Wikipedia Asian Month 2025 - Tulu Edit-a-thon & Workshop

Background

The Wikipedia Asian Month 2025 (WAM 2025) is an annual campaign, organised by the Wikipedia Asian Month User Group, aimed at boosting Asian content on Wikipedia during November–December each year.

As part of WAM 2025, language-specific communities are encouraged to organise local offline events — such as edit-a-thons or workshops — to foster participation in their language editions. Meta-Wiki

Recognizing the importance of representing under-documented languages, we organised a Tulu-language Edit-a-thon & Workshop on 30 November 2025 at St Aloysius College. The event was conceived to engage students and volunteer editors, introduce them to Wikipedia editing guidelines, and encourage creation/editing of articles in the Tulu Wikipedia edition.

Event Details

Date: 30 November 2025
Venue: St Aloysius College, Mangalore
Target language edition: Tulu Wikipedia (tcy.wikipedia.org) — listed among the participating languages for WAM 2025.
Participants: More than 20 students (undergraduate/graduate) from St Aloysius, representing diverse departments, who showed interest in regional language content creation.

The workshop began with an orientation session: brief introduction to WAM 2025 — its goals, global scope, and significance. Participants were walked through the rules for eligible edits: articles must be about Asia-related topics (or culturally/geographically Asian), and to be eligible for “points”, new or improved articles should meet a minimum size threshold (≥ 3,000 bytes) with reliable references.

Following this, a hands-on session taught basic editing: account creation, navigating the interface, drafting articles, referencing, and understanding guidelines for quality.

After training, participants began working in small groups: some researched topics (cultural heritage, local traditions, South-Asian festivals, regional cuisine, etc., aligning with WAM 2025’s “South Asia – Festivals, Rituals, and Oral Heritage” or “Historical Monuments and Cultural Heritage along Silk Road” themes), while others drafted or improved Tulu articles under supervision. Organizers and experienced Wikipedians assisted with queries and quality review.

Outcomes & Participation

The event saw strong engagement, with over 20 students actively participating.
Several new or expanded Tulu Wikipedia articles were drafted (on local culture, festivals, regional heritage) — laying the foundation for future polishing and publication.
Participants gained practical experience in Wikipedia editing, learned to work with citations, and understood community guidelines — equipping them to contribute beyond the workshop.
The workshop helped raise awareness of the importance of regional-language content, especially for lesser-documented languages like Tulu, and fostered interest in sustaining contributions beyond the WAM period.

Participants

--Punith K Hiremat (talk) 04:53, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Abhay Shalavadi (talk) 04:53, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Jeevitha VM (talk) 04:53, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Kavana V Nayak (talk) 04:55, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Malavika k Dayan (talk) 04:56, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Malvi2005 (talk) 04:56, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Necil2005 (talk) 04:57, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Dhanvid (talk) 04:58, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Prath20 (talk) 05:00, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Saniyodsouzaa (talk) 05:00, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
--Shravya Shettigar (talk) 05:02, 30 November 2025
--Reema Jalihal (talk) 05:55, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Organizers

Hariprasad Shetty - Tulu Language WAM organizer

Ambassador

Santhosh Notagar - Ambassador of South Asia - Wikipedia Asian Month - Santhosh Notagar99 (talk) 04:46, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]