Could I make a practical suggestion to help those that might be challenged in public places or when going into institutions?
In the UK we are looking at making "official" press cards for established Wikinews reporters. I know from experience that taking photographs in India can be problematic for many reasons, not just the police. If the local chapter could produce letters of authority or "press ID" for regular contributors, this might make our contributers feel a bit more confident about having something to produce when questioned about what they are doing.
The "press ID" in the UK would work by the person having their identity on file with the London office. If there are questions about their work (for example photographs being taken or interviews) then the person's real life ID can be checked by phoning the chapter office. This does not have to compromize their on-line identity if anonymous, as real-life identity is kept confidential by the chapter. In most cases we would expect that having an "official" looking card or letter would solve most problems on the spot, particularly when the Wikimedian can say "please phone my office if you want to confirm my details".
You can find a discussion about the press ID system for the UK at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Wikinews_reporter_IDs. WMUK would be open to supporting an internationally recognized system along these lines.
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I think this is a great suggestion. I know that amateur and even professional photographers (non-Press persons) face endless nuisance simply due the lack of an official looking card.
Do we actually have an 'office'? If so, its address on the card would help. Only thing is since probably the 'number' might be a volunteer, we should try not to have such persons bothered by nuisance calls. Perhaps we can take a SIM for the purpose and attach it to an answering service (computer-based).
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Fae faenwp@gmail.com wrote:
Could I make a practical suggestion to help those that might be challenged in public places or when going into institutions?
In the UK we are looking at making "official" press cards for established Wikinews reporters. I know from experience that taking photographs in India can be problematic for many reasons, not just the police. If the local chapter could produce letters of authority or "press ID" for regular contributors, this might make our contributers feel a bit more confident about having something to produce when questioned about what they are doing.
The "press ID" in the UK would work by the person having their identity on file with the London office. If there are questions about their work (for example photographs being taken or interviews) then the person's real life ID can be checked by phoning the chapter office. This does not have to compromize their on-line identity if anonymous, as real-life identity is kept confidential by the chapter. In most cases we would expect that having an "official" looking card or letter would solve most problems on the spot, particularly when the Wikimedian can say "please phone my office if you want to confirm my details".
You can find a discussion about the press ID system for the UK at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Wikinews_reporter_IDs. WMUK would be open to supporting an internationally recognized system along these lines.
Thanks, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags
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Hello,
Yes, it would probably help a lot.
Regards,
Yann
Yes, this would help a LOT, thanks Fae!
This does not answer my original question though - what if someone gets into trouble? Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:18:46 +0530 From: yannfo@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)
Hello,
Yes, it would probably help a lot.
Regards,
Yann
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests of wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party (since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it, else sit at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests of wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party (since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it, else sit at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope and variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our stated goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work some credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh (personal opnion)
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The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into some sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the chapter must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial amount of history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those it endorses.
anirudh (personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests of wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party (since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it, else sit at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope and variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our stated goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work some credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh (personal opnion)
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We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into some sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the chapter must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial amount of history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those it endorses.
anirudh (personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests of wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party (since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it, else sit at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope and variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our stated goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work some credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh (personal opnion)
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The chapter can officially decide it only after a discussion within Board , SIG leadership and the members.
But on a personal level, I agree with Anirudh's view on this. Since it brings strong accountability for the chapter on the use of the ID by the recipients , this has to be done with caution and utmost care. May be we can set up an empowered committee to review such requests and grant them. ( just a suggestion) Nevertheless, IMHO, such id cards should be issued to "only trusted Wikimedians" with a substantial amount of history with our projects and mission.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into some sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the
chapter
must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial
amount of
history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those it endorses.
anirudh (personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak@gmail.com
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests
of
wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party (since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it, else
sit
at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope and variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our
stated
goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work
some
credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh (personal opnion)
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Great suggestion Fae.
As Srikanth correctly pointed it out, such an ID would be under the content scope, which neither the chapter or the WMF India operations have any jurisdiction over.
I remember a couple of years ago, Wikinews tried this for their active editors, offering to print them 'official reporter' IDs. It was an idea at the time, and I'm not sure if they actually implemented it or not.
For photographers, this would be the commons community. This shouldn't be too hard, I suggest someone mentioning the political situation and suggesting this for commons photographers in the VP. The great thing is since, it would be the community who would award it, there is little or no direct liability to an official body. There should however be a contribution record or an endorsement from someone to print these out.
One thing the chapter can do however, is offer a special member/photographers ID to the existing members. This could be at a surcharge so they don't undertake any expense- they can print out plastic IDs with photos, and membership detail of the existing members. This ID might be able to suffice for the purpose.
