Dear Wikimedians,
The traction for Wikimedia projects and content in Indian languages (and Indian content in English) has been growing over the last decade thanks to the passion and tireless contributions of several Wikimedians. We are getting set for WikiConference India 2011 which is around the corner. The Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee (EC) and the Conference organising team thought it is appropriate to recognize the most noteworthy contributors to Indian language projects and Indian content in English during the conference.
Arun Ramarathnam and Naveen Francis from the EC are leading this initiative. The process for the recognition has been prepared and a well diversified Jury is identified. Details of the process and the Jury are enclosed for your perusal.
I would like to appeal to all of you to spare few minutes to think of fellow wikimedians who made a significant difference over the first decade of Wikimedia movement and nominate them for the recognition.
Further communication on the wiki based nomination form would follow from the Jury. Please spread this communication across other relevant lists and participate enthusiastically and help make this initiative, the first collective effort to appreciate stellar contributions from the community a success.
Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
President, Wikimedia India
***
Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition
The Recognition
Wikimedia projects have been active in India for a few years and the journey has been exciting (Wikimedia Chapter First Annual reporthttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WMIN-AnnualReport2010-11.pdf, Gautam John's articlehttp://gkjohn.posterous.com/thoughts-on-wikipedia-in-indiaand Wikimedia Foundation articlehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_India_Chronicles_%28150dpi%29.pdf). This has been made possible by the contributions of hundreds of Wikimedians across various Wikimedia projects. WikiConference India 2011 is the first conference and largest congregation of Wikimedians in India across Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia India chapter Executive committee believes it would be befitting to use this opportunity to recognize noteworthy contributions of some of the best contributors to our projects.
The objective of this recognition is to appreciate Wikimedians (contributing to India focused projects) from across Wikimedia projects and languages for their contributions.
The nomination process
- Any Wikimedian can nominate any other wikimedian of their choice for the recognition (preferred). Self nominations are also allowed.
- Nominees for the Recognition should have made significant contributions to Wikimedia India projects or the movement. Contributions include content, Outreach and contributions in any other form. - Nominations should be through a filled Nomination form on the Wikimedia India wiki http://wiki.wikimedia.in/. - Incomplete nominations will not be considered. - The jury's decision would be final.
Eligibility Criterion
Any wikimedian other than current Members of the Wikimedia India Executive committee, members of the Jury, Wiki Conference India Office bearers, staff/contractors of the Wikimedia foundation or anyone paid directly for their time/effort by Wikimedia organisations are eligible for these recognitions.
The Jury
Jury constitution The chapter has constituted a Jury with members from the Chapter Executive committee, Wikimedia Foundation India office, Conference organisers and Community and other key stakeholders.
Jury composition
1. Achal Prabhala 2. Arun Ramarathnam 3. Ashwin Baindur 4. Bishaka Datta 5. Hisham Mundol 6. Jayanta Nath 7. Naveen Francis 8. Pradeep Mohandas 9. Shiju Alex
Jury's role and responsibility The role of the jury will be to select Wikimedians for the recognition from the nominations made.
Key dates
- Announcement of call for nominations to community: 9th Nov 2011, Wednesday. - Last date for nomination submission:13th Nov 2011, Sunday - Finalisation of Jury decision:17th Nov 2011, Thursday
The Recognition ceremony
The Chapter Executive committee will conduct a formal recognition ceremony in the WikiConference 2011 to recognise the winners. The winners would be given a certificate/citation. ***
Dear Wikimedians,
Please submit your nominations at the following url: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/NWR_2011
It is also on the Wiki site notice on wiki.wikimedia.in
Please send in your nominations.
regards Arun
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
The traction for Wikimedia projects and content in Indian languages (and Indian content in English) has been growing over the last decade thanks to the passion and tireless contributions of several Wikimedians. We are getting set for WikiConference India 2011 which is around the corner. The Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee (EC) and the Conference organising team thought it is appropriate to recognize the most noteworthy contributors to Indian language projects and Indian content in English during the conference.
