Dear all,
The Women's History Month eventshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain/Women%27s_History_Month, which ran through the month of March in India, has concluded. The events happened in Malayalam, English, Telugu, Konkani and Marathi languages. Jephhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeph_pauland I have put together a report of the month-long event, which we are pleased to share with this list.
*Languages:*
The project pages were created on Englishhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014, Malayalamhttps://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:WHMIN14, Marathihttps://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8-_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AA#and Teluguhttps://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AF_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82,_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/2014languages. The coordination was done on meta wikihttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain/Women%27s_History_Month .
In English, a total of 77 articles were created or expanded as a part of the edit-a-thon. 16 editors signed up for the event. The statistics, including the list of articles created/expanded, can be viewed on the website here: http://wikiwomen.in/
A total of 174 articles were created on Malayalam Wikipedia as a part of the edit-a-thon. The number of signed-up participants was 32. The outcomes of the event can be viewed here: http://ml.wikiwomen.in/
In Telugu, 108 new articles were created. 6 existing editors and 13 new editors signed up for the edit-a-thon.
*Online events:*
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Women Parliamentarians edit-a-thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Parliamentarians_Edit-a-thonaimed at increasing the number and quality of articles related to women members of legislative bodies in India. Five participants signed up for the event and 35 new articles were created. The edit-a-thon was led by Parul Thakur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ParulThakur. -
Women Scientists edit-a-thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Scientists_Edit-a-thonaimed at increasing the number and quality of articles related to women scientists and academicians. 10 participants signed up for the event and 28 new articles were created. This was also led by Parul Thakur. -
Wikidata Label-a-thonhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2014/Label-a-thonfor labeling articles related to women had 4 signed up participants.
*Statboard:*
A dynamic statboard was created by Jeph paulhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeph_paul, Harsh Kothari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Harsh4101991 and Aarti Dwivedi https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rtdwivedi/2 at http://wikiwomen.in/ The UI was done by Parul Bhatti. The statboard for Malayalam language was created by Manoj and Nandaja Varma, with help from Jeph Paul. The design for Malayalam was done by Animesh Xavier. The code can be found herehttps://github.com/harshkothari410/argetlam_wiki/tree/deploy .
At the end of the event, the statboard recorded 1015 edits and participation of 90 users articles belonging to Category: Articles created or expanded during Women’s History Monthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_created_or_expanded_during_Women%27s_History_Month_(India)_-_2014In English. In Malayalam, 1885 edits were recorded from 46 participants at Category: 2014_വനിതാദിന_തിരുത്തൽ_യജ്ഞത്തിന്റെ_ഭാഗമായി_സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ട_താളുകൾhttps://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%82:2014_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AD%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE
*Offline events:*
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Roshni Nilayahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Social_Work_Roshni_NilayaSchool of Social Work, Mangalore hosted the First Introductory Presentation on Wikipedia Editing on 26th Feb 2014 at the college. This was an led by Harriet Vidyasagar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Outofindia. -
Wiki Women's Day at International Center Goahttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Wiki_Women%27s_Day_at_ICGwas held on Sunday, March 9, 2014 from 3:30pm - 6:00pm IST. The workshop was organized by Nitika Tandon. -
Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at Womoz Festivalhttps://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WOMOZ14, Indira Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology, Kothamangalam, Kerala. Link: w:ml:WP:WOMOZ14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ml:WP:WOMOZ14. The workshop was led by Malayalam Wikimedian Abhishek Jacobhttps://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D:Abhishek_Jacob . -
Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at College of Engineering, Guindyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Engineering,_Guindy, Chennai. The event was coordinated by User:Commons sibi -
Wikiwomen's Day at CBIThttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Wiki_Women%27s_Day_at_CBIT, Hyderabad on 8th March 2014, coordinated by CIS-A2K. -
Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Delhi https://www.facebook.com/events/285700978254131/ on 29th March, 2014 -
Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at Barcamp Bangalore https://www.facebook.com/events/294495160708164/ on 29th March, 2014 -
Marathi Wikipedia Sampadnethonhttps://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8-_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AA#, coordinated by Selva Rani -
A Wikiparty at Wikimedian Harriet’s residence to mentor her friends to edit Wikipedia on 16 March, 2014.
Thank you for supporting Women's History Month events!
Regards Netha and Jeph
Exciting report! Thanks Netha and to all involved and who contributed.
