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CIS-A2K/Wikimania Support/Report/Indrajitds

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Hello,Welcome back from Wikimania. Please document your learnings and takeaways from the Wikimania to the local community.

Please write in details on areas such as

  • Username:Indrajitdas
  • Community represented: Bengali Wikipedia
  • In a sentence or two, tell us something about the people you encountered at the Wikimania! If you met some really interesting or useful people, mention them here.
A: I met many Wikipedians around the globe. Some meetings were very informal and some meetings were very fruitful that can fetch good partnership in future. So, I am Including those Wikipedians here, from whom expecting a future partnership.
  1. User:Susannaanas – She is a part of a project, which deals with the documentation of Heritages/Monuments and we discussed this project. Hope to get some inputs from her team which will enrich us and will work together in future.
  2. User:Bodhisattwa – We mainly discussed organising Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in India and also talk about technical aspects of Wikidata.
  3. User:Lodewijk (User: Effeietsanders) and Erina Muhame – We discussed the project Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in India and share my experience in documentation photography.
  4. User:Abhinav619 – We discussed Structured Data on Commons and how to put old uploads into Structured Data.
  5. User:Atudu – We discussed organising Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 India.
  6. User:Biplab Anand - We discussed to organize an online Edit-a-thon as a part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 event focusing Bangla Articles related to Monuments/Heritages which are not in Nepali and Maithili Wikipedia. Also, I gave him a hands-on idea about Structured Data on Commons.
  7. User:Pmlineditor – I learnt the basics of open refine from him and also, working together to fetch a list of Articles, which will be a part of WLM Edit-a-thon.
  8. User:DNdubane_(WMF) - We discussed to organize an online Edit-a-thon as a part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 event focusing Bangla Articles related to Monuments/Heritages which are not in Xitsonga Wikipedia. I am still working on it.
  9. User:SandraF (WMF)– We have discussed structured data on Wikimedia Commons and request her for new mass uploading tool other than Commons upload wizard which will embed structured data option during mass upload of images.
  10. User:Dhanalakshmi .K. T - We discussed to organize an online Edit-a-thon as a part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 event focusing Bangla Articles related to Temples which are not in Kanada and Tulu Languages. Still working on the same.
  11. User:AHollender_(WMF) – We discussed future GUI of Wikipedia and I gave him few inputs regarding the same.
  12. User:Ovasileva_(WMF) - We discussed future GUI of Wikipedia and I gave him few inputs regarding the same.
  13. User: Giantflightlessbirds – We discussed Wikimedia Commons structured data and I also, help him about mass uploader tool for commons. I gave him hands-on help on Vicuna Uploader.

I have also met many Wikipedians apart from this above list and spends quality time together, discussing Wikipedia. I would like to mention some of them here, especially La Kritzolina, Nahid Sultan, Wiki Raju, Ankan Ghosh Dastider, Suyash Dwivedi, Mossab Mohammed, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, Sailesh Patnaik and Satdeep Gill.

  • In a sentence or two, tell us about the about sessions which you took part in the Wikimania.
A:

Session Attended

  1. Wiki Loves Monuments.
  2. Wikidata on Wikimedia Commons.
  3. Wiki Loves Monuments: Case studies and workshop (GLAM).
  4. Multimedia knowledge/360° photography.
  5. Partnerships/Linking OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
  6. Research/Discovering and Analyzing Wikimedia Images.
  7. Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons for GLAM-Wiki.
  8. Structured Data on Commons hands-on training.
  9. Few other sessions attended.

  • If you led a workshop/session/gave a talk, Please provide a gist of the session.
A: No
  • List three things which you learnt in Wikimania and would like to share with the Wikimedia movement as a result of your participation!
A:
  1. Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons and would like to conduct workshop and Hack-a-thon.
  2. 360° photography and Ariel Photography (Tools and Accessories).
  3. Basics of Open Refine’’’
  • Please explain in details what went well during the conference?(write in details, please)
A:

I am so lucky to be part of Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden. This was my first Wikimania and I am so thankful to the CIS-A2K team for giving me such a beautiful opportunity. It is always a pleasure and also my intention to learn more and share my experience with other Wikipedians, especially when I meet them in person. Same happened in Wikimania, some new avenues have opened for me and also, I share my experiences with some Wikipedians.

During pre-conference days (14th August – 15th August 2019) I took part in Hackathon to diversify my learning and also on 15th August I participated in ‘Wikidata: Wikiproject India – Indian Independence Day 2019’. I didn’t confine myself in Hackathon but also took part in some other activities of Wikimania during pre-conference days. During conference days, I attended many sessions that related to Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata that have interconnected/Related with Commons, Photography and Wiki Love Monuments. Also, meet with two Kiwix team member and suggested about Bengali Wikipedia.

  • Please explain in details what would you have liked to be different and why?(how could we improve the conference, write in details, please)
A:

Till today, here in India, the biggest conference cum training session that I have attended so far is TTT in Bangalore conducted by CIS-A2K. So, I can only compare the Wikimania with this because I had no other option left with me. Another reason is this is my first Wikimania, so, no option left for me other than TTT. And I think our model of organising TTT, the event was up to the international standard or in another way our model should be highlighted at the international level. For me, TTT was more compact, more organised in nature but maybe a little smaller than Wikimania, still, I must say our team was excellent and efficient.

  1. In Wikimania, the sessions should be more interactive.
  2. There should be a group of dedicated volunteer for guiding new attendees in Wikimania.
  3. Before approved any sessions or include in the program list of Wikimania, the topic must be approved through the voting process by the Volunteers.
  4. There should a process to segregate volunteers in groups in terms of the working domain. So that it would be very easy for someone to interact and learn from each other of similar interest.

  • Do you have anything to share?
A:

After back from Wikimania I write a blog post, can be found here and uploaded some photographs of Wikimania 2019, here.

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