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 <trulyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.bis...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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" <sri.pa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Congrats Balaji! Well deserved recognition. >>> >>> On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 at 3:10 PM, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < >>> kcvel...@wikimedia.in> wrote: >>> >>>> 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@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@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@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@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. That's our commitment. Donate <http://donate.wikimedia.org/>.*
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