arun, will get back on that. need to rush somewhere. :) it's saturday night!
Basavaraj N Itnal
--- On Sat, 2/26/11, Arun Ramarathnam arunram25@gmail.com wrote:
From: Arun Ramarathnam arunram25@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP To: "Basavaraj Itnal" basavarajitnal@yahoo.com Cc: "IndiaMailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore" wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 2:06 PM
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajitnal@yahoo.com wrote:
explain. how social relevance of sanskrit is out of scope of wiki in sanskrit and govt funding to it?
Basavaraj,
You must differentiate between the following:
The social relevance of Sanskrit in India (as you put it) Impact of Wikipedia in Sanskrit to society. The first topic, I maintain is beyond the scope of this list. It is to wide a topic.
As far as the second one goes, Wikipedia in Sanskrit is too small to discuss this now.
If you question was with regards to the process followed to start a wikipedia in a language (like Sankrit or any other), you are referred to the following:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Language_proposal_policy http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee
As you can see from the links above, there *are* active discussions before a wikipedia project is created.
do you guys discuss social relavance of what you are doing at all? if yes, where? if no, that is a grave ommission.
I urge you to consider spending some time understanding how wikipedia works and the processes behind it before coming to conclusions on some aspects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
Wikipedia has evolved over 10 years. It did not become a phenomenon just like that. There surely is a "method" to most things, even if it doesn't seem very apparent to some. And these methods keep improving. You too can contribute to bettering these while participating in the processes and experiencing them.
A lot of links and references have been shared on this thread. Hope it helps you form your views on the processes behind wikipedia. And as they say, "Rome was not built in one day"! In this case it took 10 years (and it is still a WIP). Thanks Arun
--- On Sat, 2/26/11, Arun Ramarathnam arunram25@gmail.com wrote:
From: Arun Ramarathnam arunram25@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore, India" wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org, "Basavaraj Itnal" basavarajitnal@yahoo.com Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 12:47 PM
Basavaraj,
The social relevance of Sanskrit in India, is not a topic that is in the scope if this list. It is a much larger topic.
As far as your observations on factual inaccuracies of some articles, that is certainly something you can take up on the talk page of the respective wiki page. There may be more knowledgeable contributors on the subject who can comment on it.
Could you also please refer the following links or pages that may assist you further: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Fact_and_Reference_Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us/Article_problem/Factual_er...
Thank you Arun
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajitnal@yahoo.com wrote:
this is about social relevance of sanskrit to India. and some concomitant errenous insertions.
Basavaraj N Itnal
--- On Sat, 2/26/11, Prateek Ramachandra prateek.vr@gmail.com wrote:
From: Prateek Ramachandra prateek.vr@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore, India" wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: "Basavaraj Itnal" basavarajitnal@yahoo.com Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 12:00 PM
Guys... what are we discussing here??? Please stop discussing about non-relevant topics... focus on sanskrit wiki... please start another discussion if anyone has anything else to say...
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On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajitnal@yahoo.com wrote:
correct version of lingayatism as opposed to brahmanicised version on wiki..
http://www.everyculture.com/South-Asia/Lingayat-Religion-and-Expressive-Cult...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Lingayat-is-an-independent-rel...
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/134566/veerashaivas-urged-register-linga...
Basavaraj N Itnal
--- On Sat, 2/26/11, Gautam John gautam@prathambooks.org wrote:
From: Gautam John gautam@prathambooks.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikimediaindia-l] ToI front page: Rs 1 cr for Sanskrit WP To: "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in & from Bangalore, India" wikimedia-in-blr@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 11:30 AM
On 26 February 2011 16:57, Basavaraj Itnal basavarajitnal@yahoo.com wrote:
wiki has to recognise and be sensitive to these
concerns.
It is, in it's content drawing on it's policies of being an encyclopedia and being neutral. These are very powerful pillars that promote neutrality of points of view.
Thank you.
Best,
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