FII Wiki Project/Edit-a-thons/Pride Marches of India

On 30 June 2018, FII Wiki Project and Gaylaxy Magazine in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, New Delhi and Instituto Cervantes hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Pride Marches of India at Instituto Cervantes. The edit-a-thon was aimed at creating/editing Wikipedia pages of LGBTQ+ pride marches of 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.

Details

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  • Topic: Pride Marches of India
  • Organisers: FII Wiki Project, Gaylaxy Magazine and Embassy of Spain, New Delhi
  • Date: 30 June 2018
  • Venue: Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi
  • Time: 11 AM to 5 PM

Participants

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  1. User: Japleenpasricha
  2. User: Asmitaghosh18
  3. User: Kshpatel
  4. User: Sukhmuk
  5. User: Ruthc298
  6. User: Adi231
  7. User: Karuvachii
  8. User: Zainab.umara
  9. User: Prerna2198
  10. User: Jandoddity
  11. User: Sneha rooh
  12. User: Tan996
  13. User: Ric998
  14. User: Sahil M. Parsekar
  15. User: Simranthukral
  16. User: Aayushi15
  17. User: Hetvoo

Articles expanded

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  1. w:en:Nepal Pride
  2. w:en:Queer Azaadi Mumbai
  3. w:en:Chandigarh LGBT Pride Walk
  4. w:en:Chennai Rainbow Pride
  5. w:en:Orange City LGBT Pride March
  6. w:en:Hyderabad queer pride
  7. w:en:Queer Pride Guwahati
  8. w:en:LGBT rights in Kerala
  9. w:en:Bengaluru Namma Pride March
  10. w:en:Gurgaon queer pride
  11. w:en:Awadh queer pride
  12. w:en:Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk
  13. w:en:Bhopal Pride March
  14. w:en:Jawaharlal Nehru University
  15. w:en:Pune Pride
  16. w:en:Delhi Queer Pride Parade
  17. w:en:Queer Gulabi Pride Jaipur
  18. w:en:National AIDS Control Organisation

Articles created

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  1. w:en:Dehradun Pride Parade

Statistics

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  • Articles created: 1
  • Articles edited: 19
  • Total edits: 35
  • Editors: 17
  • Words added: 9.52K
  • Article views: 2.88K

Media Coverage

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  1. Finding a Place for Pride on Wikipedia – Vice India (2 July 2018)