CIS-A2K/Events/Wikipedia workshop 24 August 2013
The CIS-A2K Programme organized an Indian Language Wikipedia Training workshop at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad campus on 24, August 2013.
Time and Venue
edit10:00 - 4:30 pm, 24 August 2013 (Saturday)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Rajendernagar, Hyderabad, India.
Trainer
editSyed Muzammiluddin Programme Officer, CIS-A2K Programme.
Interested participants
edit- User:Medha.r123
- User:PrashantiC
- User:anshu singh tiss
- User:Vanapalli Apurv
- User:pranjalisk
- User:monikadash
- User:rugminidevi
- User:rajanandraj
- User:Yerrasneha
- User:pranuthivedulla
- User:fathimaray
- User:indupoornimasv
- User:manomi16
- User:shreya_tiss
- User:HASEEB P P
- User:parasratna.tiss2013
- User:Karthik Roy
- User:firefly78
Note: These users names are entered by the trainer.
Report
editThis workshop was organized as part of the CIS-A2K MoU with TISS. This is also part of the Indian Language Mela being organized by Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education, TISS.
The workshop was meant as an interactive session for the students for diverse linguistic backgrounds of the Tata Institute of Social SciencesTata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. It had two sessions:
- Introductory Session: Here the participants were introduced Wikipedia and its unique nature as an editable online encyclopedia.
- Hands-on Session: Here the participants had a hands on practice about:
- Editing features of Wikipedia.
- Wikimedia syntax.
- Quality articles.
- New article creation.
- Wikipedia's transliteration tools for Indian languages.
A total of 18 participants came over for the weekend workshop. Seven participants had Malayalam as their native language. Five people had Telugu as their mother tongue. Four participants were Maharashtrians, and the remaining two were Kannadigas.
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