Dear Wikimedians,
*Happy New Year*
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*Wish you and your family a Very Happy and exciting 2011!***
*2010 It has been quite a year for Wikipedia and Wikimedia in Indiahttp://wikimedia.in/ . *
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*It was a year that saw at least 31 Wikipedia community meetups in 9 citieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India. Indian cities Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata & Mumbai has their first meetups (first documented meetups!). It was a year that saw good participation from Indian wikipedianshttp://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees at Wikimania (Gdansk) and the chapters meeting at Berlinhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_meeting_2010/Participants. It was a year that saw the first ever India community news letterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_India_Community_Newsletter_2010_September.pdf and an offline CD http://thottingal.in/blog/2010/04/17/mlwikioncd/. It was a year that saw the first Indian join the Board of Trusteeshttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Bishakha_Datta_to_join_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees and an Indian wikipedian getting elected as Steward.http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2010/votes/Jyothis It was a year that saw the Foundation announce their focus of Indiahttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/d/db/Wikimedia_Five-Year_Targets.pdf as a geography to grow Wikipedia. It was a year that saw the Foundation approve an India chapter formallyhttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_India , MOA getting finalizedhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA-ChapComVer and the launch of the Wikimedia.in website http://wikimedia.in/ They year also saw many visits from the foundation - Jimmy Waleshttp://onlygizmos.com/wikipedia-meetup-mumbai-with-jimmy-wales-interview/2010/11/ , Erik Möllerhttp://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/dec/131210-Erik-Moller-Wikipedia-Pune.htm , Danese Cooper, Alolita Sharmahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bangalore_Wikimeetup23_1617.jpg, and Barry Newsteadhttp://www.hindu.com/2010/09/25/stories/2010092551100200.htm visited many cities in India.*
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*It was also a year of many project milestoneshttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_News : **(source News on Meta).*
- *Gujarati Wikipediahttp://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 reached 15,000 articles (June 7)* - ***Marathi Wikipediahttp://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 has reached 30,000 articles (Jul 2)* - *Urdu Wikipediahttp://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%DB%81_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84 crossed 15,000 articles (Oct 31)* - *Malayalam wikipediahttp://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 cross 15,000 articles (Nov 9)* - *Malayalam Wiktionaryhttp://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 has reached 60,000 entries (Aug 4). * - *Tamil Wikipediahttp://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%8Dcrossed 25,000 articles * - *Tamil Wiktionaryhttp://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%8Dentered the top-ten with 1,90,000+ entries. *
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***2010 surely has been an eventful year for Wikimedia in India!*
Thanks to all Wikimedians in India on behalf of the India chapter team, for their numerous initiatives, projects and support in 2010.
*We look forward to working with all Wikimedians to make 2011 another successful year.*
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** * * *Tenth Anniversary Celebrations in India* * * * Guess how many Indian cities are celebrating the Tenth Wikipedia anniversary? More than 10 cities, As of latest count it is 17!!! That covers 10 states in India.
7 cities added to the celebration list in the last 48 hours.
* *The latest additions being:*
- *Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)* - *Dombivli (Maharashtra)* - *Kharagpur (West Bengal)* - *Jalandar (Punjab)* - *New Delhi * - *Ghaziabad (Uttar pradesh)* - *Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)*
*For a complete list of Indian cities or to volunteer help for the tenth anniversary, see the Tenth Anniversary India coordination pagehttp://wikimedia.in/wiki/Ten .*
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We have another 19 states where we could potentially have celebrations! Send an email if you know a volunteer in any of those states.
* *Regards
Arun
Arun Ramarathnam On behalf of the Wikimedia India chapter
Wow! Didn't realize so much had happened till I saw it all in one place. Thanks, Arun.
Also extending my wishes for a happy new year to all - and thank you for the generosity, collegiality and support you have offered me.
[?]Toasting all wikimedians, Bishakha
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Arun Ramarathnam arunram25@gmail.comwrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
*Happy New Year*
*[image: ny2011.JPG]
*Wish you and your family a Very Happy and exciting 2011!***
*2010 It has been quite a year for Wikipedia and Wikimedia in Indiahttp://wikimedia.in/ . *
*It was a year that saw at least 31 Wikipedia community meetups in 9 cities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India. Indian cities Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata & Mumbai has their first meetups (first documented meetups!). It was a year that saw good participation from Indian wikipedianshttp://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees at Wikimania (Gdansk) and the chapters meeting at Berlinhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_meeting_2010/Participants. It was a year that saw the first ever India community news letterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_India_Community_Newsletter_2010_September.pdf and an offline CD http://thottingal.in/blog/2010/04/17/mlwikioncd/. It was a year that saw the first Indian join the Board of Trusteeshttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Bishakha_Datta_to_join_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees and an Indian wikipedian getting elected as Steward.http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2010/votes/Jyothis It was a year that saw the Foundation announce their focus of Indiahttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/d/db/Wikimedia_Five-Year_Targets.pdf as a geography to grow Wikipedia. It was a year that saw the Foundation approve an India chapter formallyhttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_India , MOA getting finalizedhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA-ChapComVer and the launch of the Wikimedia.in website http://wikimedia.in/ They year also saw many visits from the foundation - Jimmy Waleshttp://onlygizmos.com/wikipedia-meetup-mumbai-with-jimmy-wales-interview/2010/11/ , Erik Möllerhttp://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/dec/131210-Erik-Moller-Wikipedia-Pune.htm , Danese Cooper, Alolita Sharmahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bangalore_Wikimeetup23_1617.jpg, and Barry Newsteadhttp://www.hindu.com/2010/09/25/stories/2010092551100200.htm visited many cities in India.*
*It was also a year of many project milestoneshttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_News : **(source News on Meta).*
- *Gujarati Wikipediahttp://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 reached
15,000 articles (June 7)*
- ***Marathi Wikipediahttp://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 has
reached 30,000 articles (Jul 2)*
- *Urdu Wikipediahttp://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%DB%81_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84 crossed
15,000 articles (Oct 31)*
- *Malayalam wikipediahttp://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 cross
15,000 articles (Nov 9)*
- *Malayalam Wiktionaryhttp://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 has
reached 60,000 entries (Aug 4). *
- *Tamil Wikipediahttp://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%8Dcrossed 25,000 articles
- *Tamil Wiktionaryhttp://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%8Dentered the top-ten with 1,90,000+ entries.
***2010 surely has been an eventful year for Wikimedia in India!*
Thanks to all Wikimedians in India on behalf of the India chapter team, for their numerous initiatives, projects and support in 2010.
*We look forward to working with all Wikimedians to make 2011 another successful year.*
**
*Tenth Anniversary Celebrations in India*
Guess how many Indian cities are celebrating the Tenth Wikipedia anniversary? More than 10 cities, As of latest count it is 17!!! That covers 10 states in India.
7 cities added to the celebration list in the last 48 hours.
*The latest additions being:*
- *Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)*
- *Dombivli (Maharashtra)*
- *Kharagpur (West Bengal)*
- *Jalandar (Punjab)*
- *New Delhi *
- *Ghaziabad (Uttar pradesh)*
- *Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)*
*For a complete list of Indian cities or to volunteer help for the tenth anniversary, see the Tenth Anniversary India coordination pagehttp://wikimedia.in/wiki/Ten .*
We have another 19 states where we could potentially have celebrations! Send an email if you know a volunteer in any of those states.
*Regards
Arun
Arun Ramarathnam On behalf of the Wikimedia India chapter
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