Wikimedians of Nepal/Annual Report 2016
Wikimedians of Nepal Annual Report 2016[edit]
Wikipedia15 , Kathmandu , 16 Jan 2016[edit]
Wikipedia has completed historical 15 years and Kathmandu Celebrated the happiness ! Wikipedians, Mozillians, FOSSians and Open Activists gathered and cherished the incredible moment the human civilization has made together .
Project page[edit]
Participants[edit]
- Saroj Dhakal
- Nirmal Dulal
- Nabin Sapkota
- Surit Aryal
- Shuvam Joshi
- Pratit Raj Giri
- Sanjog Sigdel
- Manish Jung Thapa
- Rhoit Amatya
- Shalil Awale
- Ashmita Adhikari
- Spandan Pradhan
Photo Gallery[edit]
Media Coverage[edit]
- पूर्वअमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति बुस विकिपेडियामा नम्बर वान in Nepal's No.1 News Portal
- विकीपीडिया-पन्धौं-वर्षमा on News Portal
- Wikipedia turns 15 Portal
Wikipedia turns 15 Video
Outreach[edit]
1. Sagarmatha Engineering College[edit]
Short outreach session was organized in Sagarmatha College of Engineering , Sanepa . Students from first year and second year B.Sc. CSIT took part . Students were around 70 in number and were eager to know more about wikipedia .
Date/Venue[edit]
- Date:17 Jan 2016
- Sagarmatha College of Engineering , Sanepa, Lalitpur
Participants[edit]
- Yankee Maharjan
- Swojeet Kayastha
- Mukesh K. Karn
- Solar Kiranti
- Amogh Shakya
- Salina Maharjan
- Samreen Maharjan
- Prasamsha Pandey
- Shristi Lohani
- Saroj Khadka
- Pratikshya Maharjan
- Alisha Acharya
- Aditi Shrestha
- Saigal Amatya
- Ameerit Pokharel
Project Page[edit]
Image Gallery[edit]
2. Peoples' Campus[edit]
Outreach program was organized for BBA 7 semester students in Peoples Campus. Number of participants was around 60 and 4 Wikipedians have facilitated the program.
Date/Venue[edit]
- Date: 29th December, 2016
- People's Campus, Kathmandu
Facilitators[edit]
Participants[edit]
60 student of BBA 7th Semester of People's Campus
Project Page[edit]
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Meetups[edit]
Nepali Wikipedia Admin Meetup/January[edit]
This is first Meetup of Nepali Wikipedia Sysops (Administrators). It's high time we meet (online and offline) and discuss about the project and it's progress. We also talk about Wiki technology, MediaWiki, Local Wikipedia policies, articles base and other tasks. Feel free to join the discussion.
Participants and Project Page[edit]
Nepali Wikipedia Admin Meetup 2016
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Nepali Wikipedia Admin Meetup/March[edit]
This is second Meetup in 2016 of Nepali Wikipedia Sysops (Administrators). We discuss here about the annual felicitation program, its preparation, create a task force and fix date and venue for the event. Feel free to join the discussion.
Date and Time:March 13, 2016[edit]
Venue: Siddhartha Cottage, Tinkune, Kathmandu
Participants and Project Page[edit]
Image Gallery[edit]
Wiki Women Edit-a-thon[edit]
An editing competition that planned to organize by Wikimedians of Nepal with the aim to creating awareness about gender related issues and value the being of women .
Date[edit]
- Feb-8 to Mar-8
Output[edit]
- 428 women related articles created or improved
- Engaged 26 participants
- Online and offline article writing competition organized
Full list of articles created during Wiki Women Edit-a-thon Nepal 2016
Project Page[edit]
Wikiproject Data-a-thon 2016[edit]
Wikiproject Data-a-thon 2016 is online as offline Wikidata editing competition which is organized by Wikimedia Nepal in order to link the as much as data of Nepali Wikipedia with Wikidata which is the repository that provides a link to the wiki contents. This was organized during April 15, 2016 to May 15, 2016. and this program was first time launched on 1st April 2015.
