West Bengal Wikimedians/Projects
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editWiki Loves Butterfly
editThe overall purpose of Wiki Loves Butterfly project is to increase the amount of free license materials regarding available butterfly species of eastern and north-eastern part of India and related documentation and photographs in Wikimedia Commons and develop the quality and quantity of Wikipedia articles in this regard and particular documentation of rarely available species of any location of eastern and north-eastern part of India to be contributed in Wiki species. The WLB project further aims at broad spectrum of outreach programme, knowledge sharing and interest growing among people about Butterflies as well as of Wikipedia, Wikimedia commons, Wiki species, contributing quality images on butterfly related events to Wikimedia commons involving more users. Apart from that the Wikimedia movement and local chapters will gain visibility and impetus through the success of this WLB project.
Contact Person - Ananya Mondal
Wiki Exploration Programme
editWiki Exploration is an initiative taken by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group to document archaeological and heritage sites in different parts of the state of West Bengal, India, even in the remote areas in a cost-effective way in different phases.
Contact Person - Amitabha Gupta
Wiki Loves Your City
editWiki Loves Your City aims to document the ever-changing landscape of a city along with its heritage structures. The plan is to bring all city related projects under one umbrella so that all the content can be accessed easily. Initially we are starting with the city of Kolkata, but plan is to cover more cities in the future.
Contact Person - Tarun Samanta
Wiki Museums
editWiki Museums aim to document the various national, state-owned as well as smaller museums in West Bengal. The process includes photo documentation, uploading to commons and adding proper description for each items.
Contact Person - শুভেন্দু খাঁ
WiKomix
editWiKomix will be the annual magazine of the User Group where we will share the activities of Wikimedia, some volunteers of our User Group showcasing their work and why they do it, and the projects of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group through comics. The idea is to raise awareness and educate people about Wikimedia and the various projects of the user group in a fun way.
Contact Person: Sumit Surai
Wiki Documents Bengal Terracotta
editThe terracotta temples and mosques of West Bengal are full of beautiful panels. Due to a lack of maintenance and improper conservation, many are getting damaged. In temples, a group of panels together depict various stories. Hence, it is important to document them systematically and serially. Also, as some panels have minute details, the experts need high-quality images to understand and write the text. This project aims to solve these by documenting the terracotta panels systematically and in detail. The history professors in our team will be working on the meaning of the panels and the image description will be written by them. We also plan to create an eBook with images of the temples and the panels with a brief history and the stories depicted in the panels. We would print a few copies of the book to showcase our activities during various outreach programmes.
Contact Person: Sumit Surai
Wiki Loves Monuments In India
editWiki Loves Monuments (WLM) is an annual international photographic competition held during the month of September, organised worldwide by Wikipedia community members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates across the globe. Participants take pictures of local historical monuments and heritage sites in their region, and upload them to Wikimedia Commons. The aim of event is to highlight the heritage sites of the participating countries with the goal to encourage people to capture pictures of these monuments, and to put them under a free licence which can then be re-used not only in Wikipedia but everywhere by everyone.
Contact Person - Sumit Surai
Wiki Docus
editWith the Wiki Docu programme, we plan to video document the cultural heritage and oral history of West Bengal. The aim is to make three documentary movies per year. We will choose the subjects from a list prepared by the research team. The pre-production will include researching the topic, creating the script and chalking out the shooting schedule. We will be reaching out to experts on the subject for guidance. Volunteers would be responsible for video shooting. Lastly, for post-production, we would hire video editors, voice-over artists, and an audio studio to complete the film. The films would be in Bengali, and there would be English subtitles.
Contact Person - Sumit Surai
Bangla Wikisource
editWe are planning 4-6 comprehensive physical workshops in different parts of West Bengal for people who care more about language and literature. We also plan to collaborate with libraries to digitise their collections.
Contact Person - Bodhisattwa