Karavali Wikimedians/Events/Wikipedia Workshop - Besant Women's College

Karavali Wikimedians User Group and Besant Women's College, Mangaluru in association with CIS/A2K, Bangaluru, organizing workshop on Wikipedia for the Women participants from Besant Womens's College, Canara College and St. Aloysius College to commemorate International Women's Day.

Objectives

To introduce new female editors to Wikipedia
To create new articles, how to translate articles from other Wikipedia pages
To know the editing of existing article to improve the quality
To learn the usage of various templates

Venue and Date

Besant Women's College, Mangaluru
March 06, 2024

Organizers

Besant Women's College, Mangaluru
Karavali Wikimedian Users Group

Collaboration

CIS/A2K

Workshop Convenor

̈* Smt. Babitha Shetty

Resource Person

Benet G.Ammana
Smt. Kavitha G. Kana

Participated Karavali Wikimedians Members

Participants

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--Rekha Ammi (talk) 06:53, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Gopika T (talk) 06:53, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Prathvi Acharya (talk) 06:54, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Sangeetha N shet (talk) 06:55, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Nayana M Das (talk) 06:57, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Nishmitha suvarna (talk) 06:58, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Renuka Adavani (talk) 06:59, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Girija N H (talk) 07:00, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Adithi pai (talk) 07:00, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Raksha prabhu (talk) 07:01, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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--Shreya J Hegde (talk) 06:56, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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--Pooja gouda (talk) 07:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Diya Poojary (talk) 07:05, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Meghashree V kulal (talk) 07:07, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Chaithanya 3 (talk) 07:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Naikanvitha 2005 (talk) 07:09, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Namrutha Kulal (talk) 07:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
--Shravya 16 (talk) 07:14, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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--Thushara Naik (talk) 08:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deliberations

A one-day Wikipedia workshop, SheEdits- Women Editing Wikipedia in association with Karavali Wikimedians User Group, CIS/A2K under SheLeads, was conducted at Besant Women's College, to commemmorate Interantional Womens Day on March 06, 2024 at Computer Laboratory. The workshop aimed to familiarize students with the significance and functions of Wikipedia, especially in Karavali language and how active participation can contribute to both personal and academic growth.

Inaugurator of the workshop Smt. Manjula K.T Correspondent, Besant Women's Education Society, extended her best wishes to the students and insisted them to seize the opportunity presented by Wikipedia and utilize it as a platform to shape their future.

The distinguished chief guest, Member of Karavali Wikimedians USer Group, Smt. Vinoda Prasad Rai, highlighted that Wikipedia is not just a platform for information consumption but also a place for active contribution and knowledge sharing. She said that it improves the reading habit of an individual.