Learning patterns/How to prepare and plan for Online Edit-a-thons
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How to prepare and plan for Online Edit-a-thons
problemWhile organizing an online Editathon, often it is difficult to track the numbers of articles created, articles created by number of participants, the total number of bytes added and many other problems.
solutionTools, templates and SQL can be used in finding the solutions for the solutions and keeping the track of the online Editathon.
creator• Saileshpat
created on13:20, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
status:DRAFT
Thematic edit-a-thons are always helpful in increacing the content and improving the quality of articles for a particular theme.Often it's really difficult to track the edit-a-thon activity, like how many articles were added, how many bytes were added by an individual participant. Earlier, I used to track this manually, but recently in the Women's History Month edit-a-thon, I took help from a Malayalam Wikipedian and friend Ranjith who helped me in tracking the details of the edit-a-thon. This process is one of the best practice in the Malayalam community, and User Viswa also used this during the Punjab Edit-a-thon for the Wiki Conference India 2016. This learning pattern is documented from the Facebook and hangout conversation of mine and Ranjith and also I have added some tools in the learning pattern, which I learned during the Wikimania 2017.
What problem does this solve?[edit]
In an online edit-a-thon, It is difficult to track the numbers of articles created, articles created by the number of participants, the total number of bytes added and many other problems.
What is the solution?[edit]
A single step solution for getting information with the help of WMFlab tools and templates. This learning takes you through the tools and queries made by WMF staffs and community members, which will help in organising the Edit-a-thons very smoothly.
Things to consider[edit]
Things to take care before the Edit-a-thon:[edit]
<center>
<div style="font-size: 25px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-weight: bold; border: 1px solid rgb(136, 136, 136); box-shadow: 2px 1px 4px rgb(136, 136, 136); border-radius: 4px; width: 395px; height: 110px; padding: 0px 40px; margin: 10px 0px;">
Total
<span style="font-size:60px;">
{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Year-Articles Created or Improved in <Place the Name here> Edit-a-thon}}
</span>
Articles
<br/>
</div></center>
{{imbox
|type=notice
|textstyle="border: 1px solid #fceb92; background-color: #fdffe7; padding: 10px;"
|image={{#switch:{{{year}}}
|2013=[[File:Woman with sitar, Crafts Museum, New Delhi, India.jpg|100px]]
|2014=[[പ്രമാണം:Raja Ravi Varma, The Maharashtrian Lady.jpg|100px]]
|2015=[[File:Laxmibai's statue in Solapur.JPG|100px]]
|2016=[[File:8womenday.jpg|100px]]
|2017= <!-- Next Year Image -->
|}}
|text={{#if:{{{year|}}}
|THIS ARTICLE [[WP:WHMIN-{{{year}}}|{{{year}}}- NAME OF EDITATHON]] PART {{#if:{{{expanded|}}}|EXPANDED|CREATED}}.|THIS ARTICLE [[WP:WHMIN2017-|NAMEOF EDIT A THON]] PART {{#if:{{{expanded|}}}|EXPANDED|CREATED}}. <includeonly>(THEN THE YEAR CODE NOT ADDED. FOR MORE DETAILS [[TEMPLATE:WHMIN/DESCRIPTION|DESCRIPTION OF TEMPLATE]] VIEW.)</includeonly> }} }}
<noinclude>{{doc}}</noinclude><includeonly>{{#if:{{{expanded|}}}|[[Category:{{{year}}}- ARTICLES PART OF WHMIN EDT A THON]]|[[Cateogry:{{{year}}}- ARTICLES PART OF WHMIN EDT A THON]]}}</includeonly>
<noinclude>
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"year": {
"label": "വർഷം",
"description": "YEAR 4 Digits",
"example": "{{CURRENTYEAR}}",
"type": "number",
"default": "2016",
"autovalue": "{{CURRENTYEAR}}",
"required": true,
"suggested": true
},
"expanded": {
"label": "Is the article Expanded ? ",
"description": "If article expanded then put, yes. For new article nothing will be added.",
"type": "boolean",
"default": "yes",
"autovalue": "",
"suggested": true
}
},
"description": "This template is used for womans day edit a thon every year. Must add year YYYY to this template. (Example: 2017 as year).\nand, for expanded articles put expanded = yes .",
"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>
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During the Edit-a-thon[edit]
Source Code below: {{Your editathon name |year= 2017|created=yes}}
Source code from UNESCO Challenge: {| {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|Edit-a-thon Name/Log||width="300px"}} align=right cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2
| bgcolor=#E0EEE0 align=left| <big>Contest log</big> [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Event name/Log&action=edit Edit]
|}
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Post Edit-a-thon[edit]
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When to use[edit]
- During Online Edit-a-thons.