[Wikimediaindia-l] Delhi Chapter (User:AroundTheGlobe)

Mon Jun 6 13:35:08 UTC 2011

We don't have any expectatins from india chapter that why we are planning to
make Delhi Chapter to grow our Community in delhi, Let hope if this chapter
can do anything for indian community.Till then we can arrange some workshops
and meetup to finish the first step to move ahead the creation of Delhi
Chapter as Nooper & Bishaka Suggested.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Abhilash S Unni <abhilashunni at gmail.com>wrote:

> And my question Mayur (as a fencesitter for this entire conversation is),
> whether the approach has been right, tone has been right and the discussion
> has been right?
>
> The India chapter just started operations a few months back, isn't it
> prudent for all to wait and see how it is evolving before opening up
> chapters all over. A non-starter is as good as not having one. With as much
> respect to all who is behind the initiative for a Delhi chapter, I honestly
> think you should give reasonable time to the India Chapter and the
> Foundation office being setup in Delhi to mature before embarking on having
> more chapter offices in India.
>
> Abhi
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:40 PM, mayur <mayurdce at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My answer would be to grow from good to Excellent Community
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mayur
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>> rsrikanth05 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That is exactly my question.
>>> If you can get a good community, why would you want a Chapter all for
>>> yourself?
>>> --SR
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6 June 2011 14:21, mayur <mayurdce at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>            I just discussed that  if we can gather a good community in
>>>> delhi,  then we will proceed further for Creation of Chapter.Its  not about
>>>> to aim a Chapter without having Good Community.We will proceed further if we
>>>> get 10-20 member.Plz don't make it a serious issue.We all are part of the
>>>> Same family.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Mayur
>>>>
>>>>   On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>>>> rsrikanth05 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Vibhi,
>>>>> As far as I know, the Chapter, is registered in K'taka and as per
>>>>> K'taka rules you need to be above 18 to be a part of it. I'm pretty sure
>>>>> this age rule is commons throughout the country. If it is, even if you do
>>>>> get a chapter, you'll have to wait 5 years to be a member.
>>>>> You're13. The same age, I was when I joined Wikipedia.
>>>>> I suggest you concentrate on your edits.
>>>>> I see you have good language skills, why don't you focus on local
>>>>> wikiprojects?
>>>>> Or help me translate Huggle to Hindi or Samskrit?
>>>>> Have a look: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huggle/Localization
>>>>>
>>>>> Arun, Naveen, and I had held a Samskrit academy last year in Bangalore.
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Academy/India/2010/Bangalore1
>>>>> The people who attended it are still active on Samskrit Wikipedia. Get
>>>>> in touch with Arun or me, we can plug you into their Google Group.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you interested in Photography?
>>>>> Or editing images? Maps perhaps?
>>>>> Get in touch with PlaneMad, Logicwiki, SBC-YPR, naveenpf or me, we can
>>>>> collectively contribute to the Commons.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are interested in bird watching, I'm pretty sure User:Shyamal
>>>>> will be more than happy to help you identify  birds and upload pictures.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or are you into coding?
>>>>> Get in touch with Logicwiki, Tinucherian or Yuvipanda.
>>>>> I'm pretty sure you can improve your edits and contributions thru these
>>>>> channels.
>>>>>
>>>>> My best wishes to you.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Regards,
>>>>> SR.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   On 6 June 2011 13:02, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>>>>>> rsrikanth05 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bishakha,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just to point out, our community was going super strong in the first
>>>>>>> half of 2009, before our first meetup at Tinu Cherian's house in July 2009.
>>>>>>> We were colaborating, discussing and working together, on Wikipedia itself.
>>>>>>> Without the mailing list, knowing each other, offline, on Facebook or
>>>>>>> Twitter ...
>>>>>>> Ask anyone in the Banglore community, purely by using Users talk
>>>>>>> pages we got several GA and FA level articles. Gdibyendu, SBC-YPR, me and
>>>>>>> Logicwiki got Transport in India elevated to GA, without knowing each other
>>>>>>> offline.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Got it - didn't mean to suggest offline better than online.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Totally agree on the basic point: building a strong community, by any
>>>>>> means necessary.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>> Bishakha
>>>>>>
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