[INCOTM] - May 2012 Report - Wikimedia-in-en

31 May 2012

Hi all,

It's time to analyse the previous month's collaborations. Last month, President
of India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India> was chosen as
the COTM and Anil Kumble <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Kumble> for
taking upto GA/FA status. Here's a brief account of how things went by.

*President of India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India>* -
Collaboration of the Month

   - The article saw healthy collaboration in the first three weeks. Most
   of the work which could have been done was done during this period and
   hence there was slightly less activity in the last week. Nevertheless, the
   collaboration, as the trend continues, was a successful one.
   - Statistics -

 Total number of edits 207  Number of participants 32  Increase in number
of words 92  Number of references added 59

   - Number of words increasing merely by 92 was no surprise, the article
   being a general topic and most of the *info* was already present.
   - One new sub-section "Pardoning Powers" was added and others saw some
   addition of info wherever required.
   - An article of this importance had only 11 references. The editors
   focused on the referencing part and amazing things happened! 59 references
   were added which gave strength to the article and improved its quality.
   INCOTM continues its trend of improving and increasing the citations.
   - Having said that, this time no new images were added and there were
   only 3 editors doing the actual collaboration –
User:Karthikndr<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>dr>,
   User:Barkha dhamechai<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Barkha_dhamechai>and
   User:Ansumang <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang>. *Satyamev
   Jayte barnstars* have been awarded to them for their rigorous and
   tireless work.

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*Anil Kumble <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil_Kumble>* - GA/FA of the
month

   - Anil Kumble, was again a successful collaboration. The article has
   shaped up quite nicely and most of the GA criteria have been worked upon. I
   got some folks from WikiProject
Cricket<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cricket>for this
article and we had a great time! The article has already been
nominated
   for GA <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anil_Kumble>.

   - Statistics -

 Total number of edits 279  Number of participants 18  Increase in number
of words - 241  Number of references added 57

   - Again, over here the number of words decreased owing to some cleanup
   initially and copyediting. Much info was not added. There was movement of
   info from one section to another and everything is now in its proper place.
   The article was restructured.
   - Referencing improved significantly!
   - One new image of him with his family members was added.
   - The list of his Man of the Series awards, Test wicket milestones and
   Captaincy record were formatted as per the MoS.
   - Major contributors on this article were during the period of
   collaboration were
User:TheSpecialUser<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TheSpecialUser>er>,
   User:Vyom25 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vyom25>,
User:Vensatry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vensatry>and myself.
   *The Googly barnstar* has been awarded to them for their efforts.

While concluding, I would like to mention that getting some friends from
WikiProject Cricket has increased the member strength. They are ready to
contribute in the forthcoming collaborations as well. This idea seems to be
working good, of course keeping it going is a challenge. For June, my
target will be WikiProject:Food and
drink<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Food_and_Drink>nk>.
Will try to get some folks to edit Indian
Cuisine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Cuisine>
.
That's all for now. Happy editing, happy collaborating!

Regards,
Pratik Lahoti
User:BPositive