January 15 is known as Wikipedia Day to Wikipedians. On this date in the year 2001, the wiki-based Wikipedia project went public after spending five days on Nupedia. A Wikipedia Day celebration is being planned in Bangalore on Saturday January 16, 2010.
* What: Wikipedia Day Bangalore — 16-Jan-2010 * When: Saturday, 16 Jan, 2010 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM * Where: The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore * Who: Wikipedians from any part of India or the world and anyone who is interested in Wikipedia! Meetup is open to members of all Wikimedia projects and Wikipedians from all languages.All are welcome, and we are especially interested in seeing newcomers to join the experienced Wikipedians/Wikimedians. (from) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:MBL10 Venue: The Centre for Internet and Society No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers 14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560052, India Phone: (+91)-80-4092-6283 -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l