<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Kudos to Surya, Arunmozhi, and Bala. Great work.</div><div><br></div><div>> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift. :)</span></div><div>And, a nice article too: http://tawp.in/r/2n4m :)</div><div><br></div><div>- Sundar</div><div> </div><div>"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."<br>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new
roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Surya Prakash <suryasalem2010@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:46 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Report on ILUGC wikipedia stall<br></font><br><div id="yiv889138990"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you for the sharing Bala.<br><br>I was in MIT at 10 AM. Arunmozhi came 10.30 & we chose an end for our stall in that Hangar. :) Then using Arun's laptop (actually it has no monitor support. It was supported by bag ;) )<br>
<br>Somehow we arranged a demo laptop using mobile internet connection. :)<br><br>I explained various Wikimedia projects & "how to edit?" talks & Reliability of WP & importance of Main page in a WP & works of an Admin. & Sign Up campaign. :)<br>
<br>Then, I took some Wikipedia logo stickers & shirt badges with me. (Which I got from 10Wiki celebs.)<br>People took them with them. :)<br><br>Near 2 PM Bala joined with us. He took the stall very interestingly in his OWN STYLE. :)<br>
<br>Finally our stall selected as best among 20. I was gifted a book on "PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE".<br><br>It was a good experience. :)<br><br>Tamil Wikipedia got a good editor from that stall. :) This is the real gift. :)<br>
<br>Pictures will be shared soon. :) ILUGC is creating a separate report on the event. :)<br><br>Thanks.<br><br><br clear="all"></font></font></font><font size="4"><b style="font-family: georgia, serif; "><font style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; ">$U</font>®¥∩</b></font><font size="4"><br>
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<br><br><div class="yiv889138990gmail_quote">2011/9/22 Bala Jeyaraman <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:sodabottle@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:sodabottle@gmail.com">sodabottle@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="yiv889138990gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
unfortunately we dint bring any cameras. But the ILUGC people had, i will ask for photos from them<br><br>My personal impression : (i was there for the last couple of hours) The stall was a couple of tables with a hand made banner. We didnt have any handout material as this was organised in very short notice. IMO The BIG advantage wikipedia stall had was the attitude - Surya treated every visitor as a potential wikipedia editor and gave them the full pitch and took them through various wiki projects within a short period of time.<div>
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<br><br><div class="yiv889138990gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Pradeep Mohandas <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com">pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv889138990gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
hi,<br><br>Do you have any pics of the stall? It would be nice to see it. Might give others idea on how to do such a thing themselves?<br><br>warm regards,<br>Pradeep Mohandas<br><br><div class="yiv889138990gmail_quote"><div>
<div>On 21 September 2011 23:03, Bala Jeyaraman <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:sodabottle@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:sodabottle@gmail.com">sodabottle@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="yiv889138990gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div><div>Hi all,<br><br>The Chennai Linux user's group celebrated the Software Freedom Day (Sep 17) by organising free software demo stall exhibition at Madras Institute of Technology campus, Chennai. (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Sfd2011">http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Sfd2011</a>). <br>
<br>They gave space for a Wikipedia stall in that exhibition and S. A. Surya Prakash (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tawp.in/r/1nmq">http://tawp.in/r/1nmq</a>) from Tamil Wikipedia ran the stall. He was assisted by open source enthusiast Arun Mozhi (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.arunmozhi.in/">http://www.arunmozhi.in/</a>). They introduced wikipedia and other wikiprojects to the exhibition visitors through out the day. The Wikipedia stall was adjudged the best amongst the 20 odd stalls in the exhibition and Surya was given a prize by ILUGC.<br>
<br>The Tamil report is at : <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tawp.in/r/2n3f">http://tawp.in/r/2n3f</a><br><br><br>regards<br><font color="#888888">Bala <br>
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