On 30 March 2011 11:49, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> wrote: notice Wikipedia Srikanth, to be fair, I think he does see it as two different things or so the quote implies. What he might incorrectly allude to is a linkage between the two but his criticism of Wikipedia is the model of knowledge creation. Thank you. Best, Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Honestly, I don't see any reason to quiver. We should thank good'ol Moily for accidentally publicizing wikipedia at his own expense which I'm sure all his political opponents are going to keep using till the end of his days. He's taken wikipedia now to a much larger swathe of the Indian population - more than any number we could have reached out to - at least now a lot more people know there is such a thing called wikipedia! India hasn't banned or attacked wikileaks yet as I last remembered; rather the powers that be seem to running scared because of it. In the current scenario where scam after scam is tumbling out, I have seen a greater respect for groups like wikileaks among whoever knows about it; and lesser respect for all those who lash out at it. In all the conundrum with wikileaks in recent months, poor wikipedia had for all practical reasons gone into obscurity owing to prefix-hijack. Now it suddenly looks like it's back in the game - there's no such thing as bad publicity, after all! So I'd make light of the matter. Why be afraid of those who are afraid of the truth? If anybody raises anything, tell them fair and square that a member of their country's parliament screwed up. Cheers, Nikhil Sheth +91-966-583-1250 Pune, India Teach For India <http://www.teachforindia.org/> Fellow, 2011-13 www.nikhilsheth.tk Find me on: Twitter <http://twitter.com/nikhiljs> | Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/nikjs>| LinkedIn <http://in.linkedin.com/in/nikhiljs> | Google <http://www.google.com/profiles/nikhil.js>| RangDe<http://www.rangde.org/investor/nikhilsheth>| Youtube <http://www.youtube.com/user/nikjs> Join me on: Pune Documentary Club<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138497769525636>| Let's Do it Pune <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lets-do-it-Pune/103857326346659>| Toastmasters in Pune<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toastmasters-in-Pune/148767611833746&… Wikipedia For Schools project<http://education.wikia.com/wiki/Wikipedia_For_Schools_Offline_Ed… On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < rsrikanth05(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

The other day I was wearing the Wikipedia 10 T-shirt on MG Road in Bangalore and got a yelling in Kannada from a Police Inspector. I didn't exactly understand what he said, but I know he said Wikipedia, Sarkar, Danger.

On 30 March 2011 11:49, Srikanth Lakshmanan &lt;srik.lak(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: notice Wikipedia Srikanth, to be fair, I think he does see it as two different things or so the quote implies. What he might incorrectly allude to is a linkage between the two but his criticism of Wikipedia is the model of knowledge creation.

I think right now, we can start by sending out a message to everybody who we know? Spread the message? On Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, IRC etc. ? Or wear a T-shirt [I know it's stupid, I can get one though]. I'm serious about all of these, we need to do something. I have had numerous arguments with Juniors at College about this issue. Getting in touch with the Minister isn't really an easy task. As Srikanth said, a banner campaign is a good start. Regards, Srikanth R.