Post by fob on Oct 8, 2006 14:26:17 GMT -5
Forwarded by Ms. Pia Clarin of SSEAYP Batch 2002.
Calling all Filipino lit and music enthusiasts, please see my friend's e-mail below and see how you can be a part of this noble endeavor!
Cheers!
:-) Pia Clarin of SSEAYP Batch 2002
From : "Fatima 'Petite' G. Gatela" <petite_g_gatela@hotmail.com>
Hello!
I'm writing you because I think you might be interested in helping
make information about Filipino music and literature more accessible on the Internet.
There is going to be no money involved, i.e., we will not be paying
"contributors", and you will not be paying us in order to put information up. However, there will be time and effort involved - the time and effort needed to write up the information, and to edit them. If you're still interested, please read on. :-)
A LITTLE STORY...
One day in July 2001, Mark posted a press release on his blog. The press release was an invitation to a mini festival of Filipino contemporary short movies, which also mentioned Filipino authors and filmmakers.
This press release included the words "short story" and "Rogelio Sikat", words that Mark couldn't have imagined would be the subject of hundreds of comments on that post.
Did I say hundreds of comments? Maybe I should be a little more precise...
in the last 5 years, there have been 500 comments on that entry...and the only reason it stopped at that number was because Mark finally decided to close the comments section for that post. However, the emails still keep on coming. What kind of comments or emails?
Here are some examples
(verbatim):
"Fleas post the novel of Rogelio Sikat. Blood in d’Bukang Liwayway is the title, I think. For Linzel and me. We are classmates. But she is always copying."
"PLZZZ GIV ME AN EXMPLES OF TLMPTI, EPIKO, TLMBHAY, ANKDOTA, PRBLA, MITOLOHYA, SABAYANG PAGBIGKAS, KWENTONG BAYAN…. TNXXX POH… PLZZZ!"
"bigyan ako kahit isang kwentong anekdota!!!!"
"plis send me 10 examples of filipino anecdotes..tagalog po!!and 1 maikling kwento..pwede po pkicnd now na sa email ko..its urgent!!tnx alot!!muaaaahz.."
"BKIT GANITO? NABULAG AKO DAHIL WLA AKONG NAKITANG PARABULA WAAAAAAAAAAAA (SEND ME NALNG 4 SMAPLES THX)"
"plzzzzz.!!!!! pki paskil naman yung life story ni Rogelio R. Sikat
Ineed it ka si eh….. plz. cge n plz plz plz plz plz peassssssssse"
"NID KO PO NG 10 EXAMPLES NG EPIKO…RYT NOW…"
"Isang mapagpalayang araw sa iyo kaibigan….
Nais ko lamang pong humingi ng mga halimbawa ng mga uri ng maikling kwewnto.
Kung inyo lamang pong mamarapatin ang aking kahilingan, ito’y
magsisilbing isang malaking utang na loob. ito’y magsisilbing aking inspirasyon sa mga susunod pang
bukas. Pagpalain nawa kayo nang boung may kapal."
"waah….plz…bigay kayo ng examplesz ng maikling kuwento..tEnChU pOh!!i lOve u!! haha(”,)"
I think you get the idea. In case you need to read the other interesting, and often desperate requests (sometimes demands) for help, you can view them at:
clickmomukhamo.com/blog/archives/2001/07/24/the-press-release-is-in-the-mail/.
Honestly, at first I was only amused by the response...then perplexed...then saddened. Mark, too, became more and more disturbed by the sheer amount and urgency of the requests.
We began to wonder - was there no other place on the Internet that students could find this information besides a personal blog that clearly wasn't about epikos and anekdotas at all? We searched, and found out that, apparently, there wasn't
much out there.
For a long time, Mark's post was the #1 result on Google
when someone searched for "Rogelio Sikat". Thankfully, that spot is now occupied by a Wikipedia entry, which gives some info about Sikat's life, but really not much in the way of examples of his works.
Which leads me to the point of this email...
THE PROJECT: WHY A WIKI?
On the 6th year anniversary of Mark's personal blog, he decided
to launch PINOYLITWIKI.COM and PINOYMUSICWIKI.COM.
