Dear all,
The Women's History Month eventshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women's_Day,_India, which ran during the month of March in India, has concluded. The event happened in Malayalam, English, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi language Wikipedias.
*Events:*
The inagural event of the Women's day celebrations happened in Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa. The workshop was led by Nitika Tandonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nitika.tand Rohini Lakshane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rohiniand arranged by Harriet Vidyasagar.
Two online edit-a-thons were conducted on English Wikipedia during the second and third weekends of March. 14 users participated in the first edit-a-thon and 5 users in the second.
A Wikipedia workshop for womenhttp://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:%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A0%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%82_2was conducted in Ernakulam, Kerala to familiarize women with Malayalam Wikipedia. The workshop was conducted by Ernakulam Wikimedians and led by Ditty Mathewhttp://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:Dittymathew .
Free Software Movement of Karnataka conducted a workshop for womenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Women%27s_Workshop_by_FSMK_and_WMINin Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore on 9th March 2013. Eight volunteers and 26 participants signed up for the event. Nine new articles were created as a part of the workshop.
Led by Pavithra http://wiki.wikimedia.in/User:Pavithra, Wikimedians from Bangalore organized a Wikipedia Workshop for Womenhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikipedia_Women%27s_Workshop_Bangalore_2013at ServeLots Infotech. 14 participants registered for the event, and 9 of them participated.
A women for Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Women%27s_Workshop_by_FSFTN_and_WMINevent was conducted in IIT-M, Chennai by FSFTN and Wikimedia India on 31 March 2013. The event was coordinated by Anupama Srinivashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anupama_Srinivasand Bala http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sodabottle. Three new articles were created during the hands-on-workshop conducted as part of this event.
Outcomes:
In Malayalam Wikipedia, 26 users signed up for the eventhttp://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:WHMIN13. 107 new articles were created and 13 articles were significantly expanded. 14 users participated in the event in English Wikipedia, 19 new English articles were created and one article was expanded. Two users signed up on Telugu Wikipedia for the eventhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/te:%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 .
Press:
The women's day events were given good coverage by the media. Links to the articles on various newspapers are given below:
1. Times of India: http://goo.gl/t3E8d 2. Times of India Crest: http://www.timescrest.com/society/world-wide-wiki-womens-web-dot-com-9981 3. Prajavani (kn): http://goo.gl/NSssJ 4. Loksatta (mr): http://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/wikipedia-celebrate-international-womens... 5. Kannada Prabha (kn) : http://archives.kannadaprabha.com/pdf/1032013/3.pdf
Led by Srijana Timsinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE, Nepali Wikiwomen are conducting Women's day edit-a-thonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day_2013,_Nepalin English and Nepali language Wikipedias. Articles which are primarily of importance to Nepali women will be created during the edit-a-thon.
Thanks to all Wikimedians who helped us to make this event a grant success. All of you who created or significantly expanded articles would soon receive barnstars from us!
In WikiLove User: Netha Hussain
- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com swethaambari.wordpress.com*
On 1 April 2013 20:52, Netha Hussain nethahussain@gmail.com wrote:
Free Software Movement of Karnataka conducted a workshop for women in Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore on 9th March 2013. Eight volunteers and 26 participants signed up for the event. Nine new articles were created as a part of the workshop.
The FSMK-WMIN workshop was led by Nikita Belavate.
Dear Netha,
Thank you for the update. Just saw on the Telugu Wikipedia village pump that they have created 97 new articles and expanded about 50 articles. In addition to this a small Wiki Academy was also organised on March 8 at Golden Threshold, Hyderabad. Nice to see active participation across the board!
Best regards, Vishnu
On Monday, 1 April 2013, Netha Hussain nethahussain@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all,
The Women's History Month events, which ran during the month of March
in India, has concluded. The event happened in Malayalam, English, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi language Wikipedias.
Events: The inagural event of the Women's day celebrations happened in Nirmala
Institute of Education, Goa. The workshop was led by Nitika Tandon and Rohini Lakshane and arranged by Harriet Vidyasagar.
Two online edit-a-thons were conducted on English Wikipedia during the
second and third weekends of March. 14 users participated in the first edit-a-thon and 5 users in the second.
A Wikipedia workshop for women was conducted in Ernakulam, Kerala to
familiarize women with Malayalam Wikipedia. The workshop was conducted by Ernakulam Wikimedians and led by Ditty Mathew.
Free Software Movement of Karnataka conducted a workshop for women in
Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore on 9th March 2013. Eight volunteers and 26 participants signed up for the event. Nine new articles were created as a part of the workshop.
Led by Pavithra, Wikimedians from Bangalore organized a Wikipedia
Workshop for Women at ServeLots Infotech. 14 participants registered for the event, and 9 of them participated.
A women for Wikipedia event was conducted in IIT-M, Chennai by FSFTN and
Wikimedia India on 31 March 2013. The event was coordinated by Anupama Srinivas and Bala. Three new articles were created during the hands-on-workshop conducted as part of this event.
Outcomes:
In Malayalam Wikipedia, 26 users signed up for the event. 107 new
articles were created and 13 articles were significantly expanded. 14 users participated in the event in English Wikipedia, 19 new English articles were created and one article was expanded. Two users signed up on Telugu Wikipedia for the event.
Press: The women's day events were given good coverage by the media. Links to
the articles on various newspapers are given below:
- Times of India: http://goo.gl/t3E8d
- Times of India Crest:
http://www.timescrest.com/society/world-wide-wiki-womens-web-dot-com-9981
- Prajavani (kn): http://goo.gl/NSssJ
- Loksatta (mr):
http://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/wikipedia-celebrate-international-womens...
- Kannada Prabha (kn) :
http://archives.kannadaprabha.com/pdf/1032013/3.pdf
Led by Srijana Timsina, Nepali Wikiwomen are conducting Women's day
edit-a-thon in English and Nepali language Wikipedias. Articles which are primarily of importance to Nepali women will be created during the edit-a-thon.
Thanks to all Wikimedians who helped us to make this event a grant
success. All of you who created or significantly expanded articles would soon receive barnstars from us!
In WikiLove User: Netha Hussain
Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com swethaambari.wordpress.com
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