Dear Shyamal,

 Great initiative! The category [1] for Indian women scientists was created two years back, during the Ada Lovelace Day edit-a-thon in October 2012. We have more than 40 Indian women scientists included in this category now, thanks to the many women-centered edit-a-thons that attract editors' attention to this topic. I hope to see more articles added to this category after the edit-a-thon this year!

  I was also wondering if there was a project/event page on Wikipedia for this edit-a-thon. I find it slightly off-putting  to have to fill up a private google form [2] to be able to participate in a public edit-a-thon. It is also not clear to me if the event is invite-only. I am holding back from joining the event until the event allows me to participate by signing up on a Wikimedia page. 
 
User: Fluentflux happens to be a new user who joined Wikipedia today. I guess they would need some on-wiki help in organizing the event, in which case I am happy to pitch in after October 9. 

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Indian_women_scientists
[2]https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1l5NM7WziXQ8pqtx4WoD_hkCDXVbxfmVQWeLSfkWcOPA/viewform

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Parul <sri.parul@gmail.com> wrote:
I agree with Vishnu. 
I also participated in that edit-a-thon and it went fine. 

Additionally, I also feel that with festivals around the corner this is a little short notice and fewer days to be able to participate. 

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Vishnu <visdaviva@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Shyamal,

Last year we did Lilavati's Daughters Edit-a-thon on notable Indian Women Scientists [1]. I am sure the users registered there would be interested to take part in this too. You could probably alert the event organizers about this if you know them.

Lilavati's Daughters Edit-a-thon received a better response from Indic Wikimedians and I am sure they would also be interested to take part in this.

Best,
Vishnu
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon


On Wednesday 01 October 2014 04:28 PM, Shyamal L. wrote:
You can also contact the organizers via en:User:Fluentflux or  team@indiabioscience.org

best wishes
Shyamal





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