[Ambassadors] [Fedora-Bangladesh] Editing of Bangladesh page at Fedora Project Wiki

mak mahayalamkhan at gmail.com
Thu Jun 2 20:38:37 UTC 2011


Respected Mr. Adnan Quaium,

Hello.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:24 PM, M. Adnan Quaium <adnan at quaium.com> wrote:

> Dear Mr. Mahay Alam Khan,
>
> I've sent a reply, but I am not sure whether my mail is reached or not.
>

Please, subscribe to the mailing list.



>
> Regards
> Adnan Quaium
>
> On 2 June 2011 02:54, M. Adnan Quaium <adnan at quaium.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Mr. Mahay Alam Khan,
>>
>> Thanks for the notification.
>>
>> Yes... it is true that I am actually editing the wiki page of Fedora
>> Bangladesh. It is also true that I did not prior discuss it in the mailing
>> list. And I am really sorry for that.
>>
>> In my defense, I actually created a page named
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bangladeshi_Team/backup to modify the
>> Fedora Bangladesh wiki page. And I continued to design the wiki pages based
>> on that 'backup' page. I used the term "/Bangladeshi_Team" in the url so
>> that it does not get mix up with the original "/Bangladesh" while I was
>> editing and used the term "backup" in the url to avoid the further mix ups.
>> My intension was to inform the mailing list after completing the design at
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bangladeshi_Team/backup , so that other
>> members can actively take part. After getting this email I've found out that
>> "Bangladesh" page has been renamed as "Bangladeshi_Team" and the backup
>> contents are stored in main page and the log said it has been done by me.
>> But what I can remember that, I didn't do those changes consciously, may be
>> it has been mixed up mistakenly by me (it is the only explanation that I
>> could come with). I should have been more careful. As the logs indicate my
>> name, so I take the blames for doing those mistakes. And I am EXTREMLY sorry
>> for those inconvenient foolish mistakes.
>>
>

The above explanation, proves that - you are human. We all do mistake; but
the thing is that we need to correct ourselves afterwards.



> Thanks again for bringing the facts in front of other members, otherwise I
>> wouldn't have been notified about the mistakes.
>>
>
This is a norm of Fedoraproject.org ; whatever happens, the mailing list(s)
must know. I've just followed the practice and believe this is good for the
community.



> (By the way, I think "Bangladeshi_Team" sound better than "Bangladesh". "
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bangladesh " sounds more like a wiki page
>> full with the description of a country like "
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh ". On the other hand "
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bangladeshi_Team" sounds like a country
>> specific fedora user community rather than a country description.)
>>
>
You have a point. Please, subscribe to the mailing lists; and raise this
issue. Let us discuss and decide.


Thanks
Mahay Alam Khan
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