[Wikimediaindia-l] Online Volunteers needed for "India Loves Wikipedia" - Outreach

[Sreejith K.]

I can be a volunteer.

I am an active Commons user with over 20,000 edits and is a license-reviewer
in commons.

Thanks,
Sreejith K.

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Aadarsh Gupta <aadarshgupta123 at gmail.com>wrote:

> No I haven't yet.. yeah sure, can you pl. make it more clear, skills in
> what regards you are looking forward to ??
>
> On 28 August 2011 12:58, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Adarsh,
>>
>> What i your user name/ Have you uploaded to Commons before? Can you kindly
>> show that you have the skills, if you dont mind.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Ashwin Baindur
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Aadarsh Gupta <
>> aadarshgupta123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>> I'm interested to take part in this and want to be a volunteer, can you
>>> pl. forward me the link like where I need to apply and need to fill all the
>>> related data!
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> On 28 August 2011 08:50, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is relevant to all those who have written to the various lists and
>>>> asked how one can participate. volunteer or help in any way.
>>>>
>>>> We need people to upload images to Wikimedia Commons.
>>>>
>>>>    - We face a problem in that photographers are willing to go out &
>>>>    shoot and donate images. But they are unfamiliar with Commons and do not
>>>>    upload it there. However, we find that they know Flickr and are willing to
>>>>    upload it under a suitable Creative Commons license.
>>>>    - There are hundreds of free images on the net, we can show you how
>>>>    to locate them. These can be uploaded to Commons. We are at this point of
>>>>    time interested in images pertaining to India only.
>>>>
>>>> It is a job requiring patience, care for details and intelligence as the
>>>> images need to be categorised also. Where relevant we would like to add them
>>>> to articles too.
>>>>
>>>> We need a small TEAM of three to five - people, age, sex, religion, etc,
>>>> etc, no bar, except that they should have:
>>>> * Knowledge of uploading images to Commons
>>>> * know how to categorise
>>>> * know how to load images into Wikipedia
>>>> * Possess good judgement.
>>>> * Possess an abiding love for Wikipedia and willing to contribute to it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you are interested, let us know. This is a serious commitment under
>>>> the "India Loves Wikipedia" initiative. Dont apply if just for "time paas".
>>>>
>>>> Helpers will be awarded barnstars at a suitable date after the project
>>>> is done.
>>>>
>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ashwin Baindur
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