Hello Wikipedians!
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam>for the month
March 2012 were:
- Hisham <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hisham>
- Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>
- Kondicherry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User: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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_of_India>and the GA/FA
article of the month -
Tripura <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura>.
Happy collaborating guys!
Cheers,
Pratik Lahoti
User:BPositive