Ralph,
This is indeed a great opportunity to create greater awareness about the
Kannada wikipedia. We need a lot more contributors to Kannada wikipedia.
Exhibitions are hectic but p;pose the best outreach opportunity.
I though of sharing some learnings from the recent exhibit stall we had at
the World Sanskrit Book fair for you and the other volunteers to consider:
- These exhibitions tend to draw lot of crowds and can be very
exhausting.
- There needs to be 4 volunteers at a given time in the stall.
- Volunteers need to be in shifts of 2 hours to be effective and retain
energy reserves.
- Most of the questions in event like these are general awareness, what
they can do as readers, how they need to do if they need to contribute (whom
to contact). Discussions will not be very technical. (except in the cases of
very few visitors)
- Having pamphlets is a a great help with the links to wikimedia.in,
kannada wikipedia and other projects, India meetup page. We struggled
writing the links through the 2 days as we did not have any pamphlets.
- We now have the banners from the W10 event in Bangalore. These will be
of great use.
- Take the wikireader, it generates a lot of interest. It is now with
HPN.
- Suggest 3-4 laptops with a data card each. This is better than using a
single projector. We did not use a projector. One to one discussions are
most effective.
- Take a a few notebooks to write down contacts of people who want help
to become contributors.
- You will also run into people who would want to give away content they
have created to wikipedia. This is as always a great opportunity.
- From our past experience, the volunteers knowing wikipedia (even using
is good). Key messages to communicate can be shared with the team. The
general public is not very well informed on specifics of wikipedia except
being aware. Many may not know about it in Indian languages.
- The volunteers need the ability to communicate and relate to the varied
audience and backgrounds. This is the most important skill than even being
insightful.
- Have at least one senior wikipedian in the stall to answer the
difficult or detailed questions.
- Overlap some volunteers across days to carry the learning and
experience of earlier days across subsequent days.
- Expect people to ask questions about Kanaja and other similar projects.
They may also have stalls.
Best wishes for the event.
regards
Arun
Bangalore, India
www.twitter.com/arunram
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ralph <work.well.done.in(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1096315.ece
>
> In order to move forward, may I suggest the following:
>
> Job description of volunteer: other prerequisites - please list
> 1. Speak Kannada Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
> 2. Programming knowledge Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
> 3.
> 4.
>
> 1. List of names/email of volunteers who will be present at the Kannada
> Wikipedia booth on
> a. 4 Fri
> b. 5 Sat
> c. 6 Sun
>
> 2. Location map of venue/hall/room - exact details to prevent frantic
> searching for the right place.
>
> 3. Bus from Shivajinagar/Majestic/...
>
> 4. Coordinator name & mobile 9.........
>
> 5. Please bring (your own) snack/lunch, booth will be working without a
> break! Cannot afford to lose a single visitor.
>
> 6. Script: What should/should not be said. It may be impossible to meet
> before the event for the orientation but a virtual classroom will address
> that need.
>
> http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/453323-let-s-learn-to-use-wiziq-virtual-c…
>
> Await your comments. Thanks. Ralph
>
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>
Wikipedia Meetup, Mangalore #1
at St. Aloysius, Mangalore.
I had been invited to give a talk on Sampada at Catholic Press Association,
Mangalore.
Since I was in the town, we had called for a Wikipedia meetup on Saturday
afternoon at St. Aloysius. We had some great time discussing Wikipedia,
Konkani and Tulu along with Kannada figuring most in the discussions.
Photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hpnadig/sets/72157625942734564/
Cheers,
--
Hari Prasad Nadig
http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadighttp://flickr.com/hpnadig
Waiting for the pics .... :)
-TC
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:35 PM, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse(a)yahoo.com>wrote:
> Great to know! How did the event go?
