FII Wiki Project/Edit-a-thons/Pride Marches of India

On 30 June 2018, FII Wiki Project and Gaylaxy Magazine in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, New Delhi and Instituto Cervantes hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Pride Marches of India at Instituto Cervantes. The edit-a-thon was aimed at creating/editing Wikipedia pages of LGBTQ+ pride marches of India who lack representation on the platform currently. The articles were created and expanded in English. Additional statistics can been seen on the P&E dashboard here. A report of the edit-a-thon is also documented on the FII website here.

Details

• Topic: Pride Marches of India
• Organisers: FII Wiki Project, Gaylaxy Magazine and Embassy of Spain, New Delhi
• Date: 30 June 2018
• Venue: Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi
• Time: 11 AM to 5 PM

Participants

1. User: Japleenpasricha
2. User: Asmitaghosh18
3. User: Kshpatel
4. User: Sukhmuk
5. User: Ruthc298
6. User: Adi231
7. User: Karuvachii
8. User: Zainab.umara
9. User: Prerna2198
10. User: Jandoddity
11. User: Sneha rooh
12. User: Tan996
13. User: Ric998
14. User: Sahil M. Parsekar
15. User: Simranthukral
16. User: Aayushi15
17. User: Hetvoo

Articles expanded

1. w:en:Nepal Pride
2. w:en:Queer Azaadi Mumbai
3. w:en:Chandigarh LGBT Pride Walk
4. w:en:Chennai Rainbow Pride
5. w:en:Orange City LGBT Pride March
6. w:en:Hyderabad queer pride
7. w:en:Queer Pride Guwahati
8. w:en:LGBT rights in Kerala
9. w:en:Bengaluru Namma Pride March
10. w:en:Gurgaon queer pride
11. w:en:Awadh queer pride
12. w:en:Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk
13. w:en:Bhopal Pride March
14. w:en:Jawaharlal Nehru University
15. w:en:Pune Pride
16. w:en:Delhi Queer Pride Parade
17. w:en:Queer Gulabi Pride Jaipur
18. w:en:National AIDS Control Organisation

Articles created

1. w:en:Dehradun Pride Parade

Statistics

• Articles created: 1
• Articles edited: 19
• Total edits: 35
• Editors: 17
• Words added: 9.52K
• Article views: 2.88K

Media Coverage

1. Finding a Place for Pride on Wikipedia – Vice India (2 July 2018)