Arun Ramarathnam and Naveen Francis from the EC are leading this initiative. The process for the recognition has been prepared and a well diversified Jury is identified. Details of the process and the Jury are enclosed for your perusal.
I would like to appeal to all of you to spare few minutes to think of fellow wikimedians who made a significant difference over the first decade of Wikimedia movement and nominate them for the recognition.
Further communication on the wiki based nomination form would follow from the Jury. Please spread this communication across other relevant lists and participate enthusiastically and help make this initiative, the first collective effort to appreciate stellar contributions from the community a success.
Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
President, Wikimedia India
Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition
The Recognition
Wikimedia projects have been active in India for a few years and the journey has been exciting (Wikimedia Chapter First Annual reporthttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WMIN-AnnualReport2010-11.pdf, Gautam John's articlehttp://gkjohn.posterous.com/thoughts-on-wikipedia-in-indiaand Wikimedia Foundation articlehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_India_Chronicles_%28150dpi%29.pdf). This has been made possible by the contributions of hundreds of Wikimedians across various Wikimedia projects. WikiConference India 2011 is the first conference and largest congregation of Wikimedians in India across Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia India chapter Executive committee believes it would be befitting to use this opportunity to recognize noteworthy contributions of some of the best contributors to our projects.
The objective of this recognition is to appreciate Wikimedians (contributing to India focused projects) from across Wikimedia projects and languages for their contributions.
The nomination process
- Any Wikimedian can nominate any other wikimedian of their choice for
the recognition (preferred). Self nominations are also allowed.
- Nominees for the Recognition should have made significant
contributions to Wikimedia India projects or the movement. Contributions include content, Outreach and contributions in any other form.
- Nominations should be through a filled Nomination form on the Wikimedia
India wiki http://wiki.wikimedia.in/.
- Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
- The jury's decision would be final.
Eligibility Criterion
Any wikimedian other than current Members of the Wikimedia India Executive committee, members of the Jury, Wiki Conference India Office bearers, staff/contractors of the Wikimedia foundation or anyone paid directly for their time/effort by Wikimedia organisations are eligible for these recognitions.
The Jury
Jury constitution The chapter has constituted a Jury with members from the Chapter Executive committee, Wikimedia Foundation India office, Conference organisers and Community and other key stakeholders.
Jury composition
- Achal Prabhala
- Arun Ramarathnam
- Ashwin Baindur
- Bishaka Datta
- Hisham Mundol
- Jayanta Nath
- Naveen Francis
- Pradeep Mohandas
- Shiju Alex
Jury's role and responsibility The role of the jury will be to select Wikimedians for the recognition from the nominations made.
Key dates
- Announcement of call for nominations to community: 9th Nov 2011,
Wednesday.
- Last date for nomination submission:13th Nov 2011, Sunday
- Finalisation of Jury decision:17th Nov 2011, Thursday
The Recognition ceremony
The Chapter Executive committee will conduct a formal recognition ceremony in the WikiConference 2011 to recognise the winners. The winners would be given a certificate/citation.
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I could not find the nomination form in the link given below. can any one help me?
-RK
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.comwrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
The traction for Wikimedia projects and content in Indian languages (and Indian content in English) has been growing over the last decade thanks to the passion and tireless contributions of several Wikimedians. We are getting set for WikiConference India 2011 which is around the corner. The Wikimedia Chapter Executive Committee (EC) and the Conference organising team thought it is appropriate to recognize the most noteworthy contributors to Indian language projects and Indian content in English during the conference.
Arun Ramarathnam and Naveen Francis from the EC are leading this initiative. The process for the recognition has been prepared and a well diversified Jury is identified. Details of the process and the Jury are enclosed for your perusal.
I would like to appeal to all of you to spare few minutes to think of fellow wikimedians who made a significant difference over the first decade of Wikimedia movement and nominate them for the recognition.
