Aafi

a learner on a long road to nowhere

It is not the length but the depth of life that matters.
— Timothy Winter, in: 14, 22nd Contentions

About me

I was born and brought up in Kashmir Valley. I am an academic researcher, and have been a regular contributor to Wikimedia projects since March 2019. I am an enthusiastic traveller and randomly photograph nature: sky, water and else. I also have a mobile account AafiOnMobile, and before having myself renamed to Aafi, my account was at TheAafi, which is now a doppelgänger account. عافی is my another doppelgänger username. I am a Wikimedia organiser: find me around here.

Note to fellow admins: In case you disagree with any of my administrative actions or simply feel that I might have made a mistake, feel free to revert without asking (but) leave me a private note through a wiki-mail.

My work

I am a sysop here and on the Urdu Wikipedia, and volunteer as a translation administrator across several projects including Wikimedia Commons. I am a global renamer and a member of the Volunteer Response Team. I established Deoband Community Wikimedia in 2021 to help document knowledge related to global Muslim academia on Wikimedia projects (see my role account Aafi (DCW)). I feel happy when asked to help, and consider myself a learner. I am comfortable with English, Hindi, Kashmiri and Urdu languages.

Contact me

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Babel user information

en-3	This user has advanced knowledge of English.

ur-5	یہ صارف اردو کا پیشہ ورانہ علم رکھتا ہے۔

ar-1	هذا المستخدم لديه معرفة أساسية بالعربية.

hi-2	इस सदस्य को हिन्दी का मध्यम स्तर का ज्ञान है।

ks-N	یہِ صٲرِف چھُ कॉशुर / کٲشُر ماجہِ زؠو ہِش زانان۔

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Stuff I have done here

Admin statistics
Action	Count
Edits	8125
Edits+Deleted	9176
Pages deleted	16990
Revisions deleted	51
Logs/Events deleted	1
Pages restored	97
Pages protected	31
Pages unprotected	1
Pages imported	8
Protections modified	6
Users blocked	74
Users reblocked	8
Users unblocked	1
User rights modified	95
Users created	1
Pages merged	3
Mass messages send	3
Translation admin	343
Users renamed	51