That is an amazing news, Manoj, good job! Also, think about writing a blog post for the Wikimedia blog: they are always interested in hosting news a about Wikisources all around the world.
Aubrey On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Jayanta Nath <[email protected]> wrote: > Keep it up Manoj , it's a great initiatives. We shall try the same for > Bengali wiki source . > > Jayanta > > On Thursday, January 2, 2014, manoj k wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> >> New year wishes to all. >> >> Wikisource project, a project of Wikimedia foundation is celebrating its >> tenth anniversary. As a part of the decennary celebrations, the >> Wikisource projects in various languages all over the world are conducting >> competitions that enrich their contents including but not limited to >> proof-reading and digitization. Being a part of it, Wikisource's >> Malayalam version - Wiki Grandhasala community, a voluntary unit engaged >> in collecting and digitizing valuable Malayalam books of yesteryears, is >> organizing a digitization (Typing & Proofreading) competition, along >> with various Government as well as Non-Government establishments and >> other voluntary organisations with similar interests like Kerala >> Sahithya Academy, IT@ school Project, Swathanthra Malayalam Computingand >> Center for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K)under the banner of Malayalam >> Wiki community.. >> This digitisation competition is being conducted as a part of an effort >> that collects Malayalam Books whose copyright date has expired in digital >> form (in unicode format) preserving the content and makig them more >> accessible and popular. The competition lasts for a month, starting on >> January 1, 2014 and ending on Jan 31, 2014. The competition focuses >> especially individuals and schools and includes some attractive prizes >> including E-book readers, Tablets and selected books for those who lead >> the scoreboard. In this competition, books that was recently released by >> Kerala Sahithya Academy to its public collection will be digitised. >> >> Details of the competition;There are two specific competitions >> >> *Competition for individuals:-* >> This competition is for the general public. It includes typing and >> proofreading of selected books. The main aim is to attract people who >> are active in social media into Wiki Grandhasala activities. Those who >> wish to participate in this competition should register before January 31st >> 2014. Here are the pages which are to be typed in as part of this >> competition. >> >> *Competition for schools:-* >> Presently many student groups, through the IT Cell of their respective >> schools, participate actively in the Wiki Grandhasala effort. This >> version of the competition aims to increase the participation of such >> student groups. The idea is to inculcate more love for their mother tongue >> among the students. The process also aims at providing awareness out >> about such collaborative activities, getting them interested in computer >> related areas, specifically Language Computing. Scanned copies of books >> that are in public domain will be made available to the respectiveschools. >> Under the supervision of IT@schoolcoordinators of each school, students >> have to typethemand proof read,which will be added >> to Wiki Grandhasala. >> >> The prizes (like E-book readers, Portable scanners) are sponsored by >> Center for Internet and Society, Kerala Sahithya Academy and Swathanthra >> Malayalam Computing. Also, certificates will be awarded to all students >> who participate in the school level competition and IT@schoolcoordinators >> , for their coordination activities. >> >> Those who wish to sponsor more prizes, and those who wish to >> makescanned/hard copiesbooks in >> the public domain availale to Wiki Grandhasala can contact >> [email protected]. >> >> Project Page: https://ml.wikisource.org/wiki/WS:DC2014 >> Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/265018530322640/ >> Score Bord : http://balasankarc.in/ProofreadingContest/index.html >> >> For Malayalam Wikisource Community >> >> Manoj.K/മനോജ്.കെ >> General Convener, Malayalam Wikisource Digitization Contest 2014 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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