I'm not bring able to attend or haven't been played any role in organising, but petty accusation based on no real substance, that to from two members of the community with long experience, reflects 0% assumptions of any good faith. This  would hurt the community spirit. Why page not updated considered secrecy? Why questions framed for fellow volunteers so sensational. We all at some point found things missing and have added a word in random pages. I don't know most of the people organising the event but many new community members are able to bring together the larger Indian community after long, especially when the risks of the pandemic are less.

Registration-based entry is not secrecy. Walk-in is not openness. Safe spaces are always created by building a layer or controlled and vetted entry. We all saw what kind of interesting events happened in Mumbai back in 2011. Wikimedians and their physical safety are much more important that an abstract, self-professed version of openness.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023, 2:44 AM Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com@gmail.com> wrote:
WOW!! 

I completely agree with Pavanja !!
 
Looks like this conference is some kind of secret mission!! 

There is hardly any activity about it on the mailing list or even on wiki. 

For no reason, secrecy is seen everywhere eg. Check the team page.


Asaf says, ad hoc attendance is discouraged. But without any disclosure of the venue, such attendance is not going to happen at all !! 

Where is the openness and trust that exist on Wikipedia reflected in the conference?? 

Or possibly that 90+ lakhs budget amount is to be spent secretly !! 

Ironically the theme of the conference is "Strengthening bonds" !! Looks like there are very secret bonds to be developed there !! 


Anyways, all the best wishes to the conference!! 

Well, I was thinking of sending some press release to the media. Nothing available about it on the conference website.

Regards 
Sudhanwa



On Fri, Apr 28, 2023, 12:29 AM Asaf Bartov <abartov@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi, Pavanaja.

As the conference FAQ page[1] mentions, there will be no streaming, and walk-in ad hoc attendance is discouraged.

Folks who have registered have received all the information.

As for documentation by participants, I'm sure that will begin to show up once the conference proper begins (tomorrow morning).

   A.


On Thu, 27 Apr 2023, 20:33 <pavanaja@vishvakannada.com> wrote:

Namaste,

 

Wkiconference India 2023 starts tomorrow. The home page is here - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023

I have many questions –

  • Where the event is happening?
  • If someone just wants to walk-in, where he/she should go?
  • Sessions are listed. But no details. There could have been link to the submissions so that we can know what are the details
  • No mention of links to online streaming. No live streaming?

 

I just observed something peculiar about this event. Most details, for ex., venue, are kept as secret. What is the necessity to do so? When I travel to such events, I start posting in social media (FB, Insta, Twitter, Whatsapp status) about the event, start posting photos from airport itself till end of event. So far I did not see a single post about the event, the venue, the goodies, the sessions, etc. What’s going on? Whether the organisers have put a ban on such activities? If that is the case, then it is totally against the philosophy of free knowledge and open society.

 

I am just wondering. I am sure many more also will be wondering.

 

Thanks and regards,

Pavanaja

 

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