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From: valsan <valsaraj.ks@gmail.com>
Date: 2011/9/24
Subject: A strategy to push content of malayalam wikipaedia
To: DAKF_EDU <dakf_edu@googlegroups.com>


We, members of CSE dept., Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur and
DAKF  conducted a workshop for CSE students on Malayalam Wikipaedia
with the help of Anil with a view to popularize it and attract
students to content creation in Malayalam.

This mail is to initiate formulation of a strategy to build content in
Malayalam.

We have good students educated enough to do the work, but, lack
motivation.  Currently, motivating examples are also not present in
Campus.  Now, all universities have policies for social service as
part of UG/PG programs.

Content creation in Malayalam help the society and with chosen topics
it definitely become a social service without doubt.  So if
universities permit to account the time a student spent on these
activities as social activity hours, we(faculty) can actually give
writing assignments to students.   All students doing this will help
multiplying content quickly.

Currently some of this social service time is spent in cleaning
department premise.  Doing content creation may also be added so that
there is opportunity for mental exercises.

It is understood that DAKF stand for propelling content creation in
Malayalam.  So a community movement in this direction can result in
all universities implementing this idea.  Activities of similar nature
useful to societies may also be included.

Ours is primarily an engineering institution and has limitation in
providing language translation exercises.  Foreign universities,
especially for UG/PG courses on languages/history, have assignments
creating Wiki pages.

Myself has discussed the idea with Anil and with Sudarsanan Sir and
both had the opinion that this may be useful and possible.  On that
basis, I have some courage to present this idea.

Valsaraj K.S.