Wikipedia:Meetup/Kerala/Wiki Loves Pride Workshop, Kochi

The Wikipedia-LGBT Workshop aims to equip its participants with the rudiments of contributing to Wikipedia on LGBT related topics and to increase the coverage of articles pertinent to LGBT people on Wikipedia. This workshop is supported by Queerala, the organization for furthering LGBT rights in Kerala and Wikimedia India Chapter.

Date and Venue

 * Date and day: 29 November 2014, Saturday
 * Start Time: 10 am
 * End Time: 5 pm
 * Venue: Startup Village in the city of Kochi, Kerala
 * Maps: Google map
 * Cost: This event is free of cost. Just bring yourself to the venue :)
 * Participants: This is a public event. People from the LGBT community and those interested in writing articles pertinent to LGBT people and LGBT rights are particularly welcome.

Forenoon : Basic Wikipedia editing workshop

 * How to edit Wikipedia?
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Guidelines for editing pages
 * Formatting and categorizing

Afternoon : Wikipedia LGBT edit-a-thon

 * Creating and expanding articles pertinent to LGBT on Wikipedia

Participants

 * "Gayathri Dinesh"
 * "Sarath Gopal"
 * "Anamay Prakash"
 * "Sherin Wilson"
 * "Shana Susan Ninan"
 * "Priyatha Wilson"
 * "Abhijith D Kumar"
 * "Sheena Joseph"
 * "Femi Alex pulickal"
 * "Alisha Treza Pinheiro"
 * "Maya Prasad"
 * "Heeba Hameed"
 * "Mohammed Khalifa S."
 * "Mueenudheen.R"
 * "Nandhu Nadesan"
 * "Kevin S Thomas"
 * "Vishnu Vijayan"
 * "Sarath Menon.M.B"
 * "Geevarghese Jimmy"
 * "Govind Kamath"
 * "Aditi Vinayakan"
 * "Aagiya Joji"
 * "Sebi Merin Joy"
 * "PG Prageesh"
 * "Sreeja s"