Many congrats Balaji. Great to see you getting this recognition. Thanks Krishna for the update. On Nov 10, 2017 3:46 PM, "Mourya Biswas" <mourya.biswas(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Congrats, Balaji anna! A. On Nov 13, 2017 03:37, "Satdeep Gill" <sgill(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Congratulations Balaji. Regards, *Jnanaranjan Sahu* *Bhubaneswar* On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Suyash Dwivedi &lt;suyash.dwivedi(a)wikimedia.in > Congratulations Balaji > > On Nov 13, 2017 10:34 PM, "Asaf Bartov" &lt;abartov(a)wikimedia.org> >> Congrats, Balaji anna! >> >> A. >> >> On Nov 13, 2017 03:37, "Satdeep Gill" &lt;sgill(a)wikimedia.org>> >>> Balaji is an amazing contributor and this is a well deserved recognition >>> for him. >>> >>> Best, >>> Satdeep >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 8:06 PM, Tito Dutta &lt;trulytito(a)gmail.com>>> >>>> Many congrats Balaji. Great to see you getting this recognition. >>>> >>>> Thanks Krishna for the update. >>>> On Nov 10, 2017 3:46 PM, "Mourya Biswas" &lt;mourya.biswas(a)gmail.com&gt; >>>>>>> >>>>> Congratulations Balaji (anna)! You are indeed a prolific editor. It's >>>>> a very well deserved recognition and wish you many more accolades. >>>>> >>>>> Best >>>>> >>>>> On 10-Nov-2017 15:39, "Parul" &lt;sri.parul(a)gmail.com>>>>> >>>>>> Congrats Balaji! Well deserved recognition. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 at 3:10 PM, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < >>>>>> kcvelaga(a)wikimedia.in>>>>>> >>>>>>> Greetings, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am happy to announce the Featured Wikimedian for November 2017. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Balaji Jagadesh* >>>>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Balajijagadesh> is >>>>>>> one of the top contributors from the Tamil Wikimedia community. Though he >>>>>>> started contributing since 2009, he was quite active after his >>>>>>> participation in WikiConference India 2011. Initially he started >>>>>>> contributing to Tamil Wikipedia, but was later attracted towards Tamil >>>>>>> Wikisource, Tamil Wikitionary, and Wikidata. His global contributions count >>>>>>> to whooping 2,50,000 edits. He is an admin on Tamil Wikitionary. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> After his interaction with Mr. Loganathan (User:Info-farmer >>>>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ACentralAuth&target=Info-farmer>), >>>>>>> Balaji was very much motivated to contribute to Wikimedia projects. He >>>>>>> says, "When I was editing in Tamil Wikipedia, I used to translate science >>>>>>> articles from English to Tamil. But faced problem in finding equivalent >>>>>>> Tamil words. The English to Tamil dictionaries were inadequate. Hence I >>>>>>> felt the need to work in the Tamil Wikitionary. After a while there was a >>>>>>> collaboration with Tamil Wikisource and Tamil Nadu Government through Tamil >>>>>>> Virtual University through 2000 CC0 books were uploaded". >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As an active contributor to Wikidata, he says that the vision of >>>>>>> Wikimedia movement is, "Imagine a world in which every single human being >>>>>>> can freely share in the sum of all knowledge", but with Wikidata we can >>>>>>> make it, "Imagine a world in which every single human being *and >>>>>>> every single machine* can freely share in the sum of all >>>>>>> knowledge". Apart from regular contributions, he also created templates to >>>>>>> Tamil Wikimedia projects, and also maintains Tamil Wikisource's >>>>>>> official Twitter handle <https://twitter.com/tawikisource>. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Balaji hails from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and is a post-graduate is >>>>>>> Physics. He currently works as a Senior Geophysicist in Oil and Natural Gas >>>>>>> Corporation Limited (ONGC). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Nominations for Featured Wikimedian can be made at:* >>>>>>> https://goo.gl/Fpf4D2, *or can be suggested to this email ID.* >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Krishna Chaitanya Velaga >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> Parul >>>>>> >>>>>> My Blog <http://happinessandfood.com/> >>>>>> My Professional Profile <http://in.linkedin.com/in/parulthakur> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Satdeep Gill* // Community Outreach Coordinator (India), New Readers >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers> >>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/ >>> >>> >>> *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >>> the sum of all knowledge. 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​​ Hello wikimedians, Thank you all for wishes and kind words. Looking forward for greater collaboration and contribution to the wiki Regards, J. Balaji. On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Asaf Bartov &lt;abartov(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: