Wikipedia:Meetup/Kerala Legislative Assembly Edit-a-thon

This page is for writing biographies of the members of Kerala Legislative assembly of 2011. As of 22 April 2016, 53 (37% percent) members of the 13th Kerala Legislative Assembly do not have a Wikipedia article of their own. 57% of women members do not have a Wikipedia biography. Let us aim to create articles for all MLAs before the Kerala assembly elections of 2016. Join us in creating and expanding articles about members of Kerala legislative Asssembly!

If you do not know how to get started, please read the this guide to writing your first Wikipedia article. More resources on getting started with editing Wikipedia can be found at the bottom of this page.

Participants
If you'd like to participate in this edit-a-thon, please sign up below. Everyone is welcome to join. Newbies and Malayalam Wikipedia editors are particularly welcome. Please comply with the friendly space policy for Wikimedia events.


 * 1) -- Netha   (talk)  22:12, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) -- Viswa Prabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ talk 01:59, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) --Bilingual2000 (talk) 09:28, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
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 * 5) -- Jithin Raj T K   (talk)
 * 6) -- JackTrackerJackTracker (talk) 12:09, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Articles needing improvement
The following is the list of all members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2011. Those with red links do not have an article about them yet. To create an article on your own, please click on the red link and write about them. Some helpful reference(s) are mentioned against the name of the member. Feel free to look them up while writing your article. Please also do your research, find more references and add them as citations if you are interested in doing so. Here is a beginner's guide for adding references to a Wikipedia article. To start writing an article about an MLA, click on the red link of the MLA of your choice. Please make sure that you comply with Wikipedia's policies.

Article template
The article needs an infobox, a lead paragraph and details about the political life and personal life of the person. It is alright to not have all these details too. However, it is mandatory to have the lead paragraph and references for the same. You can also expand the article by adding other details such as books & publications, controversies, election campaign, personal views etc. Here are example articles about Mullakara Ratnakaran and P. C. Vishnunath. If you are planning to write a lengthier article, please read the Wikipedia entry for Oommen Chandy.

Infobox
In order to add an infobox to your article, edit this section. You will find the code for the infobox in the editing Window. Copy the code to the top of your article and add relevant details into it. It is alright to leave any number of fields blank, but make sure that you have at least entered the basic minimum information.

Part 2
The second part of Kerala Legislative Assembly edit-a-thon is for bringing the present MLAs to Wikipedia. Here is the complete list of MLAs who do not have a Wikipedia article in English.
 * Murali Perunelli
 * K. U. Arunan
 * K. J. Maxi
 * Vijayan Pillai
 * M. Noushad
 * V. Joy
 * D.K. Murali
 * C. K. Hareendran
 * I. B. Sathish
 * K. A. Ansalan

Useful resources

 * Biographies of living persons
 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox
 * Niyamasabha Souvenir on Ministers

Timeline

 * Create and review the list of MLAs ✅
 * Fix typos in the names ✅
 * Determine whether an article about the MLA already exists ✅
 * Add useful references against each name (ongoing)
 * Promote on social media and within Wikipedia ✅
 * Create and expand articles from the list ✅ (Expansion ongoing)
 * Assess the progress biweekly
 * Write a report