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Was surprised to see a separate article on the protests and not as part of the event article - a good merge candidate IMHO <br><br><div>> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:09:40 +0530<br>> From: aprabhala@gmail.com<br>> To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the issue of the maps...<br>> <br>> The number (and the total inconsistency with how many people actually <br>> protested) comes from here:<br>> <br>> http://www.indianexpress.com/news/protest-against-wrong-map-mars-countrys-first-wiki-conference/877826/0<br>> <br>> in which it simultaneously describes "hundreds of protesters" *and* that <br>> "all 21 who protested were arrested".<br>> <br>> Go figure.<br>> <br>> The article that's been created out of the controversy is a storm in a <br>> teacup (and as such is hardly notable) but the storm was so small it was <br>> barely noticeable - and would have stayed that way except for the <br>> misreporting of it.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On Friday 25 November 2011 01:02 PM, Aditya Sengupta wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:11, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline@gmail.com <br>> > <mailto:shijualexonline@gmail.com>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > And there is an en wikipedia article also on this topic:<br>> ><br>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJP_youth_wing_protest_against_Wikipedia%27s_map_of_India<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > "Over 100 protesters were present on the opening day of the first Wiki <br>> > Conference India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Conference_India>"?<br>> ><br>> > If this is indeed true, this was the most unfortunate morcha I've <br>> > (barely) seen.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list<br>> > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org<br>> > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list<br>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org<br>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l<br></div> </div></body>
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