So, I guess there is interest in where our office will be. She left out the following from the info I provided. Probably because it spoiled the theme of the story. ;-)
3 How good are Bangalore chances of being crowned wiki-capital in India?
We do not plan on having a "wiki-capital in India". We hope that every city and town will be a wiki-capital.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/210910-Wikimedia-foundation-Bangalore-W...
LOL... the "Wiki-capital" term was coined by the journo herself.. Anyways glad to see the buzz around the foundation office ... I had indeed told her it is upto Barry & the Foundation to decide where to set up the Foundation office.. Ofcourse, journos like to ride on stories of speculations ...
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.orgwrote:
So, I guess there is interest in where our office will be. She left out the following from the info I provided. Probably because it spoiled the theme of the story. ;-)
3 How good are Bangalore chances of being crowned wiki-capital in
India?
We do not plan on having a "wiki-capital in India". We hope that every
city and town will be a wiki-capital.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/210910-Wikimedia-foundation-Bangalore-W...
-- Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Wikimedia Foundation Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 634 Skype: barry.wikimedia Twitter: @bazanews
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.orgwrote:
So, I guess there is interest in where our office will be. She left out the following from the info I provided. Probably because it spoiled the theme of the story. ;-)
3 How good are Bangalore chances of being crowned wiki-capital in
India?
We do not plan on having a "wiki-capital in India". We hope that every
city and town will be a wiki-capital.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/210910-Wikimedia-foundation-Bangalore-W...
:-)
If Priyanka Prachad has been quoted right, I'll have to say it is rather unfair to say that "Bangalore has tiny forums and Mumbai has none". There are strong communities from out of Bangalore. Shouldn't need to add that Mumbai has equally strong communities as well.
There is diverse language community thriving on Internet from Bangalore.
In fact, a community in the local language that I personally maintain ( http://sampada.net) started in 2005 has had regular stream of increasing users all these years. And there are strong communities like Praja ( http://praja.in), Citizen Matters (citizenmatters.in), India Water Portal ( http://indiawaterportal.org/) and many more from Bangalore... the list is huge.
I would suggest not to take it personally, I dont know who Priyanka Prachad is, I dont think shes even attending the Delhi Meet. She's not on the sign-up page from what I see and does not speak for the Delhi community.
lol......so does that mean we are all competing for our cities, I didnt get that impression so far.
Regards
Salmaan
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpnadig@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.orgwrote:
So, I guess there is interest in where our office will be. She left out the following from the info I provided. Probably because it spoiled the theme of the story. ;-)
3 How good are Bangalore chances of being crowned wiki-capital in
India?
We do not plan on having a "wiki-capital in India". We hope that
every city and town will be a wiki-capital.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/210910-Wikimedia-foundation-Bangalore-W...
:-)
If Priyanka Prachad has been quoted right, I'll have to say it is rather unfair to say that "Bangalore has tiny forums and Mumbai has none". There are strong communities from out of Bangalore. Shouldn't need to add that Mumbai has equally strong communities as well.
There is diverse language community thriving on Internet from Bangalore.
In fact, a community in the local language that I personally maintain ( http://sampada.net) started in 2005 has had regular stream of increasing users all these years. And there are strong communities like Praja ( http://praja.in), Citizen Matters (citizenmatters.in), India Water Portal (http://indiawaterportal.org/) and many more from Bangalore... the list is huge. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig
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Salmanji, Please don't take it personally either... we are not "competing" for the cities.. :) Do note that the journo is from a Bangalore edition newspaper, so obviously will highlight the "Bangalore part". :) The journo asked about what are the "chances" for Bangalore, I said my personal opinions. She asked her "other contacts" in other cities too.. I also stressed the fact that it is upto the Foundation to decide where this has to be ( which wasn't mentioned in the article).
What matters is not where the foundatation office is set up, what is important is to grow the wiki-community and culture in every corner of the country.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
I would suggest not to take it personally, I dont know who Priyanka Prachad is, I dont think shes even attending the Delhi Meet. She's not on the sign-up page from what I see and does not speak for the Delhi community.
lol......so does that mean we are all competing for our cities, I didnt get that impression so far.
Regards
Salmaan
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpnadig@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Barry Newstead bnewstead@wikimedia.orgwrote:
So, I guess there is interest in where our office will be. She left out the following from the info I provided. Probably because it spoiled the theme of the story. ;-)
3 How good are Bangalore chances of being crowned wiki-capital in
India?
We do not plan on having a "wiki-capital in India". We hope that
every city and town will be a wiki-capital.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/210910-Wikimedia-foundation-Bangalore-W...
