[Wikimediaindia-l] WikimediaIndia-l list description

Shiju Alex shijualexonline at gmail.com
Tue Feb 1 10:57:48 UTC 2011


Just keep it as *Wikimedia India discussion list*.

The list discusses all wikimedia India related topics irrespective of the
fact that whether the topic is related to English wiki projects (India
specific topics) or Indian language wiki projects or some other topics
related to wikimedia India.

:) There is no room for English vs Indian languages fight here. English is
used as the common medium of language to communicate between different
language communities. That itself shows the importance of English.






On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I kind of agree with Achal on this one, the description should be changed
> to be as inclusive as possible. It's topics related to India, Indic
> languages might be considered a subset of the overall plan but it's not the
> only focus of this list, or am I wrong in assuming that?
>
>
> It seems ironic to exclude English since almost all the discussion on this
> list has been in English.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Salmaan
>
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hoi,
>> There are several mailing lists that are about the English Wikipedia. The
>> problem with including discussing particular English subjects on the Indian
>> mailing list will not help in coming to a consensus in the English language
>> community. My expectation is that when English becomes a major topic, it
>> will drown out much of the language issues that are specific to India and
>> the organisational issues that are specific to India.
>>
>> It is the same as with a developers list for India. It is the perfect way
>> of ghettoising  yourself and effectively become more frustrated and
>> helpless.
>> Thanks,
>>        GerardM
>>
>>
>> On 1 February 2011 10:43, Achal Prabhala <aprabhala at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear admins of WikimediaIndia-l and others connected to it,
>>>
>>> I only noticed recently that the list description for WikimediaIndia-l
>>> reads "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia."
>>> Personally, I find that a bit limiting - given that it (seems) to
>>> exclude English - which is of course an official Indian language, though
>>> not everyone knows that.
>>>
>>> I'd appreciate it if you considered changing the title appropriately, to
>>> perhaps "Discussion list on Wikimedia projects in and about India" or
>>> something to the effect. Others might have thoughts on this too (or
>>> better title suggestions)?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Achal
>>>
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