ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱥᱟᱲᱟ ᱑ (ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ)/en

The Santali Wikipedia (Incubator) community is coming together to organize their first workshop on March 11. The event will have a hands-on workshop for the new contributors, and a meet up for the existing ones.

Venue and time

North Odisha University, Baripada, Odisha, India
March 11, 2018 at 10 AM

Background

The Santali Wikipedia has been in the Incubator for over years. Today, there exist ᱑᱑,᱘᱖᱐ articles out of 260 are written in Ol chiki, the standard writing system for the language which is also used in the Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal for text book and other publications. As the community is growing bigger day by day, a workshop is being planned to organize to discuss how more people can be educated about the project who can eventually bring it to a live Wikipedia.

Organizers

Participants

Prof Jateendra Nath Beshra. HOD(Head Of The Department)Santali Language, North Odisha University. India
Prof. Hima Bindu Maringanti, HOD( MCA Department) North Odisha University.India
Sanjay Kumar Hembram . Lecture Dept. of Santali, M.P.C Autonomous College , Baripada, India
Dukhu Marndi. Lecture, Dept. of Santali, M.P.C Autonomous College , Baripada, India
Thakura Chandra Marndi. Lecture Dept. of Santali, M.P.C Autonomous College , Baripada, India
Fagu Baskey. Editor Santali Wikipedia
Biram Soren. Editor Santali Wikipeida
Biswamitra Kisku. Editor Santali Wikipedia
Durga Marndi
Panamani Soren
Basanti Soren
Parbati Hembram
Hiramani Hembram
Sarati Murmu
Mansa Mohan Hembram
Mamata Murmu
Jamuna Tudu
Raj Laxmi Kisku
Siniga Marndi
Samai Marndi
Fulamani Soren
Dillip Kumar Majhi
Purnamee Majhi
Mithun Majhi
Supriya Marndi
Phulamani Hembram
Raghunath Murmu
Sriram Tudu
Gobinda Chandra Soren
Mahesh Marndi
Phulaswari Hansdah
Hiramani Hansdah
Lasa Hembram
Kshirod Kisku
Rama Majhi
Jitendra Hansdah
Dasmat Majhi
Pratima Hansdah
Chuda Soren
Khetramani Hembram
Lilly Marndi
Sitamani Murmu
Shalha Tudu
Durga Soren

Report

Fagu Baskey, the most active editor of Santali Wikipedia during the time of recording shares his experience from the first ever Santali Wikipedia workshop in India at the North Odisha Universiry, Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Odisha. In this interview with another Santali editor Ashwani Banjan Murmu, he shares his plans for growing the Santali Wikipedia community by organizing more outreach sessions, and collaborating with editors dispersed across eastern India.

Some of the contributors of the Santali Wikipedia, which is currently in the Incubator, reached out to us seeking help in organizing a workshop. Three editors including two administrators worked with three active Santali Wikipedians from Odisha, and organized a workshop at the North Odisha University, Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Odisha. With support from CIS-A2K this workshop brought together nearly 30 new contributors. Though it was challenging—to teach all the new editors about the input tools, and basics of Wikipedia—all in one session, there was quite some productive engagement. The community that is currently spread across India, Bangladesh and Nepal are sharing resources with each other, to reach out to more people, and bring the project out of Incubator. Odia Wikimedians User Group was fortunate to contribute a little part in enabling this.

Group picture

Resources

Presentation for the workshop
Digital assets for printing and other such purposes
Tutorial for new editors