VVIT WikiConnect 24 hour Independence Day data-a-thon

On the mark of 73rd Independence Day, a national datathon was conducted from 15 to 22 August with the objective of improving labels, descriptions, aliases in primary languages for items related to Indian topics. As a part of the national campaign, a 24-hour datathon was conducted on 17-18 August 2019. The datathon began at 9.00 am on 17 August and concluded at 9.00 am on 18 August 2019. Twenty-six students took part in the event and improved labels primarily in Telugu and also added references to the items related to Indian topics. The session was mentored by Irfan, Sravanth, Nivas & Sumanth.

During the Campaign period(15-22 August 2019): Participants(26) from this datathon event made 56.1K edits to 25.9K items by adding 5.17M bytes. User:Asrija1, User:Bhashyam Tharun Kumar, User:ESWAR NAGA MAHESH, User:Kundurthi0601 made it to lists of national-wide top contributors to this datathon.

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Date: 17 August 2019, 18 August 2019
Time: 9 am 17 August 2019 - 9 am 18 August 2019
Venue: Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
Status:  Y Completed

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A total of 26 editors made 56.1K edits to 25.9K items by adding 5.17M bytes. User:Asrija1, User:Bhashyam Tharun Kumar, User:ESWAR NAGA MAHESH, User:Kundurthi0601 made it to lists of national-wide top contributors to this datathon.

For further information, see Wikidata Datathon.

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