Regards Theo
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucherian@gmail.comwrote:
The chapter can officially decide it only after a discussion within Board , SIG leadership and the members.
But on a personal level, I agree with Anirudh's view on this. Since it brings strong accountability for the chapter on the use of the ID by the recipients , this has to be done with caution and utmost care. May be we can set up an empowered committee to review such requests and grant them. ( just a suggestion) Nevertheless, IMHO, such id cards should be issued to "only trusted Wikimedians" with a substantial amount of history with our projects and mission.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into some sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the
chapter
must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial
amount of
history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those
it
endorses.
anirudh (personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <
srik.lak@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests
of
wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party (since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it,
else sit
at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope
and
variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our
stated
goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work
some
credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh (personal opnion)
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Further to Theo's suggestion (inline below)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
Great suggestion Fae.
As Srikanth correctly pointed it out, such an ID would be under the content scope, which neither the chapter or the WMF India operations have any jurisdiction over.
I remember a couple of years ago, Wikinews tried this for their active editors, offering to print them 'official reporter' IDs. It was an idea at the time, and I'm not sure if they actually implemented it or not.
For photographers, this would be the commons community. This shouldn't be too hard, I suggest someone mentioning the political situation and suggesting this for commons photographers in the VP. The great thing is since, it would be the community who would award it, there is little or no direct liability to an official body. There should however be a contribution record or an endorsement from someone to print these out.
One thing the chapter can do however, is offer a special member/photographers ID to the existing members. This could be at a surcharge so they don't undertake any expense- they can print out plastic IDs with photos, and membership detail of the existing members. This ID might be able to suffice for the purpose.
I don't think that the card should necessarily be printed at a centralised location. In fact, I don't even think this is desirable (from security and logistics viewpoints). It should be fairly simple to 'approve' a request for accreditation (framework discussed already), then lead to a web-based one-time card generator that the user can print and laminate herself. In case of problems printing, the user should have a fallback option to report the failure, in order to enable a second attempt for the card to be printed.
Regards Theo
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian@gmail.com
wrote:
The chapter can officially decide it only after a discussion within Board , SIG leadership and the members.
But on a personal level, I agree with Anirudh's view on this. Since it brings strong accountability for the chapter on the use of the ID by the recipients , this has to be done with caution and utmost care. May be we can set up an empowered committee to review such requests and grant them. ( just a suggestion) Nevertheless, IMHO, such id cards should be issued to "only trusted Wikimedians" with a substantial amount of history with our projects and mission.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.comwrote:
We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into
some
sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the
chapter
must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial
amount of
history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those
it
endorses.
anirudh (personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <
srik.lak@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote: > > Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting
interests of
wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political
party
(since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it,
else sit
at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope
and
variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our
stated
goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work
some
credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh (personal opnion)
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I agree with fae about the entire issue. Last week, there was an Academy in Coimbatore at the Amrita University where I was denied entry as my ID card didn't state Wikipedia.
For Commons, this may not be of much use. Most Police men chase us away for pulling out a Camera in Public.
However, I do not see this reaching non members of the chapter, especially the under age ones like Vibhijain, or others. Re,
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcrishna@radiophony.comwrote:
Further to Theo's suggestion (inline below)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
Great suggestion Fae.
As Srikanth correctly pointed it out, such an ID would be under the content scope, which neither the chapter or the WMF India operations have any jurisdiction over.
I remember a couple of years ago, Wikinews tried this for their active editors, offering to print them 'official reporter' IDs. It was an idea at the time, and I'm not sure if they actually implemented it or not.
For photographers, this would be the commons community. This shouldn't be too hard, I suggest someone mentioning the political situation and suggesting this for commons photographers in the VP. The great thing is since, it would be the community who would award it, there is little or no direct liability to an official body. There should however be a contribution record or an endorsement from someone to print these out.
One thing the chapter can do however, is offer a special member/photographers ID to the existing members. This could be at a surcharge so they don't undertake any expense- they can print out plastic IDs with photos, and membership detail of the existing members. This ID might be able to suffice for the purpose.
I don't think that the card should necessarily be printed at a centralised location. In fact, I don't even think this is desirable (from security and logistics viewpoints). It should be fairly simple to 'approve' a request for accreditation (framework discussed already), then lead to a web-based one-time card generator that the user can print and laminate herself. In case of problems printing, the user should have a fallback option to report the failure, in order to enable a second attempt for the card to be printed.
Regards Theo
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, CherianTinu Abraham < tinucherian@gmail.com> wrote:
The chapter can officially decide it only after a discussion within Board , SIG leadership and the members.