Further communication on the wiki based nomination form would follow from the Jury. Please spread this communication across other relevant lists and participate enthusiastically and help make this initiative, the first collective effort to appreciate stellar contributions from the community a success.
Cheers
Arjuna Rao Chavala
President, Wikimedia India
Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition
The Recognition
Wikimedia projects have been active in India for a few years and the journey has been exciting (Wikimedia Chapter First Annual reporthttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/File:WMIN-AnnualReport2010-11.pdf, Gautam John's articlehttp://gkjohn.posterous.com/thoughts-on-wikipedia-in-indiaand Wikimedia Foundation articlehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_India_Chronicles_%28150dpi%29.pdf). This has been made possible by the contributions of hundreds of Wikimedians across various Wikimedia projects. WikiConference India 2011 is the first conference and largest congregation of Wikimedians in India across Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia India chapter Executive committee believes it would be befitting to use this opportunity to recognize noteworthy contributions of some of the best contributors to our projects.
The objective of this recognition is to appreciate Wikimedians (contributing to India focused projects) from across Wikimedia projects and languages for their contributions.
The nomination process
- Any Wikimedian can nominate any other wikimedian of their choice for
the recognition (preferred). Self nominations are also allowed.
- Nominees for the Recognition should have made significant
contributions to Wikimedia India projects or the movement. Contributions include content, Outreach and contributions in any other form.
- Nominations should be through a filled Nomination form on the Wikimedia
India wiki http://wiki.wikimedia.in/.
- Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
- The jury's decision would be final.
Eligibility Criterion
Any wikimedian other than current Members of the Wikimedia India Executive committee, members of the Jury, Wiki Conference India Office bearers, staff/contractors of the Wikimedia foundation or anyone paid directly for their time/effort by Wikimedia organisations are eligible for these recognitions.
The Jury
Jury constitution The chapter has constituted a Jury with members from the Chapter Executive committee, Wikimedia Foundation India office, Conference organisers and Community and other key stakeholders.
Jury composition
- Achal Prabhala
- Arun Ramarathnam
- Ashwin Baindur
- Bishaka Datta
- Hisham Mundol
- Jayanta Nath
- Naveen Francis
- Pradeep Mohandas
- Shiju Alex
Jury's role and responsibility The role of the jury will be to select Wikimedians for the recognition from the nominations made.
Key dates
- Announcement of call for nominations to community: 9th Nov 2011,
Wednesday.
- Last date for nomination submission:13th Nov 2011, Sunday
- Finalisation of Jury decision:17th Nov 2011, Thursday
The Recognition ceremony
The Chapter Executive committee will conduct a formal recognition ceremony in the WikiConference 2011 to recognise the winners. The winners would be given a certificate/citation.
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Arjuna,
I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy Wikimedians.
1. Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will not give a real picture to the public.
2. Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination and approval is done by the community itself.
3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at
I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and upset a lot of people.
3. What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age? What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?
I would recommend requesting each language community and project to suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities. This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
Ravi
Hi Ravi, I really appreciate your views on the new initiative. I thought I may also share on how I view the whole process,... these comments are my personal views and not necessarily as an Executive Committee Member of the Wikimedia India chapter.
You had already seen that Wikimania/ Wikimedia Foundation started "Wikipedian of the Year" this year.
Having said that, this is an humble effort to recognize at least a few of our really outstanding contributors of the Wikimedia Movement in India.
When we thought about this initiative , we wanted to make sure the process is very OPEN and TRANSPARENT, although we were fully aware of the very short time we have in hand before the Wiki-conference. We wanted it to be selected by a Jury that is highly respected and qualified. We wanted to it be announced to all in advance so that everybody gets a fair chance. We are fully aware that there are some good candidates on the chapter EC, jury and foundation staff. But again, wouldn't it be more transparent and ethical if we could free the jury on any kind of conflict of interest ?
