Subhashish,
While I understand that you haven't played any role in organizing the
conference and you may not be attending, it is essential to recognize that
transparency and open communication are key to maintaining trust within the
community. Intentionally hiding information can often lead to corruption,
which is why concerns raised by reputed community members should not be
dismissed as petty.
Although safe spaces and controlled entry are important, it should not come
at the cost of transparency. Striking a balance between safety and openness
is crucial. It is the responsibility of event organizers to keep the
community informed and involved in the process.
Given the current circumstances, it seems that the Wikimedia Foundation has
potentially hijacked the Wiki Conference India to advance their own agenda
without actively maintaining transparency. As community members, we should
be concerned about this apparent lack of openness, as it could undermine
the very principles upon which the Wikimedia movement is founded.
We must remember that the lack of transparency surrounding this particular
Wiki Conference could enable the Wikimedia Foundation to use it as an
opportunity to present certain proposals and collect selective feedback.
This would be a highly questionable practice, given that the WMF should not
make any decisions or collect selective feedback during this event and then
present it as broader community feedback. Such actions would be misleading
and could be considered a corrupt practice.
As community members, we must hold the WMF and event organizers accountable
for ensuring that the conference reflects the values of transparency,
inclusiveness, and open collaboration that are fundamental to the Wikimedia
movement. By doing so, we can prevent the possibility of the WMF using this
event as a platform to push through decisions or collect selective feedback
without properly involving the broader community.
Regards,
Jayantilal
On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 at 6:29 AM, Subhashish <psubhashish(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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(a)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(a)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.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/FAQ
On Thu, 27 Apr 2023, 20:33 <pavanaja(a)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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