Date[edit]
- April 15, 2016 to May 15, 2016
Output[edit]
- 1284 articles were linked and added
- Engaged 25 participants
- Online and offline edit-a-thon organized
Project Page[edit]
Wiki-a-thon-5[edit]
Wiki-a-thon 2016 is an in-house edit-a-thon competition organize by Wikimedians of Nepal during the biggest festival of Nepal Dashain Tihar and Chhath to acquire the youth participation in the creative works rather than gambling and bad practices.
Date[edit]
- Oct-1 to Nov-6
Output[edit]
- 2500+ valid edits and 69 new articles were created by 20 participants during the competition
- Rise of new active users
Project Page[edit]
Wiki Loves Monuments 2016-Nepal[edit]
Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photographic competition to promote cultural monuments around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Starting from the Netherlands in 2010, organized on a European level in 2011 and went global in 2012.
Date[edit]
- 1st Sept, 2016 - 30th Sept, 2016
Output[edit]
- 8608 photographs were been uploaded by the 163 contributors during the competition.
- 15+ photowalk around Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Kirtipur, Panauti, Rajbiraj, Janakpur etc
Project Page[edit]
Top 10 Photographs[edit]
Outreach/Photowalk[edit]
Media Coverage[edit]
- हेर्नुहोस् विकिलभ्स मोन्युमेण्टस्का लागि खिचिएका सांस्कृतिक धरोहरका १० मनमोहक तस्वीरहरु
- विकिपिडियाको सांस्कृतिक सम्पदा फोटो प्रतियोगितामा अधिकारी पहिलो, कस्ता छन् टप टेन फोटो (फोटो फिचर)
- यस्ता छन् विकि लभ्स मोन्युमेन्ट्स प्रतियोगिताका लागि नेपालबाट खिचिएका १० उत्कृष्ठ तस्विर
Wiki-Wistar(Wikipedia Outreach Program)[edit]
- Wiki-Wistar(Wikipedia Outreach Program) conducted in Pratibha Community Library at Attariya, Kailali. This was the first Wiki-Wistar program at Attariya, Kailali i.e. Farwest part of Nepal.
Wikipedia volunteer Janak Bhatta presented about the Wikipedia and Wiki movement in Nepal.
Venue[edit]
- Pratibha Community Library Attariya, Kailali, Nepal
- Time: 19th Oct. 2016 (3 pm to 5:30 pm)
- Coordinator/Presenter: Janak Bhatta
- Organizer: Pratibha Community Library Attariya
Discussions[edit]
- About Wikipedia and Wiki movement in Nepal.
- Incubation project(i.e. Doteli Wiki)
- Commons
Participants[edit]
- Lekhraj Joshi
- Lal Bahadur Bam
- T R Pathak
- Khagraj Bhandari
- Khem Batas
- Tankeshwor Khadka
- Abhaya Chaube
- Krishna Paneru'Banchit'
- Nirmal Kumar Bhandari
- Bam Bahadur Malla
- Karna B.K.
- Rabin Bista
- Taranath Bhatta
- Liladhar Joshi
- Khagendra Ojha
- Ramesh Bhatta
Wikipedia Asian Month- Nepal[edit]
Wikipedia Asian Month is an online Edit-a-thon aimed at promoting Asian content in Wikipedia. Each of the participating communities runs a local Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on their own language Wikipedias, which promotes the creation or improvement of the Wikipedia content about Asia except their own country. The participating community is not limited to Asia.
Date[edit]
- 1st Nov, 2016 - 30th Nov, 2016
Output[edit]
- 86 new articles were been created during the event related to famous personalities, books, culture, food, history and places.
Project Page[edit]
BBC 100 Women Editathon[edit]
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An edit-a-thon organized by BBC in collaboration with Wikipedia with the aim to creating awareness about gender related issues and value the being of women .
Date/Venue[edit]
Date: December 8, 2016
Venue: BBC Media Action Office, Sanepa, Lalitpur
Time: 11 AM to 4 PM NST
Output[edit]
- Total articles created and modified:57
- Articles created and modified in Nepali Wikipedia:37
- Articles created and modified in English Wikipedia:20
- Total no. of photographs uploaded by participants : 22
- Total no. of participants: 38 (BBC Staffs + Wikipedians)
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Outreach Program/December[edit]
A Short outreach session was organized in Naxal, Kathmandu.
Date/Place[edit]
- Date:23 December 2016
- Place: Naxal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Project Page[edit]
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Participant editing wikipedia during outreach.
