Wikimedians of Nepal/Annual Report 2017

2017 Activities Report from Wikimedians of Nepal

Wikipedia Outreach Program at en:Kathmandu University

Outreach program was organized for the students and faculties from Far-Western region of Nepal in Kathmandu University. The students from different disciplines were participated and were eager to know about the Wikipedia. Number of participants was 24 and 3 Wikipedians have facilitated the program. The aim of program was to disseminate the information about Wikipedia, practice of developing Wikis in different languages in Nepal. And to share experiences in and status of Dotyali Wikipedia/Wiktionary.

Date/Venue

• Date: 23rd February, 2017
• Time: 3:45PM-5:00PM NST
• Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kabhrepalanchowk

Facilitators

• Nirajan Pant
• Nirjal Stha
• Janak Bhatta

Participants

1. Ram Prasad Ghimire
2. Samir Shrestha
3. Manoj Padey
4. Karan Singh Ayri
5. Nabin Raj Bhatt
6. Sumiksha Bhatta
7. Dhana Bhatta
8. Dinesh Bhatt
9. Sandhya Bohara
10. Shital Sharma
11. Roshan Saud
12. Naresh Bista
13. Rupa Rokaya
14. Roshani Rokaya
15. Barsha Thapa
16. Yogesh Upreti
17. Mohan Deuba
18. Sameer Tamrakar
19. Sunil Bogati
20. Paspa Raj Bhatta
21. Suman Singh Thakuri
22. Raman Badaila
23. Tara Singh Saud
24. Birendra Singh Airi

Project Page

• Outreach project page

Image Gallery

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  Participants on Outreach
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  Participants on Outreach
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  Mr. Janak Bhatta Providing Presentation on Wikipedia
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  Participants on Outreach
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  Wikipedian Nirjal Shrestha with Participants
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  Dr. Ram Prasad Ghimire Associate Professor, Kathmandu University, Sharing his views and experiences

Strategy Meetup in Kathmandu, Nepal

The Affiliate-led events for Movement Strategy discussions was held on the 5th August 2017, at Kathmandu, Nepal. The Wikimedia movement wise movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. On this discussion people participated from different background like editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, technology platforms, institutional partners, media and Bureaucrats.

Date/Venue

• Date: 5 August 2017
• Masala Cottage, Kathmandu

Team

Wikimedians of Nepal and Maithili Wikimedians User Group

Participants

1. Saroj Kumar Dhakal
2. Nabin K Sapkota
3. Nirjal Shrestha
4. Nirmal Dulal
5. Prabin Deo
6. Bijay Chaurasia
7. Prabina Karki
8. Punyashwari Prajapati
9. Rishi Raj Gautam
10. Manish Marahatta
11. Nirajan Panta
12. Surit Aryal
13. Subham Ghimire
14. Manish Jung Thapa
15. Sandip Sah
16. Sanjog Dev
17. Kshitiz Khanal
18. Jitendra Shah
19. Reshma Mishra
20. Dhrub Katwal
21. Nikesh Balami
22. Bhupendra Bhatta

Image Gallery

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  Group1
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  Group2
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  Group3
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  Group4
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  Group5
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  Group5
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  Discussion
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  Discussion
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  Discussion
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  Presentation

Wikipedia Education Program in Dearwalk Sifal School

Wikipedia Education Program in Dearwalk Sifal School is a Wikipedia Education Program organized by Wikimedians of Nepal User Group.

Timeline

• 11 August 2017 to 10 November 2017 (Monday-Wednesday-Friday)

Organizing Team

• Saroj Kumar Dhakal
• Nirmal Dulal
• Nabin K. Sapkota

Outcome

• 17 Students learnt skills such as :
  • Typing in Nepali
  • Five Pillars of Wikipedia
  • Critically Analyze the wikipedia articles and ask for the references
  • Add needed references in the articles to verify certain claims
  • Upload Images and add it to the existing articles and Illustrate them
  • Make a copy edit
  • Create new article and complete it with all the components.
• School and Students were engaged and excited, School Demanded for the next session of the course for the teachers only.

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Nepal

Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote cultural monuments around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Starting from the Netherlands in 2010, organized on a European level in 2011 and went global in 2012.

Time Duration

• 1st September, 2017 - 30th September, 2017

Project Page

• Project Page in Wikimedia Commons

Organizing Team

1. Nirmal Dulal- Coordinator
2. Mohan K. Duwal - Photowalk Co-ordinator
3. Santosh R. Pathak - Team Co-ordinator

Top 10 photos

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  World Heritage Sites of Nepal, Bouddhanath Stupa surrounded by the cityscape of Kathmandu
  Photograph: Tasbirkarma
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  Night view of Nyatapol Temple, Bhaktapur
  Photograph: Pritush.m
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  A view of Namobuddha stupa
  Photograph: Creepanta
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  Main door of Golden Temple of Patan
  Photograph: Anupclick
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  Gokarna Mahadev temple, built in 1582.In late August or early September people go to this temple to bathe and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.
  Photograph: Nabin k. Sapkota
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  Mayadevi Temple in Lumbini
  Photograph: Bibek Raj Pandeya
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  Indreshwor Mahadev, Panauti
  Photograph: Samir Ppradhananga
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  Janaki Temple situated at Janakpur
  Photograph: Bijay chaurasia
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  Inside the 300-year-old Chhairo Gompa
  Photograph: Faj2323
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  Taleju Temple and Hanuman Dhoka Premises
  Photograph: Samir Ppradhananga

