Oh, I am under no apprehensions about ownership of WikiProject India. I am only a volunteer who tends to it as SIG chair on being requested by some colleagues. So it is my something in my care - a trust belonging to the people in which I look after something which belongs to all.

Ownership here can only mean the feeling that Wikipedia "belongs" to all of us and because of that it is inherently good and desirable of us to work for it - not that I "own" this or that article. When you "own" something you care about it and work for it. I am sure that is what is meant by Nitika.

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <parakara.ghoda@gmail.com> wrote:

Nitika,
The term ownership doesn't exist here.
Yes, while I welcome BPositive and hope that he helps us increase the Quality of Indian articles,
I really don't like this Ownership thing people talk about.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Nitika <ntandon@wikimedia.org> wrote:

That's great! So good to see more people sharing responsibilities and taking ownership of projects in Wikipedia. I wish you all the best Pratik! I'm sure you'll learn a lot while leading this project.

And a great "thank you" to Ashwin who has been indefatigable watching out on several WikiProjects, co-ordintaing offline Wikipedia project, handholding newbies, guiding all the Campus Ambassadors, leading GA master class, encouraging everyone to join WikiProject India and the list goes on and on and on. Thank you so very much Ashwin! :-)

Nitika

On 16-Feb-2012, at 9:45 AM, Ashwin Baindur wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> I would like to welcome Pratik Lahoti or User:BPositive to the fold of people in charge of doing things in Wikipedia. BPositive is a young member (in comparison to me :)) of Pune community and Wikipedia Pune Club. He was an active Campus Ambassador in the first version of India Education Program. Energetic and enthusiastic BPositive is taking charge of  the India Collaboration of the Month (INCOTM) process and is the first person to volunteer to help me keep WikiProject India active by taking on a specific responsibility.
>
> All the best BPositive and hope you have a great time doing things new to you till now!
>
> I request the wider India community to welcome and support BPositive as he guides us on our monthly INCOTMs.
>
> AshLin

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