Grants:IdeaLab/Increasing awareness of Wikipedia among students in Punjab
Audience
[edit]Who are the people you want to introduce Wikipedia to?
[edit]In what languages do they search for information, online or otherwise?
[edit]Punjabi and English
In what ways does this group communicate with each other?
[edit]Mostly they use mobile phones to communicate with each other.
What are some reasons this group would use Wikipedia? How would they benefit from it, or what would they find useful?
[edit]Punjabi Wikipedia has great knowledge related to the syllabus of students. This knowledge can help them in their studies.
Project idea
[edit]What language Wikipedia projects will you promote to new readers?
[edit]Punjabi
How will you communicate with new readers? Will you be communicating with them online, in-person, or both?
[edit]We will opt both way of communication i.e offline and online. In first step go ten colleges where our links are available. We will deliver the lecture regarding the importance of wikipedia in the field of education. We will deliver lectures in various college of Punjab.Besides lectures, how do we use Punjabi Wikipedia on mobile?,How to get knowledge from Wikipedia? This will explain everything practically.
Describe your idea to engage new readers. How might it be implemented? What will you tell people about Wikipedia?
[edit]First of all, we will primarily go to the ten colleges of Punjab to inform the students about the importance of Punjabi Wikipedia in education.Then we will give information about the content related to the syllabus of students on Punjabi Wikipedia.Then let's explain how to use Punjabi Wikipedia to increase our knowledge.We hope that this activity will increase the number of visitors to Punjabi Wikipedia.
How will you know if this project is successful? What are some outcomes that you can share after the project is completed?
[edit]We hope that students will start taking information related to their syllabus as well as from Punjabi Wikipedia.This will increase the number of visitors to Punjabi Wikipedia.The increase in the number of people watching Punjabi Wikipedia will determine its success. We will present its statistics in the report.
Do you think you can implement this idea? What support do you need?
[edit]Yes, we are absolutely sure that this idea will certainly succeed. We will need funds to make this idea successful.
Get Involved
[edit]About the idea creator
[edit]User:Stalinjeet Brar
Participants
[edit]- Volunteer I would like to join this project Dr. Rajwinder Singh (talk) 06:17, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
Endorsements
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No funding needed?
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