CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/June 2019

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June 2019
Volume 5
MediaWiki Training-2019

CIS-A2K had organised MediaWiki Training 2019 (MWT) on 7-9 June at Bangalore. Advanced topics related to MediaWiki where thought during this workshop. 20% of the participants at MWT 2019 was composed of women Wikimedians. Two user scripts were developed and few Phabicator tasks were resolved to ease the work of the community members.

Tamil Wikisource Workshop, Salem

CIS-A2K organized Wikisource Workshop for Tamil Wikimedians at CJ Pallazzio on 7 & 8 May 2019. CIS-A2K had organized this program after the community request to enhance the skills of the community members in Wikisource editing read more...

Mini TTT Punjab 2019
Mini TTT Punjab 2019 is the first Mini TTT happened in Punjab. Some of Punjabi Wikimedians have attended Train the Trainer program before. But this event was organized to train new Wikimedians who are contributing very actively on Wikipedia and Wikisource. CIS-A2K organized and funded this event in collaboration with Punjabi Wikimedians User Group. The event was held on 15 June & 16 June 2019 at Sangrur read more...
Wikimedia Education SAARC conference

Wikimedia Education SAARC Conference 2019 was organized by Christ (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, in association with the CIS-A2K, from June 20-22. The objective of the conference was to bring together different community efforts in the Wikimedia education movement, identify and discuss learnings and challenges, and forge new collaborations to realise the broader goal of democratizing education for all read more...

Mini TTT Kolkata 2019

Mini TTT Kolkata 2019 is the second edition of Mini TTT happening in Kolkata after a similar event happened two years ago. CIS-A2K organized and funded this event in collaboration with West Bengal Wikimedians User Group (WBG). The event was held on 29 June to 30 June 2019 at Indismart Hotel, Kolkata read more...

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