Tamil Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2024

A 2-day Edit-a-thon to bring active users together to focus on improvement of articles. This page contains the details of the In-person event and its outcome.

Focus

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a) Improvement of articles, which were created through 'Google Translate' in the year 2010
b) Adding references to unreferenced articles

Approach

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  • Derive strategy, apply in execution during the event.
  • Proceed online drives based on learnings from the event

Arrangements

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  • Organisers: Tamil Wikipedia community
  • Collaborator: CIS-A2K

Event details

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  • Venue: Yercaud (located near the city Salem in Tamil Nadu, India)
  • Dates: September 28 & 29, 2024
  • Time: 9 am to 4 pm
  • Participants: 24
  • Estimated budget: INR 2,53,000 (USD )

Target

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Google Translate Articles

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Sl # Event / Project Target Details
1 Edit-a-thon day
(28-September-2024)
58 articles 10 active users x 3 articles
14 other users x 2 articles
2 Wiki Marathon 24 articles 24 users x 1 article
3 Special Quarter
(October, November, December 2024)
240 articles 24 users x 10 articles
Total 322 articles -

Unreferenced Articles

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Sl # Event / Project Target Details
1 Edit-a-thon
(29-September-2024)
340 articles 10 active users x 20 articles
14 other users x 10 articles
2 Wiki Marathon 144 articles 24 users x 6 articles
3 Special Quarter
(January, February, March 2025)
1,200 articles 24 users x 50 articles
Total 1,684 articles -