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Bala Jeyaraman

12 Dec 12 Dec

10:42 a.m.

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*800+ articles in ta.wiki* Yes through his account he has about 850 articles. The actual number is much more - near 1000 i think - as during his newbie days, he used to edit logged out often. On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Hi all, Just in case, you had missed Dr. Sengai Podhuvan's Appeal to Fund raising this year. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011#Dr._Sengai_Podhuvan_Appeal_… http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/L11_1209_DS/en/US ( This appeal is shown only in US so far and may come to India users very soon). I was so privileged to have met him personally at the Chennai Wikimeetup2 way back in Nov 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai2 Many others would have met him at Wikiconference Mumbai and he was also awarded "Special mentions from Jury" for NWR 2011 Sengai Podhuvan contributes primarily to Tamil Wiki, with more than 9700 edits ( 97% edits to Article main-space itself). http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pcount/index.php?name=Sengai+Podhuvan&l… I was also told he has started over 800+ articles in ta.wiki ( somebody correct me if i am wrong). ( http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pages/ isn't working for me) Regards Tinu Cherian _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Sudhanwa Jogalekar

10:50 a.m.

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Hi, During WCI, some of the Pune Wikipedians and Dr. Sengai Podhuvan were staying in the same hotel. We had a nice discussion with him while going to the conference. Great energy and huge experience he has!!. We are really privileged to have met him and interact with him. Nice to see him in the fund-raiser appeal. Best regards, -Sudhanwa On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hi all, Just in case, you had missed Dr. Sengai Podhuvan's Appeal to Fund raising this year. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011#Dr._Sengai_Podhuvan_Appeal_… http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/L11_1209_DS/en/US ( This appeal is shown only in US so far and may come to India users very soon). I was so privileged to have met him personally at the Chennai Wikimeetup2 way back in Nov 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai2 Many others would have met him at Wikiconference Mumbai and he was also awarded "Special mentions from Jury" for NWR 2011 Sengai Podhuvan contributes primarily to Tamil Wiki, with more than 9700 edits ( 97% edits to Article main-space itself). http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pcount/index.php?name=Sengai+Podhuvan&l… I was also told he has started over 800+ articles in ta.wiki ( somebody correct me if i am wrong). ( http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pages/ isn't working for me) Regards Tinu Cherian _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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CherianTinu Abraham

13 Dec 13 Dec

2:50 a.m.

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Not 861 edits, Dr. Sengai Podhuvan started 861+ articles in Ta.wiki. ( Given that he started as an IP user, the actual count is much more, as Bala said). A similar contributor I can think of is G. Balachandran ( User:BabuG) from ml.wiki, whom I got featured in this Telegraph article. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110911/jsp/7days/story_14492284.jsp "Seventy-three-year old G. Balachandran from Paravur, Kerala, has a different story to tell. Paralysed for nearly two decades, this retired junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army got a new lease of life, thanks to Wikipedia. When his son presented him with a laptop, Balachandran started contributing to Wikipedia in Malayalam. “Wikipedia not only helped me rediscover myself, but also gave me the strength to fight my condition,” says Balachandran, who has contributed nearly 100 articles to the Malayalam Wikipedia since 2008 and has more than 2,000 edits to his credit. " Having heard of him for some time, I was fortunate & privileged to meet another Wikimedian stalwart recently. He makes & sells food snacks during the day and contributes to an Indian language Wiktionary on a donated computer during his "free time". He is one of the biggest contributors to that project.Some of you might know him, but I am not sharing his name on this list for obvious reasons. When I meet people like them, I personally feel dwarfed standing before them. I can never match their passion and commitment for the movement. I feel I have done/doing nothing when i compare myself to these people. These are the kind of people that makes me continue to stay in the movement. Regards Tinu Cherian On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Tinu, for a man his age, 861 Edits is marvellous. Let up try to find more people like him. On 12/12/2011, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, During WCI, some of the Pune Wikipedians and Dr. Sengai Podhuvan were staying in the same hotel. We had a nice discussion with him while going to the conference. Great energy and huge experience he has!!. We are really privileged to have met him and interact with him. Nice to see him in the fund-raiser appeal. Best regards, -Sudhanwa On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucherian(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just in case, you had missed Dr. Sengai Podhuvan's Appeal to Fund

raising

> this year. >

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011#Dr._Sengai_Podhuvan_Appeal_…

> > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/L11_1209_DS/en/US > > ( This appeal is shown only in US so far and may come to India users

very

> soon). > > I was so privileged to have met him personally at

the Chennai Wikimeetup2

> way back in Nov 2010. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai2 > > Many others would have met him at Wikiconference Mumbai and he was also > awarded "Special mentions from Jury" for NWR 2011 > > Sengai Podhuvan contributes primarily to Tamil Wiki, with more than 9700 > edits ( 97% edits to Article main-space itself). >

http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pcount/index.php?name=Sengai+Podhuvan&l…

I was also told he has started over 800+ articles in ta.wiki ( somebody correct me if i am wrong). ( http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pages/ isn't working for me) Regards Tinu Cherian _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

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Srikanth Ramakrishnan

11:28 a.m.

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Mr. Char has retired? That's sad. Who could forget his enthusiasm. Also, Tinu, I think the identity of the third person you mentioned is best kept a secret. We don't want the poor fellows life ruined. Let him contribute to the project in what way he deems fit. On 12/13/11, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 22:50, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Let up try to find more people like him.

1. en:User:Nvvchar (~75) :- Some of us first met him at Tinu's residence on 3rd Bangalore meetup. He retired from Wikipedia just a couple of days before conference citing ill health and had been creating DYK for sometime and have done over 500 of them. He was the inspiration for me to write my first DYK and then the DYK apps. 2. ta/en:User:Profvk (84) :- If you thought Dr. Sengai Podhuvan is the eldest contributor in Tamil Wikipedia, you are wrong. Profvk writes mathematics / Hinduism related articles on Tamil Wikipedia & English Wikipedia. He was also about to attend WikiConference and had submitted this proposal[3], we tried everything possible to have him, but he had to pull out last minute due to illness.We hope he gets healthy and comes back soon. Please share more stories! [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nvvchar [2] http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Profvk [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011/Submissions/A_new_… -- Regards Srikanth.L

-- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore

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