Ravi, this is exactly what I was talking about. I try to translate an
article from English and I'm told that the community can do it
themselves and don't need our help. The same editors refuse to help us
when we need content from Indic projects on English. If need be, we
could have an offlist discussion about this. I don't want to make too
much noise on the list.
On 12/24/11, Ravishankar <ravidreams(a)gmail.com> wrote:
HI Srikanth R,
On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Ravi, while the idea of having English editors
help out on Indic wikis
sounds good, it isn't feasible. Most Indic editors distrust us English
editors and remain aloof from us.
Indic communities don't need "help" but active "contribution"
from people
familiar with en wiki. So, you have to think, act and become like a native
community member except for the fact that you are already aware of wiki
ways.
I am not aware of happenings in other wikis. But, I can give you many
examples of contributions in Tamil Wikipedia where the editor came from
English Wikipedia. If you faced specific problems, please feel free to post
in our village pump and I am sure the community will take the steps needed.
Ravi
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Regards,
Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th.