>
> - Sundar
>
> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium
> for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
> - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
>
>
> *From:* Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com>
> *To:* CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com>; Wikimedia India List <
> wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; "Kannada Wikipedia Discussion List
> wikikn-l(a)wikipedia.org" <wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; "Executive
> Committee, Wikimedia India" <Wikimedia-IN-Exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> *Sent:* Sat, January 29, 2011 10:54:59 AM
> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-IN-Exec] 'The Hindu' on Mangalore Wikipedia meetup
>
> This one appeared on the front page of Mangalore edition today!
>
> http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012958280100.htm
>
> --
> Hari Prasad Nadig
> http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig
> http://flickr.com/hpnadig
>
>
Wikipedia celebrated its 10th anniversary on 15th January 11.
The Wiki enthusiasts in Mysore organised a meet up on the 16th of Jan 2011
to commemorate this occasion.
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore
Also we had a plan to have Wikipedia Photowalk.
So on 30th January we've organised a Photowalk here in Mysore.
The locations planned to cover is city center (Palace, Town hall, etc)
We'll meet near Chikka Gadiyaara (Vasavi vircle) [near south gate of Devraja
Market] at 7 AM.
Regards,
Kiran Ravikumar
Mysore
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirantr/
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Ralph <work.well.done.in(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1096315.ece
>
> In order to move forward, may I suggest the following:
>
> Job description of volunteer: other prerequisites - please list
> 1. Speak Kannada Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
> 2. Programming knowledge Yes (mandatory)/No (not required)
> 3.
> 4.
>
Let us not make both mandatory as we'd like to see as many volunteers
participating as possible. However, if anyone who's good with speaking in
Kannada can take the lead, it'd be useful.
I can step in if no one else does. Ideally, it would be nice to see some new
volunteers taking the lead.
Copying this email to the Kannada Wikipedia Mailing list as well.
>
> 1. List of names/email of volunteers who will be present at the Kannada
> Wikipedia booth on
> a. 4 Fri
> b. 5 Sat
> c. 6 Sun
>
Has the booth been confirmed?
>
> 2. Location map of venue/hall/room - exact details to prevent frantic
> searching for the right place.
>
> 3. Bus from Shivajinagar/Majestic/...
>
> 4. Coordinator name & mobile 9.........
>
> 5. Please bring (your own) snack/lunch, booth will be working without a
> break! Cannot afford to lose a single visitor.
>
> 6. Script: What should/should not be said. It may be impossible to meet
> before the event for the orientation but a virtual classroom will address
> that need.
>
> http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/453323-let-s-learn-to-use-wiziq-virtual-c…
>
>
It would be good to meet sometime to discuss all this. I can be of help.
Ralph, would you be able to send me your phone number off the list?
--
Hari Prasad Nadig
http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadighttp://flickr.com/hpnadig
[Copying the announcement]
Starting Point: Brahmins' Coffee Bar, Shankarapuram
Ending Point: Gandhi Bazaar Circle.
Unlike previous photo walks, in this edition for a change we will start the
walk by having breakfast at Brahmins' Coffee Bar. Then we will criss cross
in Basavanagudi to cover various landmarks like Shankara Mutta, Ramakrishna
Ashrama, Bull Temple, Krishnarao park etc. ( mentioned in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basavanagudi )
Here's the approximate route map:
http://maps.google.co.in/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0
&msid=205763748212391757461.0004998bb705dbbeafcc1&ll
=12.949231%2C77.569656&spn=0.023505%2C0.038581&z=15
This walk will be second edition of Bangalore-loves-Wikipedia initiative.
Please tag your photographs wiith "bangaloreloveswiki".
In case of any queries feel free to call Sandeep at 9845753994.
More info on:
http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Bangalore_loves_Wikipedia/Feb-5-2011
Also, a note about the Wikipedia loves Bangalore #1:
We had an overwhelming response to the last edition with hundreds of photos
coming in. We're in the process of sorting out this huge number of photos to
upload the best ones to commons (as there are redundant ones of the same).
Volunteers are invited and are most welcome to take part in the selection
process as well. Please write back to me off-the-list for this.
--
Hari Prasad Nadig
http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadighttp://flickr.com/hpnadig