As a miniscule gesture of support to you fabulous ladies, I looked for a prominent Indian woman without an image, located an image and uploaded it to Commons and the article.
I found the Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu, had no worthwhile image. Maragret Bourke-White's image ex Life Archive is copyright free in India and I have uploaded that under {{pd-India}} and it now graces the article.
I request all editors to do small things like this even if you are not able to edit major articles or help in other ways.
I also request all editors of the Tag & Assess drive 2011 to recheck their assessments and add "gender=yes" for articles on women, children and related issues.
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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"Why shud girls have all the fun ? " :DJust kidding ! Nice initiative ... All the best wishes!On a related note, it is good to find reasons on why Wikipedia attract very less woman editors ( much less in India than global benchmarks) and how to solve this gender gap.Thoughts ?-TCOn Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Noopur <noopur.raval@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for pulling this together Netha :) I am in!RegardsNoopurNoopur RavalOn Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Netha Hussain <nethahussain@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Pradeep.
We will be working on 1-4 articles depending upon the volunteer turnout. I am thinking of conducting a similar Edit-a-thon in Malayalam Wikipedia. If anybody else would like to conduct WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon's in other Indic languages, please let me know. Together, we shall celebrate the Women's month!
In WikiLove,
Netha Hussain--On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Netha,
Great initiative!
Wondering why you're limiting yourself to one article? Why not do multiple articles in small groups of 3 to 4 people? Also, why not do it across languages as well?
It might get slightly messy but will be more fun and might foster some healthy competition between the groups as well :)
Pradeep
HandheldOn Mar 13, 2012 8:36 PM, "Netha Hussain" <nethahussain@gmail.com> wrote:_______________________________________________
Hey All,
I am writing to invite each one of you to India WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon that has been scheduled for 25th March 2012, Sunday from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. It's probably not possible for all of us to meet physically to celebrate Women's Month but we all meet virtually - online!
During the two hour time slot we all will be editing an article which will be pre-selected by way of nomination and votes. Depending on the number of members joining in we can also organise an IRC meet to meet each other before and during the event.
Everyone is welcome to come edit Wikipedia with us at this event. Women, new editors, all those who relate to women's history or women's issues, those who want to learn how to edit or can teach others how, and anyone with an interest in women's history are particularly encouraged to attend.
Please sign Up here and suggest and vote for articles here. Nomination for articles will be closed by 22nd of March and the voting will be closed by 24th March. Hurry! :)
Thanks Nitika, for bringing up this idea!
I welcome all of you to participate by editing subjects about women's history and more. Everyone is welcome!
Thanks
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