Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Project/Drives/July 2022 Drive

The July 2022 Drive of the Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Project seeks addition of twenty thematic articles related to the Deoband Community Wikimedia on Yoruba language Wikipedia, and also addition of twenty articles related to Yoruba on the Urdu language Wikipedia. Participants in this drive will be given an e-certificate for their contributions. Top three Indian participants of this drive were given premium t-shirts printed with DCW's logo as a token of appreciation.

Articles suggested by DCW for inclusion on Yoruba Wikipedia

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# English Wikipedia article Yoruba Wikipedia article link
1 Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri
2 Mamluk Ali Nanautawi Mamluk Ali Nanautawi
3 Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri
4 Asir Adrawi Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi
5 Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Jumiat Ulama-e-Hind
6 Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Mahmud Hasan Deobandi
7 Muhammad Ali Mungeri Muhammed Ali Mungeri
8 Faizul Waheed Faizul Waheed
9 Rafiq Ahmad Pampori Rafiq Ahmad Pampori
10 Ebrahim Desai Ebrahim Desai
11 Taha Karaan Taha Karaan
12 Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani
13 Muhammad Adil Khan Muhammad Adil Khan
14 Noor Alam Khalil Amini Noor Alam Khalil Amini
15 Ijteba Nadwi Ijteba Nadwi
16 Masihuzzaman Khan Masihuzzaman Khan
17 Abul Kalam Qasmi Abul Kalam Qasmi
18 Mazhar Nanautawi Mazhar Nanautawi
19 Wasif Dehlawi Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi
20 Ahmad Hasan Amrohi Ahmad Hasan Amrohi
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# English Wikipedia article Urdu Wikipedia article link
1 Iseyin آئزی ین
2 Apaadi اپاڈی
3 Ifedore ایفیڈور
4 Ilaje ایلاجے
5 Akure اکورے
6 Oshogbo اوسوگبو
7 Owo اوو
8 Ogbomosho اوبگوموشو
9 Irele ایریلے
10 Ese OOdo ایسے اوڈو
11 Odigbo اوڈگبو
12 Iwo ایوو
13 Ìfé آئیفی
14 Ilorin الورن
15 Ikoyi اکوئی
16 Ado Ekiti ایڈو عکیتی
17 Jenifa جنیفا
18 King of Boys کنگ آف بوائز
19 King of Thieves (2022 film) چوروں کا بادشاہ (2022 فلم)
20 Koseegbe کوسیگ بے

Learnings and follow up

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This drive helped DCW volunteers understand various aspects of the knowledge transformation. It was seen that Yoruba related articles were mostly unreferenced and stubs, and related to films and movies, which made it difficult for DCW volunteers in finding relevant available references. Subject to this, Yoruba Wikimedians did change some articles with those about geographical areas but the general condition of these articles was not good on English Wikipedia. That is to say, Yoruba Wikimedians need to work on English Wikipedia and improve Yoruba-related content.

Faismeen noted that, "it is generally a good idea to work on such proposals but it was a tough experience, nonetheless a good one." Yoruba Wikimedians on the other hand were training new comers and that made the transformation of DCW's theme into Yoruba language a bit difficult. Articles were not translated completely, some articles were just given a few paragraphs and no good care of reference templates was seen in place. Given all such intricacies, DCW volunteers are supposed to discuss the nature and aspects of upcoming drive in November 2022.

Support

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  • CIS-A2K has   Approved DCW's request to send premium t-shirts printed with DCW's logo to top three Indian participants.