Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Natural world editathon 2015

Wikimedians in Chennai are getting together for an editathon to improve articles on plants, animals, geology and other aspects of nature around them. The two day workshop will be aided by User:Shyamal. Although the main workshop will be on the English Wikipedia, participants are encouraged and will be aided to work on Tamil or other Indian language Wikipedia by other facilitators.

Part of the facilitation will include helping identify and obtain reliable sources, learning to structure an article, paraphrase, cite and otherwise polish up articles that the participants choose to improve (we have a long menu of articles to choose from).

Partners: Wikimedia India   Madras Naturalists' Society

Date and Venue
Date: Saturday, 14-November-2015

Time: 10:00 AM IST to 05:00 PM IST

Date: Sunday, 15-November-2015

Time: 10:00 AM IST to 03:00 PM IST

Venue :  Tamil Virtual Academy (map)

Anna University Campus,

Gandhi Mandapam Road,

Kottur,

Chennai - 25

Getting there
 Tamil Virtual Academy (தமிழ் இணையக் கல்விக்கழகம்)  is situated on Gandhi Mandapam Road next Anna Centenary Library.

Self-learning links

 * A tutorial on Wikipedia
 * Create an account now
 * Evaluating Wikipedia articles
 * Wikipedia editing cheatsheet - PDF
 * Adding references in Wikipedia Help:Referencing_for_beginners Using Zotero
 * Some copyright basics slides Choosing a license

Agenda
Day 1 (14-November-2015) :

Morning :

Afternoon :
 * Session on history, philosophy and social dynamics of Wikipedia
 * Session on basics of researching and editing


 * Hands-on editing on a few topics we choose

Day 2 (15-November-2015) :


 * Short session on copyrights, licensing and Wikimedia commons
 * Uploading media based on certain topics


 * Editing based on the media uploaded

Working Lunch will be provided for confirmed participants on both the days.

Topics

 * Madhaviah Krishnan
 * Theosophical Society Adyar
 * Blackbuck
 * Zoological Survey of India
 * Birding in Chennai
 * Phytoremediation
 * Tawny-bellied babbler
 * Zoological Survey of India
 * Turtle walk
 * Play behaviour
 * Air pollution
 * Penaeus monodon
 * Dust bathing
 * Structural Engineering Research Centre
 * Andrographis paniculata
 * Nellore

What to Bring Along

 * Your laptop
 * Any reference books relevant to the topics you want to edit
 * Photos / Media to upload to [commons.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Commons]

Intended Audience
Anyone with an interest in the natural world (the Earth, climate, plants, animals) around who routinely seeks information and reads up on the subject.

Registration
The event has limited seats for participation.Hence, attendees are requested to fill this registration page.

Participants
Participants - please register yourself on Wikipedia well in advance and enter yourself below. If you are logged in, you only need to click on the edit link next to this section and type  # ~  at the end of this list. Welcome to Wikipedia!


 * 1) Shyamal (talk) 07:21, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Subbuka (talk) 07:22, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) Subbush (talk) 07:22, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) Dineshk86 (talk) 07:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) Arunb1981 (talk) 07:23, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) Sstcn (talk) 07:24, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) Arulnangai (talk) 07:25, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) Jancy Merlin (talk) 07:26, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) Santosh.yesk (talk) 07:34, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) Benitha Golda (talk) 07:29, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) Nishat Mujeeb (talk) 07:30, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 12) G3krishna (talk) 07:31, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 13) Kalpana jayaraman (talk) 07:32, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 14) Latha.c (talk) 07:33, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 15) Chinnakulandai (talk) 07:33, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 16) Vijay Kumar Yerra (talk) 07:35, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 17) Lakshmipoorna (talk) 07:42, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 18) Mymoon Moghul (talk) 07:43, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 19) Vijay Kumar Yerra (talk) 05:21, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Connect with us

 * Facebook page - Wikipedia and the Natural World

Press coverage

 * The Hindu, Chennai edition, 15 November 2015