Wow! Didn&#39;t realize so much had happened till I saw it all in one place. Thanks, Arun.<br><br>Also extending my wishes for a happy new year to all - and thank you for the generosity, collegiality and support you have offered me.<br>
<br><img goomoji="982" style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" src="cid:982@goomoji.gmail">Toasting all wikimedians, <br>Bishakha <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Arun Ramarathnam <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:arunram25@gmail.com">arunram25@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Wish you and your family a Very Happy and exciting 2011!</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></b></p>



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<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#1f497d"><b>2010 It has been quite a year for Wikipedia and <a href="http://wikimedia.in/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Wikimedia in India</a>. </b></font></p>



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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#1f497d"><i>It was a year that saw at least 31  Wikipedia community meetups in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">9 cities</a>. Indian cities Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata &amp; Mumbai has their first meetups (first documented meetups!). It was a year that saw good participation from <a href="http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Indian wikipedians</a> at Wikimania (Gdansk) and the chapters meeting at <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_meeting_2010/Participants" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Berlin</a>. It was a year that saw the first ever India community <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_India_Community_Newsletter_2010_September.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">news letter</a> and an <a href="http://thottingal.in/blog/2010/04/17/mlwikioncd/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">offline CD</a>. It was a year that saw the first Indian join the <a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Bishakha_Datta_to_join_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Board of Trustees</a> and an Indian wikipedian getting elected as <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2010/votes/Jyothis" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Steward.</a> It was a year that saw the Foundation announce their <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/d/db/Wikimedia_Five-Year_Targets.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">focus of India</a> as a geography to grow Wikipedia. It was a year that saw the Foundation approve an India chapter <a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_India" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">formally</a>, <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA-ChapComVer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">MOA getting finalized</a> and the launch of the <a href="http://wikimedia.in/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Wikimedia.in website</a> They year also saw many visits from the foundation - <a href="http://onlygizmos.com/wikipedia-meetup-mumbai-with-jimmy-wales-interview/2010/11/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Jimmy Wales</a>, <a href="http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/dec/131210-Erik-Moller-Wikipedia-Pune.htm" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Erik Möller</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bangalore_Wikimeetup23_1617.jpg" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Danese Cooper, Alolita Sharma</a>, and <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/25/stories/2010092551100200.htm" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Barry Newstead</a> visited many cities in India.</i></font></p>



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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#1f497d" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i>It was also a year of many <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_News" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">project milestones</a>: </i></span></font><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><i>(source News on Meta).</i></span></p>



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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><i><a href="http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%96%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%83%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Gujarati Wikipedia</a> reached 15,000 articles (June 7)</i></span></li>



<li style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><i></i></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><i><a href="http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Marathi Wikipedia</a> has reached 30,000 articles (Jul 2)</i></span></li>



<li style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><i><a href="http://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%DB%81_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Urdu Wikipedia</a> crossed 15,000 articles (Oct 31)</i></span></li>



<li style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#1f497d" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i><a href="http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BE" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Malayalam wikipedia</a> cross 15,000 articles (Nov 9)</i></span></font></li>



<li style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#1f497d" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i><a href="http://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%98%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%81:Main_Page" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">Malayalam Wiktionary</a> has reached 60,000 entries (Aug 4).   </i></span></font></li>

<li style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" target="_blank">Tamil Wikipedia</a> crossed 25,000 articles</i></li>


<li style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" target="_blank">Tamil Wiktionary</a> entered the top-ten with 1,90,000+ entries.</i></li>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thanks to all Wikimedians in India on behalf of the India chapter team, for their numerous initiatives, projects and support in 2010. </p>



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<font color="#1f497d"><i><b><u>Tenth Anniversary Celebrations in India</u></b></i></font></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#1f497d"><i><br></i></font></div>


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Guess how many Indian cities are celebrating the Tenth Wikipedia anniversary?</div><div>More than 10 cities, As of latest count it is 17!!! That covers 10 states in India.</div><div><br></div><div>7 cities added to the celebration list in the last 48 hours.</div>



<div><br></div></span></span></i></span></i></font></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>The latest additions being:</i></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">


<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><i>Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)</i></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><i>Dombivli (Maharashtra)</i></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><i>Kharagpur (West Bengal)</i></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><i>Jalandar (Punjab)</i></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><i>New Delhi </i></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><i>Ghaziabad (Uttar pradesh)</i></li>



<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><i>Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)</i></li></ul></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">



<i>For a complete list of Indian cities or to volunteer help for the tenth anniversary, see  the <a href="http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Ten" target="_blank">Tenth Anniversary India coordination page</a>.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">



<i><br></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We have another 19 states where we could potentially have celebrations! Send an email if you know a volunteer in any of those states.</p>



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</span></p></div>Arun Ramarathnam<br>On behalf of the Wikimedia India chapter
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