Grants:IdeaLab/Wikisource in Indic languages

Wikisource in Indic languages
Wikisource in Indic languages is a project help Indic communities to start Wikisource in their respective languages. The project is aimed at Indic languages which currently do not have a standalone Wikisource.
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Satdeep Gill
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Satdeep Gill
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created on03:51, 27 December 2016 (UTC)


Project idea

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What is the problem you're trying to solve?

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There are no Wikisource projects even in some of the major Indic languages such as Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi.

What is your solution?

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To start a project which will involve members from communities which are already successfully working on improving Wikisource in their languages

Project goals

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Work being done

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  • Identify and upload appropriate content on Wikimedia Commons
  • Use OCR4wikisource for the content

Work to do

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  • Digitization of public domain works
  • Collaboration with organizations already doing this work
  • Wikisource Workshops for various language communities

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