New subject: [Wikipedia-BN] Kolkata W11 Meetup report

17 Jan 2012

Dear All,

Let me share some of the highlights from the WP 11 celebrations at the 8th
Kolkata Wikimedia Meetup on Sunday last.

To begin with, we had the largest turnout in recent times, with as many as
thirty Wikipedians attending the event. We had amongst us Bishakha di and
Nikita as well. (Thank you to both for coming down to Kolkata for the
event.) Our primary agenda besides our regular meetup and workshop
activities was the celebration of 11 years of WP and 1st year of Wikimedia
India Chapter. The other topic high on our priority list was to discuss the
issues that we were facing in having a WP stall at the Kolkata Book Fair
2012.

The session started off with a note from Nikita and the usual round of
questions from newbies. Bishakha di gave a talk on SOPA and how it would
affect WP. It was followed by Jayanta da's presentation on Bengali
Wikipedia. Then we had our celebrations. A beautiful chocolate cake with a
gel topping in the shape of the WP logo had been ordered for the purpose.
Refreshment consisting of *singara *(*samosa *is called *singara *in
Bengal), muffins and tea were served. After the break, we continued. I took
over and gave a hands on demo on how to upload photos in Commons, then link
it from a WP article and how to provide proper citations. Rangan da
proposed a couple of Photo Walks on the occasion of Chinese New Year in
Kolkata. Biswarup da, as usual, kept himself busy all through, capturing
the moments of the event.

After the main event Jayanta da and Nikita sat with Sucheta and some other
students from NSEC, where our maiden Wiki Academy would be held on
25th. Jayanta da, Nikita and myself discussed about the possible courses of
action on the Book Fair event.

I would request Biswarup da to kindly share the pictures.

Thanks and regards,
Kalyan Sarkar