Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal: Wikipedia participation at 'Kolkata Book Fair 2012'

24 Nov 2011


      hi,
The Kolkata Book Fair is HUGE! I've been wanting to go there since I turned 18 (I didn't know about the book fair before that).
Would it be possible at all to get a laptop or two into the venue so that interested people can try their hand at editing Wikipedia - Bengali or English or even other languages? Doing and trying something might help more than just reading about it and watching videos.
Awesome to hear about this initiative. Already planning on bunking few more days of office and visiting :) For the unanswered question, Kolkata Book Fair 2012 runs from Jan 25, 2012 - Feb 5, 2012.
Also, a prod to improve the article and add pictures to the Wikipedia article on the same? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Book_Fair (Start class article now)
warm regards,
Pradeep Mohandas
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:39:24 +0530
From: jayantanth@gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
CC: wikimedia-in-wb@lists.wikimedia.org; wikimedia-in-exec@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal: Wikipedia participation at 'Kolkata	Book Fair 2012'
Hi,
my thoughts below....
1) On-spot India Chapter membership for visitors if they wish.2) Distribute Chapter Brochures, Welcome to Wikipedia Brochure.
3) Distribute Bengali Wikipedia Brochures.
4) Need 3/4 dedicated volunteers for 12 days 1PM-8PM
5) Contiguous running videos regarding Wikipedia ( Jimmy speech, Wikimania/WCI event images, and many more) 6) Display all banner and etc
7) Need one hired staff for collecting Cash and etc and work for India Chapter membership. ( if possible)8) Short Quiz contest for visitors.
9) Q&A for visitor (Need 3/4 dedicated volunteers for 12 days 1PM-8PM)
anything new thought/feedback/suggestions are welcome.
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Naveen Francis naveenpf@wikimedia.in wrote:
Hi Jayanta,
Can you please co-ordinate this helping Tuhin Khanrah ?
I can send you Chapter Brochures, Welcome to Wikipedia Brochure and few
swags.
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Tuhin Khanrah tuhin.khanrah@gmail.comwrote:
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On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhadatta@gmail.comwrote:
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When is the book fair? And can someone please forward this to the chapter?
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On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar@gmail.com
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I support the proposal.
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I think Wikimedia India chapter should earnestly consider showcasing the
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Wiki Conference India 2011 at the Kolkata Book Fair 2012. This would be
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in India, eastern India and the North East in particular.
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <
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Chapter and the Wikipedia Kolkata Community.
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Not necessary to promote only bengali Wikipedia but even english
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can be promoted. This is a major outreach and the Chapter really
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Biswarup Ganguly <
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Dear Sir,
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The 'Kolkata Book Fair'  has been organized by the 'Publishers &
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Booksellers Guild' is one of the most prestigious and active
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event in India for last thirty five years. It is the world's largest
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non-trade book fair, Asia's largest book fair and the most attended
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book fair in the world. Other than books it houses television, radio
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and other multimedia companies as well.
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I think that, the presence of  Wikipedia in physically to the coming
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'Kolkata Book Fair 2012' will be a most valuable way to reach a very
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large number of well learned persons to increase it's user growth.
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It is learned from a verbal reliable source that in 2010 the stall
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charge was about Rs. 500/- per squire feet. The minimum space
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of 100 sqft. Apart from the fair space there will be other costs
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decorations, lights, projector & computers with mobile broadband
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involved to have the exhibition successfully.
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I propose for consideration to make a twelve day show to the
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'Wikimedia India Chapter' for the exhibition. The detail of the
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Telephone: +91-33-2360 4588, 2354 4417
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E-mail: guild@cal2.vsnl.net.in,pbguild@vsnl.net
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http://www.kolkatabookfaironline.com/index.php
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Proposal: Wikipedia participation at 'Kolkata Book Fair 2012'