Dehalvi Wikimedia User Group/Meetups/Hyderabad July 2019

First Meet-up Report of 2019

We met on Friday 19th July 2019 at a private residence near Abids, Hyderabad. This was the first time when three Urdu Wikipedians originally hailing diverse geographic areas met at one place after the formal recognition of this group.

Project page on Urdu Wikipedia with inputs from community members

• Urdu Wikipedia project page

Registered Participants

Sr.No	Username	Name	City	State
1	User:محمد شعیب, User:Yethrosh & User:الصارم	Muhammad Shuaib	Nagpur	Maharashtra
2	User:Faismeen (formerly User:Hmfs.ind)	Faisal Anas	Jaipur	Rajasthan
3	User:Hindustanilanguage	Syed Muzammiluddin	Hyderabad	Telangana

Discussion

Urdu Wikimedians Muzammil (left) & Faisal (right) at Hyderabad meetup. Credits: Muhammad Shuaib, who was also present and proactive participant at the meetup.

Discussed things :

• Presenting Urdu Wikipedia to students and Urdu lovers in an attractive manner.
• Simplifying Urdu Wikipedia.
• Exploration of possible outreach efforts under the banner of Dehalvi Wikimedia User Group.
• Exploration of possible of Urdu departments of different universities.
• Planning student outreach programmes.
• Participation in the ensuing Tiger Editathon.

Followup

What Next :

• Meeting professors at Maulana Azad National Urdu University.
• Meeting Urdu professors of Hyderabad University.
• Participation in Tiger editathon
• Participation in Asian Month Editathon.
• Planning for outreach events.