That's true Arjun, there is a lot of interest in this program in many colleges, and this is going untapped. No, its not dead for sure. It was a pilot, and it didn't come out pretty; no issues, that's how we learn. I think that one thing we learnt is that the US model may not work out well for India, so we need to develop an India specific model for this (That's what we've been trying to do in these previous mails actually I guess).<br>
<br clear="all">Swaroop Rao<br>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch" target="_blank">MikeLynch</a>)<br><br>Steering Committee member, United States Education Program<br><br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 23:36, Arjun mangol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arjun.mangol@gmail.com">arjun.mangol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hey all,<div><br></div><div>I refuse to believe it dead as of yet. There's yet a lot of avenues that haven't been explored. My personal suggestion was that let IEP establish a Wikipedia Club in every college in Pune to begin with, that would inculcate new, interested members who have a genuine passion for the project. Such clubs could meet every second Sunday, hold guest lecs, set a quota for a certain no. of articles to be created by the Pune chapter and so on by the members, teach its members better editing skills, and spread the knowledge. The CA training prog that I attended was a hell lotta fun and I wish many of my friends get the feel of it too. <br>
<br>These clubs would be managed by all the 'veteran' CAs and newer ones if needed as and when. IEP would be the umbrella organisation to it all, and we can focus a lot more on quality of articles rather than the sheer no. of editors and rampant copyvio-ing done as a consequence by the newbies. Give it thought. My friends in many colleges throughout India were literally jealous that I was a part of it. Let's not let it go unnoticed that there is genuine interest spread in pockets throughout the country.<br>
<br>- Arjun</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Arnav Sonara <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sonara.arnav@gmail.com" target="_blank">sonara.arnav@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">hi,
<div><br></div><div>It was a pilot and hence I guess was meant to die at some point. </div><div><br></div><div>First up, to the Campus Ambassadors, you guys showed a lot of courage in taking up and then following through on your commitment of being Campus Ambassadors through the length of this Pilot. I hope the team will also speak to the Ambassadors whilst doing the post-mortem so future programs have the benefit of their "experience". The same also goes to the India Programs team that initiated this project. </div>
</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Thanks to all of you, yes this was a Pilot, but at no point I see it dying. Its just that we have taken a pause right now to learn from the findings and ll come back all prepared and with the help of you all we ll try to gain new heights again. </div>
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</font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><font color="#666666"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thanks</span><br>Arnav (ricku).</font><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rangilo_Gujarati" target="_blank">(User:Rangilo_Gujarati)</a><br>
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