Event:International Women's Day 2026 Kannada-Tulu Wikisource editathon along with Besant Women's College
The International Women's Day 2026 Kannada-Tulu Wikisource editathon is a collaborative editing event held from 9 March to 10 March 2026 to celebrate International Women's Day along with Besant Women's College.
The goal of this is to get more women editors involved to improve Wikimedians' ability to create Wikidata of authors and books. Books written by women and women-related books . Participants can OCR and edit the pages of books and create Wikidata for authors and books.
Event timeline
[edit]| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9 March 2026 | Event: Offline inauguration and start of contributions |
| 9–11 March 2026 | Editing period and community participation |
| 11 March 2026 | closing of the datathon |
| Mode of editathon | Offline – 9 March offline and Online – 11 March online |
| Offline venue | Besant Women's College,Kodialbail,Mangalore. |
| Languages | Kannada and Tulu |
Who Can Participate
[edit]- Everyone is welcome to participate.
How to participate
[edit]- Click the Register for event button at the top of this page.
Resources
[edit]Organizers
[edit]Resource person for offline event on 9 march 2026
[edit]Supported by
[edit]Assistant trainers
[edit]- Vinoda mamatharai
- Sangeetha Shet
- Prithvi
Statistics
[edit]- The Outreach dashboard of this event can be found here.
Discussions
[edit]Wikimedians assembled at Besant College to organise a Wikisource workshop. The book written by a woman author on women was given to the students of Besant College. Since there was a bug that occurred, we couldn't continue that book. Around 35 students and faculty benefitted from this workshop. Mrs Babitha Shetty, along with students Sangeetha and Prithvi, trained the students. The chief guest of the programme was Mrs K.N. Medini; she promised to support all the women participants through guidance.
A meeting was arranged for the community members with Mrs Medini OKI, programme officer, regarding the OKI support in community programmes. She gave an example of how the other communities were supported and what ongoing themes are from OKI.
Photos
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