These were inspired by the success of Wikipedia, and his idea was that it would be best to have a community effort to put these information online. While there are already efforts made by some people to do this, there is so far no central repository which points to these sites.
Mark decided to put up a wiki precisely because of its collaborative nature. Blogs have limited functionality and many tend to become personality-driven. Wikis tend to be neutral (at least the examples we've seen).
WHY SHOULD YOU CONTRIBUTE YOUR TIME?
The purpose of the wikis is to have a place for people who are interested in Filipino culture to have a starting point in their search. We don't see it replacing an afternoon at a good library for solid research.
Wikipedia, while offering a vast wealth of knowledge, is right now too focused on Western culture. The goal for pinoylitwiki.com and pinoymusicwiki.com is to have a compendium of information on Filipino music and literature at one address.
The goal is to be able to develop encyclopedic entries for Filipino writers, musicians, publishers, and their works. When these entries are mature enough, maybe we can then contribute these to Wikipedia for a wider reach.
Right now, we're paying for domain and hosting registration of these sites out of our own pocket. In a year or two, we would like to be able to turn over the sites to a foundation or a non-government organization which would be dedicated to closing the digital divide in the country; providing access to digital information to those who need it. We have no intention of generating profit from these sites or leveraging their content to pursue some other personal agenda.
HOW DO YOU CONTRIBUTE?
Wikipedia entries typically start with just one sentence. Over time, volunteers would add information they personally know or have direct reference to new material. Editors would then shape these entries to make it readable.
At this point, we just need to get the word out that pinoylitwiki.com and pinoymusicwiki.com are available and open for contribution. If you would like to be an editor of either
wikis, please email me back at this address, or Mark at
mark@clickmomukhamo.com, and we will create accounts for you (Mark learned from from Wikipedia the importance of restricting access to entries in order to prevent vandalism of entries).
If you don't think you can participate in this project at this time but know of anyone who might be interested, please do forward this email to them. The more people contributing to the entries, the faster we can populate the wikis with relevant information.
Thanks, and we hope to hear back from you soon!
Best,
Petite
========================================
Petite Gaces Gatela
sunshinegirl.clickmomukhamo.com/
========================================
Calling all Filipino lit and music enthusiasts, please see my friend's e-mail below and see how you can be a part of this noble endeavor!
Cheers!
:-) Pia Clarin of SSEAYP Batch 2002
From : "Fatima 'Petite' G. Gatela" <petite_g_gatela@hotmail.com>
Hello!
I'm writing you because I think you might be interested in helping
make information about Filipino music and literature more accessible on the Internet.
There is going to be no money involved, i.e., we will not be paying
"contributors", and you will not be paying us in order to put information up. However, there will be time and effort involved - the time and effort needed to write up the information, and to edit them. If you're still interested, please read on. :-)
A LITTLE STORY...
One day in July 2001, Mark posted a press release on his blog. The press release was an invitation to a mini festival of Filipino contemporary short movies, which also mentioned Filipino authors and filmmakers.
This press release included the words "short story" and "Rogelio Sikat", words that Mark couldn't have imagined would be the subject of hundreds of comments on that post.
Did I say hundreds of comments? Maybe I should be a little more precise...
in the last 5 years, there have been 500 comments on that entry...and the only reason it stopped at that number was because Mark finally decided to close the comments section for that post. However, the emails still keep on coming. What kind of comments or emails?
Here are some examples
(verbatim):
"Fleas post the novel of Rogelio Sikat. Blood in d’Bukang Liwayway is the title, I think. For Linzel and me. We are classmates. But she is always copying."
"PLZZZ GIV ME AN EXMPLES OF TLMPTI, EPIKO, TLMBHAY, ANKDOTA, PRBLA, MITOLOHYA, SABAYANG PAGBIGKAS, KWENTONG BAYAN…. TNXXX POH… PLZZZ!"
"bigyan ako kahit isang kwentong anekdota!!!!"
"plis send me 10 examples of filipino anecdotes..tagalog po!!and 1 maikling kwento..pwede po pkicnd now na sa email ko..its urgent!!tnx alot!!muaaaahz.."
