The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has very little to do with how policies are formulated on the English Wikipedia project. ASB.
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoronha1@gmail.com wrote:
Bishkha, Congrats! And please do something to push for flexible rules that take care of non-Western situations while crafting a global online encyclopedia.
I feel that societies which don't have such a long tradition with the printed word (or are mostly oral societies) have a distinct disadvantage while trying to match up to global Wikipedia requirements (for 'notability', referencing, etc). This gets doubly bad when someone needs to reference non-English texts, which might not be visible in cyberspace itself.
Do make a case for the need of separate standards when writing about Asian-African-LatinAm societies in the Wikipedia. This will go a long way in creating a level playing field. FN
-- FN Land +91-832-240-9490 Cell +91-982-212-2436 fn@goa-india.org Goa,1556's updated list of books available on and from Goa: http://www.scribd.com/doc/76671049/Goa1556-Catalogue-Books-from-Goa
On 29 December 2012 12:11, Bishakha Datta bishakhadatta@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you, all.
It's been a terrific experience, and I hope to continue to be of use to the Foundation and to the movement in my next term.
Best Bishakha
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Outofindia outofindia@gmail.comwrote:
Congratulations Bishakha
This is indeed good news for Wiki Media's work in India and a well deserved reappointment!
Best wishes
Harriet
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Pradeep Mohandas prad2609@yahoo.comwrote:
FYI.
- From: * Geoff Brigham gbrigham@wikimedia.org;
- To: * wikimediaannounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org; <
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>;
- Subject: * [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF
Trustee
Sent: * Fri, Dec 28, 2012 3:39:27 PM
I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a
Trustee on the WMF Board for another two-year term.
The Board resolution may be found here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Bishakha_Datta_Reappointment_...
The Board minutes may be found here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2012-12-27
Congratulations to Bishakha!
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