Wikipedia:WikiConnect/Conversations/Newsletter

On 9th January 2015, Wikipedians met at 'Bengali Wikipedia 10th anniversary celebration and discussed about need of Newsletter for Indian Language Wikipedia's.

Date:
9th January 2015

Time : 12:30pm to 01:00pm and 01:30pm to 3pm

Participants :

 * 1) Satdeep Gill (Satdeep gill) - Punjabi Wikipedia
 * 2) Sameer Dhingra Wiki connect conversation at bnwiki10.jpg [[File:Wikipedians from Bangladesh, India and Nepal interacting at Bengali Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebration Jadavpur University Campus5885.jpg|thumb|Wikipedians from Bangladesh, India and Nepal interacting at Bengali Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebration Jadavpur University Campus]]
 * 3) Gaurav Jhammat - Panjabi Wiki
 * 4) Jyoti Sharma (Amritaysaputra) - En Wiki
 * 5) Santosh Shringare (cherishsantosh) - Mr Wiki
 * 6) Bijay Chaurasia (bijay chaurasia) - Maithali Wikipedia
 * 7) Biplab Anand - Maithali Wikipedia
 * 8) Sailesh Patnaik - Odia Wikipedia
 * 9) Subas Chandra Rout - Odia Wikipedia
 * 10) Asif Muktadir Hussain - (AsifMuktadir) - Bengali
 * 11) MD Soroar Alam - Banglaesh
 * 12) AK Shahdat Hussain - Bangladesh
 * 13) AKN Shahabad
 * 14) Pavithra - Kannada Wikipedia
 * 15) Anupama Srinivas
 * 16) Omshivprakash - Kannada
 * 17) Sudeepto Roy - Sudipto Roy
 * 18) Debdip Dhibar - Bengali Wikipedia - Speaker
 * 19) Srikant Kedia - Admin on Odia Wiki

Flow of event:
Abhishek Suryawanshi shared started ice-breaker activity by asking everyone to share their name and one thing which they like about Wikipedia. After informal round of introductions, participants voluntarily shared their experience with English as well as local language Wikipedia. Everyone agreed about 'Importance of documentations and reporting on Meta'. Satdeep Gill shared his community initiatives and stories related to Punjabi Wikipedia Biplab and Bijay shared Maithili Wikipedia success stories and problems in Nepal. Asif shared information of Bangladesh community and highlighted importance of social media in Bangladesh for Wiki outreach. During round of introduction, everyone shared what motivated them to make their first edit - Here are few answers - What Motivates you : Asif : ‘free’ aspect of Wikipedia, it is attractive. Bijay : Native language and love for mother-tounge. Md Soroar : Sufi ideology follower, was fascinated while using Google, found out while searching info, saw it in interlinked information. Everyone in Sufi community knows about Wikipedia. His entire family edits Wikipedia. Mohd Saiful : Family motivates me. Satdeep : Native language, learning tool. Gaurav : Outreach session organised by Punjabi community (Sateddp Gill and team) motivated him. Anupama : Gendergap editathon at Bangalore motivated her. Overall answers -
 * Express learnings.
 * Community interaction (Talk page interactions)
 * Pay it forward attitude.
 * Proud about language Know other languages.
 * Proud feeling to be part of global community.
 * Outreach sessions

Newsletter Discussion
After general discussions, few community members from 6 different languages participated in brainstorming session on 'Need of Indian-Wiki-Newsletter'

Participants
Usernames -
 * 1) Tito Datta - En Wiki
 * 2) odiasha1, - Odia Wiki
 * 3) Saileshpat,- Odia Wiki
 * 4) Omshivaprakash - Kannada Wiki
 * 5) Subas Chandra Rout - Odia Wiki
 * 6) bijaychaurasia - Maithili (Nepal) Wiki
 * 7) Biplab - Maithili (Nepal) Wiki
 * 8) Satdeep gill - Punjabi Wiki
 * 9) Gaurav jhammat - Punjabi Wiki
 * 10) AmritasyaPutra - En Wiki
 * 11) cheriansantosh Mr Wiki
 * 12) AbhiSuryawanshi - Mr/Hi Wiki



Why we need Newsletter?

 * Central notice board for indic Language outreach and efforts.
 * Connecting Indic Language community
 * Give voice to different Indian Language local initiatives and projects.
 * Inspire each other by sharing.
 * Collaborative engagement between community.
 * Forecast of activities.

Newsletter format
What to expect in Newsletter?


 * Interview


 * Success story


 * Community update - current happenings, workshops, upcoming events, Project status


 * Monthly collaborations, IRC sessions.


 * Interesting Article of the month.


 * Most viewed articles.


 * Whats next (upcoming activities)


 * Your help needed/Appeal


 * Invitations to events.

What Next

 * Larger community consultation
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