-sarah
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Netha Hussain nethahussain@gmail.comwrote:
Dear all,
The Women's History Month eventshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain/Women%27s_History_Month, which ran through the month of March in India, has concluded. The events happened in Malayalam, English, Telugu, Konkani and Marathi languages. Jeph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeph_paul and I have put together a report of the month-long event, which we are pleased to share with this list.
*Languages:*
The project pages were created on Englishhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014, Malayalamhttps://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:WHMIN14, Marathihttps://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8-_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AA#and Teluguhttps://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AF_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82,_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/2014languages. The coordination was done on meta wikihttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain/Women%27s_History_Month .
In English, a total of 77 articles were created or expanded as a part of the edit-a-thon. 16 editors signed up for the event. The statistics, including the list of articles created/expanded, can be viewed on the website here: http://wikiwomen.in/
A total of 174 articles were created on Malayalam Wikipedia as a part of the edit-a-thon. The number of signed-up participants was 32. The outcomes of the event can be viewed here: http://ml.wikiwomen.in/
In Telugu, 108 new articles were created. 6 existing editors and 13 new editors signed up for the edit-a-thon.
*Online events:*
Women Parliamentarians edit-a-thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Parliamentarians_Edit-a-thonaimed at increasing the number and quality of articles related to women members of legislative bodies in India. Five participants signed up for the event and 35 new articles were created. The edit-a-thon was led by Parul Thakur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ParulThakur.
Women Scientists edit-a-thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Scientists_Edit-a-thonaimed at increasing the number and quality of articles related to women scientists and academicians. 10 participants signed up for the event and 28 new articles were created. This was also led by Parul Thakur.
Wikidata Label-a-thonhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2014/Label-a-thonfor labeling articles related to women had 4 signed up participants.
*Statboard:*
A dynamic statboard was created by Jeph paulhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeph_paul, Harsh Kothari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Harsh4101991 and Aarti Dwivedi https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rtdwivedi/2 at http://wikiwomen.in/ The UI was done by Parul Bhatti. The statboard for Malayalam language was created by Manoj and Nandaja Varma, with help from Jeph Paul. The design for Malayalam was done by Animesh Xavier. The code can be found herehttps://github.com/harshkothari410/argetlam_wiki/tree/deploy .
At the end of the event, the statboard recorded 1015 edits and participation of 90 users articles belonging to Category: Articles created or expanded during Women’s History Monthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_created_or_expanded_during_Women%27s_History_Month_(India)_-_2014In English. In Malayalam, 1885 edits were recorded from 46 participants at Category: 2014_വനിതാദിന_തിരുത്തൽ_യജ്ഞത്തിന്റെ_ഭാഗമായി_സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ട_താളുകൾhttps://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%82:2014_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AD%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE
*Offline events:*
Roshni Nilayahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Social_Work_Roshni_NilayaSchool of Social Work, Mangalore hosted the First Introductory Presentation on Wikipedia Editing on 26th Feb 2014 at the college. This was an led by Harriet Vidyasagar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Outofindia.
Wiki Women's Day at International Center Goahttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Wiki_Women%27s_Day_at_ICGwas held on Sunday, March 9, 2014 from 3:30pm - 6:00pm IST. The workshop was organized by Nitika Tandon.
Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at Womoz Festivalhttps://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WOMOZ14, Indira Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology, Kothamangalam, Kerala. Link: w:ml:WP:WOMOZ14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ml:WP:WOMOZ14. The workshop was led by Malayalam Wikimedian Abhishek Jacobhttps://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D:Abhishek_Jacob .
Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at College of Engineering, Guindyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Engineering,_Guindy, Chennai. The event was coordinated by User:Commons sibi
Wikiwomen's Day at CBIThttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Wiki_Women%27s_Day_at_CBIT, Hyderabad on 8th March 2014, coordinated by CIS-A2K.
Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Delhi https://www.facebook.com/events/285700978254131/ on 29th March, 2014
Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at Barcamp Bangalore https://www.facebook.com/events/294495160708164/ on 29th March, 2014
Marathi Wikipedia Sampadnethonhttps://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8-_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AA#, coordinated by Selva Rani
A Wikiparty at Wikimedian Harriet’s residence to mentor her friends to edit Wikipedia on 16 March, 2014.
Thank you for supporting Women's History Month events!
Regards Netha and Jeph
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