Kudos to Surya, Arunmozhi, and Bala. Great work.
> Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift. :)
And, a nice article too: http://tawp.in/r/2n4m :)
- Sundar
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From: Surya Prakash <suryasalem2010@gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on ILUGC wikipedia stall
Thank you for the sharing Bala.
I was in MIT at 10 AM. Arunmozhi came 10.30 & we chose an end for our stall in that Hangar. :) Then using Arun's laptop (actually it has no monitor support. It was supported by bag ;) )
Somehow we arranged a demo laptop using mobile internet connection. :)
I explained various Wikimedia projects & "how to edit?" talks & Reliability of WP & importance of Main page in a WP & works of an Admin. & Sign Up campaign. :)
Then, I took some Wikipedia logo stickers & shirt badges with me. (Which I got from 10Wiki celebs.)
People took them with them. :)
Near 2 PM Bala joined with us. He took the stall very interestingly in his OWN STYLE. :)
Finally our stall selected as best among 20. I was gifted a book on "PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE".
It was a good experience. :)
Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift. :)
Pictures will be shared soon. :) ILUGC is creating a separate report on the event. :)
Thanks.
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unfortunately we dint bring any cameras. But the ILUGC people had, i will ask for photos from them
My personal impression : (i was there for the last couple of hours) The stall was a couple of tables with a hand made banner. We didnt have any handout material as this was organised in very short notice. IMO The BIG advantage wikipedia stall had was the attitude - Surya treated every visitor as a potential wikipedia editor and gave them the full pitch and took them through various wiki projects within a short period of time.
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