Mahafreed

Wikipedia–Wikimedia Meetup
Mumbai, India

Meetup - 26
विकिपीडिया मिलन,
मुंबई-26:उद्घोषित
4 p.m. ,
Saturday, 21 November 2015

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Can someone name a few Wikipedia jargon? Example: stub, citation needed etc

Village Pump, Cleanup, Polishing, Vandalism, Sandbox, Wikimedia Incubator, etc...

Angpradesh (talk) 02:47, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Hopefully I see you tomollow. Is there another place where I can ask questions like this? I had to visit Yahoo Answers > http://yhoo.it/9eKGHb to ask this question before you answered it. :)

Welcome!

Some cookies to welcome you!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Mahafreed! I am Linguisticgeek and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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LinguisticGeek 06:15, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi

duh you are journalist ? i thought you were a new contributor.i am on the welcoming commitee.i suggest you read the talk pages of article Barkha Dutt on how wiki works.btwn some ips vandalizing your user page has been reverted.LinguisticGeek 09:16, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

What is to duh about it? Why can't journalists be new contributors? :/ Sigh. Yes, I am a journalist studying this community but I also like to participate. I just learnt how to edit and I'm quite enjoying it. I want to contribute on a long-term basis.

ok great to hear that you are here on a long-term basis !.hope you have gone through the five pillars.happy editing !LinguisticGeek 09:38, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes. Thank You

Your recent edits

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you must sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 14:18, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks SineBot. Mahafreed (talk) 14:35, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

i notice you are new here. Sinebot is a (ro)bot and we have many such automated bots doing routine maintenance work. welcome to wikipedia and hope u will choose to stay here. --CarTick 14:15, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you notice right :) Thanks for enlightening me about sinebot. Appreciate the effort. One question: How did you come across my page? Is there a new comer's page too?

I love Wikipedia and am trying to dedicate more of my online time here.

Hi

Hi and wlecome to Wikipedia! I'll reply to your mail soon :-) utcursch | talk 03:50, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Yaay thanks Utcursch! :-) Mahafreed (talk) 11:33, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai2

As discussed in the Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai1 in September,2010, Wikipedians in Mumbai & Suburbs will meet up at least once every month, a Meet up

Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai2 has been organised on 10th Oct., 2010 to move the same further.

Would you be available to meet with us on Sun 10th Oct.?

Could u convey this to other attendees of Mumbai Meet up-1 or Mumbai Wikipedians? Regards. Angpradesh (talk) 03:55, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite. I think we're onto something. Mahafreed (talk) 11:43, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai3

Hi !

A Meet up has been organised on 31st Oct., 2010 at Mumbai. Alongwith others Jimmy Wales, Co-founder of Wikipedia will be attending the meet up. For details please visit: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Mumbai/Mumbai3 You are invited to attend. Best Regards.

Angpradesh (talk) 04:37, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite. Mahafreed (talk)mahafreed

Hi there

Hi Mahafreed, I was at the #WPMMU3 yesterday but really didn't get a chance to meet you there. Volunteering slightly sucks ;-). Anyway, noticed that you are relatively new on WP and are interested in studying the community. Belated welcome and happy editing. AshLin (talk) 06:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Oh neat! You were volunteering as part of which team? Yes, I am new. :) Need to start editing articles now. Instead of just using this as a chat forum. Thanks for the welcome. Mahafreed (talk) 13:07, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

The welcoming everyone (by order ;-)) volunteer team at the lecture. So was mostly stuck in the lobby outside the auditorium. Missed the group photop too. :-( AshLin (talk) 15:14, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I'll delete it from my page. Its gone offline. It appears to be one of those temporary webpages available from time to time. I think Tinu Cherian on twitter may be the one who put it up. Find me at ashwin_baindur on Twitter. AshLin (talk) 05:56, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

PS - You need to add four tildes in a row after you finish your text. Like this - ~~~~. It automatically adds your user name with links to user page and talk page and the date time stamp. Just like this - AshLin (talk) 05:56, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Tx AshLin! Mahafreed (talk) 13:48, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Invite to WikiConference India 2011

Hi Mahafreed, The First WikiConference India is being organized in Mumbai and will take place on 18-20 November 2011. You can see our Official website, the Facebook event and our Scholarship form. But the activities start now with the 100 day long WikiOutreach. As you are part of WikiProject India community we invite you to be there for conference and share your experience. Thank you for your contributions. We look forward to see you at Mumbai on 18-20 November 2011

A bowl of strawberries for you!

yummmy. Mahafreed (talk) 15:43, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject India Tag & Assess 2012 Contest

Hello friends, we are a number of editors from WikiProject India have got together to assess the many thousands of articles under the stewardship of the project, and we'd love to have you, a fellow member, join us. These articles require assessment, that is, the addition of a WikiProject template to the talk page of an article, assessing it for quality and importance and adding a few extra parameters to it.

As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a Tag & Assess 2012 drive-cum-contest has begun from March 01, 2012 to last till May 31, 2012.

If you are new to assessment, you can learn the minimum about how to evaluate from Part One of the Assessment Guide. Part Two of the Guide will help you learn to employ the full functionality of the talk page template, should you choose to do so.