:-)
If Priyanka Prachad has been quoted right, I'll have to say it is rather unfair to say that "Bangalore has tiny forums and Mumbai has none". There are strong communities from out of Bangalore. Shouldn't need to add that Mumbai has equally strong communities as well.
There is diverse language community thriving on Internet from Bangalore.
In fact, a community in the local language that I personally maintain ( http://sampada.net) started in 2005 has had regular stream of increasing users all these years. And there are strong communities like Praja ( http://praja.in), Citizen Matters (citizenmatters.in), India Water Portal (http://indiawaterportal.org/) and many more from Bangalore... the list is huge. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig
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I understand that Tinu, I was laughing at that part.
You guys have been so supportive that it never entered my mind, it was a compliment.
Regards
Salmaan
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wrote:
Salmanji, Please don't take it personally either... we are not "competing" for the cities.. :) Do note that the journo is from a Bangalore edition newspaper, so obviously will highlight the "Bangalore part". :) The journo asked about what are the "chances" for Bangalore, I said my personal opinions. She asked her "other contacts" in other cities too.. I also stressed the fact that it is upto the Foundation to decide where this has to be ( which wasn't mentioned in the article).
What matters is not where the foundatation office is set up, what is important is to grow the wiki-community and culture in every corner of the country.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
I would suggest not to take it personally, I dont know who Priyanka Prachad is, I dont think shes even attending the Delhi Meet. She's not on the sign-up page from what I see and does not speak for the Delhi community.
lol......so does that mean we are all competing for our cities, I didnt get that impression so far.
Regards
Salmaan
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpnadig@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Barry Newstead <bnewstead@wikimedia.org
wrote:
So, I guess there is interest in where our office will be. She left out the following from the info I provided. Probably because it spoiled the theme of the story. ;-)
3 How good are Bangalore chances of being crowned wiki-capital in
India?
We do not plan on having a "wiki-capital in India". We hope that
every city and town will be a wiki-capital.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/210910-Wikimedia-foundation-Bangalore-W...
:-)
If Priyanka Prachad has been quoted right, I'll have to say it is rather unfair to say that "Bangalore has tiny forums and Mumbai has none". There are strong communities from out of Bangalore. Shouldn't need to add that Mumbai has equally strong communities as well.
There is diverse language community thriving on Internet from Bangalore.
In fact, a community in the local language that I personally maintain ( http://sampada.net) started in 2005 has had regular stream of increasing users all these years. And there are strong communities like Praja ( http://praja.in), Citizen Matters (citizenmatters.in), India Water Portal (http://indiawaterportal.org/) and many more from Bangalore... the list is huge. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig
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All is well :) Btw All the best for the Delhi Meetup tommorrow.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:01 AM, theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
I understand that Tinu, I was laughing at that part.
You guys have been so supportive that it never entered my mind, it was a compliment.
Regards
Salmaan
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:57 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < tinucherian@gmail.com> wrote:
Salmanji, Please don't take it personally either... we are not "competing" for the cities.. :) Do note that the journo is from a Bangalore edition newspaper, so obviously will highlight the "Bangalore part". :) The journo asked about what are the "chances" for Bangalore, I said my personal opinions. She asked her "other contacts" in other cities too.. I also stressed the fact that it is upto the Foundation to decide where this has to be ( which wasn't mentioned in the article).
What matters is not where the foundatation office is set up, what is important is to grow the wiki-community and culture in every corner of the country.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
I would suggest not to take it personally, I dont know who Priyanka Prachad is, I dont think shes even attending the Delhi Meet. She's not on the sign-up page from what I see and does not speak for the Delhi community.
lol......so does that mean we are all competing for our cities, I didnt get that impression so far.
Regards
Salmaan
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpnadig@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Barry Newstead < bnewstead@wikimedia.org> wrote:
So, I guess there is interest in where our office will be. She left out the following from the info I provided. Probably because it spoiled the theme of the story. ;-)
3 How good are Bangalore chances of being crowned wiki-capital in
> India? > We do not plan on having a "wiki-capital in India". We hope that
every city and town will be a wiki-capital.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/210910-Wikimedia-foundation-Bangalore-W...
:-)
If Priyanka Prachad has been quoted right, I'll have to say it is rather unfair to say that "Bangalore has tiny forums and Mumbai has none". There are strong communities from out of Bangalore. Shouldn't need to add that Mumbai has equally strong communities as well.
There is diverse language community thriving on Internet from Bangalore.
