It's not just me I'm afraid. One more hard working person who supported me is getting screwed up. -- Cheers,
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Noopur noopur.raval@gmail.com wrote:
Aiyo, you are making #sadkittens. Now that you know you got us 4 more editors, cheer up! :) Forget the problems, gear up for the next one! Sorry you had to hear so much shouting. *offers you a chocolate*
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.ghoda@gmail.com> wrote:
Heya all. I guess, I really need to explain something here. I was wrong when I blamed the organisers of Pragyan for what happened. The Fiasco, isn't a FIASCO anymore. We've got four users from the event and I'm proud of that.
I believe I have inadvertently caused a flare up which has resulted in a lot of people getting shouted out. Tensions are soaring and I believe I caused it.
As far as Accomodation/Travel is considered, from my POV, what I got was perfect. Saagar had informed me that guesthouses weren't good enough and I took [and still take] his word for it. He slept in the lab so I could sleep in his room.
As for the event, as Sohan pointed out the, delay and internet issues were the only issue. The internet issue was mine in entirety. I didn't mention that, OR mention anything about a lab. That makes it my fault. The MoU: I admit, I didn't read the MoU at all, both the edited and original versions of it. Big mistake. Saagar helped me a LOT, and did whatevr was in his power to change the slot to a weekend to ensure that Sohan could participate. The lack of time and all was because we, [particularly ME] took time in arriving at a proper decision. For every 10 mails I got from Saagar, Sohan, Nitika, Naveen and Tinu on the matter I sent out only one reply.
I admit, the majority of the goof up was PURELY MY FAULT.
The remaining issus were a direct result of lack of time.
I just feel pathetic that I said whatever I did, because I and several others are now at the receiving end of a lot of people. At the time of writing the first mail, I was at the receiving end of three people, one in particular called my session a flop show and blamed everything on me, causing me to write that mail. Now, suddenly I'M at the recievning end of no less than 16 people.
I feel guilty that the NIT T team, who did their best to make me feel comfortable have been put thru this by me. I learnt a lot at Pragyan, it was my first tech first, to be honest, and I really enjoyed the guest lecture that I attended, which I feel is specially significant to Wikipedia, which I shall write separately about soon. Sohan may feel different, but as I said over the phone to Nitika, I and ONLY I am to blame for what I did.
I hope this isn't the end of what I was hoping would be a good partnership. It is quite rare to see the top brains look at Wikipedia from our POV. Most top schools/colleges etc are snobs [it's a stereotype but mostly true in my experience] and these guys seemed genuinely interested in what was being done.
I just feel pathetic at being such a screwup. As stated earlier I have a lot to learn and till then I shall not volunteer for an academy/workshop. I'll merely be a spectator and wait till I mature into someone better. The real world is not so rosy as the Wiki world is.
Regards, Srikanth. P.S: I did manage to get a picture of the NITT gate which is now on the Commons. Maybe you guys could use it. It is CCBYSA ofcourse.
-- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup onMarch 10th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spaceship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
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