[Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

Discussion:

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

2018-11-18 20:03:37 UTC

Dear all,

I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019 India)"[1],
a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and library
outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to limited time,
we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly accept
my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.

In brief about the event:

TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
event may be referred from the event page.

The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last
date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].

Kindly let me know if you have further questions.

Thanks
User:KCVelaga

[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
[2]:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

2018-11-24 15:10:16 UTC

Permalink

Dear all,

Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.

If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon as
possible.

Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3

Thanks,
Krishna

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Dear all,
I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
accept my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.
TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
event may be referred from the event page.
The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last
date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks
User:KCVelaga
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

2018-11-24 15:14:34 UTC

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Sorry for the typo

The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Dear all,
Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon
as possible.
Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
Thanks,
Krishna
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <

p***@vishvakannada.com

2018-11-25 14:34:08 UTC

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We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018. Thatâs what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.

Here is the history of that edit - https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643> &diff=prev&oldid=18645643

Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply. They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.

Regards,

Pavanaja

From: Wikimediaindia-l <wikimediaindia-l-***@lists.wikimedia.org> On Behalf Of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
To: wikimediaindia-***@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for Applications

Sorry for the typo

The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.

On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <***@gmail.com <mailto:***@gmail.com> > wrote:

Dear all,

Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.

If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon as possible.

Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN

Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3

Thanks,

Krishna

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <***@gmail.com <mailto:***@gmail.com> > wrote:

Dear all,

I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019 India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly accept my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.

In brief about the event:

TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia. Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the event may be referred from the event page.

The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last date 25 November 2018.

The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019 (tentative); Venue will be informed later.

The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].

Kindly let me know if you have further questions.

Thanks

User:KCVelaga

[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN

[2]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines

[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

2018-11-25 15:01:36 UTC

Permalink

Hello Pavanaja,

Sorry for the confusion. In my first email as well as in the reminder, I
mentioned it as 25 Nov, but I forgot change that on Meta-Wiki.

Best,
Krishna

Post by p***@vishvakannada.com
We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018. Thatâs
what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
Here is the history of that edit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643
Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply.
They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.
Regards,
Pavanaja
Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
*Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
Applications
Sorry for the typo
The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon as possible.
Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
Thanks,
Krishna
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
accept my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.
TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
event may be referred from the event page.
The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last
date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks
User:KCVelaga
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library

Shyamal Lakshminarayanan

2018-11-25 15:06:53 UTC

Permalink

I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears to have been set
up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of an
event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement
simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can
help some of us understand the process by which this event has been thought
about?

best wishes
Shyamal

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

2018-11-25 15:37:59 UTC

Permalink

Hi Shyamal,

I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.

Thanks,

Post by Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears to have been set
up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of an
event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement
simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can
help some of us understand the process by which this event has been thought
about?
best wishes
Shyamal

Post by p***@vishvakannada.com
We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018.
Thatâs what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
Here is the history of that edit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643
Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply.
They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.
Regards,
Pavanaja
Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
*Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
Applications
Sorry for the typo
The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon as possible.
Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
Thanks,
Krishna
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
accept my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.
TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
event may be referred from the event page.
The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3; last
date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks
User:KCVelaga
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
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Dhaval S. Vyas

2018-11-25 15:40:26 UTC

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The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference homepage
it reads:

Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have any
good options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well connected,
easy of connecting with local library/librarian community.

And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed venue
to begin with? Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even dates
weren't confirm and there were couple of options projected there.

Regards,
Dhaval Vyas

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi Shyamal,
I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.
Thanks,
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <

Post by p***@vishvakannada.com
We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018.
Thatâs what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
Here is the history of that edit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643
Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply.
They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.
Regards,
Pavanaja
Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
*Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
Applications
Sorry for the typo
The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon as possible.
Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
Thanks,
Krishna
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
accept my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.
TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
event may be referred from the event page.
The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3;
last date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks
User:KCVelaga
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
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Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

2018-11-25 15:57:14 UTC

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Hi Dhaval,

We are in a conversation with a few institutions, where academics,
librarians and any other related personnel can take part in some
discussions. We will be finalising it by the end of this week, definitely
before notifying the participants.

