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Who We Are? The Wikimedia India Chapter (Registered Name: Wikimedia Chapter) is an independent and not-for-profit organization that supports, promotes and educate the general Indian public about the availability and use of free and open educational content, which includes the ability to access, develop and contribute to encyclopaedias, dictionaries, books, images, etc. It is an autonomous entity that does not have any editorial control over content on Wikipedia and its related projects. The Chapter does not have access to the servers hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation in the USA. Wikimedia Chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote Wikimedia projects within a country. Chapters are formed by people from within the community and enable volunteers to take their work beyond what they can do individually, besides providing the benefit of a formal organisational set-up. While independent, chapters are recognised by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimedia India was formally approved by the Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation after the recommendation of the Chapters Committee in June 2010 and India became the 29th country to host a Wikimedia Chapter. The Wikimedia Chapter was formally registered as a Non-profit Society vide Registrar of Societies, Bangalore Urban District on 03 Jan 2011. How Can You Help? We Need Your Help We need your help and volunteer time. Here are some of the ways how you can help: You can Edit & Contribute to the Wikipedia & other Wikimedia Projects - Be a Wikimedian !!!. Spread the word at your college/work place/campus. Run a Wikimeetup in your city. Run a WikiBooth Anchor a Wiki Academy Run a Wikipedia takes India Volunteer for GLAM Help in running MediaWiki Workshop Participate in Wiki Loves Monuments Participate in Hackathon Contribute pictures/photos to Wikimedia Commons. Join the India Chapter Currently we have 196 members (as of Jan 2012) of the chapter. Chapter membership spans multple cities, languages and age groups. Membership Forms and FAQ - We invite your membership to the Wikimedia India Chapter. Active wikipedians or those interested in Wikimedia projects in India can join the chapter and volunteer. Please Donate Donations - (With link to forms). Contact Us Email Chapter : chapterwikimedia.in Board : wikimedia-in-execlists.wikimedia.org Press Enquiries : presswikimedia.in Membership Queries : membershipwikimedia.in Site suggestions/Social Media promotions : socialmediawikimedia.in Discussion Lists Wikimedia India community mailing list - Important for all Wikipedians to signup and stay connected. Wikimedia India specific community coordination lists - For connecting with language or city specific projects and wikipedians. Wikimedia India chapter mailing list - Members only

Featured Wikimedian Abhiram C User:Sbblr0803's real name is Abhiram C. He is an administrator at Sanskrit Wikisource, and is a very active contributor there. He has uploaded various Sanskrit works to the Wikisource, including the whole of the Mahabharat, the Saama Veda, and Kalidasa's Raghuvamsham. He is an integral part of the Sanskrit Wikimedia community, and frequently helps out with teaching new editors on Wiki markup, as well as editing techniques. He participated in the WikiConference India 2011. See also: Featured Wikimedian Archive News, Announcements & Reports Wikimedia Chapter Annual Report 2010-11 Announcements Wikimedia India Chapter receives FCRA Prior Permission, published Feb 20,2012 Formation of Communications, PR & Media Relations Team, published Feb 11,2012 New Wikimedia India Portals, published Feb 03,2012 Communication regarding SOPA and Wikipedia Blackout on 18 January 2012, published Jan 17, 2012. Chapter-Foundation: Co-ordination Call-December 2011 Update, published Jan 05,2012. See also: Announcements Archive Press Releases English Wikipedia to go dark for 24 hours See also: Press Releases Archive Reports Wikimedia Chapter (India) January 2012 report, published Feb 22,2012 Wikimedia Chapter (India) December 2011 report, published Jan 20,2012 Wikimedia Chapter (India) November 2011 report, published Dec 15,2011 Wikimedia Chapter (India) October 2011 report, published Nov 9,2011 Wikimedia Chapter (India) Annual Report 2010-11, published Oct 21,2011 Wikimedia Chapter (India) September 2011 report, published Oct 4,2011 See also: Reports Archive Blog posts Summary of discussions with Indic language wikimedians – 2011 Wiki Conference India 2011 India Loves Wikipedia – What’s it all about? See also: Chapter Blog Events Current & Upcoming Events 13-May-2012 Bangalore Wikimeetup 46 Recent Events 29-April-2012 Bangalore Wikimeetup 45 24-April-2012 Wiki Academy @ L.D. College of Engineering 08-April-2012 Bangalore Wikimeetup 44 24/25-Mar-2012 NERIST Techfest & NIT Arunachal Pradesh 10-Mar-2012 Coimbatore Wikimeetup 3 10-Mar-2012 Pune Wikimeetup 9 11-Mar-2012 Bangalore Wikimeetup 43 11-Mar-2012 Delhi Wikimeetup 7 17-Mar-2012 Chennai Hackathon March 2012 18-Mar-2012 Ahmedabad Wikimeetup 4 24-Mar-2012 Kolkata Wikimeetup 9 See also: Events Archive

Wikimedia Projects

Wikipedia - Encyclopedia Meta-Wiki - Global coordination Commons - Shared media repository Wiktionary - Dictionary Wikibooks - Textbooks Wikisource - Sources Wikiquote - Quotations Wikinews - News Wikispecies - Species Wikiversity - Learning tools MediaWiki - MediaWiki software Incubator - language versions in development

Disclaimer: The Wikimedia India Chapter is an autonomous entity with no direct control over the Wikipedia project and other websites hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, USA.