Re: Bangalore

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Hi User:Manohar.sram, and welcome to Wikipedia! Hope to see you active on all Karnataka and India related articles. As far as the name of the city is concerned, there has been considerable debate on this issue (see Indian naming controversy). While the debate itself is interesting, it cannot provide clear direction on the naming convention of Indian cities. For any city to be renamed in India, there needs to be official recognition granted at the Central Government level. As far as is known, this approval has not been given to Bangalore as yet, and therefore it would be premature to change the "official" name of the city. We can get the ball rolling once there is official recognition. Personally, I don't see the reason for all the fuss – when I speak in English, I always say "Bangalore", just as I always say "Bengaluru" when I speak in Kannada. Thanks AreJay (talk) 21:24, 9 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi,

Hindi wiki is very short of contributors. Hindi being a language of many is in very neglected state even on Wikipedia. Other languages which have way smaller speakers have more articles on their respective Wikipedia than Hindi wikipedia. The situation is so bad that there are only 2 fully active editors and 3-4 more contributors who are creating and expanding the hindi wiki. I request you to join us in this attempt of making Hindi wiki a respectful internet resource for information in Hindi.

Thanks Gunjan (talk) 14:15, 13 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Invite to WikiConference India 2011

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Hi Manohar.sram,

The First WikiConference India is being organized in Mumbai and will take place on 18-20 November 2011.
You can see our Official website, the Facebook event and our Scholarship form.

But the activities start now with the 100 day long WikiOutreach.

As you are part of WikiProject India community we invite you to be there for conference and share your experience. Thank you for your contributions.

We look forward to see you at Mumbai on 18-20 November 2011

Wikimedia Stories Project

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Aloha!

My name is Victor Grigas, I’m a storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation working on collecting stories of Indian Wikipedians for the 2011 fundraiser.

I found your name on this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_Bangalore

I’ll be traveling to India from the 12th -20th of November to conduct face to face interviews with Indian Wikipedians. I’ll be in Bangalore from November 12-15 and in Mumbai for WikiConference India from November 17 - 20.

If you are interested, and would like to schedule an interview with me, please mark your time and place of interview on this page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Indiastorytelling or send me an email (vgrigas@wikimedia.org) with any questions or concerns you may have.

If you feel that you’d like to talk to me, but wont be able to make it to either of these locations and would like to schedule a Skype or Telephone interview, please email me at vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Cheers, Victor

PS If you know of anyone with whom I should speak please let me know :)