Programs

• Meetup & Photowalks
• Award Ceremony

Photowalks and Felicitation Program

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  Photoride at Bhaktapur
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  Photoride at Changunarayan
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  Photoride at Panauti
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  Photowalk at Patan
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  1^st Prize Winner
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  2^nd Prize Winner
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  3^rd Prize Winner
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  Felicitation Program

Output

- We got 17 ^th position among 52 country with total 3166 photos upload
- 103 Uploader take participation, where 69 (66%) were newly registered
- More than 11+ photowalk were organized inside Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kavre, Rajbiraj, Janakpur and other parts of Nepal
- We organized first time photoride, traveled 80 km+ uptown in 12 hrs and visited 4 major Locations and 161+ monument sites

Media coverage

• विकीलभ्स मोन्युमेन्टस फोटो प्रतियोगिता
• Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 Photography Competition in Nepal
• विकिलभ्स मोन्युमेन्ट्स २०१७ का लागि नेपालबाट खिचिए यस्ता १० तस्बिर

Wikipedia Outreach Program at Nepal Telecom Training Center

The Outreach program was targeted to Retired and Veteran employees of Nepal Telecom. And the program was conducted at Nepal Telecom Training Center, Babarmahal, Kathmandu. The aim of program was to share information about the Wikipedia and discuss on the role of Retired and Veteran employees for the creation of world's largest encyclopedia. Number of participants was 17; the names of participants is listed here in the participant section.

Date/Venue

• Date: 1st November, 2017
• Time: 12:15PM-2:15PM NST
• Nepal Telecom Training Center, Babarmahal, Kathmandu

Facilitators

• Janak Bhatta
• Nirjal Stha
• Nirajan Pant

Participants

Krishna Prasad Pokharel	Ram Sharan Khatri	Murari Prasad Pande
Bijay Lal Shrestha	Kamal Prasad Bhattarai	Vishwanath Goyal
Rajendra Prasad Pokhrel	Bimal Kumar Karki	Navaraj Koirala
Hem Bahadur Pradhan	Kalidash	Kiran Aryal
Mahendra Raj Shrestha	Dhurba Kumar Sharma	Shiva Prasad Chhetri
Min Raj Khadgi

Project Page

• Outreach project page

Image Gallery

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  Retired and Veteran employees of Nepal Telecom during the Outreach event.
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  Mr. Nirjal Shrestha Providing Presentation on Wikipedia.
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  Participants on Outreach event.
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  Mr. Nirajan Pant Providing Presentation on Wikipedia.
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  Participants on Outreach event.
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  Retired and Veteran employees of Nepal Telecom.

Maithili Wikipedia 3rd Anniversary at Kathmandu

Maithili Wikipedia completed its third year on 7 November 2017. To celebrate the event, Wikimedians of Nepal team members have organized an anniversary celebration event at Kathmandu.

Date/Venue

• Date: 7 November 2017
• Masala Cottage, Kathmandu

Image Gallery

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  Maithili Wikipedia Birthday Cake
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  Participants during the MWB event
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  Participants during the MWB event
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  Bijay Chaurasia as a host, during the MWB event

Outreach Program at Social Aves

Outreach/Social Aves

Short outreach session was organized in Social Aves, Lalitpur. Digital media enthusiasts took part in the session.

Mentor

• Saroj Kumar Dhakal
• Nabin K. Sapkota
• Nirmal Dulal

Date/Venue

• Date:17 Nov 2017
• Social Aves, Lalitpur

Participants

• Lists of participanta

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Wikipedia Editathon and outreach program at Kathmandu University

Wikipedia Editathon and outreach program at Kathmandu University

3 hours long Wikipedia Outreach and wikipedia editing session was organized in Kathmandu University Department of Computer Science on the occasion of Software Freedom Day.

Mentor

• Saroj Kumar Dhakal

Date/Venue

• Date:16 Sep 2017
• Department of Computer Science, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel Kathmandu

Participants

• Participants

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Data-a-thon 2017

Wikiproject Data-a-thon 2017 is an annual online/offline event designed and organized by Wikimedians in Nepal since 2015. In 2017, Wikimedians of Nepal and Maithili Wikimedians are collaboratively working with Open Knowledge Nepal (OKN) as co-host under Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) supported by non-profit organization mySociety.

Timeline

30 November, 2017- 30 December, 2017

Organizers

• Wikimedians of Nepal
• Open Knowledge Nepal
• mySociety

Participants

• Lists of participants

Goals

• To increase wikidata's participation,
• To create or modify wikidata items,
• To develop level of Nepali Wikipedia and Nepali contents,
• To increase Nepali native speakers in Nepali Wikipedia,
• To promote the contribution of local contents in Nepali Wikipedia,
• To increase women's involvement in community projects,
• Establish and consolidate the existence of the Wikimedians of Nepal.

Outcomes

• 433 Articles Created
• 630 Articles Edited
• 6,6100 Total Edits
• 20 Editors
• 4,56,000 Words Added
• 74 photographs uploaded

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  Group Photo
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  Group Photo
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  Banner
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  Patricipent
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  Patricipent
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  Patricipent
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  Certification for Participant