Hi all,

It's time to analyse the previous month's collaborations. Last month, President of India was chosen as the COTM and Anil Kumble for taking upto GA/FA status. Here's a brief account of how things went by.

President of India - Collaboration of the Month

• The article saw healthy collaboration in the first three weeks. Most of the work which could have been done was done during this period and hence there was slightly less activity in the last week. Nevertheless, the collaboration, as the trend continues, was a successful one.
• Statistics -

• Number of words increasing merely by 92 was no surprise, the article being a general topic and most of the info was already present.
• One new sub-section "Pardoning Powers" was added and others saw some addition of info wherever required.
• An article of this importance had only 11 references. The editors focused on the referencing part and amazing things happened! 59 references were added which gave strength to the article and improved its quality. INCOTM continues its trend of improving and increasing the citations.
• Having said that, this time no new images were added and there were only 3 editors doing the actual collaboration – User:Karthikndr, User:Barkha dhamechai and User:Ansumang. Satyamev Jayte barnstars have been awarded to them for their rigorous and tireless work.

Anil Kumble - GA/FA of the month

• Anil Kumble, was again a successful collaboration. The article has shaped up quite nicely and most of the GA criteria have been worked upon. I got some folks from WikiProject Cricket for this article and we had a great time! The article has already been nominated for GA.

• Statistics -

• Again, over here the number of words decreased owing to some cleanup initially and copyediting. Much info was not added. There was movement of info from one section to another and everything is now in its proper place. The article was restructured.
• Referencing improved significantly!
• One new image of him with his family members was added.
• The list of his Man of the Series awards, Test wicket milestones and Captaincy record were formatted as per the MoS.
• Major contributors on this article were during the period of collaboration were User:TheSpecialUser, User:Vyom25, User:Vensatry and myself. The Googly barnstar has been awarded to them for their efforts.

While concluding, I would like to mention that getting some friends from WikiProject Cricket has increased the member strength. They are ready to contribute in the forthcoming collaborations as well. This idea seems to be working good, of course keeping it going is a challenge. For June, my target will be WikiProject:Food and drink. Will try to get some folks to edit Indian Cuisine.