Event:WikiVoyage Workshop 2025 Coimbatore

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WikiVoyage Workshop 2025 Coimbatore
Status	active
Genre	Training
Date(s)	March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21)
Begins	March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21)
Ends	March 22, 2025 (2025-03-22)
Frequency	Single Event
Venue	Dr. G R Damodharan College of Science, Peelamedu, Coimbatore
Location(s)	Coimbatore
Coordinates	Coordinates: 11.0352°, 77.0296°
Country	India
Coordinator	Manojk, Bhuvana Meenakshi
Participants	Tamil Wiki contributors
Organised by	Wikimedians of Kerala
Website
https://w.wiki/DQ25

WikiVoyage is a travel guide that you can edit. The official, non-commercial sister site of Wikipedia for sightseeing, activities, cuisine and accommodation around the world.

Wikimedians of Kerala is conducting a Wikivoyage workshop in Dr. G R Damodharan College of Science, Peelamedu, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu on 21,22 March 2025. This event is focused on revitalizing and expanding the Tamil WikiVoyage. Our goal is to boost participation and enrich existing pages with valuable content, as well as fill in any missing information. With the expert guidance from experienced people we're aiming to bring the Tamil WikiVoyage to live.

Event Coordinators

1. Bhuvana Meenakshi (talk) 01:21, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
2. Manoj Karingamadathil (talk) 10:33, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Resource Person

1. Rangan Datta
2. Ranjith Siji

Register here

1. Registeration Form

Program schedule

Coimbatore

21 March

• 3:00pm - 3:05pm: Welcome address from the host Wikimedia group
  
• 3:05pm - 3:10pm: Welcome address from the host institution
  
• 3:10pm - 3:30pm: Introduction to Wikivoyage by Rangan Datta
  
• 3:30pm - 3:50pm: Introduction to Wikimedia Commons by Rangan Datta
  
• 3:50pm - 4:10pm: Introduction to Wiki Data by Ranjith Siji
  
• 4:10pm - 4:30pm: Introduction to Open Street Map by Rajnith Siji
  
• 4:30pm - 5:00pm: Tea break
  
• 5:00pm - 7:00pm: Hands on editing session on English Wikivoyage
  
• 7:00pm - 8:00pm: Q&A and open session
  

22 March

• 8:00am - 12:00pm: Photowalk in small groups (Breakfast outside)
  
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm: Prepartion of photos for uploading
  
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm: Lunch
  
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm: Uploading and categorization of photos in Wikimedia Commons
  
• 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Using photos in English Wikivoyage article
  
• 5:00pm - 5:30pm: Tea break
  
• 5:30pm - 7:30pm: Development of Tamil Wikivoyage article
  
• 7:30pm - 8:30pm: Developiong strategies of brining Tamil Wikivoyage out of Incubator
  

Reports

• 14 Editors 9 New pages and 151 Edits in Tamil Wikivoyage
• 20 People participated in the Wikivoyage workshop.
  • Files:c:Category:WikiVoyage_Workshop_2025_Coimbatore
  • Users - Users edited Tamil Wikivoyage
  • Pages - Pages edited in Tamil Wikivoyage
  • Outreach Dashboard Page

Gallery

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  Participants
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  Bhuvanameenakshi
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  Rangan Datta
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  Lokanathan and Murthi
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  Jaijithraja
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  Students

Supported By

Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedians of Kerala User Group

Sahya Digital Conservation Foundation