Keep it up Manoj , it's a great initiatives. We shall try the same for Bengali wiki source .
Jayanta On Thursday, January 2, 2014, manoj k wrote: > Dear friends, > > New year wishes to all. > > Wikisource project, a project of Wikimedia foundation is celebrating its > tenth anniversary. As a part of the decennary celebrations, the > Wikisource projects in various languages all over the world are conducting > competitions that enrich their contents including but not limited to proof > -reading and digitization. Being a part of it, Wikisource's Malayalam > version - Wiki Grandhasala community, a voluntary unit engaged in > collecting and digitizing valuable Malayalam books of yesteryears, is > organizing a digitization (Typing & Proofreading) competition, along with > various Government as well as Non-Government establishments and other > voluntary organisations with similar interests like Kerala Sahithya > Academy, IT@ school Project, Swathanthra Malayalam Computing and Center > for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) under the banner of Malayalam Wiki > community.. This digitisation competition is being conducted as a part of > an effort that collects Malayalam Books whose copyright date has expired in > digital form (in unicode format) preserving the content and makig them more > accessible and popular. The competition lasts for a month, starting on > January 1, 2014 and ending on Jan 31, 2014. The competition focuses > especially individuals and schools and includes some attractive prizes > including E-book readers, Tablets and selected books for those who lead > the scoreboard. In this competition, books that was recently released by > Kerala Sahithya Academy to its public collection will be digitised. > > Details of the competition;There are two specific competitions > > *Competition for individuals:-* > This competition is for the general public. It includes typing and > proofreading of selected books. The main aim is to attract people who are > active in social media into Wiki Grandhasala activities. Those who wish > to participate in this competition should register before January 31st > 2014. Here are the pages which are to be typed in as part of this > competition. > > *Competition for schools:-* > Presently many student groups, through the IT Cell of their respective > schools, participate actively in the Wiki Grandhasala effort. This > version of the competition aims to increase the participation of such > student groups. The idea is to inculcate more love for their mother tongue > among the students. The process also aims at providing awareness out aboutsuch > collaborative activities, getting them interested in computer related > areas, specifically Language Computing. Scanned copies of books that are > in public domain will be made available to the respective schools. Under > the supervision of IT@school coordinators of each school, students have > to type them and proof read, which will be added to Wiki Grandhasala. > > The prizes (like E-book readers, Portable scanners) are sponsored by > Center for Internet and Society, Kerala Sahithya Academy and Swathanthra > Malayalam Computing. Also, certificates will be awarded to all students > who participate in the school level competition and IT@school coordinators > , for their coordination activities. > > Those who wish to sponsor more prizes, and those who wish to makescanned/hard > copiesbooks in > the public domain availale to Wiki Grandhasala can contact > mlwikisou...@gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'mlwikisou...@gmail.com');>. > > Project Page: https://ml.wikisource.org/wiki/WS:DC2014 > Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/265018530322640/ > Score Bord : http://balasankarc.in/ProofreadingContest/index.html > > For Malayalam Wikisource Community > > Manoj.K/മനോജ്.കെ > General Convener, Malayalam Wikisource Digitization Contest 2014 >
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