Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad



Wikipedia Takes Ahmedabad  is a scavenger hunt for free content photography in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, supported by Wikimedia India. It is inspired by "Wikipedia Takes The City" that happens all around the world. The aim of this exercise is to encourage participants to compete to take photographs of as many local sights and city specific objects of cultural heritage as possible for Wikipedia articles. This is aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles and increasing the media content Wikimedia Commons, thereby nourishing Wikipedia, contributing to open and free knowledge sharing and promote awareness about Wikipedia in the city. All Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in team of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a digital camera and a love of the city).

Date: Tuesday, 3rd January, 2012.

Point of Assembly: Gandhi Ashram

Pre-event discussion
Pre event discussion can be followed at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/wpabad/

Guidelines for the event
Backdrop activities:


 * Spread word through media
 * Get contact details
 * Encourage new people from outside the community to join.
 * This is a team event. Teams can be comprised of maximum four-five members.

Basic requirements:
 * 1) Camera (not compulsory!)
 * 2) Walk/Vehicle to move around/ public transport/ autos are also okay.
 * 3) Data cable/ card reader for transfer of photos.

Maps/Routes:
 * Roughly four routes have been devised so that coordinators can take volunteers in different directions and cover most parts of the city.
 * 1) Route 1
 * 2) Route 2
 * 3) Route 3
 * 4) Route 4

Activities:
 * Assembly Point and time: Gandhi Ashram, 8:30 a.m.
 * Team formation - according to areas of interest
 * Move around to areas, shoot pictures to capture all features of a monument.
 * Report back to Assembly Point by 1:00 PM.
 * Photos to be transferred to laptop.

Dos and Don'ts for the photo-walk.

Do's:
 * Bring plenty of water - by 11:00 a.m. it gets hot and sweaty.
 * Wear light-coloured clothing and get caps.
 * Do not worry about the angles/ nitty gritties of the photo or your camera skills!
 * Try and take a clear shot of the building.
 * Note down the list of places, names of buildings that you photograph.
 * If you learn something new about a landmark/ statue/ building, do pass on the info. It would be very useful to update in the wiki pages.
 * If you leave before 1:00 p.m. make sure you transfer your pictures to team volunteer.

Do not:
 * Do not take pictures of people - To maintain a level of decency and also not to breach privacy
 * Remember that all photos will be used for Wikipedia, hence do not include personal photos.
 * Personal photos will not be considered for selection.
 * Do not waste time, respect the time limit.
 * Do not go into people's homes to photograph. All photos to be buildings/ statues/ landmarks of Ahmedabad.
 * Do not take photos where it is prohibited to do so.
 * Do not watermark the images you wish to upload to the Wikimedia Commons.

Ahmedabad articles that need photographs

 * A list of articles needing photographs can be compiled from sources such as Category:Ahmedabad and Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Gujarat
 * Here is the list we have created so far and you can add to it: List of Ahmedabad monuments

Sign-up
Please sign up here or on the FB group so that we can get an idea of the level of interest this will have.

Organizers

 * Noopur28 : noopur [at] wikimedia [dot] in; Phone: 8511889957
 * Anirudh Bhati : anirudh [at] wikimedia [dot] in
 * Srikeit

Participants

 * 1) Noopur28
 * 2) Yash Vadiwala
 * 3) Nilesh Rana
 * 4) Rajnikant Sharma
 * 5) Parag Patel
 * 6) Maulik Joshi
 * 7) Aviral Mediratta (A.K.A Avi)
 * 8) Abhishek Joshi
 * 9) chirag solanki
 * 10) Smit Shah
 * 11) Nirav Patel
 * 12) Jignesh Gohel
 * 13) Konarak Ratnakar
 * 14) Kartik Mistry
 * 15) zalakshah
 * 16) Vijayant Das
 * 17) Krunal Shah
 * 18) Vishal Bhatt
 * 19) Vittesh Jhaveri
 * 20) Umang Todi
 * 21) Dhruv Dhakan
 * 22) Mananshah1008
 * 23)  Faiyaz Hawawala
 * 24) Mahargh

Not in ahmedabad but still willing to help

 * me.aragorn
 * Rangilo Gujarati ( talk ) 14:37, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * nicke.me
 * -- ɑηsuмaη  ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ
 * