starting in 15 min. hisham
On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:25 AM, Hisham wrote: > Hi Folks > > Reminder about the IRC today (9pm IST on Thursday April 5th) Do join us > using this link: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-office. > > Here is what we would like to discuss today - which we shall do for the first > 45 minutes and then throw it open for 15 minutes for any other topics that > anyone wants to discuss related to India Program. > > You may have noticed that we are increasing our emphasis on Wikisource. > Please see Shiju's post on using simple technology to support digitazation > (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Program/Indic_Languages/Digitization_of_books_in_Wikisource_using_DjVu) > and Noopur's story of the Gujarati Wikisource > (http://blog.wikimedia.in/2012/04/04/realizing-the-dreams-of-communities-3-years-6-users-1000-articles-counting-the-source-of-gujarati-wikisource/) > > > In addition, Shiju has been engaged with other communities on how to start or > accelerate their respective language Wikisources. > > Wikisource has some very important characteristics that make it attractive. > > It's a (relatively) easier way for newbies to start contributing than the > respective Wikipedia > It's a great way to reach out to language lovers - and love for a language is > an important motivator for contribution (on this and other projects) > There is a much lower gender gap on Wikisource, and it's easy for a wider age > group to contribute > It's more "accessible" as an entry point to newbies because it has less > policies than other projects > It's can act as a gateway to other projects > > In today's IRC, we'd like to talk through the work that's happening on > Wikisource by many communities, discuss best practices and provide a channel > of support for anyone interested in joining the project from any language. > > Speak soon. > > hisham >
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