Wiki Workshop NewTown Vidyastu 2024
"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 College Street is an one day workshop for the aspirant new contributors from the region. It will be held for the first time in the Vidyastu Online Platform, at College Street, Kolkata on 16th June 2024. This Workshop is organized by the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group and Vidyastu Online Platform jointly. Wikipedia is main project of the Wikimedia Foundation that focuses on internet-based, multilingual general knowledge & information.
Venue[edit]
Vidyastu
Abhijan Book Cafe,
1/1A Bankim Chatterjee Street, College Square, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700073
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Date & Time[edit]
- Date : 16 th June 2024 (Sunday)
- Time : 12.00 to 3.40 p.m IST
Agenda[edit]
Participants would get introduced to Wikipedia, (free content 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.
- This workshop is intended to promote Wikipedia for students completely free of charge, with no financial transaction or remuneration related to it
Mode of introduction[edit]
English and Bengali
Pre-Requisites[edit]
- Laptop
- Pen and Paper (Optional)
Coordinators[edit]
- Tarun Samanta Phone - +919681697291
- Nirmalya Sengupta Phone - +918910055880
Assisted by[edit]
Programme schedule[edit]
| Time | Topic | Conducted By | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Welcome address | Representatives of team Vidyastu | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Short introduction to Wikimedia and different projects | Rangan Datta | |
| 12:30 - 12:40 | Tea break | - | |
| 12:40 - 01:00 | What wikipedia is & basic guidelines of editing, creating articles | Pinak Biswas | |
| 01:00 - 1:45 | Hands on editing session on Wikipedia (English and বাংলা) | Tarun Samanta and Nettime Sujata | |
| 01:45 - 02:00 | Lunch break | - | |
| 02:00 - 02:20 | Q & A | - | |
| 02:20 - 03:00 | Uploading photos in Wikimedia Commons and using them in Wikipedia | Rangan Datta & Sumit Surai | |
| 03:00 - 03:20 | Q & A | - | |
| 3:20 - 03:40 | Brief of activities of West Bengal user group Category | Tarun Samanta | |
| 3:40 | Certificate Distribution | By the officials of Vidyastu to the Participants |
Participants[edit]
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