Wikipedia:Meetup/International Women's Day, India (2013)

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 * This is the co-ordination page for International Women's day events happening in India in March 2013.
 * This is the co-ordination page for International Women's day events happening in India in March 2013.

8th March is International Women's Day and to celebrate, women in India are organizing edit-a-thons and meetups to create and expand articles of importance to women in Wikipedia in English and various Indian languages. The goal of the month-long event is to encourage more women to contribute to Wikipedia and increase representation of articles related to women in Wikipedia. The event aims at creating new articles, expanding the existing stubs and translating English articles to various Indic languages.

Event details

 * Dates: 1 to 31 March 2013
 * Main venue: Goa

Nirmala Institute of Education, Altinho,Goa.

WikiWomen Editing Workshop

8th March 2013 3 pm to 5.00pm.

This workshop will be lead by Nitika Tandon and Rohini Lakshané

Venue
The event that was originally scheduled at the International Centre Goa has been postponed due to organisational difficulties. It will now be rescheduled for a later convenient date. Please stayed tuned.


 * IRC: #wikimedia-gendergap
 * Twitter hashtag: #Wikiwomen
 * Google plus label: #Wikiwomen
 * Facebook page: WikiWomen's Collaborative

Events in other cities

 * Bangalore event
 * Wiki Women's Workshop by Free Software Movement Karnataka
 * Malayalam Wikipedia Workshop for Women
 * Women for Wikipedia Event, Chennai

Online event #1
This is a three-day online edit-a-thon for increasing the number and quality of articles related to Indian women on English and Indian language Wikipedias. Everyone is welcome to come edit Wikipedia with us at this event. Women, transpeople, Indians and those who are interested in articles related to Indian women are particularly encouraged to attend.
 * Dates: 8,9,10 March 2013
 * Time: throughout the day (Can't be there on all three days? No problem, join us as long or as little as you can)
 * Location: At your homes, over a cup of tea or coffee!

Participants

 * 1)  Netha   (talk)  06:05, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Nitika.t (talk) 08:51, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Vishnu (talk) 09:53, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Bishdatta (talk) 15:21, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) Harriet
 * 6) Nikita Belavate
 * 7) Sucheta Ghoshal (talk) 20:19, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 8) Rohini (talk) 07:02, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 9) Rajasekhar (talk)
 * 10) --Rsrikanth05 (talk)
 * 11) Urbashi (talk) 16:17, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 12) Ketakipole (talk) Ketaki Pole
 * 13) BasilGeorge22 (talk) 11:05, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 14) &mdash; Vensatry  (Ping me)  15:00, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Online event #2
A two-day online event for people all over the world to write women's biographies on Wikipedia.
 * Dates: 16 and 17 March, 2013
 * Time: throughout the day

Participants

 * 1) Nitika.t (talk) 08:55, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Vishnu (talk)14:55, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) --  Netha   (talk)  15:30, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Ketakipole (talk) Ketaki Pole 17:03, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) Rohini (talk) 07:25, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) Please add your name here

Organizers
If you'd like to organize an event in India for the International Women's day or participate in the organizing process, please get in touch with one of the organizers below or write to nethahussain@undefinedgmail.com.
 * Harriet Vidyasagar
 * Netha Hussain
 * Rohini

Suggested articles
The list of suggested articles is given below. Pick an article below, or another one you feel is suitable, and start editing! Please make sure to list the articles you created or expanded under the section below.

Articles needing creation

 * B Vijayalakshmi, scientist (Link)
 * Ramanathan Sowdhamini, scientist (Link)
 * Indian Women Scientists' Association, association of Indian women scientists (Link)
 * Three Girls (painting), a painting by Amrita Sher-Gil. (Painting)
 * Ecofeminism in India
 * Mercy Ravi, politician and wife of Vayalar Ravi (Links:1,2)
 * List of Indian businesswomen
 * Indira Hinduja, medical doctor (Link, Link2)
 * Dowry in India
 * Nisaba Godrej, MD of Godrej's consumer products (Link)
 * Chimmy Nanjappa Link 1,Link 2 (Outofindia (talk) 18:06, 21 February 2013 (UTC))
 * Chellamalla Suguna Kumari, Member of Indian Parliament (Link)
 * Abha Mahato, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Malti Devi, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Molla (poet), Telugu poet and writer of Ramayana
 * Bhavna Kardam Dave, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Nisha Chaudhary, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Kailasho Devi, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * A.K. Premajam, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Vimla Varma, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Rani Chitralekha Bhosale, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Kim Gangte, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Jayanti Patnaik, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Usha Meena, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Beatrix D'Souza, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Omvati Devi, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Sukhda Misra, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Kamal Rani, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Reena Choudhary, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Krishna Bose, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Geeta Mukherjee, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Sandhya Bauri, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Shobha Naidu, Kuchipudi dancer.
 * Dossibai Dadabhoy, medical doctor (Link) Notability in doubt. Please give your opinion(s) below.--  Netha   (talk)  07:15, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Suchitra Rajendra, Director - Organisation Capability at Pepsico (Link) Notability in doubt. Opinions invited. --  Netha   (talk)  07:27, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * T. Lakshmi Kantamma, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Mothey Vedakumari, singer and Member of Parliament(Link)
 * Viramachaneni Vimla Devi, Member of Parliament(Link)
 * Sangam Laxmi Bai, member of Parliament(Link])
 * Karredula Kamala Kumari, member of Parliament (Link)
 * Chennupati Vidya, member of Parliament(Link)
 * Indira Nath, eminent scientist and crusader against Leprosy.(Link)

