Thanq Nadig for uploading the images with CC By SA license, I will "copy" them to our commons too.. Btw there was a news column today on"Times of India" newspaper regarding this meetup and Bishakha Datta. E-editions can found below. http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archiv… http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Wikipedia-cries-for-desi-… Waiting for the new articles from The Hindu , DNA and Bangalore Mirror who have covered the event. Bishakha, It was nice meeting you and having your presence at our Wikimeetup @Bangalore. Thanks Tinu Cherian On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Great meeting all. The TOI report, unfortunately, misquotes both me and Achal. Last para particularly badly mangled. And of course the melodramatic headline "Wikipedia cries" could do with some NPOV.:) Bishakha On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:36 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < tinucherian(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Srikanth, A clarification: the person you're referring to, is not a Tamil Wikipedian as such (no edits). He might've claimed so. - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture *From:* Srikanth Ramakrishnan &lt;rsrikanth05(a)gmail.com&gt; *To:* wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Mon, April 12, 2010 1:39:28 PM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010 Times of India consists ONLY of experts at misquoting us Wikipedians and flicking out work from the Commons. :D Ask user PlaneMad about it, he'll give you more info. Though a while back, there was this guy from the Tamil Wiki who apparently, was the head of the to be formed India chapter.. :D Regards, On 12 April 2010 12:03, Bishakha Datta &lt;bishakhadatta(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Regards, Arun Srikanth. Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement, Uyirin Uyirae Sent from my Motorola SLVR L9. _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Related news on DNA newspaper, Bangalore Ed, today http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_wikipedia-now-has-an-indian-face_1… http://epaper.dnaindia.com/dnabangalore/epapermain.aspx Page 8 " wikipedia-now-has-an-indian-face" Forgive the reporter for the artcile saying "online collaborative dictionary" instead of "online collaborative encyclopedia" . Blame the copyeditor :) Thanks Tinu Cherian On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:36 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < tinucherian(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

You are more generous than me in forgiving the DNA reporter for saying dictionary for what the whole world knows is an encyclopedia.:) I feel the following misquotes/inaccuracies are somewhat damaging: *para 2 - which make it sound as if I am claiming leadership in India, setting up the office and the chapter, when I'm doing neither - and said so repeatedly. *last para - the fictional quote on 'Malayalam articles having more depth.' I don't recall anyone saying this, let alone me. Media coverage will only intensify with each step: the formation of the chapter, etc etc. The problem with this kind of misreporting is that it makes others wary, and wrongly credits an individual (that too the wrong individual) for a collective effort. Just want to flag this to ensure there is no ill-feeling among us. For now, media attention is focused on me for obvious reasons. But in due course, it would be good for more and more Wikipedians - including those who are active on the proposed chapter formation - to start talking more and more to media, so that many voices represent wikipedia in India. I tried to do this to some extent at the Sun meeting by redirecting questions to Achal, Arun, and others...but they still attributed the stuff to me. There's only so many times I can apologize for what is not my error...if anybody has any thoughts on how this coverage can be improved (apart from letters to editor, which can only be done once so often), do share. Best Bishakha On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 6:48 PM, CherianTinu Abraham < tinucherian(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Ravi, while that is a good point, do you think the press still will take it? I mean, it's not what they get, but what they put into the final print. Regards,

Ravi, Good points. I agree that it is better to provide a prepared release. Whether they want it or not is not our issue. Further to point 3, it would be better if the media channel is limited to the designated people. Rest of the folks could just redirect all queries to them and let the designated person talk for the project/foundation chapter ( Something like the way that we have in the meta identification notice board <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Identification_noticeboard> where The top reads "do not add users unless you are Cary Bass") . This will help us in putting a consistent face and sound to the media. I am not saying that others cannot talk to the media at all, but others should not speak to the media on project's/foundation chapter's behalf. such an event can probably be quoted with a disclaimer that this is strictly their personal opinion and does not reflect the project's or chapter's stand on the question :-) Thanks. Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net <http://www.jyothis.net/> http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis woods are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep and lines to go before I press sleep completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources) + ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Ravishankar &lt;ravidreams(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote:

Seems worthwhile to do both these - the most accurate bits in all the recent reports are from the Foundation's press release, which I forwarded them after the Sunday meet. Bishakha On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Ravishankar &lt;ravidreams(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

You are more generous than me in forgiving the DNA reporter for saying dictionary for what the whole world knows is an encyclopedia.:) I feel the following misquotes/inaccuracies are somewhat damaging: *para 2 - which make it sound as if I am claiming leadership in India, setting up the office and the chapter, when I'm doing neither - and said so repeatedly. *last para - the fictional quote on 'Malayalam articles having more depth.' I don't recall anyone saying this, let alone me. Media coverage will only intensify with each step: the formation of the chapter, etc etc. The problem with this kind of misreporting is that it makes others wary, and wrongly credits an individual (that too the wrong individual) for a collective effort. Just want to flag this to ensure there is no ill-feeling among us. For now, media attention is focused on me for obvious reasons. But in due course, it would be good for more and more Wikipedians - including those who are active on the proposed chapter formation - to start talking more and more to media, so that many voices represent wikipedia in India. I tried to do this to some extent at the Sun meeting by redirecting questions to Achal, Arun, and others...but they still attributed the stuff to me. There's only so many times I can apologize for what is not my error...if anybody has any thoughts on how this coverage can be improved (apart from letters to editor, which can only be done once so often), do share. Best Bishakha On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 6:48 PM, CherianTinu Abraham < tinucherian(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

Jyothis, a poll , or something like an RfA.. You stand, we elect, and we vote on someone from each indian language to represent that particular wiki [ALL, not just Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wikibooks, etc.] in India, to Indian newspapers. Regards,

Ravi, META was just a suggestion. Local wikis are fine too. Regards, Srikanth