User:Tinucherian/About me

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Greetings, I am Cherian Tinu Abraham, a software engineer turned Communications Professional from India's Silicon Valley, Bangalore,[1][2].

I was a former Board Member ( Executive Committee) & Previously, Head of Communications, PR & Media Relations of the Wikimedia India chapter .

My areas of interest and expertise include Computers, Computing, Networking, Programming, Software, Internet, Gaming, India, Kerala, Tourism, Christianity, Christianity in India, States and territories of India, Politics, Indian history, Geography etc. and many more...

I am an administrator on en.wikipedia.[3][4] I have over 52,000+ edits on en.wiki making me one ofTop 100 article creators , top 300 global editors and one of top 4 wikipedia editors from India or Indian orgin by no of edits.[5][6] I am a former member of Bot Approval Group (BAG), which reviews, approves or denies requests for approval for software bots in english Wikipedia.I am a Wikipedia evangelist and organises/participates in Wikipedia Meetups and trainings.[7][8][9] I have created over 2200+ articles. Some of the images that I have uploaded to Wikipedia can be seen here.

I also watch/edit the following language wikipedias : Malayalam Wiki, Tamil Wiki , Hindi Wiki.[8]
I may use TinucherianPublic (talk · contribs · count) username on public or untrusted computers.
I also operate 2 bots: TinucherianBot (talk · contribs · count) ( over 1,17,000+ edits in en.wiki) and TinucherianBot II (talk · contribs · count) (21,000 + edits in 133+ wikis)

I am essentially a content editor helping and building this encyclopedia in bits and bytes , creating new articles on subjects of my interest, creating DYK article creations/expansions, fixing article issues, WikiProjects tagging and Assessment, Stub Sorting, occassionaly saving articles from deletion, helping Wikiprojects and others with my bots, commenting on RFAs, Bot task approvals, Account creations , fighting vandalism and POV etc...

Apart from Wikipedia,[10] I am also active on Social Media.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

Some of my real life Wikipedia activities can be seen here.

If you've come across an edit of mine , please know that everything I do around here is an attempt to help this project. If you have a problem with any of my edits here, or if you're part of an area you think I could be of assistance in, please let me know at my talkpage...

Unified login: Tinucherian is the unique login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.
Committed identity: 07a78c7b5fe696bf3931217f766751e473389f1d8ccbbdadd15910ec9e4792f5d548c9fa896b5c60cc59bffdd4c07508a674c0a9f63cbb106ab8a8bb1d5a8708 is a SHA-512 commitment to this user's real-life identity.

References

  1. ^ ""Highly active editor on Wikipedia", Tinu Cherian". MyBangalore.com. 18. July 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Wikipedia hits a sixer this year". DNA. January 15, 2010.
  3. ^ "Wikians come face-to-face". Deccan Chronicle. December 20th, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Digital volunteers heed Wiki's call". DNA. November 26, 2009.
  5. ^ "Citys Wikipedians come together". Times of India. 21-dec-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "City's Wikipedians come together". Bangalore Mirror. December 21, 2009.
  7. ^ "Info warriors on Wikipedia drive". The Indian Express. Expressbuzz. 03 Nov 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |01wo4w= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |03RFw= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |8k= ignored (help)
  8. ^ a b "When the virtual world gets a room". The Hindu. Dec 22, 2009.
  9. ^ "Indian Wikipedians meet in Bangalore". headlinesindia.com. July 13, 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  10. ^ "Online medium has an edge with interactivity" (PDF). DNA. Dec 14,2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "YSR buzz on Twitter too". Times of India. 4 September 2009.
  12. ^ "Today, Tharoor at bangalore tweetup". MiD DAY. 2009-11-06.
  13. ^ "Twittering Tharoor floors city with fan following". The Hindu. Nov 07, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Followers to meet the following". DNA. 6NOv-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "Shashi Tharoor Tweets-up with Bangalore". Mybangalore.com. 07. November 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "Dream tweetup with Tharoor". Sands of Change @bpradeepnair, The Hindu. Nov 7, 2009.