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On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Shiju Alex shijualexonline@gmail.comwrote:
Thanks Ravi for bringing up this topic. I sent a similar mail regarding this some time back.
Now a days many so called "wikipedians" are popping up here and there claiming themselves *as the spokesperson of different Indian language wikis*. The irony is that *none of the Wiki language communities are aware about these types of developments*. And some of these spokespersons doesn't even have an account in the respective language wiki.
I know that *Wiki editing* and *Wiki advocacy* are two different topics. But we, contributors to different language wikipedias, doesn't want some one outside the Language community taking the responsibility of spokesperson with out our knowledge.
It is a good idea to appoint a team of active wikians for each language as the official Spokespersons/contact persons. Let each Wiki language community decide how it should be represented outside.
Shiju
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Ravi shankar ravidreams_03@yahoo.comwrote:
Hi,
Recently we came to know that a fraud guy has been claiming himself to be the "head" of Tamil Wiki and a director for yet-to-be-formed Indian Wikimedia chapter. He has been doing this at many places including Govt circles. This was a shock for us. I would like to warn a similar possibility for all other Indian Wikis.
I recommend that each Wiki start a mechanism to officially elect few official Spokespersons / contact persons and spread the word about this selection. The appointment can be cycled every few months to share responsibility with more members. These need not be just the sysops / bureaucrats. They can be anyone trust worthy, long serving the community, having fair idea of Wiki organization and easy to cooperate and communicate with.
Ravi.
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