Central Bikol Wiktionary Language Preservation Edit-a-thon
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About the Event[edit]
Background[edit]
The project will be a series of edit-a-thons in Central Bikol Wiktionary with a focus on incorporating audio recording reproduced on both Lingua Libre and Spell4Wiki application.
Objectives[edit]
- Recruit new editors for the Central Bikol Wiktionary especially that it has less edits and entries in the previous months by new editors.
- Increase skills for existing editors and utilize the Lingua Libre and Spell4Wiki application as tools for improvement of the wiki project.
- Add entries to reach the 5,000th word before the Central Bikol Wiktionary birthday and add audio pronunciations to at least 50% of the entries.
Activities[edit]
There will be a series of edit-a-thons, each event will focus on different sub tasks. First will be audio recording tutorial for Lingua Libre and Spell4Wiki, second will be tutorial on the basic editing on Central Bikol Wiktionary, third will be Lingua Libre and Spell4Wiki recording marathon, and lastly will be two sessions for Central Bikol Wiktionary Edit-a-thon. This will include both adding of entries on the Wiktionary and usage of audio files on Wiktionary word entries.
About the Organizers[edit]
I am a registrar in a public high school here in the Philippines. I am a Bikolano writer and currently an administrator of the Central Bikol Wikipedia and Central Bikol Wiktionary and test-wiki administrator on BCL incubator project. I also translate children's literature for Let's Read.
I am Daramlagon, a.k.a Jusan Misolas, a Filipino citizen born and living in Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines. I obtained a Bachelor of Arts in literature at the Ateneo de Naga University. My areas of specialization are in lexicography, research, digital humanities, political theories, critical theories, economics, human rights, agroecology, social movements, community organizing, peoples struggles, anime, manga, literature, culture, and the arts. A book editor, translator and a cultural worker, I currently manage the Bikol Wiktionary. I also edit, translate and contribute to Wikipedia Bikol and Wikimedia Commons.