you guys could use it. It is CCBYSA ofcourse.
--
Regards,
Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup onMarch 10th.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spaceship and now it is a Toll
Plaza.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
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