Articles needing expansion or copyediting

 * Rape in India
 * Tessy Thomas
 * Kaumudi Teacher
 * Padmasree Warrior
 * Chanda Kochhar
 * Hilda Mary Lazarus
 * Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
 * Shahnaz Husain
 * Vinita Bali
 * Sudha Murthy
 * Swati Piramal
 * Abortion in India
 * Panabaka Lakshmi
 * Rama Devi, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Minati Sen, Member of Parliament (Link)
 * Amala Akkineni, film actress and social activist.
 * Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, multidisciplinary personality.
 * Pasupuleti Kannamba, versatile actress and film producer.
 * P. Susheela, popular south Indian playback singer.
 * S. Janaki, popular South Indian playback singer.
 * K. Pratibha Bharati, first women speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
 * Komarraju Atchamamba

Kannada
The main page of the Women's day edit-a-thon happening in Kannada Wikipedia can be viewed here.

Articles needing creation
ರಾಣಿ ರುದ್ರಮ್ಮ

Articles needing expansion or copyediting

 * ಕೆಳದಿಯ ಚೆನ್ನಮ್ಮ (Keladi Chennamma)
 * ಕಿತ್ತೂರು ಚೆನ್ನಮ್ಮ (Kittur_Chennamma)
 * ಬೆಳವಾಡಿ ಮಲ್ಲಮ್ಮ (Belavadi Mallamma)
 * ದೇವಿಕಾ ರಾಣಿ (Devika Rani)
 * ಲೀಲಾದೇವಿ ಆರ್.ಪ್ರಸಾದ (Leeladevi R. Prasad)
 * ವಾಣಿ (ಬಿ.ಎನ್.ಸುಬ್ಬಮ್ಮ) (Vani/B.N. Subbamma)
 * ಚ.ಸರ್ವಮಂಗಳ (C. Sarvamangala)
 * ಚಿ.ನ.ಮಂಗಳಾ (C. N. Mangala)
 * ಶಾಂತಾ ರಂಗಸ್ವಾಮಿ (Shantha Rangaswamy)
 * ಸವಿತಾ ನಾಗಭೂಷಣ (Savitha Nagabhushana)
 * ಸಾಯಿಸುತೆ (Sayisuthe)

Telugu
The main page of the Women's day edit-a-thon happening in Telugu Wikipedia can be viewed here.

Articles needing creation

 * ఓల్గా(రచయిత, కవయిత్రి) (Volga)
 * అమృతా ప్రీతం(జ్ఞానపీఠ పురస్కార గ్రహీత) (Amruta Preetam)


 * ఖుర్రతుల్ హైదర్(జ్ఞానపీఠ పురస్కార గ్రహీత) (Khurratulain haider)


 * ప్రతిభా రాయ్(జ్ఞానపీఠ పురస్కార గ్రహీత)(Pratibha Ray)


 * నందినీ రెడ్డి(ప్రముఖ సినీ దర్శకురాలు)(Nandini Reddy)

Articles needing expansion or copyediting

 * దుర్గాబాయి దేశ్‌ముఖ్
 * సరోజినీ నాయుడు
 * సురభి కమలాబాయి
 * విజయలక్ష్మీ పండిట్
 * ఝాన్సీలక్ష్మీబాయి
 * చెల్లమెల్ల సుగుణ కుమారి
 * మొల్ల
 * శోభానాయుడు
 * శోభారాజు
 * కొండవీటి జ్యోతిర్మయి
 * తేళ్ల లక్ష్మీకాంతమ్మ
 * వీరమాచనేని విమల దేవి
 * సంగం లక్ష్మీబాయి
 * కస్తూరిబా గాంధీ
 * బండారు అచ్చమాంబ
 * కొమర్రాజు అచ్చమాంబ
 * జిల్లెళ్ళమూడి అమ్మ
 * రంగనాయకమ్మ
 * యద్దనపూడి సులోచనారాణి
 * పి.సుశీల
 * ఎస్.జానకి
 * సావిత్రి
 * మహాదేవి వర్మ
 * మహాశ్వేతాదేవి
 * విజయనిర్మల
 * 'ఊర్వశి' శారద
 * అర్చన

Malayalam
The main event page of the Women's day edit-a-thon happening in Malayalam Wikipedia can be viewed here.