"BKIT GANITO? NABULAG AKO DAHIL WLA AKONG NAKITANG PARABULA WAAAAAAAAAAAA (SEND ME NALNG 4 SMAPLES THX)"
"plzzzzz.!!!!! pki paskil naman yung life story ni Rogelio R. Sikat
Ineed it ka si eh….. plz. cge n plz plz plz plz plz peassssssssse"
"NID KO PO NG 10 EXAMPLES NG EPIKO…RYT NOW…"
"Isang mapagpalayang araw sa iyo kaibigan….
Nais ko lamang pong humingi ng mga halimbawa ng mga uri ng maikling kwewnto.
Kung inyo lamang pong mamarapatin ang aking kahilingan, ito’y
magsisilbing isang malaking utang na loob. ito’y magsisilbing aking inspirasyon sa mga susunod pang
bukas. Pagpalain nawa kayo nang boung may kapal."
"waah….plz…bigay kayo ng examplesz ng maikling kuwento..tEnChU pOh!!i lOve u!! haha(”,)"
I think you get the idea. In case you need to read the other interesting, and often desperate requests (sometimes demands) for help, you can view them at:
clickmomukhamo.com/blog/archives/2001/07/24/the-press-release-is-in-the-mail/.
Honestly, at first I was only amused by the response...then perplexed...then saddened. Mark, too, became more and more disturbed by the sheer amount and urgency of the requests.
We began to wonder - was there no other place on the Internet that students could find this information besides a personal blog that clearly wasn't about epikos and anekdotas at all? We searched, and found out that, apparently, there wasn't
much out there.
For a long time, Mark's post was the #1 result on Google
when someone searched for "Rogelio Sikat". Thankfully, that spot is now occupied by a Wikipedia entry, which gives some info about Sikat's life, but really not much in the way of examples of his works.
Which leads me to the point of this email...
THE PROJECT: WHY A WIKI?
On the 6th year anniversary of Mark's personal blog, he decided
to launch PINOYLITWIKI.COM and PINOYMUSICWIKI.COM.
These were inspired by the success of Wikipedia, and his idea was that it would be best to have a community effort to put these information online. While there are already efforts made by some people to do this, there is so far no central repository which points to these sites.
Mark decided to put up a wiki precisely because of its collaborative nature. Blogs have limited functionality and many tend to become personality-driven. Wikis tend to be neutral (at least the examples we've seen).
WHY SHOULD YOU CONTRIBUTE YOUR TIME?
The purpose of the wikis is to have a place for people who are interested in Filipino culture to have a starting point in their search. We don't see it replacing an afternoon at a good library for solid research.
Wikipedia, while offering a vast wealth of knowledge, is right now too focused on Western culture. The goal for pinoylitwiki.com and pinoymusicwiki.com is to have a compendium of information on Filipino music and literature at one address.
The goal is to be able to develop encyclopedic entries for Filipino writers, musicians, publishers, and their works. When these entries are mature enough, maybe we can then contribute these to Wikipedia for a wider reach.
Right now, we're paying for domain and hosting registration of these sites out of our own pocket. In a year or two, we would like to be able to turn over the sites to a foundation or a non-government organization which would be dedicated to closing the digital divide in the country; providing access to digital information to those who need it. We have no intention of generating profit from these sites or leveraging their content to pursue some other personal agenda.
HOW DO YOU CONTRIBUTE?
Wikipedia entries typically start with just one sentence. Over time, volunteers would add information they personally know or have direct reference to new material. Editors would then shape these entries to make it readable.
At this point, we just need to get the word out that pinoylitwiki.com and pinoymusicwiki.com are available and open for contribution. If you would like to be an editor of either
wikis, please email me back at this address, or Mark at
mark@clickmomukhamo.com, and we will create accounts for you (Mark learned from from Wikipedia the importance of restricting access to entries in order to prevent vandalism of entries).
If you don't think you can participate in this project at this time but know of anyone who might be interested, please do forward this email to them. The more people contributing to the entries, the faster we can populate the wikis with relevant information.
Thanks, and we hope to hear back from you soon!
Best,
Petite
========================================
Petite Gaces Gatela
sunshinegirl.clickmomukhamo.com/
========================================