Wikimedians of Nepal/Annual Report 2017
2017 Activities Report from Wikimedians of Nepal
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Wikipedia Outreach Program at en:Kathmandu University
[edit]Outreach program was organized for the students and faculties from Far-Western region of Nepal in Kathmandu University. The students from different disciplines were participated and were eager to know about the Wikipedia. Number of participants was 24 and 3 Wikipedians have facilitated the program. The aim of program was to disseminate the information about Wikipedia, practice of developing Wikis in different languages in Nepal. And to share experiences in and status of Dotyali Wikipedia/Wiktionary.
Date/Venue
[edit]- Date: 23rd February, 2017
- Time: 3:45PM-5:00PM NST
- Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kabhrepalanchowk
Facilitators
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[edit]- Ram Prasad Ghimire
- Samir Shrestha
- Manoj Padey
- Karan Singh Ayri
- Nabin Raj Bhatt
- Sumiksha Bhatta
- Dhana Bhatta
- Dinesh Bhatt
- Sandhya Bohara
- Shital Sharma
- Roshan Saud
- Naresh Bista
- Rupa Rokaya
- Roshani Rokaya
- Barsha Thapa
- Yogesh Upreti
- Mohan Deuba
- Sameer Tamrakar
- Sunil Bogati
- Paspa Raj Bhatta
- Suman Singh Thakuri
- Raman Badaila
- Tara Singh Saud
- Birendra Singh Airi
Project Page
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Mr. Janak Bhatta Providing Presentation on Wikipedia -
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Dr. Ram Prasad Ghimire Associate Professor, Kathmandu University, Sharing his views and experiences
Strategy Meetup in Kathmandu, Nepal
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The Affiliate-led events for Movement Strategy discussions was held on the 5th August 2017, at Kathmandu, Nepal. The Wikimedia movement wise movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. On this discussion people participated from different background like editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, technology platforms, institutional partners, media and Bureaucrats.
Date/Venue
[edit]- Date: 5 August 2017
- Masala Cottage, Kathmandu
Team
[edit]Wikimedians of Nepal and Maithili Wikimedians User Group
Participants
[edit]- Saroj Kumar Dhakal
- Nabin K Sapkota
- Nirjal Shrestha
- Nirmal Dulal
- Prabin Deo
- Bijay Chaurasia
- Prabina Karki
- Punyashwari Prajapati
- Rishi Raj Gautam
- Manish Marahatta
- Nirajan Panta
- Surit Aryal
- Subham Ghimire
- Manish Jung Thapa
- Sandip Sah
- Sanjog Dev
- Kshitiz Khanal
- Jitendra Shah
- Reshma Mishra
- Dhrub Katwal
- Nikesh Balami
- Bhupendra Bhatta
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Wikipedia Education Program in Dearwalk Sifal School
[edit]Wikipedia Education Program in Dearwalk Sifal School is a Wikipedia Education Program organized by Wikimedians of Nepal User Group.
Timeline
[edit]- 11 August 2017 to 10 November 2017 (Monday-Wednesday-Friday)
Organizing Team
[edit]Outcome
[edit]- 17 Students learnt skills such as :
- Typing in Nepali
- Five Pillars of Wikipedia
- Critically Analyze the wikipedia articles and ask for the references
- Add needed references in the articles to verify certain claims
- Upload Images and add it to the existing articles and Illustrate them
- Make a copy edit
- Create new article and complete it with all the components.
- School and Students were engaged and excited, School Demanded for the next session of the course for the teachers only.
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Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Nepal
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Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote cultural monuments around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Starting from the Netherlands in 2010, organized on a European level in 2011 and went global in 2012.
Time Duration
[edit]- 1st September, 2017 - 30th September, 2017
Project Page
[edit]Organizing Team
[edit]- Nirmal Dulal- Coordinator
- Mohan K. Duwal - Photowalk Co-ordinator
- Santosh R. Pathak - Team Co-ordinator
Top 10 photos
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World Heritage Sites of Nepal, Bouddhanath Stupa surrounded by the cityscape of Kathmandu
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Gokarna Mahadev temple, built in 1582.In late August or early September people go to this temple to bathe and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.
