Wikimedia-in-WB May 2016

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Fwd: Upcoming Wikpedia Meet up
by Jayanta Nath 30 May '16

30 May '16

FYI Sorry for x posting ! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Tito Dutta* <trulytito(a)gmail.com> Date: Monday 30 May 2016 Subject: Re: Upcoming Wikpedia Meet up To: Rangan Datta <rangan_datta(a)yahoo.com> Cc: Santanu Chandra <santanuc4(a)gmail.com>, Sujay Chandra <77sujay(a)gmail.com>, Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan.sarkar(a)gmail.com>, Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com>, Biswarup Ganguly <gangulybiswarup(a)gmail.com>, Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com>, Parthasarathi Banerjee < parthasarathi.banerjee(a)gmail.com>, Prachatos Mitra <prachatosmitra(a)gmail.com>, Sumantro Mukherjee <saggy.zone(a)gmail.com>, Tanmay Bir <tanmaybir(a)gmail.com>, Atonu Saha <atanu.jnu(a)gmail.com>, Sarban Bandyopadhyay < sarbanbanerjee(a)gmail.com>, Ayan Choudhury <ayay700(a)gmail.com>, Sumit Surai < surai.sumit(a)gmail.com>, Sukanta Pal <artistskanta(a)gmail.com>, Indrajit Das < indrajitdasin(a)gmail.com>, Probuddho Ganguly <pganguly.bong(a)gmail.com>, " mourya.biswas(a)gmail.com" <mourya.biswas(a)gmail.com>, Abdul Hamid < me.abdul.hamidriju(a)gmail.com>, Ananya Mondal <ananyanutritionist(a)gmail.com>, "a2k(a)cis-india.org" <a2k(a)cis-india.org> নমস্কার, এই একই সময় আমি কলকাতা শহরে থাকবো (৬ জুন থেকে ১১ জুন সন্ধ্যে), আমি এই ইভেন্টে আমি যোগদান করবো। আমি আরও জানাই যে এই অনুষ্ঠান কে সহায়তা করার অনুরোধ-টি CIS approve করেছে, আমি আয়োজকদের সাথে শীঘ্র যোগাযোগ করবো। কলকাতা থাকাকালীন যদি কেউ আমার সাথে দেখা করতে চান, ব্যক্তিগতভাবে যোগাযোগ করুন। [Roughly translated version of the email above] Namaskara, At the same time I'll be in the city (between 6th June and 11 June evening), and I'll be attending the event. I am glad to inform you that the request to CIS-A2K to support this event is approved, and I'll contact the organizers soon. If someone of you want to meet me in Kolkata, please contact me personally. On 28 May 2016 at 14:03, Rangan Datta <rangan_datta(a)yahoo.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rangan_datta(a)yahoo.com');>> wrote: > Dear Wikipedians > > We are planning a wikipedia meet of Kolkata Chapter > > Date & Time: 11 June (Sat) 1:00 - 5:00 pm > Venue: St. John's Church Kolkata > Agenda: > > 1. Discuss future plans for Bengali Wikipedia > 2. Plans for St. John's Church GLAM Project > 3. Plans for future outreach and ofline events > > > Mourya, could you add some more points in the agenda. > > > Regards > Rangan >

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Train-the-Trainer 2016: Event details and invitation to participate
by Tito Dutta 29 May '16

29 May '16

Greetings from CIS-A2K, It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Train-the-Trainer 2016 programme <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/20…> organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 17-19 June, Bangalore. Train-the-Trainer programme was conceptualised in order to bridge the gap between wiki volunteers/enthusiasts who would like to conduct off reach activities and have been discouraged due to non availability of resources and support. The three day residential event will include presentations by the participants regarding a plan to improve their wiki-projects, expert sessions about conducting effective outreach activities, best practices from the global wiki communities, revised grant structure of WMF, activities to understand WMF strategy and vision, understanding global metrics and coming up with a concrete plan by participants in association with A2K to improve their wiki-projects. A2K invites Wikimedians to apply for this programme. Participants will be selected based on their on wiki and off wiki activities and their responses to the questions asked in the Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AmbA609Foy5gNLRw1SgK4r0YF8yFwcLLhNdvvrpC1z… Selected participants are required to finish pre-work assigned to them without fail. Please fill the Google form given below and write to us at tanveer(a)cis-india.org, tito(a)cis-india.org and rahim(a)cis-india.org for more details. Regards,

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CIS-A2K Newsletter April 2016
by Tito Dutta 23 May '16

