Balajijagadesh

J.Balaji

Independent Wikimedia Volunteer & Open Knowledge Enthusiast,
Proponent of Tamil Wikisource

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

Geophysicist by profession

Primary interests

ta-5	இந்தப் பயனர் தமிழில் தொழில் நெறிஞர் தரத்திலான அறிவைக் கொண்டவர்.

en-5	This user has professional knowledge of English.

te-2	ఈ వాడుకరికి తెలుగు భాషపై మధ్య స్థాయి అవగాహన ఉంది.

hi-3	इस सदस्य को हिन्दी का उच्च स्तर का ज्ञान है।

Conferences and workshops

WikiConference India 2011 at Mumbai, India. Community Capacity Development 2016 at Chennai, India. Participated in the WikiConference India 2016. Got selected and participated CIS-A2K's MediaWiki Technical Training Workshop 2017, a three-day residence training workshop organized by CIS at Bangalore. Wikimania 2022 Meetup Project Tiger Training (2023) Mini-Hackathon: Guwahati (2024)

Technical Contributions

Interface admin in ta.wikisource. Have solved many technical issues like redesign of main page. fixing of broken templates and modules, adding of gadgets, and regular maintenance

Content Contributions

I maintain a bot account User:BalajijagadeshBot which is flagged as bot in some of the wiki projects. Contributions in mode account

Maintenance activities

The user uses the administrator privilege to do maintenance and other activities in the following wiki sites

Through https://translatewiki.net site, I have translated many of the wiki interfaces, tools, etc., into Tamil Language. My contributions in translatewiki site

Roles