But on a personal level, I agree with Anirudh's view on this. Since it brings strong accountability for the chapter on the use of the ID by the recipients , this has to be done with caution and utmost care. May be we can set up an empowered committee to review such requests and grant them. ( just a suggestion) Nevertheless, IMHO, such id cards should be issued to "only trusted Wikimedians" with a substantial amount of history with our projects and mission.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur@gmail.com
wrote:
We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into
some
sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the
chapter
must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial
amount of
history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to
those it
endorses.
anirudh (personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <
srik.lak@gmail.com>
wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote: >> >> Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance? > > > IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be > helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting
interests of
> wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political
party
> (since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it,
else sit
> at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope
and
variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our
stated
goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work
some
credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh (personal opnion)
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Agree with Srikanth, as I can't join the chapter because I'm underage.
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:49:39 -0800 From: parakara.ghoda@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)
I agree with fae about the entire issue. Last week, there was an Academy in Coimbatore at the Amrita University where I was denied entry as my ID card didn't state Wikipedia.
For Commons, this may not be of much use. Most Police men chase us away for pulling out a Camera in Public.
However, I do not see this reaching non members of the chapter, especially the under age ones like Vibhijain, or others. Re,
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcrishna@radiophony.com wrote:
Further to Theo's suggestion (inline below)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
Great suggestion Fae. As Srikanth correctly pointed it out, such an ID would be under the content scope, which neither the chapter or the WMF India operations have any jurisdiction over.
I remember a couple of years ago, Wikinews tried this for their active editors, offering to print them 'official reporter' IDs. It was an idea at the time, and I'm not sure if they actually implemented it or not.
For photographers, this would be the commons community. This shouldn't be too hard, I suggest someone mentioning the political situation and suggesting this for commons photographers in the VP. The great thing is since, it would be the community who would award it, there is little or no direct liability to an official body. There should however be a contribution record or an endorsement from someone to print these out.
One thing the chapter can do however, is offer a special member/photographers ID to the existing members. This could be at a surcharge so they don't undertake any expense- they can print out plastic IDs with photos, and membership detail of the existing members. This ID might be able to suffice for the purpose.
I don't think that the card should necessarily be printed at a centralised location. In fact, I don't even think this is desirable (from security and logistics viewpoints). It should be fairly simple to 'approve' a request for accreditation (framework discussed already), then lead to a web-based one-time card generator that the user can print and laminate herself. In case of problems printing, the user should have a fallback option to report the failure, in order to enable a second attempt for the card to be printed.
Regards Theo
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucherian@gmail.com wrote:
The chapter can officially decide it only after a discussion within Board , SIG leadership and the members.
But on a personal level, I agree with Anirudh's view on this.
Since it brings strong accountability for the chapter on the use of the ID by the recipients , this has to be done with caution and utmost care.
May be we can set up an empowered committee to review such requests and grant them. ( just a suggestion) Nevertheless, IMHO, such id cards should be issued to "only trusted Wikimedians" with a substantial amount of history with our projects and mission.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.com wrote:
We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
------------------------------------------------------
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into some
sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be
addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the
chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the chapter
must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial amount of
history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those it
endorses.
anirudh
(personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.com
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be
helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests of
wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party
(since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it, else sit
at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope and
variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our stated
goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the
volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work some
credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh
(personal opnion)
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If this get implemented with enough background check with rigid criteria like credible 300 uploads/3000 edits +1 yr active participation in any indian lang wiki project so as active users can get full advantage, it will be great. Such a criteria will help to keep self proclaimed or self appointed wikipedia enthusiasists away from taking over wikimedians or misusing wikipedia photographer status.
On 07/02/2012, Konarak Ratnakar konarak.11@live.com wrote:
Agree with Srikanth, as I can't join the chapter because I'm underage.
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:49:39 -0800 From: parakara.ghoda@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)
I agree with fae about the entire issue. Last week, there was an Academy in Coimbatore at the Amrita University where I was denied entry as my ID card didn't state Wikipedia.
For Commons, this may not be of much use. Most Police men chase us away for pulling out a Camera in Public.
However, I do not see this reaching non members of the chapter, especially the under age ones like Vibhijain, or others. Re,
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Vickram Crishna vvcrishna@radiophony.com wrote:
Further to Theo's suggestion (inline below)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
Great suggestion Fae. As Srikanth correctly pointed it out, such an ID would be under the content scope, which neither the chapter or the WMF India operations have any jurisdiction over.
I remember a couple of years ago, Wikinews tried this for their active editors, offering to print them 'official reporter' IDs. It was an idea at the time, and I'm not sure if they actually implemented it or not.
