Hi Pratik, It is nice to get that kind of response from people. Maybe the scenario in my college is exceptionally different. But if some colleges feel differently, then I guess we can really go ahead and do this. Regards, Gunit. On 20 January 2012 19:04, Aditya Sengupta <apsengupta(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- Regards, Gunit.

My 100 bucks on this : Let's not make assumptions before we try it out. In the past we've done editing sessions, outreach and everything else in colleges. The success *drastically* depends on *who* is doing it. Don't get me wrong but, whether people agree or not, whether it is successful; ALL depends on how interesting you make it to be. Also, a NO is not the final word, I keep trying and convincing. People give in at some point. So, be bold and keep trying :) On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <debastein(a)gmail.com > My two paise: > > Point 1: I myself am a student, and I kind of agree with Srikanth on this > one. Students aren't really interested in learning to edit Wikipedia at a > fest. If I was a newbie, I wouldn't even look at the stall for more than > say once or twice. > > A better idea is to have a photo scavenger hunt to upload to commons and > use that somehow in an article in one of these fest. Anyone who can do it > successfully after a brief tutorial, say gets rewarded with a tshirt. > > The t-shirt isn't that symbolic. It is necessary to attract a person to > the stall, but what will drive them is the competitive spirit. > > Point 2: I do believe that Wikipedia has a lot of techies (my opinion, may > be wrong). When you target techies, they are the easiest as they will like > the concept of open source, coding, etc etc. But I doubt how many > non-technical articles they chose to even touch in a short span. > > What we do not touch upon are non-tech fests, esp sciences and arts. > Because, students of sciences generally have to do a lot of research but > all this research just goes to their professors and rots. While literature > students are always looking for avenues of self expression. Maybe Wikipedia > is not the best place for that, but it will attract them more because of > the audience. So why not give non-tech fests a try also? > > The most recent I can think of is Sympulse, which is in 9days. But Nitika > or Hisham, maybe you can talk to them and if they agree, we can also help > out? > > Contact info: > > Aditya Krishnamurthy : +91 9867559891 > > Aparna Prasad : +91 9673399903 > http://www.sympulsefest.com/ > > Otherwise, I don't think you will get students to edit Wikipedia seriously > other than the IEP model. > > > -- > Regards, > Debanjan > * > - Lets make this world a better and more informative place* > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Gunit Kalada <gunit.k31(a)gmail.com> >> Hi Pratik, >> >> It is nice to get that kind of response from people. Maybe the scenario >> in my college is exceptionally different. But if some colleges feel >> differently, then I guess we can really go ahead and do this. >> >> Regards, >> Gunit. >> >> On 20 January 2012 19:04, Aditya Sengupta <apsengupta(a)gmail.com>> >>> Bishakha and I did a short session at VJTI during the previous edition >>> of the technical festival. Money never came up. >>> >>> The kinds of places that are going to ask for money for these specific >>> activities are the kinds of places you do not want to do these >>> workshops/sessions at in the first place- a very clear and simple filter. >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 18:57, Pratik Lahoti <pr4tiklahoti(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Gunit, >>>> >>>> Its not all about sponsorship. We got a stall for free at the CMDA IT >>>> Expo as well. >>>> Infact, I just had a chat yesterday with one of my friends from Cummins >>>> College of Engineering for Women regarding the outreach activities and she >>>> was asking me how much do they have to pay to us for the workshop if it was >>>> organized in their college during the fest. Clearly, people don't expect >>>> any money from us. Infact, they are ready to pay us :P >>>> >>>> We can conduct workshops, if a stall is not possible. And the ultimate >>>> aim is to spread the word about Wikipedia. >>>> >>>> --Pratik Lahoti. >>>> User:BPositive >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)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(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Gunit. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)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(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690