My 100 bucks on this :
Let's not make assumptions before we try it out. In the past we've done
editing sessions, outreach and everything else in colleges. The success
*drastically* depends on *who* is doing it. Don't get me wrong but, whether
people agree or not, whether it is successful; ALL depends on how
interesting you make it to be.
Also, a NO is not the final word, I keep trying and convincing. People give
in at some point. So, be bold and keep trying :)
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <debastein(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> My two paise:
>
> Point 1: I myself am a student, and I kind of agree with Srikanth on this
> one. Students aren't really interested in learning to edit Wikipedia at a
> fest. If I was a newbie, I wouldn't even look at the stall for more than
> say once or twice.
>
> A better idea is to have a photo scavenger hunt to upload to commons and
> use that somehow in an article in one of these fest. Anyone who can do it
> successfully after a brief tutorial, say gets rewarded with a tshirt.
>
> The t-shirt isn't that symbolic. It is necessary to attract a person to
> the stall, but what will drive them is the competitive spirit.
>
> Point 2: I do believe that Wikipedia has a lot of techies (my opinion, may
> be wrong). When you target techies, they are the easiest as they will like
> the concept of open source, coding, etc etc. But I doubt how many
> non-technical articles they chose to even touch in a short span.
>
> What we do not touch upon are non-tech fests, esp sciences and arts.
> Because, students of sciences generally have to do a lot of research but
> all this research just goes to their professors and rots. While literature
> students are always looking for avenues of self expression. Maybe Wikipedia
> is not the best place for that, but it will attract them more because of
> the audience. So why not give non-tech fests a try also?
>
> The most recent I can think of is Sympulse, which is in 9days. But Nitika
> or Hisham, maybe you can talk to them and if they agree, we can also help
> out?
>
> Contact info:
>
> Aditya Krishnamurthy : +91 9867559891
>
> Aparna Prasad : +91 9673399903
>
http://www.sympulsefest.com/
>
> Otherwise, I don't think you will get students to edit Wikipedia seriously
> other than the IEP model.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Debanjan
> *
> - Lets make this world a better and more informative place*
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Gunit Kalada <gunit.k31(a)gmail.com
wrote:
>
>> Hi Pratik,
>>
>> It is nice to get that kind of response from people. Maybe the scenario
>> in my college is exceptionally different. But if some colleges feel
>> differently, then I guess we can really go ahead and do this.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Gunit.
>>
>> On 20 January 2012 19:04, Aditya Sengupta <apsengupta(a)gmail.com
wrote:
>>
>>> Bishakha and I did a short session at VJTI during the previous edition
>>> of the technical festival. Money never came up.
>>>
>>> The kinds of places that are going to ask for money for these specific
>>> activities are the kinds of places you do not want to do these
>>> workshops/sessions at in the first place- a very clear and simple filter.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 18:57, Pratik Lahoti
<pr4tiklahoti(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Gunit,
>>>>
>>>> Its not all about sponsorship. We got a stall for free at the CMDA IT
>>>> Expo as well.
>>>> Infact, I just had a chat yesterday with one of my friends from Cummins
>>>> College of Engineering for Women regarding the outreach activities and
she
>>>> was asking me how much do they have to pay to us for the workshop if it
was
>>>> organized in their college during the fest. Clearly, people don't
expect
>>>> any money from us. Infact, they are ready to pay us :P
>>>>
>>>> We can conduct workshops, if a stall is not possible. And the ultimate
>>>> aim is to spread the word about Wikipedia.
>>>>
>>>> --Pratik Lahoti.
>>>> User:BPositive
>>>>
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