Amir,
We feature community member profiles in Tamil Wikipedia homepage and
Wikimedia India chapter archives. It gives a brief intro about their
background and links to their significant Wikimedia related contributions.
Tamil Wikipedia archive -
https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/7pi
Wikimedia India acrhive for 2015 -
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Featured_Wikimedian/Archive/2015
We do not interview but let them write these short profiles. There is also
a nomination process. While only more seasoned contributors are featured
this way, it is definitely a motivation for newcomers to contribute more.
Whenever there is a community gathering, we also try to create video
interviews.
Indian community interviews -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs-r163EeuFFPIhJHorSttw/videos?sort=dd&…
Tamil community interviews -
https://www.youtube.com/user/TamilWikimedia/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&a…
These interviews then help us create mashups for social media promotion -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05PoBbwsZV0
Ravi