I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin. — Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865)
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About me
I love encyclopedias. My first was the three-volume children's encyclopedia U kim? Bu nima? (a translation of the Russian Chto takoye? Kto takoy?). We also had the complete 14-volume Uzbek Soviet Encyclopedia. In high school, I especially cherished an older, gilt-edged edition of the World Book Encyclopedia that had been donated to a local school.
In college, I discovered multimedia encyclopedias, and Microsoft's Encarta quickly became my favorite reference work. As the internet became a constant part of my life, I eventually switched to Wikipedia and started contributing in 2009.
I established Telegram, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube pages covering WMF projects in Uzbek, and also co-administer the oldest and largest Facebook page dedicated to these projects. For the YouTube channel, I recorded professionally edited video lessons on contributing to wiki projects.
Disclaimer: Comments by this account represent my personal positions and are not made in an official capacity unless stated otherwise
20 September 2009 – joined Wikipedia while studying as an exchange student at Carroll College (my email address was nataev@carroll.edu, hence the username)
24 February 2017 – completed the 100wikiworkdays challenge (own idea inspired by 100wikidays) on the Uzbek Wikipedia (created articles on another 100 books that I've read)
18–22 July 2018 – attended Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa, on a scholarship from the WMF
14–18 August 2019 – attended Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden, on a scholarship from the WMF
17 May 2020 – organized an online meeting with active contributors to the Uzbek Wikipedia to discuss establishing a user group for Uzbek-speaking Wikimedians
20 September 2020 – applied to the WMF Affiliations Committee on behalf of the Wikimedians of the Uzbek Language User Group to seek recognition as an affiliate (which was granted on 4 December 2020)
31 December 2020 – completed the Wikipedia Book Month challenge on the Uzbek Wikipedia (created articles on 31 books)
5 May 2022 – became an interface administrator on the Uzbek Wikipedia
13 May 2022 – took part in a press conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to announce the WikiStipendiya edit-a-thon in partnership with the Youth Affairs Agency of Uzbekistan
26 December 2022 – performed an original spoof song on Wikipedia (possibly the first song dedicated to Wikipedia) at the WikiStipendiya Awards Ceremony in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
30 May 2023 – took part in a press conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to announce the second phase of the WikiStipendiya edit-a-thon in partnership with the Youth Affairs Agency of Uzbekistan
1–2 June 2023 – took part in the Namangan WikiTour organized within the framework of the WikiStipendiya edit-a-thon
25–27 July 2023 – took part in the Bukhara WikiTour organized within the framework of the WikiStipendiya edit-a-thon
28–29 July 2023 – took part in the Navoiy WikiTour organized within the framework of the WikiStipendiya edit-a-thon
16–19 August 2023 – attended Wikimania 2023 in Singapore on a scholarship from the WMF
Nataev global (Thanks to Angela):
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