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Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Natural world editathon 2015

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Wikimedians in Chennai are getting together for an editathon to improve articles on plants, animals, geology and other aspects of nature around them. The two day workshop will be aided by User:Shyamal. Although the main workshop will be on the English Wikipedia, participants are encouraged and will be aided to work on Tamil or other Indian language Wikipedia by other facilitators.

Part of the facilitation will include helping identify and obtain reliable sources, learning to structure an article, paraphrase, cite and otherwise polish up articles that the participants choose to improve (we have a long menu of articles to choose from).

Partners: Wikimedia India Madras Naturalists' Society

Date and Venue edit

Date: Saturday, 14-November-2015
Time: 10:00 AM IST to 05:00 PM IST
Date: Sunday, 15-November-2015
Time: 10:00 AM IST to 03:00 PM IST

Venue : Tamil Virtual Academy (map)
Anna University Campus,
Gandhi Mandapam Road,
Kottur,
Chennai - 25

Getting there edit

Tamil Virtual Academy (தமிழ் இணையக் கல்விக்கழகம்) is situated on Gandhi Mandapam Road next Anna Centenary Library.

Self-learning links edit

Agenda edit

Day 1 (14-November-2015) :
Morning :

  • Session on history, philosophy and social dynamics of Wikipedia
  • Session on basics of researching and editing

Afternoon :

  • Hands-on editing on a few topics we choose

Day 2 (15-November-2015) :

  • Short session on copyrights, licensing and Wikimedia commons
  • Uploading media based on certain topics
  • Editing based on the media uploaded

Working Lunch will be provided for confirmed participants on both the days.

Topics edit

What to Bring Along edit

  • Your laptop
  • Any reference books relevant to the topics you want to edit
  • Photos / Media to upload to [commons.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Commons]

Intended Audience edit

Anyone with an interest in the natural world (the Earth, climate, plants, animals) around who routinely seeks information and reads up on the subject.

Registration edit

The event has limited seats for participation.Hence, attendees are requested to fill this registration page.


Participants edit

Participants - please register yourself on Wikipedia well in advance and enter yourself below. If you are logged in, you only need to click on the edit link next to this section and type # ~~~~ at the end of this list. Welcome to Wikipedia!

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  19. Vijay Kumar Yerra (talk) 05:21, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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