Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I just wrote an appreciation for the Mumbai photowalk, but in reading through the whole list I noted that there has been a large increase in activities in the community as a whole over the past few weeks. Some of this is probably attributable to the 11th anniversary of Wikipedia, but it is mostly attributable to the growing efforts of all of you to build our community in India, Bangledash (noting the 8th birthday of Bengali WP!).  Congrats on all the events - this is the way we build a community.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I&#39;d like to add that your efforts are working, though the data I have is a bit imperfect and has some reliability issues.  I measured the share of total edits to all Wikipedia projects from India in July 2010 (in preparation for my first trip to India in September 2010). The share was 1.3% of total. Our most recent analysis shows we have grown to 1.7% of edits. That is a 31% increase in share.  It is even more impressive to note that this implies that total edits from India increased by 42.5% in a time period when edits worldwide increased 9%.</div>
<div><br></div><div>CONGRATS team India!</div><div><br></div><div>Warmest regards,</div><div>Barry</div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><font size="1">Barry Newstead</font><div><font size="1">Chief Global Development Officer</font></div>
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