User:Hindustanilanguage/WCI2016 Briefreport
Welcome back from WikiConference India 2016!
Participant
editHindustanilanguage
Urdu Wikipedia & Hindi Wikipedia
Outcome
editI attended many presentation and sessions at WCI 2016. However, my key achievements lie with two of my home Wikis as mentioned in the subsections:
Report for Hindi Wikipedia
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One of the persistent issue I've been raising since WMF-India Community Consultation 2014 has been the need for supporting Hindi Wikipedia in India. As a result of my humble efforts and the community support, I was glad that the First Hindi Wiki Sammelan was held in to 2015 to bring together the dispersed language Wikipedians.
During the Wiki Conference India 2016, I coordinated with other Hindi Wikipedians and arranged for a meet with Asaf Bartov.
As per the meeting, Wikimedia Foundation agreed to support:
- five community events in a span of one year (subject to the proposal drafted).
- Wikipedia Education Programs for Hindi (currently under consideration - Banaras Hindu University and Calcutta University)
- Online Editathons / content generation in the areas of a) essential articles, b) academic articles (meant for schools and colleges) and c) articles on popular culture.
The Foundation also agreed to explore the avenues of built-in Mobile App for Hindi Wikipedia with service providers in India.
Report for Urdu Wikipedia
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I discussed the following issues during the Wiki Conference 2016:
- Seeking help in resolving a long pending Phabricator issue. A patch for this created and is likely to be deployed in the next couple of days.
- Raising the issue of a possible SAARC conference.
- Discussing the visa problems which prevented the attendance of some of the Urdu wikipedians.
- Meeting other Urdu Wikipedians and Urdu Wikipedia enthusiasts.
- Discussion on community issues and editathons with the admins of other language Wikipedias.