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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was the article selected for the INCOTM for the month of March 2012. Here’s a short report of how things went by.

During the period under question, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam had 205 edits from 32 contributors. The number of contributors were more this time, though the contribs from regular members were missing. Some of the improvements were-

• Size increased from 1808 words to 2401 words (fair enough).
• Improvements were made to some of the pre-existing sections like "Career as scientist", "Awards & Honours".
• New sections - "Presidency", "Popular culture" were added to the article.
• Reference count shooted up from 31 to 73 (which is a great achievement).
• An image of him with Vladamir Putin was added.
• Internal links and grammar were also improved.

However,

• I feel that more work could have been done in this COTM. Some of the regular members were missing this time. Remember, APJ had got 11 votes.
• More images could have been added considering the popularity of the subject.
• There was very less activity in the latter half of the month. Perhaps, I missed the feel of collaboration over there.

Anyway, the top editors of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam for the month March 2012 were:

• Hisham
• Karthikndr
• Kondicherry

With toolserver down, I’m not stating the number of edits made by these folks. To encourage contribution, they have been awarded a barnstar for taking time and effort to participate. It was all Karthikndr + Kondicherry show in the beginning and Hisham chipped in towards the end with what he does best :). I shall be sending WikiLoves to other contributors as well. :)

All in all, a fair enough COTM. Hoping for some healthy editing on the next month's COTM - Gateway of India and the GA/FA article of the month - Tripura.