For photographers, this would be the commons community. This shouldn't be too hard, I suggest someone mentioning the political situation and suggesting this for commons photographers in the VP. The great thing is since, it would be the community who would award it, there is little or no direct liability to an official body. There should however be a contribution record or an endorsement from someone to print these out.
One thing the chapter can do however, is offer a special member/photographers ID to the existing members. This could be at a surcharge so they don't undertake any expense- they can print out plastic IDs with photos, and membership detail of the existing members. This ID might be able to suffice for the purpose.
I don't think that the card should necessarily be printed at a centralised location. In fact, I don't even think this is desirable (from security and logistics viewpoints). It should be fairly simple to 'approve' a request for accreditation (framework discussed already), then lead to a web-based one-time card generator that the user can print and laminate herself. In case of problems printing, the user should have a fallback option to report the failure, in order to enable a second attempt for the card to be printed.
Regards Theo
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucherian@gmail.com wrote:
The chapter can officially decide it only after a discussion within Board , SIG leadership and the members.
But on a personal level, I agree with Anirudh's view on this.
Since it brings strong accountability for the chapter on the use of the ID by the recipients , this has to be done with caution and utmost care.
May be we can set up an empowered committee to review such requests and grant them. ( just a suggestion) Nevertheless, IMHO, such id cards should be issued to "only trusted Wikimedians" with a substantial amount of history with our projects and mission.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.baindur@gmail.com wrote:
We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into some
sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be
addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the
chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the chapter
must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial amount of
history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those it
endorses.
anirudh
(personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.com
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be
helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests of
wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party
(since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it, else sit
at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope and
variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our stated
goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the
volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work some
credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh
(personal opnion)
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Excellent Suggestion Praveen, +1.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:23 PM, praveenp me.praveen@gmail.com wrote:
If this get implemented with enough background check with rigid criteria like credible 300 uploads/3000 edits +1 yr active participation in any indian lang wiki project so as active users can get full advantage, it will be great. Such a criteria will help to keep self proclaimed or self appointed wikipedia enthusiasists away from taking over wikimedians or misusing wikipedia photographer status.
On 07/02/2012, Konarak Ratnakar konarak.11@live.com wrote:
Agree with Srikanth, as I can't join the chapter because I'm underage.
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:49:39 -0800 From: parakara.ghoda@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards (was: Backup for Wikipedians)
I agree with fae about the entire issue. Last week, there was an Academy in Coimbatore at the Amrita University
where
I was denied entry as my ID card didn't state Wikipedia.
For Commons, this may not be of much use. Most Police men chase us away
for
pulling out a Camera in Public.
However, I do not see this reaching non members of the chapter,
especially
the under age ones like Vibhijain, or others. Re,
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Vickram Crishna <
vvcrishna@radiophony.com>
wrote:
Further to Theo's suggestion (inline below)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
Great suggestion Fae. As Srikanth correctly pointed it out, such an ID would be under the
content
scope, which neither the chapter or the WMF India operations have any jurisdiction over.
I remember a couple of years ago, Wikinews tried this for their active editors, offering to print them 'official reporter' IDs. It was an idea
at
the time, and I'm not sure if they actually implemented it or not.
For photographers, this would be the commons community. This shouldn't be too hard, I suggest someone mentioning the political situation and suggesting this for commons photographers in the VP. The great thing is since, it would be the community who would award it, there is little or
no
direct liability to an official body. There should however be a
contribution
record or an endorsement from someone to print these out.
One thing the chapter can do however, is offer a special member/photographers ID to the existing members. This could be at a surcharge so they don't undertake any expense- they can print out plastic IDs with photos, and membership detail of the existing members. This ID might be able to suffice for the purpose.
I don't think that the card should necessarily be printed at a
centralised
location. In fact, I don't even think this is desirable (from security
and
logistics viewpoints). It should be fairly simple to 'approve' a request
for
accreditation (framework discussed already), then lead to a web-based one-time card generator that the user can print and laminate herself. In case of problems printing, the user should have a fallback option to
report
the failure, in order to enable a second attempt for the card to be
printed.
Regards Theo
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <
tinucherian@gmail.com>
wrote:
The chapter can officially decide it only after a discussion within
Board ,
SIG leadership and the members.
But on a personal level, I agree with Anirudh's view on this.
Since it brings strong accountability for the chapter on the use of the
ID
by the recipients , this has to be done with caution and utmost care.
