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do it by email. In your case and also in Danger's case, I'll do the interview on your talk pages. I'm in the field now doing interviews on the ground in India. When I have a moment in transit tomorrow evening, India Standard Time, I'll be posting a summary of my work plan. Please assume good faith with my work. I am very good at what I do, and I have a lot of integrity. I respect Knowledge (XXG), and all of the people who contribute to it.

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Thanks very much to the four of you for responding. I have contacted you by email through your talk pages to set up interviews, and I look forward to interviewing you. After I speak with the four of you over the course of the next few weeks, I'll determine if I need to contact additional Users, since

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Thanks, all. Here's a post from my talk page, where MER-C asked why I had contacted him for an interview by e-mail, when he had expressed preference for talk page: Hi. I'm happy to do the questions on your talk page. I am not a Wikipedian, and email is easier for me, so if all things were equal, I'd

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You nominated me for the Executive Director's Barnstar?!?! Oh my god!! I'm so honoured! Thank you so much!! Really kind of you.. As you may have guessed, I did actually win! Thank you so much! I'm merely the recipient, but you're the nominator... (is that a word?) So thank you.. It's really a shared

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Hi Hisham. It was a great pleasure talking to you this morning. I'm just letting you know that following the various conversations I've had with you and Phillipe, I have decided to unblock the Pune faculty IP. I probably won't be joining the IRC, because I don't favour that

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Hehe. I still believe its shared but oh well, I don't think I'll be able to convince you. :-) I notice you've noticed the exchange of bags. You must think I am so materialistic. First, I talk about apparel. Then, bags. :D On a more dematerialised note, one of my Ragnar Nurkse photos has been

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Hi Hisham and Tory. I'm rather busy right now, but feel free to contact me as well if you think it may help planning and organizing future programmes. I may not be able to respond "live", though. If you send mail, please just leave me a note on the talk page so that I'll check that account.

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Hi Hisham - the team can contact me through "Email this user" at my user talk page, or leave me a message at my talk page. I may be available for more direct communication early next week, and will be available through multiple means of communication the weekend of December 2.

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Hi Hisham. Yes, I'd be happy to talk with the person you mentioned. She can contact me by email. I prefer not to have my email on Wiki, so will send you an email with the address. I'm travelling at the moment, but will be back at my home base (London) on November 28th. Best,

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As of March 11, 2012, 07:00 UTC, WikiProject India has 95,998 articles under its stewardship. Of these 13,980 articles are completely unassessed (both for class and importance) and another 42,415 articles are unassessed for importance only. Accordingly, a

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Thanks for the appreciation! And I have contacted them giving reference of yours. I'd love to help them as I create templates of any type upon request. I have more then 50 templates created and I'd love to be at the service. Thanks!

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Thank you so so so so so much!! I received a wonderful Wiki jacket today! Really really nice of you! It's absolutely beautiful and I really love it! I can't thank you enough, you have no idea how cool and privileged I feel! :-)

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Hello "Hisham Mundol, consultant to the foundation"! I read the article in TOI, it was really nice! I also read and re-read the part about free t-shirts very very carefully... Ahem. :) Anyway, please check out my new article -

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Hi Hisham, I'd be happy to speak to your researcher. They can contact me via "email this user," leave a message on my talk page, or I'd be willing to talk to them on irc if we can set up a time to meet in advance.

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28% of Teahouse participants were women, up from 9% of editors on Knowledge (XXG) in general, good news for this project which aimed to have impact on the gender gap too - but still lots to be done here!

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Growing volunteer capacity, continuing to transfer Teahouse administration tasks to volunteers whenever possible, and looking for new ways to make maintenance and participation easier for everyone.

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New editors who participated in the Teahouse edit 10x the number of articles, make 7x more global edits, and 2x as much of their content survives on Knowledge (XXG) compared to the control group.

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I've tried to do what I can. I shall be super active after my exams. Hope you aren't too overburdened either from defending us...you don't stand alone, we are all with you on this one....

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Well thanks for my very first barnstar.... I really appreciate it... All this is possible bcoz of ur tireless efforts in improving us (to be specific, "me" )... Thanks a lot...

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Hey :) Thank you so much!!! :) You won't believe it, but someone majorly vandalised (i.e. blanked out) the entire Robinson Crusoe economy article! It's fixed now though. :)

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I see that Danger and MER-C have also expressed interest in participating. I will contact you on your talk pages toward the end of next week with questions. Thank you.

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on Knowledge (XXG)! Since February 27, 741 new editors have participated at the Teahouse. The Q&A board and the guest intro pages are more active than ever.

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Questions are up from an average of 36 per week in June to 43 per week in July, and guest profile creation has also increased. This is likely a result of the

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I wish to be part of the study. I prefer the interview being conducted on my talk page; hopefully this will help build community confidence in the program.

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Hi there! I knew about this event but failed to come, but anyways I have created some userboxes related to the event which you can add to your userbpage.

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We had 12 new hosts sign up to participate at the Teahouse! We now have 35 hosts volunteering at the Teahouse. Feel free to stop by and see them all

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Thank you so much Hisham, for the barn star and the constant support and help. :) it feels great to be a part of a team full of such amazing people.

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January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

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at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is really encouraging to new Wikipedians.

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to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)

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even attained GA status! Here's a meaningful barnstar for you... I was searching for Barnstar of Awesomeness but apparently it doesn't exist :-P

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For your work on Gandhi. I would have offered you beer but keeping the context of your editing in mind, offer you fruit instead.

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Very busy this week, but my deadline passes at the weekend and then I'd be happy to respond. Email is good - the links work.

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So true!!! Not only can evil be undone, but the doer of evil can also be penalised! :P Ok, I sound like a warlord!! :P

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Hi! Thank you for the nomination once again! Thank you for all your help! My articles on Robinson Crusoe Economy and

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Hi Hisham, Thanks for the barnstar, glad to be associated with wikipedia and the wonderful team...! Regards,Gurmeet

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I got this opportunity because of you, and it gave a new meaning to my life, frankly speaking made it "meaningful!".

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This for the person who changed my life few months back, I'm really thankful to you for taking me as a part of IEP.

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nominated for deletion! I'm in correspondence with the person who nominated it. Will keep you posted. Regards

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You are most inspiring person in my life, To get more inspiration, I would love to have your thoughts on

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Thank you! :) Please let me know how I can improve the article further... There's still a lot to do...

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Hahaha.. Thank you! This wiki project is so much fun.. It doesn't seem like "work"! <:-) - Regards

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I'd like to move any further communication on the Pune Pilot Project Review to my talk page, thanks.

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Hey Hisham, it was really nice to have worked with you :) You will be missed.....best of luck !!!

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the documentation of User ideas, lessons and recommendations is quite thorough on the talk pages.

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