FII Wiki Project/Edit-a-thons/Indian Women Authors

On 26 May 2018, FII Wiki Project hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Indian Women Authors at FII's New Delhi office. The edit-a-thon was aimed at creating/editing Wikipedia pages of women authors from India who lack representation on the platform currently. The articles were created and expanded in English. Additional statistics can been seen on the P&E dashboard here. A report of the edit-a-thon is also documented on the FII website here.

A groups of students and young professionals are editing Wikipedia and creating and expanding articles on Indian women authors.

Details

• Topic: Indian women authors
• Organisers: FII Wiki Project
• Date: 26 May 2018
• Venue: FII Office, New Delhi
• Time: 10.30 AM to 5 PM

Participants

1. User: Japleenpasricha
2. User: Asmitaghosh18
3. User: Mahikabee
4. User: Tanyajha95
5. User: Jhilli29
6. User: Kumar.piyush1184
7. User: Cynic coral
8. User: Malathi Maithri

Articles expanded

1. w:en:Mamang Dai
2. w:en:V. Geetha
3. w:en:Amruta Patil
4. w:en:Nidhi Chanani
5. w:en:Jasodhara Bagchi

Articles created

1. w:en:Sandhya Menon
2. w:en:Sujatha Gidla
3. w:en:Aditi Khorana
4. w:en:Babytai Kamble

Statistics

• Articles created: 4
• Articles edited: 9
• Total edits: 22
• Editors: 8
• Words added: 7.33K
• Article views: 2.62K