[Wikimediaindia-l] Online Volunteers needed for "India Loves Wikipedia" - Outreach

[ASHUTOSH .]

Hi Ashwin,

I am interested. Please consider my application.

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at gmail.com>wrote:

> This is relevant to all those who have written to the various lists and
> asked how one can participate. volunteer or help in any way.
>
> We need people to upload images to Wikimedia Commons.
>
>    - We face a problem in that photographers are willing to go out & shoot
>    and donate images. But they are unfamiliar with Commons and do not upload it
>    there. However, we find that they know Flickr and are willing to upload it
>    under a suitable Creative Commons license.
>    - There are hundreds of free images on the net, we can show you how to
>    locate them. These can be uploaded to Commons. We are at this point of time
>    interested in images pertaining to India only.
>
> It is a job requiring patience, care for details and intelligence as the
> images need to be categorised also. Where relevant we would like to add them
> to articles too.
>
> We need a small TEAM of three to five - people, age, sex, religion, etc,
> etc, no bar, except that they should have:
> * Knowledge of uploading images to Commons
> * know how to categorise
> * know how to load images into Wikipedia
> * Possess good judgement.
> * Possess an abiding love for Wikipedia and willing to contribute to it.
>
> If you are interested, let us know. This is a serious commitment under the
> "India Loves Wikipedia" initiative. Dont apply if just for "time paas".
>
> Helpers will be awarded barnstars at a suitable date after the project is
> done.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
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