User:Nitika.t/Draft
Main | Workshops & Events | Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project | Reports & Blogs | Media Coverage | Gallery | Join us |
Main Page[edit]
Welcome to GOM WP:Goa University Project on Wikimedia:Incubator Konkani! We are a group dedicated to improving Konkani Wikimedia projects with the hope of bringing Konkani Wikipedia as a live project.
Goa University commenced operations on 1 June 1985 and since then it has been a pioneer institute providing higher education in the Indian state of Goa. Goa University also has a Department of Konkani which was established in 1987. As of today it offers B.A. and M.A. in Konkani Language & Literature and has Research Programmes leading to Ph.D in any area pertaining to Konkani language Literature and Culture.
Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge Program have been organising programs and events to strengthen Konkani community and Wikimedia projects.
Project Scope[edit]
The project's goals include:
- Increase access to information for everyone in Konkani on a digital platform.
- Help preserve Konkani language and culture.
- Editing, enhancing and creating new articles or content related to Goa, Konkani, Goan culture, Goan folklore, Goan history, Goan geography, Goan politics etc.
- Increase total number of editors on Wikimedia:Incubator Konkani.
- Increase number of Goa related photos on Wikimedia Commons.
- Finish translation of all system messages in Konkani on Translate Wiki.
- Giving birth to Konkani Wikipedia as a live project!
Project Background[edit]
The relationship began in mid December 2012 when CIS-A2K organised a two-day Wikipedia Workshop for M.A. and Ph.D. students at Goa University. During the same trip series of meetings were organised with senior faculty of Goa University Prof. Alito Siqueira (Professor, Department of Sociology), Prof. Gopakumar (University Librarian), Madhavi Sardesai (Professor, Konkani Department) and Priyadarshani Tadkodkar (Head, Konkani Deaprtment) who were all very receptive and excited to the idea collaborating and helping build Wikipedia in Konkani.
From Wikipedia fraternity Harriet Vidyasagar helped initiate the first ever outreach program for Konkani Wikipedia, series of meetings with faculty at Goa University faculty, and a very important meeting with the Vice Chancellor Dr. Satish Shetye. After hearing about Konkanki Wikipedia Dr. Satish Shetye was so exuberant that he promised to re-release 4 volume Konkani Vishwakosh (Konkani Encyclopedia) for Wikimedia movement and gifted one whole set to CIS-A2K Programme. With Harriet's help and initiative CIS-A2K was able make a terrific start in Goa and also build some brilliant networks.
Owing to the success and limelight that CIS-A2K got in Goan local press, the team got several other invitations to organise Konkani Wikipedia Workshops in Jan 2013. Some of these invites came from St. Xavier's College, BITS Goa, Nirmala Institute of Education and also an invite by museum and library curators to organise a GLAM session.
Though there were couple of workshops organised, but post Feb momentum slowed down a bit in the absence of a Programme Director and due to internal team transition from India Program to CIS-A2K. However, once the new Programme Director, Vishnu Vardhan, came on board he took the engagement with Goa University to a new level by signing a MoU with the institute and promising to co-host programs and events to help build Konkani Wikipedia.
To celebrate and further the movement of open knowledge and open access Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) organised an event in September to formalise the relation. More details about the programs, events, media coverage, photos can be found on this project page.
Events[edit]
2013[edit]
- December 14-15, 2013 - Konkani Sahitya Samelan at Goa University
- December 10, 2013 - Wikipedia Training at Shree Mallikarjun College.
- December 9, 2013 - Konkani Translation Sprint at Goa University Library.
- December 8, 2013 - Konkani Vishwakosh Wikipedia Workshop at Goa University Library.
- November 30, 2013 - Editing Sprint for Vishwakosh at Goa Central State Library.
- November 28, 2013 - Konkani Vishwakosh : Doubt Solving Session at Goa Central Library.
- November 26, 2013 - Konkani Vishwakosh : Doubt Solving Session at Goa Central Library.
- November 19, 2013 - Konkani Wikipedia session for B.Ed. Students at Nirmala Institute of Education.
- November 16-17,2013 - Wikipedia Training Workshop at Dalgado Konknni Akademi.
- October 19-20, 2013 - Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project at Goa Central State Library.
- September 26, 2013 - Re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC at Goa University.
- August 21-24, 2013 - Konkani Wikipedia Workshop for Goa University Students at Goa Central State Library.
- September 24, 2013 - Wikipedia workshop at Computer Science Department, Goa University.
- September 18, 2013 - Introducing Konkani Wikipedia at Konkani Department Rosary College.
- September 13, 2013 - Konkani Wikipedia workshop at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore.
- August 29-30, 2013 - Wikipedia workshop for Sociology Department, Goa University.
- July 28, 2013 - Commons Wikipedia workshop at StartUp Goa.
- July 27, 2013 - Wikipedia workshop at Library Science Department, Goa University.
- July 27, 2013 - Konkani Wikipedia workshop at St.Xavier’s, Goa.
- July 26, 2013 - What's and Hows of Wiki at Kings School.
- March 8, 2013 - Wiki Women's Day at Nirmala Institute of Education.
- March 7, 2013 - Introductory Wikipedia session at BITS Goa.
