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Wiki Workshop Kolkata - August 2023

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This event organised by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

Wiki Workshop Kolkata - August 2023 is a one-day meetup and workshop organized by the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group. The workshop will be on Wikimedia Commons.
Venue- Indismart Hotel - 13 August 2023, Sunday.

Venue

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Indismart Hotel
X1, Salt Lake Electronics Complex,
8/3, Street Number 20,
EP Block, Sector V,
Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700091
(Near Webel More)

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Date & Time

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  • Date : 13 August 2023 (Sunday)
  • Time : 10 a.m to 6 p.m IST

Agenda

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Wikimedia Commons Workshop with a focus on the upcoming Wiki Loves Monuments. Also familiarising people with two Wikimedia Commons projects - Wiki Explores and Wiki Loves Butterfly.

Programme Schedule

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Enhancing Wikimedia Commons: A Guide to Sharing Technically and Aesthetically Superior Photographs by Biswarup Ganguly
Wikimedia Commons Categories by Rangan Datta
Time Topic Conducted By
10:30 - 11:00 Enhancing Wikimedia Commons: A Guide to Sharing Technically and Aesthetically Superior Photographs Biswarup Ganguly
11:00 - 11:30 My workflow of contributions on Wikimedia Commons Biswarup Ganguly
11:30 - 11:45 What can be uploaded and what not Sumit Surai
11:45 - 12:30 Single and multiple uploads. App and browser uploads Rangan Datta
12:30 - 13:00 Video Upload. Video conversion Sumit Surai
13:00 - 13:30 Category Biswarup Ganguly
13:30 - 14:00 Editing image details. Moving Files Rangan Datta
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 - 15:30 Quality Image, Featured Pictures, Valued Images Sumit Surai
15:30 - 16:00 WLM Uploading Rangan Datta
16:00 - 16:30 Tools Bodhisattwa
16:30 - 17:00 Structured Data in Commons Bodhisattwa
17:00 - 17:30 Wiki Loves Butterfly Ananya Mondal
17:30 - 18:00 Wiki Explores Amitabha Gupta

Point of Contact

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Participants

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Quality Images and Featured Pictures by Sumit Surai
Wikimedia Commons Tools by Pinak Biswas
Wikimedia Commons Tools by Bodhisattwa Mandal
Wiki Explores by Amitabha Gupta

Sign up using " # ~~~~ " if you have an account or else add "#", under the appropriate section.

  1. খাঁ শুভেন্দু (talk) 09:22, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Rangan Datta (talk) 17:09, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Salil Kumar Mukherjee (talk) 05:44, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Sumitsurai (talk) 13:33, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Gangulybiswarup (talk) 16:58, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Nettime Sujata (talk) 07:42, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Rupsha Datta (talk) 15:46, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Anupamdutta73 (talk) 18:23, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Pinakpani (talk) 17:55, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Hrishikes (talk) 05:03, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  11. RajashreeTalukdar (talk) 05:16, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Sumasa (talk) 08:11, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Kaushik300973 (talk) 10:00, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Plabonphotoart (talk) 10:51, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Amitabha Gupta (talk) 10:52, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Sudipta Maulik (talk) 10:53, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Arindam Maitra (talk) 10:58, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-Requisites

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  1. Laptop
  2. Internet Dongle (Optional)
  3. Pen and Paper (Optional)

Report

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Meetup Cum Workshop by the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group in Kolkata on 13th August, 2023

A total of 12 participants participated in the workshop. Four of them were new. Six Wikimedians conducted the workshop on Wikimedia Commons and the upcoming Wiki Loves Monuments 2023.
While Biswarup Ganguly gave an insight on "Sharing Technically and Aesthetically Superior Photographs", Rangan Datta showed the upload process and discussed about the importance of categories. Sumit Surai gave an idea about what we can upload and what we should not to Wikimedia Commons and also how to convert and upload video files before explaining about Valued Images, Quality Image and Featured Pictures and how to nominate each and their judging procedure. Pinak Biswas and Bodhisattwa talked about tools for Wikimedia Commons. Also the projects Wiki Explores and Wiki Loves Butterfly were showcased by Amitabha Gupta and Bodhisattwa respectively.
Several participants had queries and those were answered. Also, some one-on-one sessions were held to solve issues some were facing.

Financial Report

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Date Particulars Details Amount (Rs) Bill Remarks
13.08.2023 Tea, Coffee and Biscuits 2 times 19 persons included Bill Provided
Hall Booking and Lcd projector For Meeting space 1770.00 Bill Provided
Lunch For 19 persons 17955.00 Bill Provided
Transportation (Uber) Transportation for 1 People from Danesh Sheikh lane, Howrah to Saltlake Sector -5 Up-Down 995.00 Bill Provided
Total 20,720.00


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