In fact, a community in the local language that I personally maintain ( http://sampada.net) started in 2005 has had regular stream of increasing users all these years. And there are strong communities like Praja (http://praja.in), Citizen Matters (citizenmatters.in), India Water Portal (http://indiawaterportal.org/) and many more from Bangalore... the list is huge. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig
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Thank you Sir.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:09 AM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian@gmail.com
wrote:
All is well :) Btw All the best for the Delhi Meetup tommorrow.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:01 AM, theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
I understand that Tinu, I was laughing at that part.
You guys have been so supportive that it never entered my mind, it was a compliment.
Regards
Salmaan
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:57 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < tinucherian@gmail.com> wrote:
Salmanji, Please don't take it personally either... we are not "competing" for the cities.. :) Do note that the journo is from a Bangalore edition newspaper, so obviously will highlight the "Bangalore part". :) The journo asked about what are the "chances" for Bangalore, I said my personal opinions. She asked her "other contacts" in other cities too.. I also stressed the fact that it is upto the Foundation to decide where this has to be ( which wasn't mentioned in the article).
What matters is not where the foundatation office is set up, what is important is to grow the wiki-community and culture in every corner of the country.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
I would suggest not to take it personally, I dont know who Priyanka Prachad is, I dont think shes even attending the Delhi Meet. She's not on the sign-up page from what I see and does not speak for the Delhi community.
lol......so does that mean we are all competing for our cities, I didnt get that impression so far.
Regards
Salmaan
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig hpnadig@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Barry Newstead < bnewstead@wikimedia.org> wrote:
So, I guess there is interest in where our office will be. She left out the following from the info I provided. Probably because it spoiled the theme of the story. ;-)
3 How good are Bangalore chances of being crowned wiki-capital in >> India? >> > We do not plan on having a "wiki-capital in India". We hope that every city and town will be a wiki-capital.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/210910-Wikimedia-foundation-Bangalore-W...
:-)
If Priyanka Prachad has been quoted right, I'll have to say it is rather unfair to say that "Bangalore has tiny forums and Mumbai has none". There are strong communities from out of Bangalore. Shouldn't need to add that Mumbai has equally strong communities as well.
There is diverse language community thriving on Internet from Bangalore.
In fact, a community in the local language that I personally maintain ( http://sampada.net) started in 2005 has had regular stream of increasing users all these years. And there are strong communities like Praja (http://praja.in), Citizen Matters (citizenmatters.in), India Water Portal (http://indiawaterportal.org/) and many more from Bangalore... the list is huge. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig
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PR Spin. But it always makes sense to clarify publicly. :)
Yours sincerely,
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:10 AM, theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you Sir.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:09 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < tinucherian@gmail.com> wrote:
All is well :) Btw All the best for the Delhi Meetup tommorrow.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:01 AM, theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
I understand that Tinu, I was laughing at that part.
You guys have been so supportive that it never entered my mind, it was a compliment.
Regards
Salmaan
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:57 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < tinucherian@gmail.com> wrote:
Salmanji, Please don't take it personally either... we are not "competing" for the cities.. :) Do note that the journo is from a Bangalore edition newspaper, so obviously will highlight the "Bangalore part". :) The journo asked about what are the "chances" for Bangalore, I said my personal opinions. She asked her "other contacts" in other cities too.. I also stressed the fact that it is upto the Foundation to decide where this has to be ( which wasn't mentioned in the article).
What matters is not where the foundatation office is set up, what is important is to grow the wiki-community and culture in every corner of the country.
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM, theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
I would suggest not to take it personally, I dont know who Priyanka Prachad is, I dont think shes even attending the Delhi Meet. She's not on the sign-up page from what I see and does not speak for the Delhi community.
lol......so does that mean we are all competing for our cities, I didnt get that impression so far.
Regards
Salmaan
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig@gmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Barry Newstead < bnewstead@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> So, I guess there is interest in where our office will be. She > left out the following from the info I provided. Probably because it spoiled > the theme of the story. ;-) > > 3 How good are Bangalore chances of being crowned wiki-capital in >>> India? >>> >> We do not plan on having a "wiki-capital in India". We hope that > every city and town will be a wiki-capital. > > > http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/sep/210910-Wikimedia-foundation-Bangalore-W... >
:-)
If Priyanka Prachad has been quoted right, I'll have to say it is rather unfair to say that "Bangalore has tiny forums and Mumbai has none". There are strong communities from out of Bangalore. Shouldn't need to add that Mumbai has equally strong communities as well.
There is diverse language community thriving on Internet from Bangalore.
In fact, a community in the local language that I personally maintain (http://sampada.net) started in 2005 has had regular stream of increasing users all these years. And there are strong communities like Praja (http://praja.in), Citizen Matters (citizenmatters.in), India Water Portal (http://indiawaterportal.org/) and many more from Bangalore... the list is huge. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig
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