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==
I taught math for 33 years. My students kept me feeling young, and reminded me how much I love my country.==
When I retired, my son was worried I would get rusty. So he introduced me to Wikipedia. He explained that anyone can contribute, and showed me how. 

Since then, I've created articles on quadratic functions, probability, charts, graphs and more. I've made 7,000 edits in all.

I write in Tamil: my favorite language and my mother tongue, spoken by 85 million people across the world. I've also uploaded more than 6,000 audio files to Wiktionary, demonstrating proper pronunciations for common Tamil words. Now, more people can share in this beautiful language.  

As a teacher and a mother, I was always busy. But now that I'm retired and my children are grown, my time is my own -- all 24 hours of it! And I spend every day on Wikipedia. 

I'm a volunteer. No one pays me. But helping edit Wikipedia has become my life's work. Even though I'm not in the classroom, I'm still doing what I care about most: helping a new generation of students learn, in the language I love. 

BIO: Poongothai Balasubramanian lives in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, where she taught for many years. She began editing Wikipedia in 2010. Since then, she's created 250 articles and recorded pronunciations for 6,000 words. Her Wikipedia username is inspired by her favorite novel:To Kill A Mocking BirdWhen my phone rings at 3 a.m., I never know what's waiting for me. Why? Because along with editing Wikipedia, I’m also an EMT.==

When I studied for my EMT license, Wikipedia was one of my tools. It turns out that editing Wikipedia is a great learning technique. If I could explain a complex medical term on Wikipedia, I could pass the test with an A plus. 

On Wikipedia, there's a team of editors from the medical field. Every month, we collaborate to improve a specific article. We check the facts, review the references, and improve the information available. 

We don't get paid to do this. We do it because we love medicine, we love helping people, and we also love Wikipedia. We're lucky to have access to such quality resources… and we want to share everything we've learned. 

One day, I plan to attend medical school and become an emergency department doctor. I hope Wikipedia will still be around. After all, I'm going to have a lot to learn -- and hopefully a lot to share. 

Peter Coti



BIO: Peter Coti lives in a small town in New Jersey. His first big project on Wikipedia was expanding the article on stab wounds. Peter is attracted to medicine because it involves problem-solving along multiple dimensions -- like a real-life crossword puzzle. 

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