Hello all,

I hope you are doing well. The International Mother Language Day 2023 Datathon will start tomorrow (after a few hours at 00:01 am) till 28 February. To contribute please add your name here.

We have created the outreach dashboard to track the activities. Here is the link for it.

https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/International_Mother_Language_Day/International_Mother_Language_Day_2023_Datathon

As we mentioned in a previous email, there will be an online session on Sunday. The session will be for 1:30 hrs. Please block your calendar for 4:00 to 5:30 pm. Jinoy will be there for a training session to introduce basics and the tools like 'TABernacle', 'QS' and 'Mix n Match' that can be used for adding labels and improving the existing WD item for newbies.

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns at program@cis-india.org.

Regards,

Nitesh 

(CIS-A2K)

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 10:36 PM Nitesh Gill <gillteshu@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all,

Hope you are doing well. CIS-A2K is going to organise International Mother language day 2023 data thon on the occasion of and to celebrate International Mother language Day. The datathon will be from 21st February to 28 February 2023. During the week, we will contribute to Wikidata to add labels, descriptions, Aliases, items or properties and references to the statements.

Here is the event page and it’s still under construction. You can go through the page, add yourself and become a part of the event. 

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/International_Mother_Language_Day_2023_Datathon

During the datathon, we will finalise a day and organise a two-hour online session with a Wikidata expert to learn advanced tactics.

We will keep you updated. 

Regards,

Nitesh

(CIS-A2K)