The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in India have been announced. This year ten photographs by four participants are going for the international round. Seven of the images are of monuments from the Northern states while the rest three are from Karnataka. A total of 189 participants contributed 5771 photographs. For a complete list… Read more »
It’s that time of the year again. Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in India is starting in a couple of weeks. And like the last few years, it will be organised by the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group. About Wiki Loves Monuments Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual global photographic competition of monuments. It is organised… Read more »
Finally, after seven long years, WikiConference India was back. After Mumbai and Chandigarh, this time to the city of the Nizams. The capital of Telangana, Hyderabad. I missed the first two conferences in 2011 and 2016 for personal reasons. Naturally, I was more than eager to be a part of it this time. But before… Read more »
Wikimania, the annual global conference of the Wikimedia Foundation, who runs, among others, the popular free knowledge site Wikipedia, this year was held at Cape Town, South Africa. With 123 other volunteers from around the World, I was one of the full scholarship recipients this year to attend the conference. Being my first Wikimania, I… Read more »
The last Wikipedia Takes Kolkata photowalk was on 2014 and the year 2015 saw no new seasons. Finally it returned January, 2016 with Season V and this time we explored the areas around Kidderpore. This time it was a much compact and dedicated team which started the walk from Kidderpore tram depot after a light… Read more »
When I heard the fourth edition of Wikipedia Takes Kolkata is in the month of December, I was very happy. Last time the walk lasted nearly 6 hrs and we covered 8 km. and 20 landmarks. While I must admit it was a very successful one, the typical Calcutta heat and humidity exhausted us a… Read more »
Wikipedia takes Kolkata is an annual event, where a group of like-minded people visit various landmarks of Kolkata, to click photos, which are used to enhance the Wikimedia repository. Wikipedia as we all know is the largest free online encyclopedia which depends entirely on voluntary activities. And the editors, to create and maintain the articles,… Read more »