Yes, applications will close today. We haven't fixed the event dates only
to suit the venue, but to avoid clashes with Hindi WP conference, we fixed
on 4-6 Jan. I made the change
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_%282019_India%29&type=revision&diff=18648338&oldid=18645643>
this morning about the same.

Thanks,
Krishna

Post by Dhaval S. Vyas
The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference
Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have any
good options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well connected,
easy of connecting with local library/librarian community.
And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed
venue to begin with? Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even
dates weren't confirm and there were couple of options projected there.
Regards,
Dhaval Vyas

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi Shyamal,
I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.
Thanks,
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <

Post by Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears to have been
set up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of
an event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement
simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can
help some of us understand the process by which this event has been thought
about?
best wishes
Shyamal

Post by p***@vishvakannada.com
We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018.
Thatâs what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
Here is the history of that edit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643
Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply.
They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.
Regards,
Pavanaja
*On Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
*Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
Applications
Sorry for the typo
The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply as soon as possible.
Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
Thanks,
Krishna
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
accept my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.
TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
event may be referred from the event page.
The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3;
last date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks
User:KCVelaga
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
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Shyamal Lakshminarayanan

2018-11-25 16:13:30 UTC

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Hi Krishna,

I think the "we" is unclear here. Many of us Wikipedians would have run
into librarians and we might all have networks to tap into for helping an
event such as this. The status is marked as "Initial planning" - it would
seem like that is what it ought to be and you might like to avoid Google
Forms at this stage and ask for more open feedback on the scope itself.
Even the dates could be changed - it would easily have been possible to
choose a date that would commemorate say S R Ranganathan (9 August), which
would also have made it possible to rally the message more effectively
within librarian networks.

I recently met a librarian who was attending WikiCite 2018 but had no idea
of the Wikimedia related activities in India. I think no attempt has been
made here to reach out into rather disjoint networks, it needs far more
participation, a much-larger organising "team" and a broader scope to be
effective or useful. A meeting of a few Wikipedians would certainly be fun,
and relatively cheap to organize but unlikely to be particularly useful in
the long run. As far as I have seen, other than User:Gazal World and
perhaps a couple of other Indians, there is no activity on the en:resource
exchange and I do not know if such fora exist on other language wikipedias.
I know that there are several Indian/Indic Wikipedians with access to JSTOR
and other resources via TWL but I do not think there has not even been a
survey of whether the grantees have made use of those resources.

best wishes
Shyamal

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi Dhaval,
We are in a conversation with a few institutions, where academics,
librarians and any other related personnel can take part in some
discussions. We will be finalising it by the end of this week, definitely
before notifying the participants.
Yes, applications will close today. We haven't fixed the event dates only
to suit the venue, but to avoid clashes with Hindi WP conference, we fixed
on 4-6 Jan. I made the change
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_%282019_India%29&type=revision&diff=18648338&oldid=18645643>
this morning about the same.
Thanks,
Krishna

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi Shyamal,
I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.
Thanks,
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <

Post by Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears to have been
set up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of
an event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement
simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can
help some of us understand the process by which this event has been thought
about?
best wishes
Shyamal

Post by p***@vishvakannada.com
We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018.
Thatâs what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
Here is the history of that edit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643
Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to apply.
They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27th.
Regards,
Pavanaja
*On Behalf Of *Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
*Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
Applications
Sorry for the typo
The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply
as soon as possible.
Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
Thanks,
Krishna
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
accept my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.
TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia.
Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge professionals share
their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India) is an upcoming
conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in India and
discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been primarily
designed to understand the needs and document the insights from experienced
Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More about the
event may be referred from the event page.
The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3;
last date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks
User:KCVelaga
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
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Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

2018-11-25 16:31:03 UTC

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Hi Shyamal,

Firstly I am sorry to all about the event. I was not regular in updating
that, so everything remained the way when I first created (basically from
my sandox). It needs to be updated, I'll do that shorty. I've also replied
to your talk page message, which I believe will answer your question from
the immediate previous email, atleast to some extent.

