Thanks for taking the initiative. Depending on availability, I am happy to
(re)join after a very long gap! If this continues, I am happy to join
Shivaprakash in offering to host meetings at our office in Banashankari
(Institute of Public Health Bengalru).
Regards,
Prashanth
On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 12:00:15, Swapnil Dixit < [email protected] >
wrote:
>
> I attempted to create this page
> https:/ / meta. wikimedia. org/ wiki/ Meetup/ Bangalore/ 2025 (
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Bangalore/2025 )
> [[named it 2025 even if the first meet is in 2026 so all mistakes I make
> are in 2025 page and then we can do it properly in 2026 page after the
> first meetup]
> Please feel free to edit though .. happy to learn
>
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 at 11:52, Akshay S Dinesh < asdofindia@ gmail. com (
> [email protected] ) > wrote:
>
>
>> It's not spam. It is what the mailing list should be used for. Please feel
>> free to continue the discussion in the list and/or post updates to the
>> list.
>>
>>
>> I think there's some guidance in https:/ / meta. wikimedia. org/ wiki/ Meetup
>> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup ) about meetups and a calendar of
>> events which links to other meetups (and useful templates)
>>
>>
>> Once there's a meta page with information, it can be shared around in
>> various opendata, FOSS, programming language groups.
>>
>>
>> Akshay
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 at 10:49, Swapnil Dixit < swapnildixit@ gmail. com (
>> [email protected] ) > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I am new to this language. One constant fear is if I might be unknowingly
>>> spamming a ton of people on this mailing list. Please let me know if that
>>> is the case.
>>>
>>>
>>> Gopalakrishna A,
>>> Possible to speak on phone to understand the meta page / village pump etc.
>>> I have tried but failed to truly grasp what it all means.
>>>
>>>
>>> Omshivaprakash,
>>> Would be great if you can join too ...
>>>
>>> Should we take this phone call discussion offline from the large mailing
>>> list? I am at swapnildixit@ gmail. com ( [email protected] ) and
>>> 9880958877
>>>
>>> On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 at 10:26, Gopalakrishna A < bhat. gka666@ gmail. com (
>>> [email protected] ) > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Dear Swapnil,
>>>> Just sharing my opinion here. Let's start with a Meta page for Bengaluru
>>>> meetups and do village pump posts in Indian Wikimedia languages. We can
>>>> send a mass message to all the village pumps and request our Wiki friends
>>>> to translate it. We will invite them to a Meta page. Meanwhile, we can
>>>> also start a Telegram group for Bengaluru meetups. We can share the links
>>>> to respective Telegram and WhatsApp groups so that interested ones can
>>>> join. What do you think?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Omshivaprakash,
>>>> Please share your opinion as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Gopalakrishna A
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 10:18 Swapnil Dixit < swapnildixit@ gmail. com (
>>>> [email protected] ) > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Om,
>>>>> Would you please work with me to restart this?
>>>>> You have given the venue;
>>>>> You have also given the time;
>>>>> How do we now tell the fellow wikipedians? Looks like the usual wikipedia
>>>>> page channel might be off-radar for most people?
>>>>> Please suggest. My phone number is 9880958877
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Swapnil
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 15 Nov 2025 at 23:31, omshivaprakash@ gmail. com (
>>>>> [email protected] ) < omshivaprakash@ gmail. com (
>>>>> [email protected] ) > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I would be happy to host the meetings one of the Saturdays every month at
>>>>>> our ServantsOfKnowledge office here in Basavanagudi. Next to Lalbagh
>>>>>> Metro
>>>>>> station.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM Swapnil Dixit < swapnildixit@ gmail. com
>>>>>> (
>>>>>> [email protected] ) > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear ____,
>>>>>>> I would like to revive regular meetup of Bangalore wikipedians!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Swapnil Kant Dixit
>>>>>>> * +91-988-095-8877
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> With Best Regards,
>>>>>> Omshivaprakash.H.L | ಓಂ ಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್. ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल्
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