Mouryan

Knowledge increases by sharing, not saving. Explaining a few stuff to pedians at Train-a-Wikipedian Hyderabad session back in 2016.

Mourya

Independent Wikimedia Volunteer & Open Knowledge Enthusiast

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

Hi, my name is Mourya (Bengali: মৌর্য্য), and I use this username in all of Wikimedia projects. I joined the World's Largest Promoter of Free Knowledge when I was barely seventeen years of age with initial edits made on English Wikipedia where I still edit. Later on I moved to editing articles, creating new articles and developing new templates on Bengali Wikipedia; which at the moment happens to be my home-wiki. Apart from my contributions online I am also active in conducting Offline Wikipedia programs and activities. I hosted my first Bengali Wikipedia Meetup on the 11th of June, 2016 at Kolkata. I have also been volunteering in a handful of events organised by Wikimedia Foundation's India Chapter such as the Wiki Loves Earth 2016 contest in India and also acted as Language-coordinator for Bengali in various Online Wikipedia Editathons. Besides Bengali Wikipedia I also contribute to English, Telugu and Hindi language(minorly) Wikipedias as I have a near-complete understanding of these languages and I am also active on several other sister projects of Wikimedia such as Commons, Wikidata, Wiktionary. You are welcome to view my contributions on Wikimedia projects here at CentralAuth.

I hail from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

In the Contact me section there are some means by which I hope you'll be able to effectively communicate with me.

My work

I have organized, conducted and lead outreach programs like Wikipedia workshops in the past.

• Coordinated Online Edit-a-thons
• Hosted Meetups and Wiki Gatherings.
• Helping my community write and document post-event works.

Contact me

• Email me
• wrick on IRC
• Bengali Wikipedia talk page: ক থা ব লু ন
• English Wikipedia talk page: T a l k

User language
bn-N এ ব্যবহারকারীর বাংলা ভাষার উপরে মাতৃভাষার মতন ধারণা রয়েছে। en-5 This user has professional knowledge of English. te-4 ఈ వాడుకరికి తెలుగు భాషపై మాతృభాషపై ఉన్నంత అవగాహన ఉంది. hi-4 इस सदस्य को हिन्दी का लगभग मातृभाषा स्तर का ज्ञान है। ta-1 இந்தப் பயனர் தமிழில் அடிப்படை அறிவைக் கொண்டவர்.
Users by language

My participation in Workshops and Conferences

• Multilingual Wikipedia Meetup and Train-a-Wikipedian session organized by CIS-A2K at Hyderabad.
• Attended some Monthly Telugu Wikipedia Meetups at Hyderabad.
• Hosted the Sixteenth Bengali Wikipedia Meetup in the run-up to WikiCon India 2016.
• Got selected to attend CIS-A2K's Train the trainer program 2016, a three-day training workshop organized by CIS at Bangalore.
• Got selected and participated in the WikiConference India 2016. My Event report is available at this link!
• Was part of the Mini Train-the-Trainer and MediaWiki Training (also see: Mini MediaWiki Training & Train-the-Trainer 2016, Hyderabad on English Wikipdia) workshop organized by CIS-A2K with cooperation from the Local Chapter on the 10th & 11th of December, 2016 at Hyderabad; both as a Trainer and as a Trainee.
• Organized the Mini MediaWiki Training & Train-the-Trainer 2017, Kolkata, with assistance and co-operation from CIS-A2K; primarily as a Trainer.
• Got selected to attend CIS-A2K's MediaWiki Technical Training Workshop 2017, a three-day residence training workshop organized by CIS at Bangalore.
• Participated in the Wikidata workshop Kolkata 2017, a program where we imparted technical training related to Wikidata from visiting long time wikipedian and Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities, Wikimedia Foundation Asaf Bartov.