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Wikisource in Indic languages
Wikisource in Indic languages is a project help Indic communities to start Wikisource in their respective languages. The project is aimed at Indic languages which currently do not have a standalone Wikisource.
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idea creator• Satdeep Gill
project manager• Satdeep Gill
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created on03:51, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Project idea
[edit]What is the problem you're trying to solve?
[edit]There are no Wikisource projects even in some of the major Indic languages such as Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi.
What is your solution?
[edit]To start a project which will involve members from communities which are already successfully working on improving Wikisource in their languages
Project goals
[edit]Work being done
[edit]- Identify and upload appropriate content on Wikimedia Commons
- Use OCR4wikisource for the content
Work to do
[edit]- Digitization of public domain works
- Collaboration with organizations already doing this work
- Wikisource Workshops for various language communities
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[edit]Expand your idea
[edit]Would a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation help make your idea happen? You can expand this idea into a grant proposal.