FII Wiki Project/Edit-a-thons/Transgender Rights Activists of South Asia

On 21 April 2018, FII Wiki Project and Gaylaxy Magazine co-organised a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Trans* Rights Activists of South Asia at India HIV/AIDS Alliance's New Delhi office. The edit-a-thon was aimed at creating/editing Wikipedia pages of trans* rights activists from South Asia 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 Transgender rights activists of South Asia.

Details

• Topic: Trans* Rights Activists of South Asia
• Organisers: FII Wiki Project
• Date: 21 April 2018
• Venue: India HIV/AIDS Alliance's office, New Delhi
• Time: 10.30 AM to 5 PM

Participants

1. User: Japleenpasricha
2. User: Asmitaghosh18
3. User: Mahikabee
4. User: Sudipdey91
5. User: DR AIJAZ AHMAD BUND
6. User: Sky thakur
7. User: Deachenangmo632
8. User: Sukhmuk
9. User: AbhishekCWiki
10. User: Aditi1993
11. User: Trudy26
12. User: Drtusharsinha92

Articles expanded

1. w:en:List of first women lawyers and judges by nationality
2. w:en:Lotus News
3. w:en:LGBT rights in Tamil Nadu
4. w:en:Marvia Malik
5. w:en:Kami Sid
6. w:en:Kalki Subramaniam
7. w:en:Madhu Kinnar
8. w:en:Esther Bharathi

Articles created

1. w:en:Atri Kar
2. w:en:Joyita Mondal
3. w:en:Padmini Prakash
4. w:en:Bindiya Rana
5. w:en:Akkai Padmashali
6. w:en:Gauri Sawant

Statistics

• Articles created: 6
• Articles edited: 14
• Total edits: 21
• Editors: 12
• Words added: 7.06K
• Article views: 7.42K