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Women's Day Edit-a-thon at Jnana Prabodhini, Pune on 9th March 2017

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Background

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On the occasion of World Women's Day, Women's Wikipedia edit-a-thon week is arranged across the world. The organisers collaborated with The Centre for Internet & Society-Access to Knowledge Program to conduct this workshop for women working in Culture & Indology sector.

Project Goal

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The goal of this Wikipedia Workshop is to build resources in the field of Culture,Indology & women empowerment on Marathi Wikipedia and equip its participants with the process of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them. Another focus of the workshop will be on adding references to existing articles.

Primary goals
  1. To introduce Wikipedia as an encyclopedia for research and a concept to new editors.
  2. To Promote Marathi Wikipedia Community & promote the use of regional languages in Wikipedia.
  3. To have an open interaction within the editors, existing as well as new.
  4. To spread the awareness of Wikipedia as a powerful tool.
  5. To develop articles on gender & culture related issues

Organisers

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Expert Trainers

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  • Subodh Kulkarni, Program Associate - CIS-A2K
  • Aarya Joshi, Research scholar -Jnana Prabodhini
  • Ting-Yi Chang (Canada), Intern and research associate at CIS-A2K

Launch

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Date : 9th March 2017
Time : 11am to 2PM
Place : Pune,Maharashtra,India
Venue : Jnana Prabodhini
Participants :

Output

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Following articles were created/edited -

  1. रुद्राणी (देवता)
  2. प्रियदर्शिनी कर्वे
  3. इंद्राणी (देवता)
  4. वेणाबाई
  5. कान्होपात्रा

Participants

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  1. माधुरी करवडे
  2. चंदा पागे
  3. प्रीती जोशी
  4. मनिषा देशपांडे
  5. सुनीता गायकवाड
  6. मनीषा शेटे
  7. उज्ज्वला पवार
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