[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia Bangalore Meet-up April 11, 2010

[Ravishankar]

Hi Bishaka,

Welcome to Wikipedia.

No ill-feelings :) I have had similar misreporting experiences with media.

One way for better media management will be to take minutes during the
meeting and handing over a formal written press release to the media people.
We can also give contact numbers to clarify and request to see the report
before going to print.

Regards,

Ravi

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta at gmail.com>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 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Related news on DNA newspaper, Bangalore Ed, today
>>
>>
>> http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_wikipedia-now-has-an-indian-face_1370778
>> 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG/2010/04/12&PageLabel=6&EntityId=Ar00602&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T
>>>
>>>
>>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Wikipedia-cries-for-desi-content/articleshow/5785692.cms
>>>
>>> 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 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> People,
>>>>
>>>> Some photos from today's Bangalore meet-up:
>>>> http://is.gd/bowby
>>>>
>>>> (FlickR)
>>>> --
>>>> Hari Prasad Nadig
>>>> http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig
>>>> http://flickr.com/hpnadig
>>>>
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