Tamil Wikipedia:Google25
Background
[edit]The Google organization has initiated a collaboration with Tamil Wikipedia. Through the Wikimedia Foundation and CIS-A2K, Google approached the Tamil Wikipedia community to establish this partnership. Based on the discussions held under the Village pump on the Tamil Wikipedia platform, the Tamil Wikipedia community agreed to proceed with Google’s collaboration initiative.
Related Village pump discussions:
- Proposal regarding collaboration between Tamil Wikipedia, CIS-A2K, Wikimedia Foundation, and Google
- Voting on the new Google project
- Online discussion on the new Google project
Events
[edit]- Wiki Marathon
- College Internship
- Wikipedia Introduction
- Workshop -1 (New users)
- Workshop -2 (New users)
- New Users contest
- All users contest
Topic Lists
[edit]- Google Suggested Topics (1,805 topics)
- Science (1,529 topics)
- Culture (72 topics)
- Women (714 topics)
- Sri Lanka (1,064 topics)
- Hindi Language (1,791 topics)
- Telugu (343 topics)
Coordination Team
[edit]| S.NO | Responsibility | Coordinators |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conducting monthly meetings with the Wikimedia Foundation / Google | M. Selvasivagurunathan |
| 2 | Communication with the Wikimedia Foundation | Sridhar G, M. Selvasivagurunathan |
| 3 | Liaison with Balaark Foundation | Sridhar G, M. Selvasivagurunathan |
| 4 | Overall event coordination | Sridhar G |
| 5 | Conducting in-campus training sessions | Chathirathan |
| 6 | Organizing training workshops | N.R. Mahalingam |
| 7 | Conducting competitions for new Tamil Wikipedia users | S. Balasubramanian, Parvathisri, Sivakosaran |
| 8 | Conducting contests for all Tamil Wikipedia users | N.R. Mahalingam, S.A. Arunachalam, Sivakosaran |
| 9 | Organizing Wiki Marathon 2025 | M. Selvasivagurunathan, Sivakosaran |
| 10 | Review meetings on project progress | Chathirathan, S. Balasubramanian |
| 11 | Final community gathering at the project’s conclusion | S. Balasubramanian |
Note
[edit]As per the revised coordination framework, Balarc Foundation will handle funding distribution and all related financial processes for the Tamil Wikipedia – Google collaboration project, replacing the earlier role of CIS-A2K in this aspect.
All other coordination and communication functions involving the Wikimedia Foundation and the Tamil Wikipedia community remain unchanged