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Wiki Workshop, GCELT, Kolkata

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. - Jimmy Wales

Wiki Workshop, GCELT, Kolkata is an one day offline workshop for the aspirant new contributors from the students of Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology (GCELT). It will be held at GCELT, in Kolkata on 21st September 2024. This Workshop will be organized by the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group and GCELT alumni association jointly.

Venue

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Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology, 11, Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, L.B Block, Sector-3, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700106.

Date and Time

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  • Date : 21st September 2024 (Saturday)
  • Time : 11.00 am to 1.00 p.m (IST)

Agenda

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Participants would get introduced to Wikipedia, (free online encyclopedia) and will have a hands-on editing session. The editing session will be held both in English and Bengali. The workshop will also focus on uploading photos in Wikimedia commons and using them in respective articles of Wikipedia. Participation in this workshop fosters the development of valuable skills like research, content writing, and digital literacy. It will improve to evaluate reliable references, online information, and communicate effectively which shall enhance professional abilities of participants. A digital aspiration certificate will be issued to the participants from West Bengal Wikimedians User Group on completion of the workshop.

This workshop is intended to promote Wikimedia Education for students completely free of charge, with no financial transaction or remuneration related to it.

Mode of introduction

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English and Bengali

Pre-requisites

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  • Laptop
  • Pen and Paper (Optional)

Coordinator

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  • Pinaki Biswas (Phone - +919831937182)
  • Arijit Ghoshal (Phone- +917586929238)

Assisted by

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Programme schedule

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Time Topic Conducted By
11:00 - 11:10 Welcome address Representatives of team GCELT
11:10 - 11:20 Short introduction to Wikimedia and it's different projects Rangan Datta
11:20 - 11:50 What wikipedia is & basic guidelines of editing, creating articles in English Wikipedia Pinaki Biswas
11:50 - 12:20 Hands-on editing session on Wikipedia Tarun Samanta and Salil Kumar Mukherjee
12:20 - 12:50 Uploading images in Wikimedia Commons and using them in Wikipedia Rangan Datta
12:50 - 01:00 Q & A -

Participants

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  1. Srizdebnath (talk)
  2. Siriusblack03 (talk) 05:28, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  3. SrijanMridha 4223 (talk) 05:40, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Myriad78 (talk) 12:20, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Samrat Natta (talk) 05:39, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Iszaarabal (talk) 13:56, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  7. D, souza bhai (talk) 05:31, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Harrypotter776 (talk) 05:32, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Blacklevel01 (talk) 05:30, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Gammamohit7 (talk)
  11. Sayak4g (talk) 05:52, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Arijit 03 (talk)
  13. Subhrajyotibisai (talk) 05:25, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  14. KrishnenduDG (talk)
  15. Priyojit Chowdhury (talk)
  16. Prandutta2003 (talk) 05:23, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  17. SumanSingha 05 (talk) 05:26, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Bunny359 (talk) 05:34, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Report

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Intro.pdf


 
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