User talk:Acagastya

Welcome to Meta!

Hello, Acagastya. Welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Wikimedia Forum if you need help with something (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). Happy editing!

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I thought I'll be meeting you, .. Well, good luck for Exams... -WIth Metta, Mallikarjuna. 10:16, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

@Mallikarjunasj: I really wanted to be there for the edit-a-thon, but the exam schedule --- I can't express how awful I feel. I did, however, "participate" in editing the project from 10 to 4, but not in a true spirit of edit-a-thon. I was up all night, writing about wikinews:Ireland votes to overturn 35-year-old constitutional ban on abortion and then dealing with GeoJSON to plot a map (on a side note, do you know any tools to create something like this?) FWIW, let's hope I would not miss the event next time.
acagastya 10:39, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

We're planning a meetup of all Bangalore based Wiki contributors, across Projects & across Languages. Of course, you must be joining us.... Can you get me contacts from Gujarati Wiki or such? any help/contacts are helpful..

Till then, Keep rocking mate. ~~ ~~ ̃

New community space for IdeaLab on Connect

Hi folks. If you're receiving this message, you've contributed to IdeaLab or an Inspire Campaign this year. Thanks for participating to develop ideas and review ones from other Wikimedians.

We are preparing some changes to IdeaLab and Inspire Campaigns. One of these changes is a new community space on Connect, where Wikimedians can find each other based on common activities or skills, and ask questions about the space. You are invited to join this community space for IdeaLab, especially if you would ever consider needing to find contributors with certain skills (like design or project management) or would like to offer your skills to others in our movement. To join, please proceed to Connect/IdeaLab and click on the "Add yourself" button on the right. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 19:53, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

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Inspire Campaign on Measuring Community Health

Do you have an idea about how to measure the health of your community? Do you want to review ideas that others have submitted? Through August 10th, we are inviting ideas on how to capture the well-being of Wikimedia communities, in terms of matters like conflict resolution, effective content creation, and being able to contribute in a collaborative environment. Ideas can be focused on either quantitative techniques, such as gathering raw data, or qualitative techniques, like surveying contributors. If you are submitting an idea, guidance is available for how to move your idea into implementation, such as through a grant or starting a Phabricator task to engage with developers.

If you're interested, consider joining the Inspire Campaign. I JethroBT (WMF) 17:13, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

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[Wikipedia & Education User Group] Updates: November 2018

Greetings,

Integrating Wikimedia with education is a powerful strategy for the outreach of Wikimedia projects. Realising this concept, a group of leaders promoted this and formed the Wikipedia Education Collaborative. After some time, this evolved to become a user group, officially recognised by the Affiliations Committee in June 2018. The user group had its first board elections earlier in September. In the process to formalise activities and give a shape the user group for long-term sustainability, we are now revamping our processes. Thanks for supporting us during incubation stages, we are now inviting you to formally join the user group by following the instructions on the members' page. Being a member will allow you to be a part of this wonderful collaboration and also do interesting stuff.

Kind regards
On behalf of Wikipedia and Education UG, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:44, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

New message

Hello, there is a new message on CIS-A2K request page which you can see here Talk:CIS-A2K/Requests#Request_for_travel_grant. --Tito (CIS-A2K) (talk) 06:36, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India) Report

Please submit your participation report for Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India) at Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)/Participation/Acagastya. You may start at Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018_India)/Participation#Reporting. As per your application for participation, reporting is a mandatory requirement. KCVelaga (talk) 10:50, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Response requested for your approved grant by September 5

Hi @Acagastya, hope you are doing well. I'm reaching out to you because you have been unresponsive to our emails. If you see this message, please respond to the grant admin's requests as soon as possible (subject line: [Approved] enwikinews/wn-reporters.org). We need your response in order to move forward with your approved grant.

If we don't hear back from you by the end of this week (September 5, 2021), we will have to mark your grant as "declined". Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 09:25, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Updates from Capacity Exchange (CapX)!

