NWR 2011

=Noteworthy Wikimedian Recognition=

The Recognition
Wikimedia projects have been active in India for a few years and the journey has  been exciting (, Gautam John's  article and ). This has been made possible by the contributions of hundreds of Wikimedians across various Wikimedia  projects. WikiConference India 2011 is the first conference and largest congregation of Wikimedians in India across Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia India chapter Executive committee believes it would be  befitting to use this opportunity to recognize noteworthy contributions  of some of the best contributors to our projects.

The objective of this recognition is to appreciate Wikimedians (contributing to India focused projects) from across Wikimedia projects and languages for their contributions.

NWR Winners
Jury's Mention - Special Contribution Other Wikpedias Other projects Jury's Mention - Outstanding Contribution
 * 1) Bhadani (Wikipedia, English, Content)
 * 2)  VS Sunil (Wikipedia, Malayalam, Content)
 * 3) Abhay Natu (Wikipedia, Marathi, Content)
 * 4) आशीष भटनागर (Ashish Bhatnagar) (Wikipedia, Hindi, Content)
 * 5)  Rajasekhar  (Wikipedia, Telugu, English, Content)
 * 6) Satishchandra (Wikipedia, Gujarati, Content)
 * 7) Arnab Dutta (multiple Wikimedia projects, Bengali, English)
 * 8) Bhawani Gautam‎ (Wikipedia, Nepali, Content)
 * 9) T.Sujatha (Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Telugu, Content, E-Magazine, Outreach)
 * 1) Tamil Wikipedia - Natkeeran
 * 2) Kannada Wikipedia – Radhatanaya
 * 3) Sanskrit Wikipedia – Samvith2011
 * 1) Wiki Source - Sanskrit and Malayalam communities
 * 2) Wiktionary - Tamil - தகவலழவன�� � �(Thaga�muzhavan)
 * 3) WikiNews - Tamil - Kanags
 * 4) Wikiquote - Malayalam - Fuadaj
 * 5) Wikibooks - Tamil - Pitchaimuthu2050
 * 1) User: Sengai_Podhuvan
 * 2) User: Anirudh (अनिरुद्ध)
 * 3) User: Junaidpv

The nomination process

 * Any Wikimedian can nominate any other wikimedian of their choice for the recognition (preferred). Self nominations are also allowed.
 * Nominees for the Recognition should have made significant contributions to Wikimedia India projects or the movement.
 * Contributions include content,  Outreach and contributions in any other form.
 * Nominations should be through  a filled Nomination form on the Wikimedia India wiki.
 * Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
 * The jury's decision would be final.

Eligibility Criterion
Any wikimedian other than current Members of the Wikimedia India  Executive  committee, members of the Jury,  Wiki Conference India Office bearers,  staff/contractors of the Wikimedia foundation  or anyone paid directly  for their time/effort by Wikimedia organisations  are eligible for these  recognitions.

(for contributions till 2010)!

Jury constitution
The chapter has constituted a Jury with members from the Chapter Executive  committee, Wikimedia Foundation India office, Conference organisers and  Community and other key stakeholders.

Jury composition

 * 1) Achal Prabhala
 * 2) Arun Ramarathnam
 * 3) Ashwin Baindur
 * 4) Bishakha Datta
 * 5) Hisham Mundol
 * 6) Jayanta Nath
 * 7) Naveen Francis
 * 8) Pradeep Mohandas
 * 9) Shiju Alex

Jury's role and responsibility
The role of the jury will be to select Wikimedians for the recognition from the nominations made.

Key dates

 * Announcement of call for nominations to community: 9th Nov 2011, Wednesday.
 * Last date for nomination submission: 16th Nov 2011, Wednesday
 * Jury decision & announcement: During the Conference (18th - 20th November 2011)

The Recognition ceremony
The Chapter Executive committee will conduct a formal recognition ceremony  in the WikiConference India 2011 to recognise the winners. The winners would be given a certificate/citation.

Nominations
Please don't submit your nominations because the deadline is over.

Nominations Received
Other Nominees
 * 1) Utcursch (Wikipedia, English, Hindi, Content)
 * 2) Pamri (Wikipedia, English, Content)
 * 3) GaneshK (Wikipedia, English, Content, Bots)
 * 4) Narasipur Vijayaraghavachar Venkatanarasimhachar or "nvvchar" (Wikipedia, English, Content, DYK)
 * 5) Sundar(Wikipedia, Tamil, English, Content, Outreach, Bots)
 * 6)  Redtigerxyz (Wikipedia, English, Content)
 * 7) Planemad (Wikipedia, Commons, English, Content, Maps, Outreach)
 * 8) Fowler&fowler (Wikipedia, Commons, English, Content)
 * 9) Anoopan (Wikipedia, Malayalam, Content)
 * 10)  R. Lokanathan (Wikipedia, Wikitionary, Tamil, Commons, Bots)
 * 11) Siddhartha Ghai (Wikipedia, Hindi, Content)
 * 12) अनुनाद सिंह‎ (Wikipedia, Hindi, Content)
 * 13) RadhaKrishna (Multiple Wikimedia projects, English, Telugu, Content)
 * 14) Veera Venkata Choudary Veerapaneni (Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Telugu, Content)
 * 15) KasuBabu (Wikipedia, Telugu, Content, Manager)
 * 16) Priya V P (Wikipedia, Marathi, Content)
 * 17) Vivek Shankar (Wiktionary, Kannada, Content)
 * 18) Raman Subba Rao (Wiktionary, Kannada, Content)
 * 19) Sandeep K.N (Wiktionary, Kannada, Content, Bot)
 * 20) Dhaval Vyas (Wikipedia, Gujarati, English, Content, Localisation, Outreach)
 * 21) Sushant Savla (Wikipedia, Gujarati, Content, Localisation)
 * 22) J + Sankalp Dravid (Wikipedia, Marathi, Content)
 * 23) Eukesh (Wikipedia, Nepali Bhasha, Sanskrit, Content, Outreach, New Indic Wiki support)
 * 24) MikeLynch (Wikipedia, English, Sanskrit, Content)
 * 25) Mayur (Wikipedia, Hindi, English, Content, Localisation, Bots, Outreach, IRC)
 * 26) Shubha (Wikipedia, Sanskrit, Content)
 * 27) Chidroop Sharma (Wikipedia, Sanskrit, Content)
 * 28) Belayet Hossain (Wikipedia, Wikisource, Commons, Bengali, Content, Localization)
 * 29) Arindam Das (Wikipedia, Bengali, Content)
 * 30) Ragib (Wikipedia, Bengali, English, Content)
 * 31) Tanvir Rahman (multiple Wikimedia projects, Bengali, English, Content, Bots, IRC)
 * 32) RajeshPandey (Wikipedia, Nepali, Content, Bots, UI)

Recognition 2011
NWR 2011 Results

See Category:NWR 2011 Nominations submitted for all submissions.