Wikipedia-OR May 2016

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Train-the-Trainer 2016: Event details and invitation to participate

by Tito Dutta

Greetings from CIS-A2K, It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Train-the-Trainer 2016 programme <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/20…> organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 17-19 June, Bangalore. Train-the-Trainer programme was conceptualised in order to bridge the gap between wiki volunteers/enthusiasts who would like to conduct off reach activities and have been discouraged due to non availability of resources and support. The three day residential event will include presentations by the participants regarding a plan to improve their wiki-projects, expert sessions about conducting effective outreach activities, best practices from the global wiki communities, revised grant structure of WMF, activities to understand WMF strategy and vision, understanding global metrics and coming up with a concrete plan by participants in association with A2K to improve their wiki-projects. A2K invites Wikimedians to apply for this programme. Participants will be selected based on their on wiki and off wiki activities and their responses to the questions asked in the Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AmbA609Foy5gNLRw1SgK4r0YF8yFwcLLhNdvvrpC1z… Selected participants are required to finish pre-work assigned to them without fail. Please fill the Google form given below and write to us at tanveer(a)cis-india.org, tito(a)cis-india.org and rahim(a)cis-india.org for more details. Regards,

7 years, 10 months

CIS-A2K Newsletter April 2016

by Tito Dutta

Hello, Centre for Internet and Society’s Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) program would like to share with you the newsletter below for the month of April 2016. We look forward to hear any feedback or input you might have. == Odia-language Women’s History Month edit-a-thons == Last month, the second Women’s History Month edit-a-thon ( https://goo.gl/VjCPgq) began on Odia-language Wikimedia sites. With a theme of Women I am inspired by, the event aimed to improve articles on these notable individuals. Twenty articles were created and ten were improved, thanks to the dozens of participants—seven of which were women who went on to found an informal group for female editors (https://goo.gl/K5D6CX) on the Odia Wikipedia. Among the participants, eight were brand-new. We reached out to Rajalaxmi Mishra(https://goo.gl/cxrkL2) to talk about their experience. Rajalaxmi is a MCA student who began editing the Odia Wikipedia after a Utkal University workshop (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Utkal_University_workshop). Annie Besant (https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/ଆନି_ବେସାନ୍ତ), an article she has been working on since the edit-a-thon (in part thanks to Content Translation https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/29/content-translation-50000-articles/), is now among the top ten longest articles on the site, and she has also put in time editing Sudha Chandran (https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/ସୁଧା_ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରନ୍ ). . . . Read more on Wikimedia Blog ( https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/09/bangla-translations-odia-womens-histo… ) == Program reports == ⬤ Subray, Ananth. Edit-a-thon organised at Christ University Bangalore to celebrate Women’s Day ( http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/edit-a-thon-organised-at-christ-univ…). A day-long edit-a-thon was organised at Christ University Bangalore on March 12, 2016 to celebrate the Women’s Day and grow the women-related articles on Kannada Wikipedia. ⬤ Panigrahi, Subhasish, Celebrating the 13th anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia ( http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedias-13-year-old-journ…), reports 13th anniversary celebration of Kannada Wikipedia, 19 April 2016( http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedias-13-year-old-journ…), 19 April 2016 The Kannada-language Wikipedia, arguably the largest online encyclopedia in Kannada language, celebrated its 13th anniversary on February 14, 2016 in Mangalore. ⬤ Patnaik, Sailesh. Introducing Odia Wikipedia to students of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar ( http://cis-india.org/openness/introducing-odia-wikipedia-to-students-of-utk…) reports a workshop organised at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha for the students of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and Master in Arts, Department of Odia-language. 24 April 2016 A four-hour-long workshop was organised at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on February 25, 2016 for the students of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and Master in Arts, Department of Odia-language. == Articles/blogs == ⬤ Eight Challenges Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome ( https://globalvoices.org/2016/04/27/eight-challenges-indian-language-wikipe…), GlobalVoices, 27 April 2016 === Upcoming events === 14th birth anniversary of Odia Wikipedia https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ଜନ୍ମତିଥି/୧୪ (5 June 2016, Bhubaneswar, Odisha) The Odia Wikimedia community is organizing the 14th birth anniversary of Odia Wikipedia on April 5 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The community and CIS-A2K are collaboratively planning to organise a series of training programmes to learn more about advanced editing on specific areas where they are facing problem with. == Media coverage == In this month we have organised or participated in this event: ⬤ Odia gets more space in e-world – 20% rise in Unicode use in past two years ( http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160407/jsp/odisha/story_78701.jsp#.Vz7eMT_h7…), The Telegraph, 7 April 2016 ⬤ Exercise to Correct articles in Tulu Wikipedia begins ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/exercise-to-correct-articles-in-tulu-wikipedi…), The Hindu, 28 April 2016 == Train-a-Wikipedian == This month the following Train-a-Wikipedian session were conducted: ⬤ 19 April ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian/Sessions/2016-04… ) ⬤ 22 April ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian/Sessions/2016-04… ) ⬤ 28 April ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian/Sessions/2016-04… ) == Keep me updated! == If you want to receive news from this program, please sign-up here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/Subscribe This newsletter is also available on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/April_2016

7 years, 11 months

Call for new Membership Applications to Wikimedia India Chapter

by Yohann Thomas

Dear One and all Membership to Wikimedia India Chapter is open for 2016-17 If you are applying for membership to Wikimedia India for the first time, you can fill up the membership form after printing the document whose link is given below WikimediaIndia - Membership Application form <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/images/9/9c/WikimediaChapterMembershipFormIndividu…> In the form, please fill all the necessary details. Also, please fill details related to the transaction of the Membership fees. As always, our membership fees is INR 100 only. You can send the membership fees by NEFT/Cheque/DD. Preferred mode of payment is NEFT. NEFT (Electronic Transfer) Account No. 31682050396 (IFSC SBIN0003286). Bank Address - State Bank of India, Jayanagar 2nd Block, Bangalore Once all necessary details in the Membership form are filled. Please send us the hard copy of the form to our address as below Wikimedia India, Work Adda, No.98/1, MMR Plaza, 1st Floor, Above DCB Bank Sarjapur Main Road, Jakkasandra, Koramangala 1st Block. Bangalore - 560034 Also, please send us a digital copy of your form for reference on our email id membership(a)wikimedia.in NOTE- As per the suggestion of our Financial Auditor, we would be accepting only Individual transactions for Individual membership fees ie 1 NEFT transaction = 1 membership renewal. Looking forward to being part of the movement together & making a difference Thanks Yohann Thomas Wikimedia India http://wikimedia.in/

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