Articles needing creation

 * ഉഷ ടൈറ്റസ് (Usha Titus)
 * ഇന്ദിര ഹിന്ദുജ (Indira Hinduja)
 * കിരൺ മജുംദാർ ഷാ (Kiran Mazumdar Shaw)
 * ഷെഹനാസ് ഹുസൈൻ (Shahnaz Husain)
 * സുലോചന ഗഡ്ഗിൽ (Sulochana Gadgil)
 * വസുന്ധര രാജെ (Vasundhara Raje)
 * ഉമ ഭാരതി (Uma Bharati)
 * എം. കമലം (M. Kamalam)
 * റോസമ്മ ചാക്കോ (Rosamma Chacko)
 * എം.ടി. പത്മ (M.T. Pathma)
 * അൽഫോൺസ ജോൺ (Alfonsa John)
 * സാവിത്രി ലക്ഷ്മണൻ (Savithri Lakshman)
 * ഗിരിജാ സുരേന്ദ്രൻ (Girija Surendran)
 * ശോഭനാ ജോർജ്ജ് (Shobhana George)
 * എലിസബത്ത് മാമ്മൻ മത്തായി (Elizabeth Mamman Mathew)
 * രാധാ രാഘവൻ (Radha Raghavan)
 * മാലേത്ത് സരളാദേവി (Maleth Saraladevi)
 * ജെ. അരുന്ധതി (J. Arundhati)
 * കെ.കെ. ലതിക (K.K Lathika)
 * കെ.എസ്. സലീഖ (K.S. Saleekha)
 * ഗീതാ ഗോപി (Geetha Gopi)
 * ജമീലാ പ്രകാശം (Jameela Prakasham)

Articles needing expansion

 * മേഴ്സി രവി (Mercy Ravi)
 * അന്ന മാണി (Anna Mani)
 * അജിത (Ajitha)
 * പാർവ്വതി ഓമനക്കുട്ടൻ (Parvathy Omanakuttan)
 * ശകുന്തളാ ദേവി (Shakuntala Devi)
 * ഫാത്തിമ ബീവി (Fathima Beevi)
 * ആൻ അഗസ്റ്റിൻ (Ann Augustine)
 * കെ.ഒ. അയിഷാ ബായ് (Aysha Bai)

Articles to expand

 * सुधा चन्द्रन
 * महाश्वेता देवी
 * एम._एस._सुब्बुलक्ष्मी
 * साइना_नेहवाल
 * हेलन
 * अरूंधति_रॉय

Resources

 * For new users:
 * Getting started on Wikipedia
 * Editing toolbar help
 * For organizers:
 * How to run an edit-a-thon

Message from Women wikipedians
While working on Bangalore event we came out with a wonderful idea of capturing some moments with Indian Wiki Women. Here is some of the videos that we have received so far. We would love more such video, So join your hands to add more.
 * Bishakha Datta
 * Netha Hussain
 * Poongothai_Balasubramanian
 * Your video goes here

Comments, suggestions and best wishes
Wish us luck!
 * 1) LOADS OF LUCK :)Vishnu 10:12, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Good beginning. I wish you all the best. Please make a list of all articles about Indian women in all Indian Languages in a table form and connect Wikipedians to it and asking them to translate from one language to another language they are familiar with. I can get you information about them in Telugu wikipedia.Dr. Rajasekhar A. 12:53, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Wish I could participate, but can only try with bundles of work lying in my table. Good luck Wikiwomens!! -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 12:07, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Results
List of articles created or expanded as a part of the International Women's Day programs in India.

Articles created

 * 1) Chellamalla Suguna Kumari
 * 2) Jayanti Patnaik
 * 3) Indira Hinduja
 * 4) T. Lakshmi Kantamma
 * 5) Mothey Vedakumari
 * 6) Indian Women Scientists' Association
 * 7) Viramachaneni Vimla Devi
 * 8) Sangam Laxmi Bai
 * 9) A.K. Premajam
 * 10) Karredula Kamala Kumari
 * 11) Chennupati Vidya
 * 12) Syeda Bilgrami Imam
 * 13) List of Indian businesswomen
 * 14) Kamal Rani
 * 15) Three Girls (painting)
 * 16) Nalini Nayak
 * 17) Indira Nath
 * 18) Abha Mahato
 * 19) Red Rikshaw Revolution

Articles expanded

 * 1) Meena Kandasamy

Press

 * Times of India
 * Loksatta
 * The Times of India

Blog posts

 * Indian WikiWomen celebrate women's history month, Wikimedia blog on 24th April 2013.

Outcome
In Malayalam Wikipedia, 26 users signed up for the event. 107 new articles were created and 13 articles were significantly expanded. 14 users participated in the event in English Wikipedia, 19 new English articles were created and one article was expanded. Two users signed up on Telugu Wikipedia and 97 new articles were created.