Wikimedians of Nepal/Annual Report 2017

2017 Activities Report from Wikimedians of Nepal[edit]

Wikipedia Outreach Program at en:Kathmandu University[edit]

Outreach program was organized for the students and faculties from Far-Western region of Nepal in Kathmandu University. The students from different disciplines were participated and were eager to know about the Wikipedia. Number of participants was 24 and 3 Wikipedians have facilitated the program. The aim of program was to disseminate the information about Wikipedia, practice of developing Wikis in different languages in Nepal. And to share experiences in and status of Dotyali Wikipedia/Wiktionary.

Date/Venue[edit]

Date: 23rd February, 2017
Time: 3:45PM-5:00PM NST
Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kabhrepalanchowk

Facilitators[edit]

Participants[edit]

Ram Prasad Ghimire
Samir Shrestha
Manoj Padey
Karan Singh Ayri
Nabin Raj Bhatt
Sumiksha Bhatta
Dhana Bhatta
Dinesh Bhatt
Sandhya Bohara
Shital Sharma
Roshan Saud
Naresh Bista
Rupa Rokaya
Roshani Rokaya
Barsha Thapa
Yogesh Upreti
Mohan Deuba
Sameer Tamrakar
Sunil Bogati
Paspa Raj Bhatta
Suman Singh Thakuri
Raman Badaila
Tara Singh Saud
Birendra Singh Airi

Project Page[edit]

Outreach project page

Image Gallery[edit]

Participants on Outreach
Participants on Outreach
Mr. Janak Bhatta Providing Presentation on Wikipedia
Participants on Outreach
Wikipedian Nirjal Shrestha with Participants
Dr. Ram Prasad Ghimire Associate Professor, Kathmandu University, Sharing his views and experiences

Strategy Meetup in Kathmandu, Nepal[edit]

Main article: Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/Cycle 3/Maithili Wikimedians Strategy Meetup in Kathmandu, Nepal

The Affiliate-led events for Movement Strategy discussions was held on the 5th August 2017, at Kathmandu, Nepal. The Wikimedia movement wise movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. On this discussion people participated from different background like editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, technology platforms, institutional partners, media and Bureaucrats.

Date/Venue[edit]

Date: 5 August 2017
Masala Cottage, Kathmandu

Team[edit]

Wikimedians of Nepal and Maithili Wikimedians User Group

Participants[edit]

Saroj Kumar Dhakal
Nabin K Sapkota
Nirjal Shrestha
Nirmal Dulal
Prabin Deo
Bijay Chaurasia
Prabina Karki
Punyashwari Prajapati
Rishi Raj Gautam
Manish Marahatta
Nirajan Panta
Surit Aryal
Subham Ghimire
Manish Jung Thapa
Sandip Sah
Sanjog Dev
Kshitiz Khanal
Jitendra Shah
Reshma Mishra
Dhrub Katwal
Nikesh Balami
Bhupendra Bhatta

Image Gallery[edit]

Group1
Group2
Group3
Group4
Group5
Group5
Discussion
Discussion
Discussion
Presentation

Wikipedia Education Program in Dearwalk Sifal School[edit]

Main article: Wikimedians of Nepal/Events/Wikipedia Education Program in Dearwalk Sifal School

Wikipedia Education Program in Dearwalk Sifal School is a Wikipedia Education Program organized by Wikimedians of Nepal User Group.

Timeline[edit]

11 August 2017 to 10 November 2017 (Monday-Wednesday-Friday)

Organizing Team[edit]

Outcome[edit]

17 Students learnt skills such as :
- Typing in Nepali
- Five Pillars of Wikipedia
- Critically Analyze the wikipedia articles and ask for the references
- Add needed references in the articles to verify certain claims
- Upload Images and add it to the existing articles and Illustrate them
- Make a copy edit
- Create new article and complete it with all the components.
School and Students were engaged and excited, School Demanded for the next session of the course for the teachers only.

Gallery[edit]

Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Nepal[edit]

Main article: Wikimedians of Nepal/Events/Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Nepal

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.

Time Duration[edit]

1st September, 2017 - 30th September, 2017

Project Page[edit]

Project Page in Wikimedia Commons

Organizing Team[edit]

Nirmal Dulal- Coordinator
Mohan K. Duwal - Photowalk Co-ordinator
Santosh R. Pathak - Team Co-ordinator

Top 10 photos[edit]

World Heritage Sites of Nepal, Bouddhanath Stupa surrounded by the cityscape of Kathmandu
Photograph: Tasbirkarma
Night view of Nyatapol Temple, Bhaktapur
Photograph: Pritush.m
A view of Namobuddha stupa
Photograph: Creepanta
Main door of Golden Temple of Patan
Photograph: Anupclick
Gokarna Mahadev temple, built in 1582.In late August or early September people go to this temple to bathe and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.
Photograph: Nabin k. Sapkota
Mayadevi Temple in Lumbini
Photograph: Bibek Raj Pandeya
Indreshwor Mahadev, Panauti
Photograph: Samir Ppradhananga
Janaki Temple situated at Janakpur
Photograph: Bijay chaurasia
Inside the 300-year-old Chhairo Gompa
Photograph: Faj2323
Taleju Temple and Hanuman Dhoka Premises
Photograph: Samir Ppradhananga

