[Wikimediaindia-l] Report of Women's History Month events in India

Dear all, The Women's History Month events<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain/Women%27s_Hist…th>, 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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Wom…14>, Malayalam<https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B…14>, Marathi<https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%… Telugu<https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8…guages. The coordination was done on meta wiki<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain/Women%27s_Histor… . 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:* - Roshni Nilaya<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Social_Work_Roshni_Nilaya… of Social Work, Mangalore hosted the First Introductory Presentation on Wikipedia Editing on 26th Feb 2014 at the college. This was an led by Harriet Vidyasagar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Outofindia>. - Wiki Women's Day at International Center Goa<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Wik… held on Sunday, March 9, 2014 from 3:30pm - 6:00pm IST. The workshop was organized by Nitika Tandon. - Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at Womoz Festival<https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WOMOZ14>14>, Indira Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology, Kothamangalam, Kerala. Link: w:ml:WP:WOMOZ14 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ml:WP:WOMOZ14>. The workshop was led by Malayalam Wikimedian Abhishek Jacob<https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B… . - Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at College of Engineering, Guindy<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Engineering,_Guindy>dy>, Chennai. The event was coordinated by User:Commons sibi - Wikiwomen's Day at CBIT<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Wi…IT>, Hyderabad on 8th March 2014, coordinated by CIS-A2K. - Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Delhi https://www.facebook.com/events/285700978254131/ on 29th March, 2014 - Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at Barcamp Bangalore https://www.facebook.com/events/294495160708164/ on 29th March, 2014 - Marathi Wikipedia Sampadnethon<https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E…A#>, coordinated by Selva Rani - A Wikiparty at Wikimedian Harriet’s residence to mentor her friends to edit Wikipedia on 16 March, 2014. *Online events:* - Women Parliamentarians edit-a-thon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International… 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 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ParulThakur>. - Women Scientists edit-a-thon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International… 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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_In… labeling articles related to women had 4 signed up participants. *Media References:* 1. Women cheered on by Wikipedia<http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/women-cheered…ce>, Renuka Phadnis, Date : February 8, The Hindu. 2. Wikipedia to celebrate womanhood with edit-a-thon<http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/w…ce>, Staff Reporter, Date: February 28, The Hindu 3. Wikipedia-Womoz event<http://www.techgoss.com/Story/6530S14-Wikipedia-WoMoz-event.aspx&g…px>, Suneetha, Date: March 10, Techgoss.com 4. Putting the W in Wikipedia<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/deep-focus/Puttin…ms>, Padmaparna Ghosh, Times of India, Date: 16 March 2014 *Blog posts:* 1. Lots of WikiLove wanted!!!<http://happinessandfood.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/lots-of-wikil…d/>, Parul Thakur, March 3, Happiness & Food. 2. Indian Wikimedia community coordinates women's history month<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/04/wikimedia-community-coordinat…h/>. Jeph Paul and Netha Hussain, March 4, Wikimedia global blog. Reblogged on Blossoming Soul<http://nethahussain.blogspot.in/2014/03/womens-history-month-india-kicks-off.html> ,CIS blog<http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikimedia-community-coordinates-…th>, DNA<http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post-indian-wikimedian-community-coord… 3. Celebrating women's day, the wiki way<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/13/celebrating-womens-day-the-wiki…y/>, Diksha Madhok, March 13, Wikimedia global blog. Reblogged by Rohini Lakshane on DNA<http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post-celebrating-women-s-day-the-wiki-… *Statboard:* A dynamic statboard was created by Jeph paul<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeph_paul>ul>, Harsh Kothari <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Harsh4101991> and Aarti Dwivedi <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rtdwivedi/2> 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<https://github.com/harshkothari410/argetlam_wiki/tree/deploy> . 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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_created_or_expande… English. In Malayalam, 1885 edits were recorded from 46 participants at Category: 2014_വനിതാദിന_തിരുത്തൽ_യജ്ഞത്തിന്റെ_ഭാഗമായി_സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ട_താളുകൾ<http…BE>. A meetup and workshop<https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5… 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<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/User:Manojk>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 -- Netha Hussain Student of Medicine and Surgery Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com <http://nethahussain.blogspot.com>swethaambari.wordpress.com <http://swethaambari.wordpress.com>*