23 May '16

Hello, Centre for Internet and Society’s Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) program would like to share with you the newsletter below for the month of April 2016. We look forward to hear any feedback or input you might have. == Odia-language Women’s History Month edit-a-thons == Last month, the second Women’s History Month edit-a-thon ( https://goo.gl/VjCPgq) began on Odia-language Wikimedia sites. With a theme of Women I am inspired by, the event aimed to improve articles on these notable individuals. Twenty articles were created and ten were improved, thanks to the dozens of participants—seven of which were women who went on to found an informal group for female editors (https://goo.gl/K5D6CX) on the Odia Wikipedia. Among the participants, eight were brand-new. We reached out to Rajalaxmi Mishra(https://goo.gl/cxrkL2) to talk about their experience. Rajalaxmi is a MCA student who began editing the Odia Wikipedia after a Utkal University workshop (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Utkal_University_workshop). Annie Besant (https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/ଆନି_ବେସାନ୍ତ), an article she has been working on since the edit-a-thon (in part thanks to Content Translation https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/29/content-translation-50000-articles/), is now among the top ten longest articles on the site, and she has also put in time editing Sudha Chandran (https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/ସୁଧା_ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରନ୍ ). . . . Read more on Wikimedia Blog ( https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/09/bangla-translations-odia-womens-histo… ) == Program reports == ⬤ Subray, Ananth. Edit-a-thon organised at Christ University Bangalore to celebrate Women’s Day ( http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/edit-a-thon-organised-at-christ-univ…). A day-long edit-a-thon was organised at Christ University Bangalore on March 12, 2016 to celebrate the Women’s Day and grow the women-related articles on Kannada Wikipedia. ⬤ Panigrahi, Subhasish, Celebrating the 13th anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia ( http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedias-13-year-old-journ…), reports 13th anniversary celebration of Kannada Wikipedia, 19 April 2016( http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedias-13-year-old-journ…), 19 April 2016 The Kannada-language Wikipedia, arguably the largest online encyclopedia in Kannada language, celebrated its 13th anniversary on February 14, 2016 in Mangalore. ⬤ Patnaik, Sailesh. Introducing Odia Wikipedia to students of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar ( http://cis-india.org/openness/introducing-odia-wikipedia-to-students-of-utk…) reports a workshop organised at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha for the students of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and Master in Arts, Department of Odia-language. 24 April 2016 A four-hour-long workshop was organised at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on February 25, 2016 for the students of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and Master in Arts, Department of Odia-language. == Articles/blogs == ⬤ Eight Challenges Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome ( https://globalvoices.org/2016/04/27/eight-challenges-indian-language-wikipe…), GlobalVoices, 27 April 2016 === Upcoming events === 14th birth anniversary of Odia Wikipedia https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ଜନ୍ମତିଥି/୧୪ (5 June 2016, Bhubaneswar, Odisha) The Odia Wikimedia community is organizing the 14th birth anniversary of Odia Wikipedia on April 5 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The community and CIS-A2K are collaboratively planning to organise a series of training programmes to learn more about advanced editing on specific areas where they are facing problem with. == Media coverage == In this month we have organised or participated in this event: ⬤ Odia gets more space in e-world – 20% rise in Unicode use in past two years ( http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160407/jsp/odisha/story_78701.jsp#.Vz7eMT_h7…), The Telegraph, 7 April 2016 ⬤ Exercise to Correct articles in Tulu Wikipedia begins ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/exercise-to-correct-articles-in-tulu-wikipedi…), The Hindu, 28 April 2016 == Train-a-Wikipedian == This month the following Train-a-Wikipedian session were conducted: ⬤ 19 April ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian/Sessions/2016-04… ) ⬤ 22 April ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian/Sessions/2016-04… ) ⬤ 28 April ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian/Sessions/2016-04… ) == Keep me updated! == If you want to receive news from this program, please sign-up here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/Subscribe This newsletter is also available on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/April_2016

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যুব প্রত্যাশা কর্মশালা
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 02 May '16

02 May '16

সুধী, গতকাল যুব প্রত্যাশা সংগঠনের সম্পাদক আব্দুল হামিদের সাথে আমার উইকি কর্মশালার ব্যাপারে কথা হয়েছে। এই আলোচনা অনুযায়ী, ১) সম্ভব হলে মে মাসের কোন একটি রবিবার কর্মশালা করা হবে। ২) বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ার সাথে সাথে উইকিসংকলনের কর্মশালাও করা হবে। (যদিও আমি দুটো আলাদা দিনে দুইটি কর্মশালার পক্ষপাতী, কিন্তু সেটা বিভিন্ন কারণে হয়তো সম্ভব নয়।) ৩) যুব প্রত্যাশা কম্পিউটার, ইন্টারনেট, প্রজেক্টর ও ঘরের ব্যবস্থা করবে। ৪) যাঁরা অভ্র কী-বোর্ড ব্যবহারে স্বচ্ছন্দ শুধুমাত্র তাঁরাই এই কর্মশালায় যোগ দেবেন। ৫) উইকির ব্যাপারে উৎসাহীরাই একমাত্র কর্মশালায় অংশ নেবেন, যুব প্রত্যাশা সেই ব্যাপারে নিশ্চিত করবে। এর ফলে কর্মশালার পরেও তাঁরা যাতে উইকির সম্পাদক হিসেবে কাজ চালিয়ে যান, তার সম্ভাবনা বাড়বে। ৬) কর্মশালার আগেই উইকির বিভিন্ন মূল নীতিমালার সারাংশ বা লিঙ্ক অংশগ্রহণকারীদের দেওয়া হবে, যাতে তারা উইকির নীতিমালা ও কর্মপ্রণালী সম্বন্ধে অবহিত হয়ে কর্মশালায় অংশ নিতে পারেন। বাংলা উইকি সম্প্রদায়কে এই বিষয়ে মেলিং লিস্টে সক্রিয় ভাবে আলোচনার জন্য ও কর্মশালা সঞ্চালনে অংশ নেওয়ার জন্য অনুরোধ করি। প্রসঙ্গতঃ জয়ন্তদা উইকিসংকলনের ও প্রাচোতোষ উইকিপিডিয়ার কর্মশালা সঞ্চালনের জন্য সম্মত হয়েছেন। -- বোধিসত্ত্ব

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