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CBRao welcoming the audience at the meeting. In the photo Right to left:
Rajasekhar, Veeven.
On the eve of 11 years of sharing the sum of all knowledge with world
netizens, Hyderabad Wikipedians celebrated 11th birthday of Wikipedia at
the office of Wikipedian Rajasekhar in Domalguda, Hyderabad on 29th
January 2012. CBRAo who presided the meeting said that while Encyclopaedia
of Britannica is a paid service, Wikipedia with it's vast knowledge pages
is totally free to all the citizens of the world and one should encourage
such institutions. CBRao told the audience that Wikipedia gives quick, vast
amount of knowledge which is mostly reliable that is written and verified
by several Wikipedians. Rahimanuddin explained about the objectives of Wiki
and also the contents of first page of Wiki. Another Wikipedian Veeven told
about search techniques to extract info from Wiki; how to register for
wiki; what can be written in Wiki and which is not a material for wiki. He
further demonstrated how Telugu can be seen and used in mobile phones.
Though Wikipedia Wikimedia foundation application software could not be
demonstrated, it's use in Android based phones was explained. The
advantages which an user gets were well presented by Veeven.
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To celebrate Wiki birthday, cake with objective of Wiki in Telugu was cut.
Light refreshments and cool drinks were served to the guests of the meeting.
On this occassion a call centre for direct help in using wikipedia was
declared opened by Wikipedian Rajasekhar. Any one needing help or any
clarification regarding use of, how to write in Wikipedia can contact him
through his Cell no: 9246376622. Latter the names of Wikipedians who did
highest number of edits either to articles or non articles in Telugu were
announced. The complete list can be seen at
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Telugu_Wikipedia_-_Overv…
Rajasekhar stood highest with 12411 edits of Wiki articles during the
year 2011. Wikipedians Veeven and CBRao stood in top 10 non article
editors. These three Wikipedians were presented gift coupons for e-books
which were sponsored by
kinige.com. Outstation, outstanding Wikipedians
will be presented gift coupons for their valuable service through
e-mail.Wikipedian CBRao announced a program "Wiki loves monuments" for
amatuer photographers. Historical monuments abound Hyderabad and
Secunderabad. He further said that a photo tour to these historical
monuments will be conducted to amatuer photogrphers and after a photo
evaluation by judges prizes will be given to best photos and selected
photos will be uploaded to Wikipedia. Veeven replied to the several
questions regarding use of Wikipedia that are posed by audience. Rajasekhar
and Rahimanuddin helped those people who are desiorous of registering in
Wikipedia.How editors are encouraged by Tamil Wikipedia? This was explained
clearly by Tamil Wikipedian Ravishankar, who further told some of the
highlights of Tamil Wiki. Rahimanuddin proposed vote of thanks.
Another highlight of the meeting is virtual participation of Wikimedia
India President Arjunarao C from Bengaluru and another outstanding
Wikipedian T.Sujatha from Chennai, in the meeting.
The photos of the event can be seen at the link given below.
https://picasaweb.google.com/115779731434350218592/WikiBirthdayCelebration2…
Report prepared and sent by CBRao, Hyderabad.
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