On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
<
rsrikanth05@gmail.com> wrote:
> And the press is sensationalist enough to accept any crap... I mean, they've
> interviewed us, spoken to us, covered our meetups so many times, why THE
> HELL can't they understand we're all EQUAL?? And if there really was any
> head, why the hell don't we do chamchagiri with him?
> I guess this can be discussed at the Malayalam Wikipedia and at Bangalore on
> 14th before we hold a vote online eh?
>
> On 22 February 2010 10:20, YellowMonkey <
blnguyen2230@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> And this conman who should be avoided, his name is ......
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Shiju Alex <
shijualexonline@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Ravi for bringing up this topic. I sent a similar mail regarding
>>> this some time back.
>>>
>>> Now a days many so called "wikipedians" are popping up here and there
>>> claiming themselves as the spokesperson of different Indian language wikis.
>>> The irony is that none of the Wiki language communities are aware about
>>> these types of developments. And some of these spokespersons doesn't even
>>> have an account in the respective language wiki.
>>>
>>>
>>> I know that Wiki editing and Wiki advocacy are two different topics. But
>>> we, contributors to different language wikipedias, doesn't want some one
>>> outside the Language community taking the responsibility of spokesperson
>>> with out our knowledge.
>>>
>>>
>>> It is a good idea to appoint a team of active wikians for each language
>>> as the official Spokespersons/contact persons. Let each Wiki language
>>> community decide how it should be represented outside.
>>>
>>>
>>> Shiju
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Ravi shankar <
ravidreams_03@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Recently we came to know that a fraud guy has been claiming himself to
>>>> be the "head" of Tamil Wiki and a director for yet-to-be-formed Indian
>>>> Wikimedia chapter. He has been doing this at many places including Govt
>>>> circles. This was a shock for us. I would like to warn a similar possibility
>>>> for all other Indian Wikis.
>>>>
>>>> I recommend that each Wiki start a mechanism to officially elect few
>>>> official Spokespersons / contact persons and spread the word about this
>>>> selection. The appointment can be cycled every few months to share
>>>> responsibility with more members. These need not be just the sysops /
>>>> bureaucrats. They can be anyone trust worthy, long serving the community,
>>>> having fair idea of Wiki organization and easy to cooperate and communicate
>>>> with.
>>>>
>>>> Ravi.
>>>>
>>>>
http://ravidreams.com/
>>>>
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