I'll glad to continue the discussion there, so that it'll help to make it a
better event. If there is anyone who would like to add to the program or
discussion, please comment on the event talk page.

Thanks,
Krishna

Post by Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
Hi Krishna,
I think the "we" is unclear here. Many of us Wikipedians would have run
into librarians and we might all have networks to tap into for helping an
event such as this. The status is marked as "Initial planning" - it would
seem like that is what it ought to be and you might like to avoid Google
Forms at this stage and ask for more open feedback on the scope itself.
Even the dates could be changed - it would easily have been possible to
choose a date that would commemorate say S R Ranganathan (9 August), which
would also have made it possible to rally the message more effectively
within librarian networks.
I recently met a librarian who was attending WikiCite 2018 but had no idea
of the Wikimedia related activities in India. I think no attempt has been
made here to reach out into rather disjoint networks, it needs far more
participation, a much-larger organising "team" and a broader scope to be
effective or useful. A meeting of a few Wikipedians would certainly be fun,
and relatively cheap to organize but unlikely to be particularly useful in
the long run. As far as I have seen, other than User:Gazal World and
perhaps a couple of other Indians, there is no activity on the en:resource
exchange and I do not know if such fora exist on other language wikipedias.
I know that there are several Indian/Indic Wikipedians with access to JSTOR
and other resources via TWL but I do not think there has not even been a
survey of whether the grantees have made use of those resources.
best wishes
Shyamal
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <

Post by Dhaval S. Vyas
The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference
Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have
any good options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well
connected, easy of connecting with local library/librarian community.
And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed
venue to begin with? Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even
dates weren't confirm and there were couple of options projected there.
Regards,
Dhaval Vyas

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi Shyamal,
I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.
Thanks,
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <

Post by Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears to have been
set up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of
an event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement
simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can
help some of us understand the process by which this event has been thought
about?
best wishes
Shyamal

Post by p***@vishvakannada.com
We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018.
Thatâs what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
Here is the history of that edit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643
Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to
apply. They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27
th.
Regards,
Pavanaja
*From:* Wikimediaindia-l <
Chaitanya Velaga
*Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
Applications
Sorry for the typo
The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply
as soon as possible.
Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
Thanks,
Krishna
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
accept my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.
TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve
Wikipedia. Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge
professionals share their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India)
is an upcoming conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in
India and discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been
primarily designed to understand the needs and document the insights from
experienced Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More
about the event may be referred from the event page.
The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3;
last date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks
User:KCVelaga
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
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Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

2018-11-28 10:16:10 UTC

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Dear all,

Following the comments, some new changes have been proposed for discussion
on the event page.
Please participate in the discussion at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:TWLCon_(2019_India)#Resturcturing_the_program
.

Thanks,
Krishna

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 10:01 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi Shyamal,
Firstly I am sorry to all about the event. I was not regular in updating
that, so everything remained the way when I first created (basically from
my sandox). It needs to be updated, I'll do that shorty. I've also replied
to your talk page message, which I believe will answer your question from
the immediate previous email, atleast to some extent.
I'll glad to continue the discussion there, so that it'll help to make it
a better event. If there is anyone who would like to add to the program or
discussion, please comment on the event talk page.
Thanks,
Krishna
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:43 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <

