Hello Tito,

Many of us are already doing this but before making it a more formal process/ part of a best practice some issues need our attention. This brings the question of active adminship of the Wikimediaindia-l mailing list. Many times, mails to Wikimediaindia-l mailing list did not appear in the list even after several days. Sometimes mails got published (do not know technicality, so excuse me for using these terms) even after several days of the deadline/event/activity. I do not know the reasons or issues in maintaining the list, but thought it would be helpful to bring this up now.

To sum up: If we aim to get state-level, project-level, and other kinds of grants posted here, we need to help several communities and many community members understand the necessity, but in the first place, we need to fix issues in maintaining this space before asking them to come here and post. I believe we can do it together and would like to see comments from other community members too.

Regards,

Pavan.

On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 10:55 AM Tito Dutta <trulytito@gmail.com> wrote:

Namaskara,
This might be some food for thought, and inputs are welcome. India mailing list is the largest and most widely used Wikimedia mailing list for the Indian community. Could we have a practice that all grant requests from the country (or related to) are informed on the Wikimediaindia-l mailing list?

Whether it is a state-level, project-level, language-level etc, or whether it is a rapid grant, project grant etc it would be good to see the plan details on this mailing list in advance. It will ensure greater visibility, and it will also ensure the community's understanding/knowing of each other's projects.

If we can have a practice like this, we can inform Wikimedia, or CR team or relevant support structure(s) as an India community practice.

This post is in my personal capacity. Please assume good faith
Regards,
User:Titodutta

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