CIS-A2K/WikiProject Christ University/Reports/2015/26 November
26 November 2015
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Date Venue
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CIS-A2K trainers
Mugdha Kulkarni, Assistant professor, Department of tourism studies, Christ University |
On 26 October 2015 CIS-A2K conducted a training session at Christ University, Bangalore for the students of Department of tourism studies of the university. Mughdha Kulkarni, Assistant professor, Department of tourism studies, is a Wiki-enthusiast, and requested CIS-A2K to conduct Wikipedia (and related projects) training sessions for her department's students. It was a 2-hours' training. Rahmanuddin Shaik, Tanveer Hasan and Tito Dutta conducted the event behalf of CIS-A2K.
Activities[edit]
The following activities took place during the training session
- Introduction to Wikivoyage: Participants were introduced to Wikivoyage and the difference between Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikivoyage projects was discussed;
- Article creation: Participants were asked to look at structure, section headings, and writing style of Chennai article, and then they were asked to create articles on their userspace. 14 articles were started this day. They were taught to use Wikivoyage templates such as See, Listing etc.
- Photo upload on Wikimedia Commoons: A few participants were interested to upload photos on Wikimedia Commons. They were taught how to upload photos on Wikimedia Commons.
Participants[edit]
13 of 14 started articles were on travel destinations in India. 1 article was on Burning Lake, Mebar, Bhutan.
| State | Started articles |
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| Odisha | 1
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2
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| Meghalaya | 1
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| Karnataka | 5
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| Kerala | 2
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| Tamil Nadu | 1
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| Telangana | 1
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| Outside India (Bhutan) | 1
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- User:Ajaychrist901, started article on Burning Lake, Mebar, Bhutan
- User:Akanksha toppo, started article on Manua Bhan Ki Tekri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- User:Chero Marak, started article on Monoliths, Meghalaya
- User:Harini chandrasekaran, started article on Kulagada, Odisha
- User:Kashyap.prajwal, started article on Meenakshipura, Karnataka
- User:Nancyphilip26, started article on Balancing Rock, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
- User:Pranith vontela, started article on Bakthula Marri, Telangana
- User:Ramonaroberts, started article on Neelimala viewpoint, Kerala
- User:Radhikakh, started article on Kakkayam, Kerala
- User:Rexina Paul, started article on Pakshipathalam, Karnataka
- User:Reema Luke, started article on Bettada Bhairaveshwara temple, Karnataka
- User:Shambhavipj, started article on Bettada Bhairaveshwara, Karnataka
- User:Sel.amicus, started article on Bimba Art Hut, Karnataka
- User:Wosha, started article on Kovai Kutrallam, Tamil Nadu
Photos[edit]
These photos were uploaded:
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Bettada Bhairaveshwara Temple
Follow-up[edit]
The participants were asked to further improve their articles. A follow-up training session may be conducted soon.