Odia Wikimedians User Group/Annual Report/2023-2024

Key Initiatives

“ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ସମ୍ମିଳନୀରେ 'ଡୋମ୍ ଅଫ୍ ଦ ଫ୍ୟୁଚର୍'ରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆକୁ ନେଇ ସଚେତନ କରାଯାଉଛି। ସାହିତ୍ୟ, ସଂସ୍କୃତି ଓ ରାଜନୀତି ଆଦି ଅନେକ ତଥ୍ୟ ଏଥିରେ ରହିଛି। ଏହା ଉପରେ ଅଧିକ ଜାଣିବା ପାଇଁ ଏହି ଲିଙ୍କରେ କ୍ଲିକ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ। or.wikipedia.org” (trans. “Awareness is being made about Odia Wikipedia in 'Dome of the Future' in Odia Language Conference. Literature, culture and politics etc. contains a lot of facts in this. Click on this link to know more about it. or.wikipedia.org.”)

— Electronics & Information Technology Department, Government of Odisha

• 6th January 2024: Odia Wikimedian Dr. Subas Chandra Rout was awarded the "2023 Cure Award" by the WikiProject Med for being the most prolific medical translator of 2023 with 349 medicine-related articles created on Odia Wikipedia. The Odia Wikipedia articles remains the largest among all the Wikipedias in 32 languages where editors are contributing under the scope of this WikiProject, receiving 87,528 pageviews at the time of reporting.
• Initiated by Wikimedian Sangram Keshari Senapati, the ODW User Group led the Param Vir Chakra Edit-a-thon to honour the military officers awarded with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration that honours those who have shown distinguished acts of valour during wartime. The edit-a-thon saw an uptake in four other Wikipedias—Angika, Assamese, Kashmiri and Santali—in addition to Odia. Wikimedians created and improved articles about the 21 awardees and other related key articles.

Blogs

• Senapati, Sangram Keshari; Wikisource, Odia; Commons., Wikimedia (2024-02-25). "Marking the 25th round of My #100WikiDays Writing Adventure on Odia Wikipedia". Diff. Retrieved 2024-02-27. 
• Panigrahi, Subhashish (2023-11-22). "GLAMwiki Learning: Adding 700 Visual Artists’ Records to Getty and Citing Authority Data on Wikidata". Diff. Retrieved 2023-11-23. 
• Panigrahi, Subhashish (2023-10-24). "Growing Getty’s Coverage of Visual Artists from India and Wikidata’s Citations". Creative Commons Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-26. 
• Senapati, Sangram Keshari (2023-07-20). "Odia Wikimedians User Group restored the Wiki Loves Ratha Jatra Edit-a-thon and Photo-a-thon after 7 years". Diff. Retrieved 2023-08-16. 

In the news

• "ଜାତୀୟ ସ୍ତରରେ ଚମକୁଛନ୍ତି ଅଲିଭା, ଚିନ୍ମୟୀ". Prameya Epaper (in Odia). 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-18. 
• Behera, Pramod (2024-02-27). "ଉଇକିପିଡିଆ ନିଶାରେ ସଂଗ୍ରାମ : ଲଗାତାର ୨୫୦୦ ଦିନ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗ ଲେଖିଥିବା ପ୍ରଥମ ଓଡ଼ିଆ". ଉଇକିପିଡିଆ ନିଶାରେ ସଂଗ୍ରାମ : ଲଗାତାର ୨୫୦୦ ଦିନ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗ ଲେଖିଥିବା ପ୍ରଥମ ଓଡ଼ିଆ (in Odia). Retrieved 2024-02-27. 
• "ବିଶ୍ୱ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ସମ୍ମିଳନୀରେ ଭଦ୍ରକ ବିଧାୟକ ସଞ୍ଜିବ ମଲ୍ଲିକଙ୍କ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ଷ୍ଟଲ୍ ପରିଦର୍ଶନ #OdiaWiki". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-02-06. 
• "ବିଶ୍ୱ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ସମ୍ମିଳନୀରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ ବାବଦରେ ସଚେତନତା ଶିବିର". Salandi Samachar- Online New in India, E-paper News. 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2024-02-06. 
• "Dome of the future: ସେଲ୍ଫି ନେଉଛେ ରୋବୋଟ୍, କବିତା ପଢ଼ୁଛେ ରୋବୋଟ୍, ବୁଲି ବୁଲିକରି ହାତ୍ ମିଲଉଛେ ରୋବୋଟ୍...". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-02-05.  (interview of Wikimedian Chinmayee Mishra)
• "ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ସ୍ବେଚ୍ଛାସେବୀଙ୍କ ସାକ୍ଷାତକାର". Youtube. Salandi Samachar. Retrieved 2024-02-05. 
• "ଦିନକ ପରେ ଇତିହାସ". Sambad. Eastern Media Limited. 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2024-02-02. 
• Mishra, Swayangprajna (2024-01-19). "ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଆଳି ଡ. ସୁବାସ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ରାଉତଙ୍କୁ ମିଳିଲା "୨୦୨୩ କିଓର୍ ଆୱାର୍ଡ଼"". Argus News. Retrieved 2024-01-19. 
• Das, Praveen (2023-08-15). "Odia Wikipedia Touches Record Heights; How It Helped People During COVID-19". odishabytes. Retrieved 2023-08-16. 
• "The 11th Birthday of Wikidata was celebrated in Bhubaneswar by the Odia Wikimedians User Group". Odisha Diary (in en-IN) (Bhubaneswar). 30 October 2023. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.  CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
• "Odia Wikimedians User Group Celebrates 11th Birthday of Wikidata". The News Insight (in en-IN). 30 October 2023. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.  CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
• "Odia Wikimedians User Group Celebrates 11th Birthday of Wikidata in Bhubaneswar". Biswabani (in en-IN) (Bhubaneswar) (Bhubaneswar). 1 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.  CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)