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WikiWomen Workshop on International Women's Day!
The WikiWomen Workshop on International Women's Day will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2014 from 09:00am - 12:00noon IST at College of Engineering, Guindy(CEG), Chennai. Participate in editing content about women and content related to women. Everyone is welcome.



Event details

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  • Date: Saturday March 8th, 2014
  • Time: 9 a.m. -12 noon
  • Location: Ramanujam Computing Centre, College of Engineering, Guindy
  • Event: A workshop on how to contribute to Wikipedia

This International Women's Day, join the WikiWomen initiative and help improve women related Wikipedia content. We welcome all women to participate in this workshop where you can learn how to edit Wikipedia and contribute in various ways. A great chance to meet and interact with experienced editors who will be happy to help and encourage new editors.

Volunteers

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This event was a joint effort by CEG's GNU/Linux Users Group and Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu.

Important information

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  • Before attending the workshop, register on Wikipedia using the Create account link, if you don't have an account already.

Sign up

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Signing up is simple. Feel free to mention if you'll be bringing a friend, or family member.

Attendees

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(Simply click the edit button, add your name and hit save page. Or have a friend or Wikipedian sign you up!)

  • Tejal Satish
  • Sruthi Priya L V
  • R.Thiviya Puja
  • Kavya
  • Ramya S
  • Sanjhana
  • Pallavi
  • Swetha
  • Shruti Sekaran
  • Jayapradha
  • Jayasruthi
  • Priyadharshini
  • Iswarya G.D
  • Durga Devi.A
  • Abirami.M
  • Abarna Rose.P
  • Bagavathy R
  • Sandhya K
  • Malini Sarathy
  • Shirley M
  • Sneha Keeran
  • Anjana Sherin T
  • Anushiya K
  • Kiruthiga S
  • Vaishnavi D
  • Lavanya.N
  • Ramya R
  • Saviya S
  • Dheepika Ravi
  • Aishwarya Sundaramurthi
  • Kodali Priyanka
  • Vinothini c
  • Bama Mam
  • Nivetha
  • Vibha Sridhar
  • Dheepika Balakumar
  • Varshitha Mayura
  • Pavithra M R
  • Hemalatha K
  • Nandhini V A
  • Jayapratha J
  • Febronica Faustina D
  • dharshaanaa sridhar
  • Mahisha G
  • Vijaya Laxmi M P
  • R.Krishna Ronica

The count of participants at the workshop was 40.

Maybe attending

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Unable to attend, but do keep me informed about future events

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G Priyalakshmi

Article Selection

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Kindly suggest articles that we could work on during the workshop. As the event is being held on Women's Day, we would appreciate articles about women and issues related to women. We will be working on these articles and improve the quality to meet up to Wikipedia's standards.

The pan India page has wide collections .

Article for Creation

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R. Chudamani - tamil writer

Some links for reference :

Justice Prabha Sridevan - Ex-Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB)

Some links for reference :

Priya Jhingan - the first lady cadet to join the Indian Army

Some links for references: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?229315

Articles for improving citation

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Articles for Expansion

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http://www.leftword.com/bookdetails.php?BkId=323&type=PB
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/%E2%80%98Mythily-Sivaraman-not-only-an-intellectual-but-also-an-activist%E2%80%99/2013/05/07/article1577900.ece#.UxoiZcM2yXo
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/with-fire-in-her-belly/article5221963.ece