Really Great work. Nice to know.


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Abhirami G <abhirami.gk@gmail.com> wrote:
Great work everyone! :-D

Best regards,
      Abhirami.


On 7 April 2014 23:19, Netha Hussain <nethahussain@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear all,

  

The Women's History Month events, which ran through the month of  March in India, has concluded. The events happened in Malayalam, English, Telugu, Konkani and Marathi languages. Jeph 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 English, Malayalam, Marathi and Telugu languages. The coordination was done on meta wiki.


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.


Offline events:



Online events:

  • Women Parliamentarians edit-a-thon aimed 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.

  • Women Scientists edit-a-thon aimed 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-thon for labeling articles related to women had 4 signed up participants.


Media References:

  1. Women cheered on by Wikipedia, Renuka Phadnis, Date : February 8, The Hindu.

  2. Wikipedia to celebrate womanhood with edit-a-thon, Staff Reporter, Date: February 28, The Hindu

  3. Wikipedia-Womoz event, Suneetha, Date: March 10, Techgoss.com

  4. Putting the W in Wikipedia, Padmaparna Ghosh, Times of India, Date: 16 March 2014

Blog posts:


  1. Lots of WikiLove wanted!!!, Parul Thakur, March 3, Happiness & Food.

  2. Indian Wikimedia community coordinates women's history month. Jeph Paul and Netha Hussain, March 4, Wikimedia global blog. Reblogged on Blossoming Soul,CIS blog, DNA

  3. Celebrating women's day, the wiki way, Diksha Madhok, March 13, Wikimedia global blog. Reblogged by Rohini Lakshane on DNA

Statboard:


A  dynamic statboard was created by Jeph paul, Harsh Kothari and Aarti Dwivedi 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 here.


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 Month In English. In Malayalam, 1885 edits were recorded from 46 participants at Category: 2014_വനിതാദിന_തിരുത്തൽ_യജ്ഞത്തിന്റെ_ഭാഗമായി_സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ട_താളുകൾ.


A meetup and workshop will happen on 19th April 2014 at Sahitya Academy Hall, Thrissur to honor the participants of the Women’s History Month event and introduce Wikimedia projects to general public. The event is being co-ordinated by Manoj K from Malayalam Wikipedia. Please sign up on the page, or write to me if you are interested in participating. Looking forward to meeting you in Thrissur!


Please reply to this thread or write to me if we have missed any event or post conducted/created in connection with Women’s History Month in India.


Thank you!



Regards


Netha & Jeph



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Netha Hussain
Student of Medicine and Surgery
Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode

Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com
swethaambari.wordpress.com



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