Hello Acagastya,

My name is Joris Darlington Quarshie, and I am an Outreach Facilitator for the Capacity Exchange (CapX) — a platform for finding and connecting with peers to exchange knowledge and skills on a global level.

CapX is a community-built tool, designed by and for the Wikimedia Movement, to make it easier for Wikimedians across the world to find and connect, collaborate, and exchange skills and knowledge with peers.

If you don't know it yet, I invite you to access capx.toolforge.org and create your user profile with your Wikimedia account. But, if you already have a profile, I invite you to check out the new features and possibilities we just launched. I am sure you will be delighted.

CapX's new version incorporates valuable community feedback gathered over the past months, including the Organization Profile - a feature for Wikimedia affiliates, initiatives, or community groups to create their own CapX presence (see here how to create yours).

Explore CapX's new features

→ Access: capx.toolforge.org
→ Watch the launch video:Meet the Capacity Exchange
→ Navigate CapX's User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions
→ Share your profile on Meta by adding the predefinition {{CapacityExchange}} to your userpage.
→ Visit our Meta Page for all documentation on the project

Please, let me know if you think your community would enjoy a presentation, workshop demonstration, or feedback session. I would be happy to support you on that. Just reach out, and we can schedule the best date and time together.

Best regards,

Joris Darlington Quarshie
Outreach Facilitator,
Capacity Exchange Project – Wikimedia Brasil
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:39, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Join us for “Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages”!

Hello Acagastya,

We’re excited to invite you to an inspiring global virtual gathering: the first Capacity Exchange Translat-a-thon.

Together with Language Diversity Hub, the Capacity Exchange (CapX) team will host its first Translation Marathon dedicated to ensuring linguistic equity in access to this amazing tool aimed to connect Wikimedians.
If you enjoy contributing to Wikimedia projects through translating and adapting content into different languages, this event is for you! Join us in the celebration of the multilingual spirit of the Wikimedia Movement at an event where communities that contribute in diverse languages will be able to share local knowledge and collaborate across borders.
Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages

• Date: December 6, 2025
• Time: 12 PM (UTC) - Check the event page for your local timezone
• Location: Online (Meta-Wiki + live session links)

Register for the Event here

If you can’t join the live event, you can still contribute to the translations! Edits will be counted for two weeks, until December 20th. And everyone who participates will receive a special badge to display on their CapX profiles.

Strengthen your collaboration through CapX

We invite you and your community to join the Capacity Exchange (CapX), a Wikimedia community-built platform for connecting, collaborating, and exchanging skills with peers across the movement.

CapX helps Wikimedians and organizations find each other, share expertise, and build stronger, more connected communities.

Whether you’re an individual contributor, a user group, a community initiative or an affiliate, CapX helps you grow through knowledge exchange.

Sign up to CapX

More information

→ Explore the CapX platform: capx.toolforge.org
→ Read: User Guide & FAQ
→ Watch: Meet the Capacity Exchange video
→ Join our Telegram community chat: CapX Telegram Group

If your community, usergroup or affiliate would like to have a CapX organization profile, please reach out at capx@wmnobrasil.org, and we’d be delighted to support you.

With warm regards,
Joris Darlington Quarshie
Outreach Facilitator,
Capacity Exchange Project – Wikimedia Brasil

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:55, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Hardware Donation Program

We are reaching out as you are a current applicant to the Hardware donation program. We at Wiki Project Med Foundation are taking over managing this effort and have through partners acquired 20 used laptops for distribution at Wikimania in Paris.

Can you please update your application and indicate any work you have done with respect to healthcare. Also please indicate if you or someone you know can pick up the laptop, if awarded, at Wikimania. Once completed move your application under the heading Hardware_donation_program#Updated_as_of_May_1st_2026. You have until Jun 1st to make these updates after which you can reapply.

Best Doc James 14:40, 5 May 2026 (UTC)