2012[edit]
- December 14, 2012 - Introductory Wikipedia Workshop at St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa.
- December 13, 2012 - Promoting GLAM in Goa at Goa Central State Library.
- December 12-13, 2012 - Two-day Wiki Workshop: An Introduction at Goa University.
Reports & Blogs[edit]
- Konkani Vishkawosh encyclopedia released under free license. 26 November 2013.
- Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project - Process, Challenges & Success. 13 November 2013.
- Brochure - Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project. 1 October 2013.
- Re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0. 1 October 2013.
- Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project. 25 September 2013.
- Re-releasing Konkani Vishwakosh & Building Konkani Wikipedia Invite. 25 September 2013.
- Recap on Konkani Wikipedia Workshop. 12 September 2013.
- Konkani Wikipedia Advances in 4 Days — From 90 Articles to 130 Articles!. 31 August 2013.
- Voices from Goa: Rusita Paryekar, a MA student writes articles on Konkani Wikipedia. 27 August 2013.
- Voices from Goa: Frania Pereira tells Why She Writes Articles on Konkani Wikipedia. 27 August 2013.
- Konkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder?. 13 August 2013.
- Analysis of Konkani Wikipedia: Facts & Challenges. 30 April 2013.
- Wiki Women's Day in Goa. 19 March 2013.
- Introductory Wikipedia session at BITS Goa. 19 March 2013.
- Konkani in Wikipedia Incubator — Taking it to the Next Level. 25 January 2013.
- Promoting GLAM in Goa. 24 January 2013.
- Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain. 22 January 2013.
- Two-day Wiki Workshop in Goa University: An Introduction. 14 January 2013
Coverage[edit]
- K., Brindaalakshmi. DKA organizes two day Konkani Wikipedia workshop. Daijiworld. 18 November 2013.
- Indian Govt To Build Machine Translation System For 22 Indic Languages. Medianama. 14 November 2013.
- झांट्ये, समीर कोंकणी विश्वकोश ‘विकिपीडिया’वर. Navprabha. 22 October 2013.
- Lakshane, Rohini Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) relaunched with a free license, may boost Konkani Wikipedia. Daily News & Analysis. 13 October 2013.
- Mangalore: Konkani writers resolve to form all-India forum at JKS conference. Daijiworld. 1 October 2013.
- "Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 months". Jagran Josh. 30 September 2013.
- Chaudhary, Apurva. "Goa University Partners CIS India To Build Konkani Wikipedia" Medianama. 30th September 2013
- Lobo,Joanna. "For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language". DNA. 29 September 2013.
- Prakash, Kamat."Konkani Wikipedia in the making". The Hindu. 29 September 2013.
- "Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months". Times of India. 27 September 2013.
- "Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia". Navhind Times. 27 September 2013.
- "Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow". The Hindu. 25 September 2013.
- Desouza, Vijay. "Goa university re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26". Times of India. 24 September 2013.
- Help Konkani Wikipedia come out of incubation. Deccan Herald. 13 September 2013.
- Fernandes Diana. "Konkani Wikipedia makes headway". O Heraldo. 26 August 2013
- Dias, Joyce. "Wikipedia writes a new script". The Goan. 24 August 2013.
- Das, Arti. Konkani Bhasha Its academic, economic and emotional viability. The Navhindtimes. 17 August 2013.
- "Konkani Wikipedia next?". O Heraldo. 28 July 2013.
Gallery[edit]
Contribute[edit]
Join us[edit]
Additional ways to connect with us:[edit]
- Join the mailing list, Konkani-Wikipedia.
- Help build more Konkani articles in cyberspace here.
- Contact a2k@cis-india.org to start planning your organization's Wikipedia engagement.
- Connect with us on our Facebook Page
- Connect with List of Wikimedia Incubator Members Contributing to Konkani Wikipedia.
- Help build CIS-A2K Konkani Work Plan. Feel free to leave a message on the program talk page.
If you need assistance[edit]
Just a note: User:Deepak D'Souza is mostly online during normal workhours(IST)(including Sat). In case you need some help he will probably be around. Just click here: User_talk:Deepak D'Souza to go to his talk page.leave a message by clicking the (+) sign on top, add your comments/queries and click "Save page" button. In case you are an unregistered user(or not logged in ) he will reply on his own talk page. If you are a regular user he will reply on your talk page. Please not that there may be a time delay or it may not be possible to reply on the same day due to work, but he will try his best.
Starting points[edit]
- http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kok (Konkani Wikipedia/incubator)
- http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kok/contributors List yourself as a contributor
How you can help[edit]
- Translate articles of relevance to Goa, and to generally building the body of knowledge in Konkani. There are tonnes of copyright-free articles which you can translate into Konkani at http://en.wikipedia.org This is specially suited for people with linguistic and translation skills (whatever script).
- Play around with the Wikipedia and see how it works. It's not complex. The starting point is to create a login for yourself. Then, everything follows. This is specially suited for tech people. But don't believe it's a complicated tech job!
- Build awareness about the attempt to build the Konkani Wikipedia, and tell others about it. It will only work if there is enough "critical mass" and interest around it.
- Above all, promote the language of your choice (any script!) using this tool of the 21st century. It's a powerful tool, so let's make use of it.