Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021/Submissions/Attracting experts to contribute to Wikimedia movement

Contact details

• Your username: Diptanshu Das

• Presenters: Diptanshu Das

• Email address: das.diptanshu@gmail.com

• Affiliation
  • Editor in Chief, ILAE Wikipedia Project
  • Board member, Wiki Project Med and contributor, WikiProject Medicine
  • Former board member, WikiJournal of Medicine
  • Veteran Editor IV on English Wikipedia.
  • Member, Working Group, Open Access India

Your topic

• Title:

Attracting experts to contribute to Wikimedia movement

• Language:

English

• Type:

Presentation

• Time needed:

20 mins

• Narrate your plan in details:

The Wikimedia movement has successfully harnessed the power of the masses contributing collaboratively. However, academicians still are sceptical about Wikipedia. Its time to bridge the gap. This is already happening in small niches. ILAE Wikipedia Project is one. WikiJournal of Medicine is another. But these are not the only ones. The list is growing. There is scope to do it more systematically. The result will greatly enhance the free knowledge movement. As a member and driver of these communities I can lay down a structure about how to get this done.

Slides can be found here

• Any support you need:

None

• How will this session be beneficial for the communities in India?:

This is the need of the hour. The topic would be covered in a generic manner and will have implications for communities in India.

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