The result of this doesn't mean that anyone who didn't get the annual "Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition" is any less good. Who knows there are more than one Noteworthy Wikimedians to be recognized ? Make the selection difficult for the jury ! May be Jury will be forced to recognize at least a handful of Wikipedians ! :)
There are many reasons of attempting this : How many of you know all the remarkable contributors in other languages ? Do you know all the outstanding contributors in your own language Wikipedia since its creation?
I may know some, you may know some.. Let everybody know them !
Nominate others, recognize their efforts, if you know that they have made some outstanding contributions to the Movement !
Since this is the first time, the contributions are considered from 2001-2010, because we didn't want of ignore all those who have contributed from the start of the project. Next year , probably it might be a fixed time frame like Jan - Dec 2011.
Thank you for listing some of the great contributors of Tamil Wikipedia. Honestly, I didn't know most of them. And possibly many on the list too .. That is exactly the intention of this effort. This is just such an effort to find the real gems of the Wikipedia and recognize them !
Please note that *this is NOT a competition* and the best you can do is to nominate all of them.
Being a sysop. b'crat or steward is NOT an achievement or consideration for noteworthy Wikipedian. The contributions as an individual Wikipedian is important. It is not even edit counts or even number of articles. Not everyone is a great article writer, but have contributed in 1001 ways, copy editing, vandal fighting, removing copy vio, uploading images, organizing events , meet-ups and academies, evangelizing Wikimedia to others, the ways to contribute are countless.
And should we not recognize anyone because we are not sure they are the only best ? No. So should we just ignore the contributions of everyone ? No. Even Nobel Prize is based on nominations . We don't even know if we have missed lots of deserving people for the Nobel nominations. But still, are we not giving Nobel Prizes every year?
We may not be able to find all those who have made great contributions, but at-least we could find some and recognize them. Trust me, it will be a great motivation and encouraging for them. And an inspiration for lot others !
Do notice that we had intentionally named it as "Noteworthy Wikimedian" and not "Best Wikimedian" !
So what could you and everyone do ? Find them, nominate and recognize them.
Just a gentle reminder that the last date of nomination is Nov 13. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/NWR_2011
Regards Tinu Cherian
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
Arjuna,
I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy Wikimedians.
- Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference
activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will not give a real picture to the public.
- Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination and approval is done by the community itself.
3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at
I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and upset a lot of people.
- What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age?
What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?
I would recommend requesting each language community and project to suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities. This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
Ravi
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:04 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucherian@gmail.comwrote:
Do notice that we had intentionally named it as "Noteworthy Wikimedian" and not "Best Wikimedian" !
So what could you and everyone do ? Find them, nominate and recognize them.
+1
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
Arjuna,
I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy Wikimedians.
- Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference
activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will not give a real picture to the public.
- Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination and approval is done by the community itself.
3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at
I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and upset a lot of people.
- What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age?
What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?
I would recommend requesting each language community and project to suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities. This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
Ravi
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On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
- Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination and approval is done by the community itself.
Not sure a jury is so un-wikipediac. Juries usually pick the venue for
each wikimania, on clear and transparent criteria.
Another way to think of a jury is as a committee - or a smaller group of people, who convene to make something specific happen. And there are many of these: ChapCom (Chapters Committee), NomCom (Nominations Committee), CommCom (Communications Committee), to name a few.
And, of course, there are more than 11 committees that are part of WikiConference India 2011.
Also, in this specific case, the jury is charged to pick noteworthy wikipedians from among those nominated by different communities. So it is not like the jury is separately nominating and deciding on its own, but from a pool nominated by a larger community. (So it's a smaller subset of the former, in a sense).
Best, Bishakha
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
I would recommend requesting each language community and project to suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities. This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
I think this is a fantastic idea - these could be used in many different
ways going forward.
In case the time is too short to do this before the last date for nominations, this could still be done later - it is an idea that stands on its own.
