Punjabi Wikimedians User Group Conference 2023

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Punjabi Wikimedians Conference 2023 is being organized on 2-3-4 February 2024 by the Punjabi Wikimedians community to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the community. During this conference, the members of the community will gather at one place and discuss the current state and direction of the community and plans will be made for the future as well. This is the first attempt of this kind by the Punjabi community itself.

Conference Timeline:[edit]

  • Date of Grant Proposal for Conference: 31 July 2023
  • Date of Grant Acceptance for Conference: 7 August 2023
  • Scholarships Opening Date: 10 August 2023
  • Scholarship Application filing Deadline: 20 August 2023
  • Date of release of scholarship results :
  • Conference Dates: 2-3-4 February 2024
  • Conference Venue: SEABA International Public School Lehragaga (Punjab)

Idea behind the Conference[edit]

  • We are focusing on different themes or ideas on this conference. The main idea is to enrichen the content on the Wikipedia as well as expand The community. We will provide The training to the existing community contributors Of various wiki projects as well as there useful tools. We also want to strengthen the education programme running in Punjabi community that's why we have chosen an educational institute which is already connected to the Punjabi Wikimedians education programme. During this conference we will also train some students which will be beneficial for the education programme as well as students skill development.

Activities planned for the Conference[edit]

  • Success Stories (Regarding Punjabi Wikipedia's Anniversary and Completion of 50,000 Articles)
  • Panel Discussions
  • Group discussion
  • Training sessions
  • workshop
  • Presentation/Lightning Talk
  • Q&A

Budget[edit]

Tentative Budget
Category Amount
Venue 20,000
Accommodation 100000
Food & Beverages 100,000
Travel 75000
Swags (Stationary, Id Card, Certificates etc.) 30,000
Rental material and Logistics (Projector, Camera, tripod or stand, Standees, Banners) 15,000
Unforeseen 50,000
Total 390,000

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Participants[edit]