Post by Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
Hi Krishna,
I think the "we" is unclear here. Many of us Wikipedians would have run
into librarians and we might all have networks to tap into for helping an
event such as this. The status is marked as "Initial planning" - it would
seem like that is what it ought to be and you might like to avoid Google
Forms at this stage and ask for more open feedback on the scope itself.
Even the dates could be changed - it would easily have been possible to
choose a date that would commemorate say S R Ranganathan (9 August), which
would also have made it possible to rally the message more effectively
within librarian networks.
I recently met a librarian who was attending WikiCite 2018 but had no
idea of the Wikimedia related activities in India. I think no attempt has
been made here to reach out into rather disjoint networks, it needs far
more participation, a much-larger organising "team" and a broader scope to
be effective or useful. A meeting of a few Wikipedians would certainly be
fun, and relatively cheap to organize but unlikely to be particularly
useful in the long run. As far as I have seen, other than User:Gazal World
and perhaps a couple of other Indians, there is no activity on the
en:resource exchange and I do not know if such fora exist on other language
wikipedias. I know that there are several Indian/Indic Wikipedians with
access to JSTOR and other resources via TWL but I do not think there has
not even been a survey of whether the grantees have made use of those
resources.
best wishes
Shyamal
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 9:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi Dhaval,
We are in a conversation with a few institutions, where academics,
librarians and any other related personnel can take part in some
discussions. We will be finalising it by the end of this week, definitely
before notifying the participants.
Yes, applications will close today. We haven't fixed the event dates
only to suit the venue, but to avoid clashes with Hindi WP conference, we
fixed on 4-6 Jan. I made the change
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_%282019_India%29&type=revision&diff=18648338&oldid=18645643>
this morning about the same.
Thanks,
Krishna

Post by Dhaval S. Vyas
The whole planning seems to be half cooked, e.g. on the conference
Venue & City: We're currently searching, let us know know if you have
any good options; economical (free; library preferred), safe, well
connected, easy of connecting with local library/librarian community.
And are we closing applications today? Should we not have a confirmed
venue to begin with? Day before yesterday when I checked the page, even
dates weren't confirm and there were couple of options projected there.
Regards,
Dhaval Vyas

Post by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi Shyamal,
I've seen your message on the talk page. I'll give my reply soon.
Thanks,
On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 8:37 PM Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <

Post by Shyamal Lakshminarayanan
I have noted on the talk page that this "event" appears to have been
set up without much discussion. I would indeed even question the design of
an event that precludes librarians who are outside the Wikimedia movement
simply by requiring that one has a Wikimedia user name. Maybe Krishna can
help some of us understand the process by which this event has been thought
about?
best wishes
Shyamal

Post by p***@vishvakannada.com
We were under the impression that the closing date is Nov 27, 2018.
Thatâs what was mentioned in the website. Just now only I saw that you have
changed that to Nov 25th only yesterday.
Here is the history of that edit -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWLCon_(2019_India)&diff=prev&oldid=18645643
Two persons from Kravali Wikimedians User Group are planning to
apply. They are still under the impression that the last date is Nov 27
th.
Regards,
Pavanaja
*From:* Wikimediaindia-l <
Chaitanya Velaga
*Sent:* Saturday, November 24, 2018 8:45 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [TWL Con - 2019 India] Call for
Applications
Sorry for the typo
The applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 November 2018.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:40 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
Tomorrow is the last day for applying to TWLCon - 2019 India. The
applications will close at 23:59 hrs on 25 September 2018.
If there is anyone who are interested to take part, kindly apply
as soon as possible.
Event page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
Application: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3
Thanks,
Krishna
On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 1:33 AM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <
Dear all,
I am happy to announce that the applications for "TWL Con (2019
India)"[1], a mini-conference around The Wikipedia Library (TWL)[2] and
library outreach for Wikimedia projects in India are now open. Due to
limited time, we're not able to spare much time for responses, kindly
accept my apologies. The application period is 19â25 November 2018.
TWL helps active editors access reliable sources to improve
Wikipedia. Among several other programs, it also helps knowledge
professionals share their collections with the public. TWLCon (2019 India)
is an upcoming conference to increase awareness about TWL to Wikimedians in
India and discuss strategising TWL activities in India. This event has been
primarily designed to understand the needs and document the insights from
experienced Wikimedians about libraries/sources (references) in India. More
about the event may be referred from the event page.
The application form is at: https://goo.gl/forms/NvwYttEeCFfl30rG3;
last date 25 November 2018.
The event is to be held in the first or second weeks of Jan 2019
(tentative); Venue will be informed later.
The eligibility guidelines are applicable as mentioned here [3].
Kindly let me know if you have further questions.
Thanks
User:KCVelaga
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLC19IN
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India)#Eligibility_and_guidelines
[3]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
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