Cheers Bishakha
Hi Ravi,
Thanks for your email. Tinu's response has captured some keypoints behind the initiative, which was discussed with EC and other stakeholders, so I will be brief. Additional responses inline..
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
Arjuna,
I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy Wikimedians.
1. Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference
activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will not give a real picture to the public.
I hope you understood that the recognition is for contributions till 2010.
We had good discussions on the Jury size and the implications. Jury members are also have been consulted on the process and only after their consent, the Jury is finalized. While there are other approaches for taking care if some of the jury members are nominated, in view of the short lead time, we wanted to keep the process simple.
- Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination and approval is done by the community itself.
When we talk of a India wide recognition, community driven process is
going to be extremly difficult, as each one of us are not aware of the contributions of Wikimedians outside one's core project.
3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at
I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and upset a lot of people.
Nominations can be done by one or more wikimedians. You can discuss in your core community and come up with nominations. Every nomination is itself a way of recognising fellow wikimedians who made a difference.
- What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age?
What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?
When you look it as a recognition at Pan India level, even a certificate
has value. This can make the noteworthy wikipedians feel that their contributions have been recognised, encourage them to share their experiences in our outreach events, can inspire our community members and strengthen the wikimedia movement.
I would recommend requesting each language community and project to suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities. This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
Agree that there are alternate ways of recognition each with its own
advantages and disadvantages in terms of lead time, effort etc. Foundation is attempting what you said and we can certainly leverage the same.
We look forward to active participation from all in making this initiative a success.
Cheers Arjun
Hi all,
Thanks for sharing your views.
I will share my response after the Wiki conference is over.
For now, all the best for the event.
Ravi
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala arjunaraoc@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Ravi,
Thanks for your email. Tinu's response has captured some keypoints behind the initiative, which was discussed with EC and other stakeholders, so I will be brief. Additional responses inline..
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ravishankar ravidreams@gmail.com wrote:
Arjuna,
I am not very excited with this idea of a jury for picking noteworthy Wikimedians.
- Many noteworthy Wikimedians are serving in Jury, conference
activities, chapter and WMF. Omitting them from the recognition will not give a real picture to the public.
I hope you understood that the recognition is for contributions till 2010. We had good discussions on the Jury size and the implications. Jury members are also have been consulted on the process and only after their consent, the Jury is finalized. While there are other approaches for taking care if some of the jury members are nominated, in view of the short lead time, we wanted to keep the process simple.
- Having a jury to pick this seems so Un-Wikipediac. Only in extreme
cases, we have a jury in Wikimedia projects. Usually, the nomination and approval is done by the community itself.
When we talk of a India wide recognition, community driven process is going to be extremly difficult, as each one of us are not aware of the contributions of Wikimedians outside one's core project.
3.There are tens of noteworthy Wikimedians for each Wikipedia. An example for Tamil Wikipedia alone at
I can't nominate just one or two as every one's contribution is valuable and unique. Not good to have a competition sort of thing and upset a lot of people.
Nominations can be done by one or more wikimedians. You can discuss in your core community and come up with nominations. Every nomination is itself a way of recognising fellow wikimedians who made a difference.
- What is the point of a citation / certificate in this digital age?
What is the purpose achieved after the event is over?
When you look it as a recognition at Pan India level, even a certificate has value. This can make the noteworthy wikipedians feel that their contributions have been recognised, encourage them to share their experiences in our outreach events, can inspire our community members and strengthen the wikimedia movement.
I would recommend requesting each language community and project to suggest noteworthy contributions with a mini profile and make a audio / visual out of it. These people can be interviewed and the content can be used in the conference venue and future outreach activities. This will be a powerful way to motivate and recognize a lot of people.
Agree that there are alternate ways of recognition each with its own advantages and disadvantages in terms of lead time, effort etc. Foundation is attempting what you said and we can certainly leverage the same.
We look forward to active participation from all in making this initiative a success.
Cheers Arjun
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