Dear Anna,
Thank you for encouraging words. > *Because your proposal suggests creating and improving health and medical > content, it would be good if you would coordinate with WikiProject Medicine > (on English Wikipedia): > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine> * Thanks for suggestion, will definitely look into the same. > *And because your proposal involves outreach to university students, it > would be good if you and I could discuss your plans, too. * Looking forward for your guidance and support. :-) -- Warm Regards, Abhishek Suryawanshi User:AbhiSuryawanshi On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:15 AM, Anna Koval <ako...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear Abhishek, > > Thank you for sharing your IdeaLab proposal. And thank you for wanting to > improve the Indic language content on the Wikimedia projects. > > Because your proposal suggests creating and improving health and medical > content, it would be good if you would coordinate with WikiProject Medicine > (on English Wikipedia): > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine > > And because your proposal involves outreach to university students, it > would be good if you and I could discuss your plans, too. > > I look forward to talking with you soon. > > Sincerely yours, > > Anna Koval, M.Ed. > Manager, Wikipedia Education Program > Wikimedia Foundation > +1.415.839.6885 x 6729 > annakoval.wiki on Skype > ako...@wikimedia.org > education.wikimedia.org > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Abhishek Suryawanshi < > i.abhishek.suryawan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Happy New Year everyone! :) >> >> We are planning Indic Language Wikipedia workshops in U.S. >> Please go through Project Link : >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Indic_Language_Wikipedia_Outreach_in_United_States >> >> Project idea What is the problem you're trying to solve? >> >> Indic languages represent a large portion of languages used worldwide. >> The number of contributors for Indic languages has been lagging other >> language families for a variety of reasons. Internet connectivity in India >> being limited/expensive is a major reason among them. Indic wikiprojects >> have beens working to encourage more contributors for Indic Languages. >> >> There are a number of areas on Indic wikipedias where content is either >> lacking or is of poor quality. Health-related content is a prime example of >> this. >> Potential for solution >> >> There is a strong and diverse Indian diaspora in the United States. >> Eastern Seaboard has a large number of Indian expats that have either >> settled there or live there for work/business. This was evidenced by the >> 20,000+ people attending a speech in Hindi by the Prime Minister of India >> at Madison Square Garden, New York. >> >> In general, the Indian origin community in the United States has very >> high literacy rates. They are also well-versed in English as well as at >> least one of Indic languages. Access to Internet is not an issue for this >> demographic. Enthusiasm for advancement of Indic languages is also evident >> by the many initiatives being pursued by this group. >> What is your solution? >> >> >> 1. Dedicated workshops for Indian Languages in United States of >> America. >> 2. Informal User Group to conduct periodic meetings/offline events. >> 3. Collaboration with local chapters and editors to improve Offline >> Wikipedia in Indian Languages. >> 4. Special content (health related articles/essential medicines info >> etc) on Indic Wikipedia can be improved by specialized dedicated group of >> Indian medical students in U.S. >> 5. Collaboration with (U.S based) like minded individuals and >> organizations dedicated to improve Open Knowledge movement in India. >> >> Pilot Project >> >> Outreach events in >> >> - New York, >> - Washington D.C, >> - Boston >> - Colorado Springs >> >> >> - A session here will serve as an aide to developing and/or >> fine-tuning presentations and sequence of activities. >> >> >> - San Diego. >> >> Goals >> >> - Reach out to more Indians to increase their understanding of how >> Indic Language Wikimedia projects work, and enable them to pass this >> knowledge on to others. >> - Improving and building upon contributions to Wikimedia projects in >> English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Commons etc. >> - Increasing visibility, reach and access to Wikimedia projects >> amongst Indian Americans, especially in students. >> - Sign up students interested in our various activities & any other >> training workshops planned. >> - Conduct outreach sessions in universities, student fests, fairs etc. >> >> Other benefits >> >> - A strong, diverse and engaged students community. >> - Growth in editorship and readership from U.S. >> >> >> We look forward to hear from you. Kindly share your views here - >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Indic_Language_Wikipedia_Outreach_in_United_States >> >> Keep Supporting, Keep Inspiring :-) >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Warm Regards, >> >> Abhishek Suryawanshi >> User:AbhiSuryawanshi >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Education mailing list >> educat...@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > educat...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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