Grants:IdeaLab/Wikisource in Indic languages
Wikisource in Indic languages
Wikisource in Indic languages is a project help Indic communities to start Wikisource in their respective languages. The project is aimed at Indic languages which currently do not have a standalone Wikisource.
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idea creator• Satdeep Gill
project manager• Satdeep Gill
this project needs... volunteer
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community organizer
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created on03:51, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
Project idea[edit]
What is the problem you're trying to solve?[edit]
There are no Wikisource projects even in some of the major Indic languages such as Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi.
What is your solution?[edit]
To start a project which will involve members from communities which are already successfully working on improving Wikisource in their languages
Project goals[edit]
Work being done[edit]
- Identify and upload appropriate content on Wikimedia Commons
- Use OCR4wikisource for the content
Work to do[edit]
- Digitization of public domain works
- Collaboration with organizations already doing this work
- Wikisource Workshops for various language communities
Get involved[edit]
Expand your idea[edit]
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