Yes. the same thing has done in Tamil Wikipedia.
We displayed users from different area of interest.
Example: My banner reads
"Surya Prakash is a 2nd year Engineering student who is editing Chemistry,
Physics related articles in Wikipedia. You too can edit!"
with my picture. :) (Cli
@Amir.
Thanks for citing Tamil Wikipedia here. Actually it was a GREAT success in
Tamil Wiki. We got many talented editors & thousands of new registrations.
Actually I am not mentioning the number here but people got to know that
"what Wikipedia actually is! & the community behind the project"
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