May be we can set up an empowered committee to review such requests and grant them. ( just a suggestion) Nevertheless, IMHO, such id cards should be issued to "only trusted Wikimedians" with a substantial amount of history with our projects and mission.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur@gmail.com
wrote:
We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com
wrote:
The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into some
sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be
addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the
chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the chapter
must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial
amount
of
history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those
it
endorses.
anirudh
(personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <
srik.lak@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be
helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting interests
of
wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political party
(since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it, else sit
at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope
and
variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our stated
goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the
volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work
some
credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh
(personal opnion)
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Praveenp +1
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 16:10, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.ghoda@gmail.com> wrote:
Excellent Suggestion Praveen, +1.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:23 PM, praveenp me.praveen@gmail.com wrote:
If this get implemented with enough background check with rigid criteria like credible 300 uploads/3000 edits +1 yr active participation in any indian lang wiki project so as active users can get full advantage, it will be great. Such a criteria will help to keep self proclaimed or self appointed wikipedia enthusiasists away from taking over wikimedians or misusing wikipedia photographer status.
On 07/02/2012, Konarak Ratnakar konarak.11@live.com wrote:
Agree with Srikanth, as I can't join the chapter because I'm underage.
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:49:39 -0800 From: parakara.ghoda@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Letters of authority or press cards
(was:
Backup for Wikipedians)
I agree with fae about the entire issue. Last week, there was an Academy in Coimbatore at the Amrita University
where
I was denied entry as my ID card didn't state Wikipedia.
For Commons, this may not be of much use. Most Police men chase us away
for
pulling out a Camera in Public.
However, I do not see this reaching non members of the chapter,
especially
the under age ones like Vibhijain, or others. Re,
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Vickram Crishna <
vvcrishna@radiophony.com>
wrote:
Further to Theo's suggestion (inline below)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
Great suggestion Fae. As Srikanth correctly pointed it out, such an ID would be under the
content
scope, which neither the chapter or the WMF India operations have any jurisdiction over.
I remember a couple of years ago, Wikinews tried this for their active editors, offering to print them 'official reporter' IDs. It was an idea
at
the time, and I'm not sure if they actually implemented it or not.
For photographers, this would be the commons community. This shouldn't
be
too hard, I suggest someone mentioning the political situation and suggesting this for commons photographers in the VP. The great thing is since, it would be the community who would award it, there is little or
no
direct liability to an official body. There should however be a
contribution
record or an endorsement from someone to print these out.
One thing the chapter can do however, is offer a special member/photographers ID to the existing members. This could be at a surcharge so they don't undertake any expense- they can print out
plastic
IDs with photos, and membership detail of the existing members. This ID might be able to suffice for the purpose.
I don't think that the card should necessarily be printed at a
centralised
location. In fact, I don't even think this is desirable (from security
and
logistics viewpoints). It should be fairly simple to 'approve' a
request for
accreditation (framework discussed already), then lead to a web-based one-time card generator that the user can print and laminate herself. In case of problems printing, the user should have a fallback option to
report
the failure, in order to enable a second attempt for the card to be
printed.
Regards Theo
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <
tinucherian@gmail.com>
wrote:
The chapter can officially decide it only after a discussion within
Board ,
SIG leadership and the members.
But on a personal level, I agree with Anirudh's view on this.
Since it brings strong accountability for the chapter on the use of the
ID
by the recipients , this has to be done with caution and utmost care.
May be we can set up an empowered committee to review such requests and grant them. ( just a suggestion) Nevertheless, IMHO, such id cards should be issued to "only trusted Wikimedians" with a substantial amount of history with our projects and mission.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Ashwin Baindur <
ashwin.baindur@gmail.com>
wrote:
We do need a Chapter EC Board member to respond to this.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com
wrote:
The question whether the Chapter will help someone if they get into
some
sort of trouble with the authorities is an important one and should be
addressed. Once a letter of authority is issued to a volunteer, the
chapter's reputation and credibility is on the line. Therefore, the chapter
must endeavor to only approve those members who have a substantial
amount
of
history with our projects and their mission.
In such a scenario, I would expect the chapter to extend help to those
it
endorses.
anirudh
(personal opinion)
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudhsbh@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <
srik.lak@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 18:24, wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> Will the chapter or India Programs provide assistance?
IIRC both of them lie outside the "content" boundary and wouldn't be
helping. I dont recollect reading anything like "protecting
interests of
wikipedians" on the chapter's mission / vision. Form a political
party
(since asking the current ones might not help!) and fight for it,
else
sit
at home and edit non controversial stuff like "Brinjal" :P
Supporting Wikimedia volunteers in their mission to expand the scope
and
variety of content on Wikimedia projects is an important part of our stated
goals. I think this is a very good idea, and a little help to the
volunteers from the chapter would go a long way in giving their work
some
credibility in the eyes of authorities, private and public both.
anirudh
(personal opnion)
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