Thanks for bringing this up Ashwin (and for the detailed feedback). If the images are not
named properly, people will not be able to recognise them, which makes the whole exercise
useless.
Can I suggest, now that the images have been uploaded such, the uploaders update the image
summary with details of each image, so that people outside Kolkata can identify images and
use them where required.
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:41:10 +0530
From: ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
CC: wikimedia-in-wb(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-in-WB] Kolkata Photo Walk (Esplanade &
Dalhousie)
Hi,
First of all many thanks to our Calcutta brethren for conducting this photo walk and many
thanks for uploading the images to Commons. Such events will greatly help our
country's herittage buildings, architecture, landmarks etc be preserved.
After trying a quick & dirty look up with the results of your wonderful event, some
points come to mind.
1. NAMING OF IMAGES - . The images with building names included in name are very useful
& easily locatable
eg :
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aayakar_Bhawan_-_Kolkata_2011-12-18_…
Images named in the following manner are not at all useful to find the building concerned
eg : File:Wikimedia_Photowalk_-_Kolkata_2011-12-18_(32).JPG
especially since about 150 of these are so named.
2. CATEGORISATION - Images need to be categorised otherwise the images cannot be
located/used by those who dont know where to look for them.
3. ARTICLE USAGE - Tried to see what has stubs/images on English Wikipedia -
1. Shahid Minar - No link. [[Shaheed Minar]] of Bangladesh not India
2. Metropolitan Building - [[Metropolitan Building (Minneapolis0]] not Kolkata
3. Tipu Sultan Mosque - [[Tipu Sultan Mosque]], image already available
4. Victoria House - no article
5. Statesman House - no article but an image may be added (when located) to
[[The_Statesman]]
6. Aaykar Bhawan - no stub
7. Great Eastern Hotel - can be added to
[[Places_of_interest_in_Kolkata#Historic_hotels]]
8. Central Telegraph Office - page for CTO Colombo & London but not for Mumbai &
Kolkata
9. National Assurance Building - no building
10. Junior Staff Quarters of the Governor11. Raj Bhawan - can be added to
[[Raj_Bhavan_(West_Bengal)]]
12. St. John's Church - Meerut & Secunderabad pictured for India only
13. General Post Office - can be added to [[General_Post_Office,_Kolkata]]
14. Kolkata Collectorate - no article
15. Writers' Building - [[Writers'_Building]]
16. St. Andrews Chapel - no article
4. STUB IMPROVEMENT - Many buildings have no stubs. These need to be made. Others need
references, geo-code, images, etc.
Hope this feedback is useful in some way.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We met at the foot of Shahid Minar at 7AM in the morning. It was a bit foggy and chilly.
We are enjoying an early winter chill and record low temperatures in Kolkata this year.
After enjoying a steaming cup of tea at the CSTC Canteen and began our walk.
ROUTEWe crossed the J.L.Nehru Road and Lenin Sarani crossing and took Bentinck Street.
Then we took left along the Waterloo Street, reaching the Great Eastern Hotel, we took
right along the Hemanta Basu Sarani to B.B.D.Bagh Square. Then we proceeded along
B.B.D.Bagh Sarani and took left turn to Red Cross Place to reach the entrance of Raj
Bhawan. From there we proceeded along the Government Place to St John's Church and
took right along Council House Street and Netaji Subhash Road and ended at the Writers
Buildings.
MONUMENTSWe covered the following monuments.1. Shahid Minar2. Metropolitan Building3. Tipu
Sultan Mosque4. Victoria House5. Statesman House
6. Aaykar Bhawan7. Great Eastern Hotel8. Central Telegraph Office9. National Assurance
Building10. Junior Staff Quarters of the Governor11. Raj Bhawan
12. St. John's Church13. General Post Office14. Kolkata Collectorate15. Writers'
Building16. St. Andrews Chapel
STATUES1. Lenin
2. Asutosh Mookerjee3. Prafulla Chaki4. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy5. Binay Badal Dinesh
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