Dear friends,
Encyclopedias like Wikipedia are made by volunteer editors. The only thing that thematic
affiliates like DCW do is bringing in more volunteers and represent what has not been
represented on the encyclopedia so far. If we have a cursory look on Islamic scholarship
related articles on Arabic and Urdu language Wikipedias, we will get an idea of how much
work needs to be done in this field.
To aid in bridging this gap, what the DCW can do is to offer mentorship programs to
students studying at various institutions, and ask those institutions to collaborate with
us. Established Deobandi scholars and academic institutions should come forward and help
in documentation of the scholarship through Wikipedia projects. What stops our students
from writing and improving Islamic scholarship related articles on the encyclopedia?
We need to possibly design our "Wikipedia article assignment program" and
publish it for community review and send the final draft to relevant institutions and seek
their responses. Should any institutions come forward then, we can do the collaboration.
Looking for your comments,
Aafi
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