I am just amazed by the number of wiki workshops and academies taking place all over India since January.
Nice going, everyone! Best Bishakha On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi <su...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > *Details of this event could be accessed at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai4* > > * > ______________________________________________________________________________________________ > * > > Dear all, > > An introductory session about "Introduction to Wikipedia" at > "Kurukshetra2012", an international tech fest at College of Engineering > Guindy, Anna University, Chennai was attended by 2 wikipedians Subhashish > and Surya and 45 students. This event was intended to bring awareness among > students attending this fest about writing articles in the Wikipedia. > Subhashish took the audience through a > presentation<http://prezi.com/9lwwxhv7vqtg/introduction-to-wikipedia-the-free-encyclopedia/>explaining > basics of Wikipedia, how they can edit Wikipedia, what they can > edit in Wikipedia. Later on the students questioned about authenticity of > articles edited by multiple editors and there was a discussion regarding > that. Students also questioned if Wikipedia editing will help them to gain > some qualities and certifications which will help them during their campus > placements. There were also questions regarding Technical projects and > questions regarding jobs at Wikimedia. There were curious folks who > questioned abut the cause of blackout against SOPA and PIPA! > > The questions asked by students had lot of valid points regarding > notability and authenticity of Wikipedia articles, there is need for > documentation of them in the form of FAQs, So, majority of the important > questions and answers to them would be documented in the meta page of Outreach > Program Handbook > FAQ<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meta/India_Program/Outreach_Program_Handbook/FAQ&action=edit&redlink=1> > . > > After the discussion Surya spoke about Tamil > Wikipedia<http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>and the on going Tamil > Media > Contest<http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D:%E0%AE%8A%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF> > . > > Attendees socialized and had a group photo session after the event. > regards > Subha > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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