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Title: Inspiring Rural Girls to promote versions wiki movement through Wikipedia

Speakers:

Pooja Jadhav

I’m Pooja Jadhav, from India. I Completed my Bachelor’s in Comp Sci. in 2016. I joined Vigyan Ashram in 2017. I am the editor of Marathi Wikipedia. My contribution to Marathi Wikipedia, Marathi Wikisource, and Wikimedia Commons. I also did Fab Academy Diploma from MIT USA That is my work done link - http://fabacademy.org/2019/labs/vigyanashram/students/pooja-jadhav/

Komal Sambhudas

Hello, this is Komal Sambhudas. I’m 24 and I live in Pabal near by Pune, Maharashtra. I am perusing Bachelor of commmars .Then I join the Vigyan Ashram as a Student. I am editor of Marathi Wikipedia. My contribution in Marathi Wikipedia, Marathi Wikisource Wikimedia Commons and Wiki Books . We Introduced Wikipedia in 2017 by Subodh Kulkarni sir. In 2017-2018, we Trained girls students along with me. They had started creating content on Marathi Wikipedia. They have written more than 800 new articles on Marathi wiki. Topics includes information about plants and birds, wikipages for village etc. Senior Scientist Dr. Madhav Gadgil donated funds for giving monetary incentives to girls working on Marathi Wikipedia my own edits that time was more than 2400+.

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Room: Expo Space

Start time: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:36:00 +0800

End time: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:38:00 +0800

Type: Poster session

Track: No (pretalx) track id specified

Submission state: confirmed

Duration: 2 minutes

Do not record: false

Presentation language: en


Abstract & description

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Abstract

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Poster Category: Community Initiatives Session Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM in Singapore

I Will be talking about Wikipedia content Writing work in Marathi Editor. This Wiki Project done by rural girls from Pabal Village near Pune (India) .

Description

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A rural NGO Vigyan Ashram encourages its girls students to start contributing to marathi wikipedia. It was started as an activity in Computer Education.But soon CIS-A2K provided mentoring to these girls. Girls were trained in writing wiki pages in local languages. They were also trained to scan copyright free books,carry out OCR and make them available on wikimedia commons. Girls are also trained for contributing on Wiki Projects. In the last 3-4 years 100+ girls contributed, 600+ articles, 19370+ Global edits, 400+ scanned books and uploaded on Wikimedia Commans. We also 200+ scan copies of books on the Internet Arichive. This wikipedia activity with rural girls helped as empowerment of these girls.

Further details

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Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?

It showcases how rural girls become part of content creation in the local langage.

Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Everyone can participate in this session

Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?

  • Tick Onsite in Singapore
  • Empty Remote online participation, livestreamed
  • Empty Remote from a satellite event
  • Empty Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
  • Empty Pre-recorded and available on demand


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