[Wikimediaindia-l] On the issue of the maps...

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Was surprised to see a separate article on the protests and not as part of the event article - a good merge candidate IMHO 

> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:09:40 +0530
> From: aprabhala at gmail.com
> To: wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On the issue of the maps...
> 
> The number (and the total inconsistency with how many people actually 
> protested) comes from here:
> 
> http://www.indianexpress.com/news/protest-against-wrong-map-mars-countrys-first-wiki-conference/877826/0
> 
> in which it simultaneously describes "hundreds of protesters" *and* that 
> "all 21 who protested were arrested".
> 
> Go figure.
> 
> The article that's been created out of the controversy is a storm in a 
> teacup (and as such is hardly notable) but the storm was so small it was 
> barely noticeable - and would have stayed that way except for the 
> misreporting of it.
> 
> 
> 
> On Friday 25 November 2011 01:02 PM, Aditya Sengupta wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:11, Shiju Alex <shijualexonline at gmail.com 
> > <mailto:shijualexonline at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     And there is an en wikipedia article also on this topic:
> >
> >     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJP_youth_wing_protest_against_Wikipedia%27s_map_of_India
> >
> >
> > "Over 100 protesters were present on the opening day of the first Wiki 
> > Conference India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Conference_India>"?
> >
> > If this is indeed true, this was the most unfortunate morcha I've 
> > (barely) seen.
> >
> >
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