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Felicitation Program
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Output
[edit]- We got 17 th position among 52 country with total 3166 photos upload
- 103 Uploader take participation, where 69 (66%) were newly registered
- More than 11+ photowalk were organized inside Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kavre, Rajbiraj, Janakpur and other parts of Nepal
- We organized first time photoride, traveled 80 km+ uptown in 12 hrs and visited 4 major Locations and 161+ monument sites
Media coverage
[edit]- विकीलभ्स मोन्युमेन्टस फोटो प्रतियोगिता
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 Photography Competition in Nepal
- विकिलभ्स मोन्युमेन्ट्स २०१७ का लागि नेपालबाट खिचिए यस्ता १० तस्बिर
Wikipedia Outreach Program at Nepal Telecom Training Center
[edit]The Outreach program was targeted to Retired and Veteran employees of Nepal Telecom. And the program was conducted at Nepal Telecom Training Center, Babarmahal, Kathmandu. The aim of program was to share information about the Wikipedia and discuss on the role of Retired and Veteran employees for the creation of world's largest encyclopedia. Number of participants was 17; the names of participants is listed here in the participant section.
Date/Venue
[edit]- Date: 1st November, 2017
- Time: 12:15PM-2:15PM NST
- Nepal Telecom Training Center, Babarmahal, Kathmandu
Facilitators
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[edit]| Krishna Prasad Pokharel | Ram Sharan Khatri | Murari Prasad Pande |
| Bijay Lal Shrestha | Kamal Prasad Bhattarai | Vishwanath Goyal |
| Rajendra Prasad Pokhrel | Bimal Kumar Karki | Navaraj Koirala |
| Hem Bahadur Pradhan | Kalidash | Kiran Aryal |
| Mahendra Raj Shrestha | Dhurba Kumar Sharma | Shiva Prasad Chhetri |
| Min Raj Khadgi |
Project Page
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Retired and Veteran employees of Nepal Telecom during the Outreach event. -
Mr. Nirjal Shrestha Providing Presentation on Wikipedia. -
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Mr. Nirajan Pant Providing Presentation on Wikipedia. -
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Retired and Veteran employees of Nepal Telecom.
Maithili Wikipedia 3rd Anniversary at Kathmandu
[edit]Maithili Wikipedia completed its third year on 7 November 2017. To celebrate the event, Wikimedians of Nepal team members have organized an anniversary celebration event at Kathmandu.
Date/Venue
[edit]- Date: 7 November 2017
- Masala Cottage, Kathmandu
Image Gallery
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Bijay Chaurasia as a host, during the MWB event
Outreach Program at Social Aves
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Short outreach session was organized in Social Aves, Lalitpur. Digital media enthusiasts took part in the session.
Mentor
[edit]Date/Venue
[edit]- Date:17 Nov 2017
- Social Aves, Lalitpur
Participants
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Wikipedia Editathon and outreach program at Kathmandu University
[edit]3 hours long Wikipedia Outreach and wikipedia editing session was organized in Kathmandu University Department of Computer Science on the occasion of Software Freedom Day.
Mentor
[edit]Date/Venue
[edit]- Date:16 Sep 2017
- Department of Computer Science, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel Kathmandu
Participants
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Data-a-thon 2017
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Wikiproject Data-a-thon 2017 is an annual online/offline event designed and organized by Wikimedians in Nepal since 2015. In 2017, Wikimedians of Nepal and Maithili Wikimedians are collaboratively working with Open Knowledge Nepal (OKN) as co-host under Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) supported by non-profit organization mySociety.
Timeline
[edit]30 November, 2017- 30 December, 2017
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[edit]Goals
[edit]- To increase wikidata's participation,
- To create or modify wikidata items,
- To develop level of Nepali Wikipedia and Nepali contents,
- To increase Nepali native speakers in Nepali Wikipedia,
- To promote the contribution of local contents in Nepali Wikipedia,
- To increase women's involvement in community projects,
- Establish and consolidate the existence of the Wikimedians of Nepal.
Outcomes
[edit]- 433 Articles Created
- 630 Articles Edited
- 6,6100 Total Edits
- 20 Editors
- 4,56,000 Words Added
- 74 photographs uploaded
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Certification for Participant
