Hi all,
*Gateway of India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_of_India* was the article chosen as the Collaboration of the Month(COTM) for the month of April 2012. Here’s how things went by.
- Initially, there was very less activity on the article. It seemed that the COTM would be a complete flop untill User:Karthikndrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndrcame up with some good edits in the third week and then the article picked up. Thus, what seemed to be an unsuccessful COTM, was actually a successful one. The article was also selected for the edit-a-thonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India_Edit-a-thonorganized on the 22nd of April which got some significant contributions.
- Some statistics -
Total number of edits 155 Number of participants 20 Increase in number of words 695 Average words added per edit 4.50 Number of images added 6
- There was quite some improvement to the lead section. Three new sections - “Design and Structure”, “Significance” & “Terror Attacks” were added. Number of references increased from 2 to 34!! Grammar and tone of the article was also worked upon.
- Significant contributions were made by User:Karthikndrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndrand User:AroundTheGlobe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AroundTheGlobeand have been awarded barnstars. Referencing and content increase was due to the efforts of these editors. Other editors who helped the article in shaping up were User:Jobin RVhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jobin_RV, User:Hisham http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hisham, User:Netha Hussain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain, User:Rsrikanth05 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rsrikanth05 and User:AshLin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AshLin. They have been awarded WikLoves :)
*GA/FA of the month - Tripura http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura*
- Tripura http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura was the article selected for GA/FA of the month. The article has improved quite well. While the number of references doubled, the sections - “Geography and Climate” , “Flora and Fauna” saw expansion. Basics (reference style, reliable sources, planned coverage) are well covered and the article is pretty close to GA nomination. Perhaps, some work can be done in the coming days and we’ll have a GA! :)
- Major work was done by User:Dwaipayanchttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dwaipayancand a barnstar was awarded for his contribs. WikiLoves were sent to User:Karthikndr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr and User:Jobin RV http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jobin_RV for their contributions.
That’s all for April 2012 folks :) See you all for the next month’s COTM - President of India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India
Warm Regards,
Pratik Lahoti
User:BPositive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BPositive
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