[Gendergap] [Report] Women's History Month events in India

2014-04-07 Thread Netha Hussain
Dear all,



The Women's History Month
eventshttps://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.
Jephhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeph_pauland 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
Englishhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014,
Malayalamhttps://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,
Marathihttps://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
Teluguhttps://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%82/2014languages.
The coordination was done on meta
wikihttps://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-thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Parliamentarians_Edit-a-thonaimed
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-thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Scientists_Edit-a-thonaimed
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-thonhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2014/Label-a-thonfor
labeling articles related to women had 4 signed up participants.


*Statboard:*

A  dynamic statboard was created by Jeph
paulhttps://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 herehttps://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
Monthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_created_or_expanded_during_Women%27s_History_Month_(India)_-_2014In
English. In Malayalam, 1885 edits were recorded from 46 participants
at Category:
2014_വനിതാദിന_തിരുത്തൽ_യജ്ഞത്തിന്റെ_ഭാഗമായി_സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ട_താളുകൾhttps://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 
Nilayahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Social_Work_Roshni_NilayaSchool
of Social Work, Mangalore hosted the First Introductory Presentation
   on 

Re: [Gendergap] [Report] Women's History Month events in India

2014-04-07 Thread Sarah Stierch
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.comwrote:

 Dear all,



 The Women's History Month 
 eventshttps://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 
 Englishhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014,
 Malayalamhttps://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,
 Marathihttps://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
 Teluguhttps://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%82/2014languages.
  The coordination was done on meta
 wikihttps://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-thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Parliamentarians_Edit-a-thonaimed
  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-thonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/International_Women%27s_Day,_India/2014#Women_Scientists_Edit-a-thonaimed
  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-thonhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2014/Label-a-thonfor
  labeling articles related to women had 4 signed up participants.


 *Statboard:*

  A  dynamic statboard was created by Jeph 
 paulhttps://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 
 herehttps://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 
 Monthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_created_or_expanded_during_Women%27s_History_Month_(India)_-_2014In
  English. In Malayalam, 1885 edits were recorded from 46 participants at 
 Category: