Exciting report! Thanks Netha and to all involved and who contributed. -sarah
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Netha Hussain <nethahuss...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear all, > > > > The Women's History Month > events<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain/Women%27s_History_Month>, > which ran through the month of March in India, has concluded. The events > happened in Malayalam, English, Telugu, Konkani and Marathi languages. > Jeph <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeph_paul> 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_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014>, > Malayalam<https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:WHMIN14>, > Marathi<https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8-_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AA#>and > Telugu<https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AF_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82,_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/2014>languages. > The coordination was done on meta > wiki<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain/Women%27s_History_Month> > . > > 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. > > *Online events:* > > - > > Women Parliamentarians > edit-a-thon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Parliamentarians_Edit-a-thon>aimed > 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_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Scientists_Edit-a-thon>aimed > 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,_India-2014/Label-a-thon>for > labeling articles related to women had 4 signed up participants. > > > *Statboard:* > > A dynamic statboard was created by Jeph > paul<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeph_paul>, > 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_expanded_during_Women%27s_History_Month_(India)_-_2014>In > English. In Malayalam, 1885 edits were recorded from 46 participants at > Category: > 2014_വനിതാദിന_തിരുത്തൽ_യജ്ഞത്തിന്റെ_ഭാഗമായി_സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ട_താളുകൾ<https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%82:2014_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AD%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE> > > > *Offline events:* > > > > - > > Roshni > Nilaya<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Social_Work_Roshni_Nilaya>School > 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/Wiki_Women%27s_Day_at_ICG>was > 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>, > 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%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D:Abhishek_Jacob> > . > - > > Wikipedia talk and edit-a-thon at College of Engineering, > Guindy<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Engineering,_Guindy>, > Chennai. The event was coordinated by User:Commons sibi > - > > Wikiwomen's Day at > CBIT<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Wiki_Women%27s_Day_at_CBIT>, > 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%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8-_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AA#>, > coordinated by Selva Rani > - > > A Wikiparty at Wikimedian Harriet’s residence to mentor her friends to > edit Wikipedia on 16 March, 2014. > > > Thank you for supporting Women's History Month events! > > Regards > Netha and 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>* > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- Sarah Stierch ----- Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. www.sarahstierch.com
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