Tamil Wikipedia Content Enrichment Meet
Project page for the 2-day Edit-a-thon event which was conducted with a focus on improvement of articles. This page is being updated periodically on the progress of outcome.
Focus
[edit]a) Improvement of articles, which were created through 'Google Translate' in the year 2010
b) Adding references to unreferenced articles
Approach
[edit]- Derive strategy, apply in execution during the event.
- Proceed online drives based on learnings from the event
Arrangements
[edit]- Organisers: Tamil Wikipedia community
- Collaborator: CIS-A2K
Event details
[edit]- Location: Yercaud (located near the city Salem in Tamil Nadu, India)
- Dates: September 28 & 29, 2024
- Time: 9 am to 4 pm
- Participants: 24
- Estimated budget: INR 4,15,242 (USD 4979.42)
Target
[edit]Google Translate Articles
[edit]| Sl # | Event / Project | Target | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edit-a-thon day (28-September-2024) |
58 articles | 10 active users x 3 articles 14 other users x 2 articles |
| 2 | Wiki Marathon | 24 articles | 24 users x 1 article |
| 3 | Special Quarter (October, November, December 2024) |
240 articles | 24 users x 10 articles |
| Total | 322 articles | - |
Unreferenced Articles
[edit]| Sl # | Event / Project | Target | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edit-a-thon (29-September-2024) |
340 articles | 10 active users x 20 articles 14 other users x 10 articles |
| 2 | Wiki Marathon | 144 articles | 24 users x 6 articles |
| 3 | Special Quarter (January, February, March 2025) |
1,200 articles | 24 users x 50 articles |
| Total | 1,684 articles | - |
Reports
[edit]Detail of Partcipants
[edit]- As per the initial proposal = 24 users + 2 CIS-A2K guests
- As per the amended proposal (after the recommendation by the Senior Program Officer, Wikimedia Foundation) = 23 users + 2 CIS-A2K guests
- Number of users applied = 23
- Number of users selected by the selection committe = 20
- Number of selected users who are not able to attend the event = 3
- Actual participants = 17 users + 1 CIS-A2K guest
Revised Targets
[edit]Targets had been revised based on number of actual participants:
Google Translate Articles
[edit]| Sl # | Event / Project | Target | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edit-a-thon day (28-September-2024) |
44 articles | 10 active users x 3 articles 7 other users x 2 articles |
| 2 | Wiki Marathon | 17 articles | 17 users x 1 article |
| 3 | Special Quarter (October, November, December 2024) |
170 articles | 17 users x 10 articles |
| Total | 231 articles | - |
Unreferenced Articles
[edit]| Sl # | Event / Project | Target | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edit-a-thon (29-September-2024) |
270 articles | 10 active users x 20 articles 7 other users x 10 articles |
| 2 | Wiki Marathon | 102 articles | 17 users x 6 articles |
| 3 | Special Quarter (January, February, March 2025) |
850 articles | 17 users x 50 articles |
| Total | 1,222 articles | - |
Event Details
[edit]Nivas from CIS-A2K joined the team as a guest.
Day 1
[edit]The event was started with welcoming address by user K. Murthy. Aftert this, participants introduced themselves and talked about their relationship with Wikimedia movement.
Team discussed on the strategy to improve articles, which were created through 'Google Translate'. After the discussion, participants started working on improvement of articles. As per the initial estimation, 24 articles have been improved against the target of 44 articles.
8 users were honoured with memento for their significant contributions. Gift distributed to all participants.
Towards the end, Tamil Wikipedians celebrated 21 years of Tamil Wikipedia by a cake-cutting.
Wikimedia activities were discussed during team outing to the nearest park.
Day 2
[edit]Group photos were taken to register the memorable event.
Team discussed on the strategy to add references to unreferenced articles. After the discussion, participants started working on improvement of articles. As per the initial estimation, references have been added to 2,900 articles against the target of 270 articles.
Towards the end, thank you address was delivered by user சத்திரத்தான் (Pitchaimuthu Mariappan).
Measurement
[edit]Expense Details
[edit]| Sl # | Name of the expense | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hotel accomdation and food | ₹ 1,19,043 |
| 2 | Flight fare for the travel of a user | ₹ 21,636 |
| 3 | Honorarium for users | ₹ 55,000 |
| 4 | Gift to all participants | ₹ 5,400 |
| 5 | Memento for 4 users (for crossing milestone of every 1,000 articles) |
₹ 2,481 |
| 6 | Memento for 4 users (for contributing in different areas) |
₹ 1,500 |
| 7 | Souvenir to CIS-A2K guests | ₹ 1,188 |
| 8 | Cake (for celebrating 21 years of Tamil Wikipedia |
₹ 800 |
| 9 | Park entry fees (Team outing in the evening of Sep 28th) |
₹ 400 |
| 10 | Banner | ₹ 250 |
| 11 | Prints of Honorarium form | ₹ 80 |
| - | Total | ₹ 2,07,778 |
Refer attached spreadsheets for detailed information: Project Plan_Edit-a-thon 2024_Tamil Wikipedia.xlsx
Current Progress
[edit]Google Translate Articles
[edit]| Sl # | Event / Project | Target | Achieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edit-a-thon day (28-September-2024) |
44 articles | 25 articles |
| 2 | Wiki Marathon (13-October-2024) |
17 articles | 1 article |
| 3 | Special Quarter (October, November, December 2024) |
170 articles | *24 articles |
| Total | 231 articles | *50 articles |
* As on 03-Nov-2024
Unreferenced Articles
[edit]| Sl # | Event / Project | Target | Achieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edit-a-thon (29-September-2024) |
270 articles | 2,900 articles |
| 2 | Wiki Marathon (13-October-2024) |
102 articles | 360 articles |
| 3 | 31-October-2024 | - | 380 articles |
| 4 | Special Quarter (January, February, March 2025) |
850 articles | Data will be collected during the first quarter of 2025 |
| Total | 1,222 articles | *3,640 articles |
* As on 03-Nov-2024