You can sign up on the Tag & Assess page. There are a number of awards to be given in recognition of your efforts. Come & join us to take part in this exciting new venture. You'll learn more about India in this way.

ssriram_mt (talk) & AshLin (talk) (Drive coordinators)

Delivered per request on Wikipedia:Bot requests. 01:21, 12 March 2012 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 01:21, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

DNA

I'm guessing you work for DNA, as much of your editing on the DNA page reads like a marketing press release! I've removed some of the fluff, do review the page and see what you think. BTW - I'm just another editor here, I have no authority. But I do try to maintain a good standard. Heenan73 (talk) 09:15, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi Heenan73, thanks for the feedback but someone just deleted some very important details and added grammatical errors. Sad. Even the headers were changed to silly things like 'Internet'. Very ambiguous and silly.

Re-initiating INCOTM

It's been almost an year since "Indian collaboration of the month" was active. Firstly we need to restart this as soon as possible for development of India-related articles to greater heights. The members page was blanked, where many of them are inactive. This mass message is to all the members of WikiProject India, about this and interested editors interested will sign up. After this message gets delivered, we'll wait for 7 days before we start a discussion under a thread on the collaboration's talk page, among the members. The discussion will include what to clean-up of sub-pages, a new set of guidelines for smooth and uninterrupted functioning of the collaboration etc. Please keep all the discussions under this thread only, so that it will easier for future reference. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:19, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Re-initiating INCOTM

It's been almost an year since "Indian collaboration of the month" was active. Firstly we need to restart this as soon as possible for development of India-related articles to greater heights. The members page was blanked, where many of them are inactive. This mass message is to all the members of WikiProject India, about this and interested editors interested will sign up. After this message gets delivered, we'll wait for 7 days before we start a discussion under a thread on the collaboration's talk page, among the members. The discussion will include what to clean-up of sub-pages, a new set of guidelines for smooth and uninterrupted functioning of the collaboration etc. Please keep all the discussions under this thread only, so that it will easier for future reference. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:19, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Incubator/Indian military history

You are invited to join the Indian military history work-group, an initiative of the Military history WikiProject. This group is to exclusively deal with the topics related to Indian military. If you're interested, please add you name to the participants list. Ignore if you are already a member. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:06, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Indian defence services

You are requested to participate in the discussion of Wiki Loves Indian defence services on the talk page of WikiProject India. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:44, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Message for parsi editor

Hi.I am Dev Kumar and I am from Gurgaon. I am wanting the parsi editor to please fulfil my request and move page of Neomi Rao to neomi jengair Rao. I am not confirmed automaticalaly so I cannot perform this action. I thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dev Kumar 1976 (talk • contribs) 16:55, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi Dev, Your concern seems to have been addressed. Regards. --Mahafreed (talk) 12:44, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)

Greetings,

It is being planned to organize Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, please fill out the survey form to help the organizers. Your responses will help organizers understand what level of demand there is for the event (how many people in your community think it is important that the event happens). At the end of the day, the participants will turn out to have knowledge to create drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and get to know to how to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria. For more information and link to survey form, please visit Talk:Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:46, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Supporting Indian Wikipedia Program resource distribution

In 2017 - 2018, the Wikimedia Foundation and Google working in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India chapter (WMIN) and user groups will pilot a program encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. This program (Code name: Project Tiger) will:

(a) Support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and

(b) Sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.

The objective of the program is to provide laptops and internet stipends for existing editors who need support to contribute more actively. 50 basic model Acer Chromebooks and Internet stipends for 100 contributors are available for distribution. Provided resources are the sole property of the beneficiaries and should be used for the betterment of the movement.

If you're an active Wikimedian, and interested to receive support from this project, please apply. It will take around 10 minutes of your time, and will ask descriptive questions about your contribution to Indic Wikimedia projects.

• Apply at: Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program#Apply for support
• Last date for submitting applications is 11th February 2018, 11:59 IST.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:12, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Project Tiger Writing Contest

In 2017 – 2018, the Wikimedia Foundation and Google working in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India Chapter (WMIN) and user groups from India, are piloting a program encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. This program will (a) support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and (b) sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.

Phase (a) has been completed, during which active contributors were awarded laptops and internet stipends. Phase (b) will be a contest in which editors will come together and develop a writing contest focused on content gaps. Each month three individual prizes will be awarded to each community based on their contribution for the month. The prizes worth 3,000 INR, 2000 INR, and 1,000 INR, will be awarded to the top contributors for each month. The contest started at March 1, 2018, 0:00, and will end at May 31, 2018, 23:59 (IST). Useful links are as follows:

• Sign up at: Wikipedia:Project Tiger Writing Contest/Participants
• List of the articles can be referred at: Wikipedia:Project Tiger Writing Contest/Topics
• Submit/report your articles/contributions at: https://tools.wmflabs.org/fountain/editathons/project-tiger-2018-en
• For more details, rules, FAQ etc. kindly refer: Wikipedia:Project Tiger Writing Contest

Looking forward your participation, all the best. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) at 22:20, 21 March 2018 (UTC).

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:55, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject India 10,000 Challenge

Hello Mahafreed. You are invited to join the new WikiProject India 10,000 Challenge, a challenge which aims to see 10,000 improvements, destubs, and creations for Indian articles, covering every state of India and topic. Articles on all related topics are welcome. We need numbers to make this work and do something extraordinary for India on Wikipedia! Every 100 articles submitted will be copied into the wider Asian challenge. Sign up on the page if interested and start contributing! If you know someone who might be interested, please invite them by: {{subst:WikiProject India/The 10,000 Challenge Invite|~~~~}} Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:47, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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