Programs[edit]

Photowalks and Felicitation Program

Photoride at Bhaktapur
Photoride at Changunarayan
Photoride at Panauti
Photowalk at Patan
1^st Prize Winner
2^nd Prize Winner
3^rd Prize Winner
Felicitation Program

Output[edit]

- We got 17 ^th position among 52 country with total 3166 photos upload
- 103 Uploader take participation, where 69 (66%) were newly registered
- More than 11+ photowalk were organized inside Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kavre, Rajbiraj, Janakpur and other parts of Nepal
- We organized first time photoride, traveled 80 km+ uptown in 12 hrs and visited 4 major Locations and 161+ monument sites

Media coverage[edit]

Wikipedia Outreach Program at Nepal Telecom Training Center[edit]

The Outreach program was targeted to Retired and Veteran employees of Nepal Telecom. And the program was conducted at Nepal Telecom Training Center, Babarmahal, Kathmandu. The aim of program was to share information about the Wikipedia and discuss on the role of Retired and Veteran employees for the creation of world's largest encyclopedia. Number of participants was 17; the names of participants is listed here in the participant section.

Date/Venue[edit]

Date: 1st November, 2017
Time: 12:15PM-2:15PM NST
Nepal Telecom Training Center, Babarmahal, Kathmandu

Facilitators[edit]

Participants[edit]

Krishna Prasad Pokharel	Ram Sharan Khatri	Murari Prasad Pande
Bijay Lal Shrestha	Kamal Prasad Bhattarai	Vishwanath Goyal
Rajendra Prasad Pokhrel	Bimal Kumar Karki	Navaraj Koirala
Hem Bahadur Pradhan	Kalidash	Kiran Aryal
Mahendra Raj Shrestha	Dhurba Kumar Sharma	Shiva Prasad Chhetri
Min Raj Khadgi

Project Page[edit]

Outreach project page

Image Gallery[edit]

Retired and Veteran employees of Nepal Telecom during the Outreach event.
Mr. Nirjal Shrestha Providing Presentation on Wikipedia.
Participants on Outreach event.
Mr. Nirajan Pant Providing Presentation on Wikipedia.
Participants on Outreach event.
Retired and Veteran employees of Nepal Telecom.

Maithili Wikipedia 3rd Anniversary at Kathmandu[edit]

Main article: Maithili Wikimedians User Group/Celebrations/Maithili Wikipedia 3rd Anniversary At Kathmandu

Maithili Wikipedia completed its third year on 7 November 2017. To celebrate the event, Wikimedians of Nepal team members have organized an anniversary celebration event at Kathmandu.

Date/Venue[edit]

Date: 7 November 2017
Masala Cottage, Kathmandu

Image Gallery[edit]

Maithili Wikipedia Birthday Cake
Participants during the MWB event
Participants during the MWB event
Bijay Chaurasia as a host, during the MWB event

Outreach Program at Social Aves[edit]

Short outreach session was organized in Social Aves, Lalitpur. Digital media enthusiasts took part in the session.

Mentor[edit]

Date/Venue[edit]

Date:17 Nov 2017
Social Aves, Lalitpur

Participants[edit]

Lists of participanta

Image Gallery[edit]

Wikipedia Editathon and outreach program at Kathmandu University[edit]

3 hours long Wikipedia Outreach and wikipedia editing session was organized in Kathmandu University Department of Computer Science on the occasion of Software Freedom Day.

Mentor[edit]

Saroj Kumar Dhakal

Date/Venue[edit]

Date:16 Sep 2017
Department of Computer Science, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel Kathmandu

Participants[edit]

Participants

Image Gallery[edit]

Data-a-thon 2017[edit]

Main article: Wikimedians of Nepal/Events/Wikiproject Data-a-thon 2017

Wikiproject Data-a-thon 2017 is an annual online/offline event designed and organized by Wikimedians in Nepal since 2015. In 2017, Wikimedians of Nepal and Maithili Wikimedians are collaboratively working with Open Knowledge Nepal (OKN) as co-host under Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) supported by non-profit organization mySociety.

Timeline[edit]

30 November, 2017- 30 December, 2017

Organizers[edit]

Participants[edit]

Lists of participants

Goals[edit]

To increase wikidata's participation,
To create or modify wikidata items,
To develop level of Nepali Wikipedia and Nepali contents,
To increase Nepali native speakers in Nepali Wikipedia,
To promote the contribution of local contents in Nepali Wikipedia,
To increase women's involvement in community projects,
Establish and consolidate the existence of the Wikimedians of Nepal.

Outcomes[edit]

433 Articles Created
630 Articles Edited
6,6100 Total Edits
20 Editors
4,56,000 Words Added
74 photographs uploaded

Gallery[edit]

Group Photo
Group Photo
Banner
Patricipent
Patricipent
Patricipent
Certification for Participant