I believe we should wait for at-least for a couple of months, and then have a watch at the retention rate!
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Netha Hussain <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sarah, > > > It is customary to collect the e-mail ids of the participants while they > register for the workshop/edit-a-thon. They are being followed up over > e-mail. The participants have created Wikimedia accounts during the > edit-a-thon. I am not sure if their usernames have been recorded for > contacting them in future. > > Netha > > > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I concur with what Val said! Great work and thanks for sharing Netha. >> >> Netha - do you have any details on retention of those editors? Is there a >> public list of who participated? >> >> For me the biggest challenge is no longer throwing events, it's getting >> people to continue editing after the events. Just curious if you've had any >> luck finding out if they are being retained. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Sar >> >> >> On 4/10/13 8:01 PM, Valerie Aurora wrote: >> >> This is so impressive! Netha, you are a force to be reckoned with! >> >> (Sorry for the delay, catching up on my email today!) >> >> -VAL >> >> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Netha Hussain <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> FYI >> >> Here is a report of the events conducted in India during the Women's >> History >> Month in 2013. >> >> Regards >> >> Netha Hussain >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Netha Hussain <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:52 PM >> Subject: [Report] International Women's day events in India >> To: [email protected], >> [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected] >> Cc: Ditty Mathew <[email protected]>, Pavithra H >> <[email protected]>, Rohini Lakshané <[email protected]>, >> Out of India Managing Editor <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> The Women's History Month events, which ran during the month of March >> in >> India, has concluded. The event happened in Malayalam, English, Telugu, >> Kannada and Hindi language Wikipedias. >> >> Events: >> >> The inagural event of the Women's day celebrations happened in Nirmala >> Institute of Education, Goa. The workshop was led by Nitika Tandon and >> Rohini Lakshane and arranged by Harriet Vidyasagar. >> >> Two online edit-a-thons were conducted on English Wikipedia during the >> second and third weekends of March. 14 users participated in the first >> edit-a-thon and 5 users in the second. >> >> A Wikipedia workshop for women was conducted in Ernakulam, Kerala to >> familiarize women with Malayalam Wikipedia. The workshop was conducted by >> Ernakulam Wikimedians and led by Ditty Mathew. >> >> Free Software Movement of Karnataka conducted a workshop for women in >> Jyothi >> Nivas College, Bangalore on 9th March 2013. Eight volunteers and 26 >> participants signed up for the event. Nine new articles were created as a >> part of the workshop. >> >> Led by Pavithra, Wikimedians from Bangalore organized a Wikipedia Workshop >> for Women at ServeLots Infotech. 14 participants registered for the event, >> and 9 of them participated. >> >> A women for Wikipedia event was conducted in IIT-M, Chennai by FSFTN and >> Wikimedia India on 31 March 2013. The event was coordinated by Anupama >> Srinivas and Bala. Three new articles were created during the >> hands-on-workshop conducted as part of this event. >> >> Outcomes: >> >> In Malayalam Wikipedia, 26 users signed up for the event. 107 new articles >> were created and 13 articles were significantly expanded. 14 users >> participated in the event in English Wikipedia, 19 new English articles >> were >> created and one article was expanded. Two users signed up on Telugu >> Wikipedia for the event. >> >> Press: >> >> The women's day events were given good coverage by the media. Links to the >> articles on various newspapers are given below: >> >> 1. Times of India: http://goo.gl/t3E8d >> 2. Times of India Crest: >> http://www.timescrest.com/society/world-wide-wiki-womens-web-dot-com-9981 >> 3. Prajavani (kn): http://goo.gl/NSssJ >> 4. Loksatta (mr): >> >> http://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/wikipedia-celebrate-international-womens-day-75560/ >> 5. Kannada Prabha (kn) : >> http://archives.kannadaprabha.com/pdf/1032013/3.pdf >> >> Led by Srijana Timsina, Nepali Wikiwomen are conducting Women's day >> edit-a-thon in English and Nepali language Wikipedias. Articles which are >> primarily of importance to Nepali women will be created during the >> edit-a-thon. >> >> >> Thanks to all Wikimedians who helped us to make this event a grant >> success. >> All of you who created or significantly expanded articles would soon >> receive >> barnstars from us! >> >> In WikiLove >> User: Netha Hussain >> >> >> >> >> - >> Netha Hussain >> Student of Medicine and Surgery >> Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode >> Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com >> swethaambari.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sarah Stierch >> Museumist and open culture advocate >> >>Visit sarahstierch.com<< >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > > -- > Netha Hussain > Student of Medicine and Surgery > Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode > Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com > swethaambari.wordpress.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- Karthik Nadar. 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