Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore4

Discussions
Any chance of moving this to 2nd Sunday of Aug ( 9th) ? --  Tinu  Cherian  - 07:39, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * +1 Srikanth (speak)  10:52, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * +1 Natrajdr (talk) 15:35, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Sending out note to others
I am mailing out the meeting note to a wider circle including people who are not (at least not yet) contributors. I am suggested they add their names in confirmation so that the organizers are sufficiently informed on the numbers turning up. Shyamal (talk) 05:47, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Could you send the mailer to me to forward to more people of similar sorts?prashanthns (talk) 05:52, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Have sent a copy, also attaching body text below. Shyamal (talk) 06:40, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

There is a proposed meeting of those interested in Wikipedia in Bangalore on

Sunday, 16-Aug-2009 3:00 PM IST

At

The Centre for Internet and Society No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers 14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560052, India Phone: (+91)-080-4092-6283‎ Fax: (+91)-080-4114-8130

All are invited and the participation of academics, archivists, teachers, students, scholars and others interested in the role of free and high quality information would be particularly valuable.

You will already be aware that the quality of India related material is often poor. Since most Indians lack access to good libraries, they are incapable of following one of the most basic requirements of Wikipedia which is to be able to cite reliable sources. The level of information literacy that is required to be useful for quality content contribution is extremely limited.

Those associated with research and education can make a positive change to this landscape for the greater public good. Attention may also be drawn here to projects of various schools and universities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Schools_and_universities_project and even government research institutions such as the US NIH http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jul2009/od-14.htm

This first meeting may help us identify reasons to contribute, ways to contribute and to help each other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore4 (Meetup list of attendees) Please feel free to forward this to others who might be interested. It would be a good idea to indicate your confirmation by editing the meetup page above and appending your name (even if this might be your first attempt to edit wikipedia ! ) to the list of attendees so that the organizers are informed of any logistic requirements.

Hindi
Added a link to Hindi version of the page, expansions are welcome. Please elaborate.. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:46, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Confusion
Last time there was confusion,is it meet of Indian Wikipedians or Indian English Wikipedians ? Comments needed --naveenpf (talk) 07:06, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I wud say it is Indian Wikipedians meet including those active on english wiki and all indic lang wikis --  Tinu  Cherian  - 11:40, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Study
Is there a study for Wikipedia's audience in India ?. For english and all other Indian languages.--naveenpf (talk) 07:09, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If not, can we ask the help of The Centre for Internet and Society ? --naveenpf (talk) 07:11, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

College and Schools
There was small proposal for improving articles by inviting more students from schools and colleges. Can we conduct some competitions or seminars to follow up ? Can we make more clear on this Wikimeetup ?-- naveenpf (talk) 07:15, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

How did..
.. the meetup go ? Any blogs /writeups / photos ? --  Tinu  Cherian  - 10:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Well it started around 3:35 we all missed you alot.Sunder took us all(19) for a long drive and then came ganesh who headed for Open Street Map..Yeah arun and others have the pics who should have uploaded by this time..Blogs nahh no time dude..!!Shri 16:32, 17 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thigala4u (talk • contribs)