It's always great to see a silent online contributor get recognition. Wikimedia projects are largely built by them, who wants to remain behind the scenes.
Thanks WMIN for recognizing and featuring them.
Regards, On Mar 9, 2017 12:58 PM, "Yohann Thomas" yohannvt@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Community
In the past recent years , we have been continuously featuring known Wikimedians on our platform. But this time , we have come across a contributor who we feel that if we don't highlight his work, it will be an injustice to his contributions. Keeping his request in mind, we have decided not to reveal his name or photo. The only thing which we can reveal is his Username
*User:SM7*
User:SM7 https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE:SM7, the silent *anonymous* poster boy for Bhojpuri and Hindi Wikipedia has been working since 2011 with over 59,000 global edits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/SM7 without any recognition. He would have continued to be an unsung hero with his awesome work for the flourishment of Wikipedia for no one knows how long, if we would not have discovered his work recently. He is a sysop on Hindi and Bhojpuri Wikipedia where he is continuously working to bring new contributors and quality contents. User:SM7 is a teacher by profession based somewhere in Uttar Pradesh. Writing on region and geographical features are one of the favourite topics of User:SM7.
User:SM7 came to know about Wikipedia while searching something on Google, it was then he noticed that there is a link to Bhojpuri Wikipedia on the sidebar of the article page he was looking at on English Wikipedia. Like others, he was excited when he found Wikipedia on his native language and started contributing to it by creating & improving articles. Although he invests a lot of time for the growth of Wikipedia, he always prefers to stay anonymous, he says, "I wanted to be judged only by my contributions on wiki and the way I take part in discussions etc. NOT by information based on what I do in real life, or where I live, or what my educational qualifications are." Read the Full Featured Wikimedian article on User:SM7 Here http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Nominations/SM7
I would like to thank User:JimCarter for getting us in touch with this amazing contributor & helping to write the article on him If you know any WIkimedian whom you think should be featured, please feel free to nominate them here http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Nominations. Or if you want to mail us, please contact me - yohannvt@wikimedia.in
Regards, Yohann Thomas yohannvt@gmail.com
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