Dear all,
The
Women's History Month events, which ran during the month of March in India, has concluded. The event happened in Malayalam, English, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi language Wikipedias.
Events:
The inagural event of the Women's day celebrations happened in Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa. The workshop was led by
Nitika Tandon and
Rohini Lakshane and arranged by Harriet Vidyasagar.
Two online edit-a-thons were conducted on English Wikipedia during the second and third weekends of March. 14 users participated in the first edit-a-thon and 5 users in the second.
Free Software Movement of Karnataka conducted a
workshop for women in Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore on 9th March 2013. Eight volunteers and 26 participants signed up for the event. Nine new articles were created as a part of the workshop.
A
women for Wikipedia event was conducted in IIT-M, Chennai by FSFTN and Wikimedia India on 31 March 2013. The event was coordinated by
Anupama Srinivas and
Bala. Three new articles were created during the hands-on-workshop conducted as part of this event.
Outcomes:
In Malayalam Wikipedia, 26 users signed up for the
event. 107 new articles were created and 13 articles were significantly expanded. 14 users participated in the event in English Wikipedia, 19 new English articles were created and one article was expanded. Two users signed up on Telugu Wikipedia for the
event.
Press:
The women's day events were given good coverage by the media. Links to the articles on various newspapers are given below:
Led by
Srijana Timsina, Nepali Wikiwomen are conducting
Women's day edit-a-thon in English and Nepali language Wikipedias. Articles which are primarily of importance to Nepali women will be created during the edit-a-thon.
Thanks to all Wikimedians who helped us to make this event a grant success. All of you who created or significantly expanded articles would soon receive barnstars from us!
In WikiLove
User: Netha Hussain
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