This is the second Wiki Academy meet that I've attended and it was quite a lot of fun! It was a small crowd of 15-20 people and that made the meet all the more interactive and all the more fun!
This meet was mainly to encourage Wikipedians to contribute in the local language Tamil! At present, there are some 16,000+ articles and 50+ active contributors! The focus was on how to type in Tamil, use wiki tags and stuff like that!!
I was early for once, and the small crowd that gathered had a few people whom I had known already and it was a surprise, cos I wasn't expecting anyone I know and the local newspaper which carried this event as the headline, did the trick!! :)
What I earned outta it?
* Met new and interesting people like Ravi, Ganesh and a lot of other people!!
* Got a hang of Wikipedia in Tamil, although I don't know to write the language properly as yet!
* Wikipedia English still needs more articles and I'm gonna start contributing, where I find stuff missing!
* Got to know that few of the people I had thought of as least net savvy, have a pretty long resume that be listed outta their activities in the net! So, "Appearances are deceptive"!
* I can have a 1 line profile on Wikipedia and keep increasing it as I grow in stature!:)
I'd put up the photos in some days!! :)
P.S: Welcome here, Katy!
hey thanx! :P
ReplyDeleteyou're welcome!! :P
ReplyDeleteSo wassup?
That sounds fun! :) Thanks for the blog visit!
ReplyDeleteEarth
yep, the nutrician told be that it would be nice if I lost a few pounds :P ... btw- what's FB? (sorry, english is not my first language) :S
ReplyDelete@ earth, my pleasure!! Welcome back here!
ReplyDelete@ katy, o! really? you don't look like you've to loose any more pounds! FB==Facebook
Shrav it will be helpful to us if you share how to contribute to wikipedia :)
ReplyDeleteThis is quite interesting!
ReplyDeletebtw r ya able to tell me where someone can learn Tamil online? I want it for a friend.
tnxx!
Keshi.
I'm fuming with jealousy :P
ReplyDelete@ Vigneshwar, sure, I'll write a post on that soon!
ReplyDeleteHey Keshi, I ain't sure about that! For that matter I don't know how to write in Tamil as well! :):) I know to read certain words in Tamil and that too is from the tamil I read on movie posters!
ReplyDeletehey aayushi,
ReplyDeleteI really don't think you should be jealous! There are so many people who are jealous of you!
wow ya..thts gr8..it must have been such a nice learning experience..
ReplyDeleteThat should have been some great experience. Waiting to see the pics :)
ReplyDeleteoh ok..tnxx Shrav! :)
ReplyDeleteKeshi.
empanadas are a tipical dish from CHile... damn I should have taken a pic of it :P
ReplyDeletehave u start filling ur profile on wikipedia? send me the link in case u become famous :P
ReplyDeleteC.
Wow, that's cool! and by the way Shravan, Thanks for the banner link!!! You're awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteAnother thing, did you like the banner I made you? Are you using it? where is it? Anyways, thanks a lot!!!
Will someone please update? :-S
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