Hi -

I was simply stating my observation that the Malayalam community seems to be a great group doing great work like many in our community. I like the fact that they don't seem to be locked up in some of the politics/disputes that happen elsewhere in the Wikimedia community around the world. That's all.

More broadly, I had a terrific visit! I had very productive discussions and learned a lot with the Malayalam community at their conference. We had a great meetup in Bangalore on Sunday where we discussed several projects including Kannada, Telugu and Sanskrit. I had a good meeting with Arjuna on Saturday and then Hisham and I had a good lunch with Arjuna and Arum on moving forward with opportunities for collaboration between the chapter and India Program. I also had a good day with the India Program team in Delhi on their current and upcoming work plans. Finally, Hisham and I were invited to meet with the Board of Trustees of the Centre for Internet & Society in Bangalore and we had a good discussion with Sunil Abraham, their Executive Director. Needless to say, I got very little sleep jumping around the country and am quite exhausted at the moment, but it was worth the hectic travel.

Many thanks to the ML community for inviting me to Kollam (I'll definitely be back to see more of Kerala), to those who came to the Bangalore meetup, to CIS, the India Program team and to Arjuna and Arun for a good discussion (and for buying lunch).

Best,

Barry

Barry Newstead

Chief Global Development Officer

Wikimedia Foundation

Whoa, whoa, guys, chill! No names!! The comment was perfectly normal, nothing hidden directed at anyone, and we need to stop making baseless assumptions. Man, the word 'politics' is seriously jinxed!.

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <debastein@gmail.com> wrote:
Seriously? I don't mean to be rude here but I'd really don't think that is the way it was meant to be interpreted. I mean, if I say Ashwin is kind-hearted, doesn't mean I'm calling every other community member heartless. My two paise.

For a proper interpretation, you will have to look at the statement in context and some of the discussion threads from the past few weeks. There is a difference between saying "Debastein, you are amazing!" and "Debastein, you are not a wife-beater." The later naturally raises the presumption that you have a wife and casts doubt as to whether you really beat her? :)

In any case, I would like to hear from Barry on this. Thanks.

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