[Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Meetup 1

[CherianTinu Abraham]

Cross uploaded the free images of the Delhi meetup1 from flickr to commons.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Delhi_Meetup_Sep_2010

Thanks
Tinu Cherian

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta at gmail.com>wrote:

> Sounds great - it's really a big step, holding the first meet-up in a city.
>
>
> Congratulations!
> Bishakha
>
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:28 PM, theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> The first Wikipedia Delhi Meet was organized yesterday, despite a constant
>> downpour and some Venue issues 14 Delhi-hites braved the monsoon to reach
>> the meetup. We had to shift the venue to another location across the
>> street because of some scheduling issues at the last minute. We
>> only received half the people we were expecting from the meetup page due to
>> the heaviest monsoon rains in Delhi in over a hundred years, that along with
>> traffic and water lodging because of the constant rains for over a month
>> were real obstacles.
>>
>> The turn-up had a healthy mix of bloggers, Wikipedians, supporters and
>> press representatives. There were almost the same number of women present as
>> men, almost everyone was generally interested in Wikipedia.
>>
>> We discussed Wikipedia policy and structures, some political issues and
>> the foundation's plan for India. There was a genuine interest in some
>> supporters in joining and contributing to the Wikimedia movement, someone
>> suggested an informal workshop to teach interested users on how to edit
>> Wikipedia. Barry fielded a barrage of questions from press members and other
>> attendants alike, there was curiosity on every level.
>>
>> The first meet served as an introductory get-together, something we hope
>> to build on in future.
>>
>> Also, pictures are already available on twitter through  *#WPMDH1 *
>> hashtag*. *More would be uploaded on the commons in the coming days.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Salmaan
>>
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