[Wikimediaindia-l] Request for a new list

[Ashwin Baindur]

No, since we shall know which Conference we are planning for! :)

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Abhilash S Unni <abhilashunni at gmail.com>wrote:

> So are we going to use the same list name for every year?
>
> That would lead to a bit of confusion isn't, when the same list name is
> used year after year. Different list for each year would also make it easy
> in archiving isn't?
>
> Abhi
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On the contrary, it is meant to be used tear after year :)!
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Ashwin Baindur
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Abhilash S Unni <abhilashunni at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Ashwin, How about when the conference get arranged next year. You cannot
>>> still use the same list name, as that would not help in distinctiveness. May
>>> be we should think about adding the year as well (in full eg:2011 instead of
>>> 11). Abhi
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Ashwin.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I understand, let me know if you need my help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Salmaan
>>>> User:Theo10011
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Ashwin Baindur <
>>>> ashwin.baindur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Salmaan,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the offer! Shiju is just waiting for a reply from Casey
>>>>> Browne before we file the bug. Since we have formally asked, it would be
>>>>> appropriate to wait for a while for the response.
>>>>>
>>>>> As regards the name, there are now a large amount of activities, lists
>>>>> etc communities, meet-ups etc coming up in India. We now need a finer level
>>>>> of grading between Foundation, chapter and community driven ventures - hence
>>>>> we are a little chary of appending "media" unless it is directly driven by
>>>>> or associated with Chapter or Foundation. Secondly, events are of many
>>>>> types, whereas we want a list specifically for the annual national
>>>>> conference and perhaps other conferences in India, hence the need felt for
>>>>> the word "conference".
>>>>>
>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ashwin Baindur
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe you need to file a bug for this Ashwin. If you want, I can
>>>>>> file it for you and get someone to close the request.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you sure about the title? I would suggest something like
>>>>>> WikiIndia-events or Wikimediaindia-events list. So that it doesn't become
>>>>>> useless after the event and can be re-used for coordinating future events.
>>>>>> The naming convention for the list also depends on country codes and
>>>>>> previous naming convention, Wikimediaindia-events would be a sub-list of
>>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Salmaan
>>>>>> User:Theo10011
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Ashwin Baindur <
>>>>>> ashwin.baindur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm user:AshLin, co-chair of the Working Group for a forthcoming
>>>>>>> Wiki-conference in India in November 2011. I'm writing formally to you to
>>>>>>> request for a list for that event; a request which you may have
>>>>>>> already received informally from Shiju Alex.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The event will definitely be taking place on 18-20 November 2011 at
>>>>>>> Mumbai and we have already requested Jimbo's presence at the event (as an
>>>>>>> example of the event's firming up).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  This is a joint venture between the Indian Chapter and the Indian
>>>>>>> Wikimedia community and will henceforth be an annual feature. We were about
>>>>>>> to start communications of the Working Group on a Google Group but community
>>>>>>> members have asked if our email group can be hosted by the Foundation and be
>>>>>>> a mailman list. If provided, it is planned to use this list for planning and
>>>>>>> organising all national wikiconferences in India henceforth.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The advantages, we feel, are that the list and its archives will be
>>>>>>> preserved and secure while the Foundation exists, ease of use & interface as
>>>>>>> all of us are used to mailman lists for community communication to date and
>>>>>>> that the future of the group will not be dependent upon Google policies.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We request that the list be named  "WikiConference India", to
>>>>>>> distinguish it from other types of WikiConferences such as the Wikimania
>>>>>>> series.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Should other countries decide to have annual national conferences,
>>>>>>> perhaps their lists could be named "WikiConference xxxx" (where xxxx is name
>>>>>>> of the country) similarly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looking forward to a positive and early response so that we can begin
>>>>>>> our organising activities.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ashwin Baindur
>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------
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