WikiConference India 2023/Submissions/Submitted/Linking Wikidata with Wikivoyage

Linking wikidata with wikivoyage

Abstract/description of your session

• Getting data from wikidata to be used in wikivayage
• Will make editing wikivoyage editing faster and easier
• Will bring more editros in wikivoyage

How does it connect with the WCI 2023 theme/focus

• Will motivate wiki editors to join wikivoyage
• Will help to start wikivoyage in different Indic languages (presently it only exists in Hindi and Bengali)
• Will have a multi-disciplinary approach as it will connect two mikimedia platforms

Speaker name/s or username/s

• Rangan Datta

Community/Organization

• West Bengal user group
• Bengali user group

Contact details (optional)

rangan@rangan-datta.info

Language of the session

English

Session type

Workshop (1 hour)

Session outcomes

• Bring more editors in Wikivoyage
• Start Wikivoage in Indic languages
• Develop the India realted articles in English, Bengali and Hindi wikivoyage

Support required from organizers

• Translation preferable in Hindi

Consent for recording

Yes