Hi all,
*Gateway of India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_of_India>* was the
article chosen as the Collaboration of the Month(COTM) for the month of
April 2012. Here’s how things went by.
- Initially, there was very less activity on the article. It seemed that
the COTM would be a complete flop untill
User:Karthikndr<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>came up
with some good edits in the third week and then the article picked
up. Thus, what seemed to be an unsuccessful COTM, was actually a successful
one. The article was also selected for the
edit-a-thon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India_Edit-a-t…
on the 22nd of April which got some significant contributions.
- Some statistics -
Total number of edits 155 Number of participants 20 Increase in number
of words 695 Average words added per edit 4.50 Number of images added 6
- There was quite some improvement to the lead section. Three new
sections - “Design and Structure”, “Significance” & “Terror Attacks” were
added. Number of references increased from 2 to 34!! Grammar and tone of
the article was also worked upon.
- Significant contributions were made by
User:Karthikndr<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>and
User:AroundTheGlobe
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AroundTheGlobe>and have been
awarded barnstars. Referencing and content increase was due
to the efforts of these editors. Other editors who helped the article in
shaping up were User:Jobin
RV<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jobin_RV>RV>,
User:Hisham <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hisham>, User:Netha
Hussain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain>,
User:Rsrikanth05 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rsrikanth05> and
User:AshLin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AshLin>. They have been
awarded WikLoves :)
*GA/FA of the month - Tripura <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura>*
- Tripura <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura> was the article
selected for GA/FA of the month. The article has improved quite well. While
the number of references doubled, the sections - “Geography and Climate” ,
“Flora and Fauna” saw expansion. Basics (reference style, reliable sources,
planned coverage) are well covered and the article is pretty close to GA
nomination. Perhaps, some work can be done in the coming days and we’ll
have a GA! :)
- Major work was done by
User:Dwaipayanc<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dwaipayanc>and a
barnstar was awarded for his contribs. WikiLoves were sent to
User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr> and
User:Jobin
RV <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jobin_RV> for their contributions.
That’s all for April 2012 folks :) See you all for the next month’s
COTM - President
of India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India>
Warm Regards,
Pratik Lahoti
User:BPositive <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BPositive>