Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Environment Management at CSIBER, Kolhapur, India

Project Scope

The goal of Wikipedia Workshop is to build resources in the field of Environmental Science & Management on Marathi Wikipedia and equip its participants with the process of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them. Another focus of the workshop will be on ‘Women & Environment’ and village articles.

Project Aim

Primary goals

1. To introduce Wikipedia as an encyclopedia for research and a concept to new editors.
2. To Promote Marathi Wikipedia Community & promote the use of regional languages in Wikipedia.
3. To have an open interaction within the editors, existing as well as new.
4. To spread the awareness of Wikipedia as a powerful tool.
5. To develop articles on environment related issues & villages

Organisers

• CSIBER College, Kolhapur
• The Centre for Internet & Society-Access to Knowledge Program

Expert Trainer

• Subodh Kulkarni, Program Associate - CIS-A2K

Facilitators

• Snehal Powar
• Vinayak Kadam
• Nikhita Joshi
• Rajiv Hunshal
• Swaroopa Mole
• Shivanand Gaddi

Launch

Date : 30th March 2017
Time : 11PM to 5PM
Place : Kolhapur,Maharashtra,India
Venue : Environment Management Dept. CSIBER College, Kolhapur
Attendees : 32

Output

The edit-a-thon was aimed at creating/editing wikipedia pages of women activists and environmental issues in India. Extensive discussion on the issues was conducted to develop the theme and basic concepts. Participants were completely unaware about Marathi Wikipedia and editing. They were trained in basic editing skills and search for the concerned articles, categorisation and translation from other language wikipedias. The pages reviewed and edited were as follows -
Total 32 participants; edit count - 400 ;new articles - 15 ; images uploaded to commons - 100 ; images added to articles - 25 ; all worked on environment related issues.

Participants

1. --आदिती गर्गे (talk) 08:57, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
2. --अर्जुन कोमल आमते (talk) 09:11, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
3. --डॉ. विश्वरंजन सोमनाथ (talk) 09:23, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
4. --संग्राम जाधव (talk) 09:26, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
5. --सोनल सुनिल मगर (talk) 09:30, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
6. --सिमरन शहाबुद्दिन टाकवडे (talk) 09:31, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
7. --आकांक्षा प्रदीप पाटील (talk) 09:34, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
8. --अभिजीत शांताराम पाटील (talk) 09:40, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
9. --सरवदे पुनम गौतम (talk) 09:42, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
10. --ज्योती विजय तोडकर (talk) 09:46, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
11. --तेजस्विनी प्रकाश मेथे (talk) 09:49, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
12. --शितल महादेव चव्हाण पाटील (talk) 09:51, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
13. --तरन्नुम अस्लम शेख (talk) 09:51, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
14. --प्रतिक्षा शिवाजी पन्हाकर (talk) 09:52, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
15. --शिवानंद शंकर गड्डी (talk) 09:55, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
16. --डॉ. व्ही. बी. पाटील (talk) 09:56, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
17. --मोळे स्वरूपा बाळासाहेब (talk) 10:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
18. --स्नेहल पोवार (talk) 10:04, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
19. --स्केटी महेश भालेराव (talk) 10:05, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
20. --राजीव बाबुराव हुंशाल (talk) 10:14, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
21. --मिनल सुरेश ओसवाल (talk) 10:15, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
22. --संगम अनिल नाईक (talk) 10:22, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
23. --प्रियदर्शिनी उदय माळी (talk) 10:24, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
24. --ऐश्वर्या सुरेश भांडे (talk) 10:26, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
25. --स्नेहा दत्ताजीराव देसाई (talk) 10:28, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
26. --उमेश भगवान वाठारकर (talk) 10:29, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
27. --श्वेता देवाप्पा नवनाळे (talk) 10:32, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
28. --प्राजक्ता प्रकाश मगदुम (talk) 10:34, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
29. --रोहित खाडे (talk) 10:39, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
30. --निखिता जयंत जोशी (talk) 10:52, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
31. --निकम प्रियंका दिलीप (talk) 11:08, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
32. --शिवम राकेश शर्मा (talk) 11:10, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Photo gallery

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  Presentation on Basics
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  Facilitators in action
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  Excited to see the results
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  Publishing own article on Wikipedia
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  Learning with online demonstration
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  Editing in Progress
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  Training hall