User:Balajijagadesh

J.Balaji

Independent Wikimedia Volunteer & Open Knowledge Enthusiast,
Proponent of Tamil Wikisource

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.
—Jimmy Wales

About me

Geophysicist by profession

My work

Primary interests

• Tamil wikisource
• Tamil wiktionary
• Wikidata
• commons

Contact me

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User language
ta-5 இந்தப் பயனர் தமிழில் தொழில் நெறிஞர் தரத்திலான அறிவைக் கொண்டவர். en-5 This user has professional knowledge of English. te-2 ఈ వాడుకరికి తెలుగు భాషపై మధ్య స్థాయి అవగాహన ఉంది. hi-3 इस सदस्य को हिन्दी का उच्च स्तर का ज्ञान है।
Users by language

This user is an administrator on Wikisource.

Conferences and workshops
WikiConference India 2011 at Mumbai, India. Community Capacity Development 2016 at Chennai, India. Participated in the WikiConference India 2016. Got selected and participated CIS-A2K's MediaWiki Technical Training Workshop 2017, a three-day residence training workshop organized by CIS at Bangalore. Wikimania 2022 Meetup Project Tiger Training (2023) Mini-Hackathon: Guwahati (2024)

Technical Contributions
Tamil wikisource Interface admin in ta.wikisource. Have solved many technical issues like redesign of main page. fixing of broken templates and modules, adding of gadgets, and regular maintenance Github https://github.com/Jayprakash-SE/indic-ocr/pull/10 https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/pull/452 My python scripts for PWB Phabricator My activities in phabricator. Solved many problems by raising the issues in phabricator SQL Querries in Quarry Published Querries in Quarry

Content Contributions
Tamil wikisource Have proof read many thousand pages in wikisource XTools overview Tamil Wiktionary uploaded more than 32 thousand words and its definition Commons All uploads wikidata XTools overview Bot Account I maintain a bot account User:BalajijagadeshBot which is flagged as bot in some of the wiki projects. Contributions in mode account

Maintenance activities
The user uses the administrator privilege to do maintenance and other activities in the following wiki sites Admin in ta.wikipedia Admin in ta.wikisource Admin in ta.wiktionary Interface admin in ta.wikisource Autopatroller in Commons Translations Through https://translatewiki.net site, I have translated many of the wiki interfaces, tools, etc., into Tamil Language. My contributions in translatewiki site

Roles
Member of Grants:Committees for South Asia region (2021 - Present) Core organising team of Wikisource Conference 2025 Served in scholarship committee of WikiConference India 2023 Co-organised Project Tiger Training 2023 event Co-organiser and judge in Indic Wikisource Proofreadthon August 2021 Co-organiser and judge in Indic Wikisource Proofreadathon May 2020 Co-organised Tamil wikisource workshop (2019) Co-organised Project Tiger Training 2018 event