Policies and Guidelines:
CIS-A2K internet request page is the place where the wikimedians can request support for the internet. Any Indian Wikimedian/Indian Language Wikimedian residing in India and is an Indian Citizen may apply for support to obtain/recharge an internet data pack to facilitate their work on various projects, based on the following criteria/guidelines:
Please sign in to your Wikimedia account to post your request or comment.
The applicant should use the request form/template provided to share a request for internet support and ensure all the required information is provided.
The applicant should have completed more than 2000 global edits/100 new articles (not a stub article, around 6000 bytes or 300 words) within the last three months prior to submission of the request. The bot edits will not be counted.
A brief contribution plan for the next 3 months is to be submitted.
Community discussion: The applicant’s request needs to be endorsed by three active community members, or one sysop/administrator. Timing: Please try to make a request 10-15 days before the possibility. If not it will be very difficult for CIS-A2K to support your request. We will try our best to attend to the request ASAP. Once your support is confirmed please give us up to 5-10 working days to extend support.
An eligible applicant will receive internet support for a three-month period.
The recharge will be provided according to the service and A2K’s budget limit.
Once accepted the Applicant is required to submit their standard KYC documents self-signed (PAN & Masked Aadhar) to CIS over email for the official record.
The recharge will be done by A2K only.
Lessons and reports: Sharing lessons and experiences from your activities are useful for all of us. Once your proposed activity is done, please take time to document them (preferably on the wiki). CIS-A2K will also be glad to publish them as a blog post under your name and circulate them in our newsletter to the wider Wikimedia community.
Applicants may submit another subsequent request for renewal/recharge of their data pack at the end of this period, on the condition that they have contributed another 2000 global edits within this period.
Wikimedia Foundation & CIS contractors, grantees, and staff will not be eligible for this support.
Note: Sharing contribution report is mandatory. Failing to submit a narrative/financial report in time may make your next requests/participation in CIS events ineligible.
