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

[Ashwin Baindur]

Welcome Srijith!

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Sreejith K. <sreejithk2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Aadarsh Gupta
>>>>
>>>> Bangalore
>>>> India.
>>>>
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>> --
>> Aadarsh Gupta
>> Translator and member Wikipedia (India Team)
>> http://www.wikipedia.org/
>> Bangalore
>> India.
>>
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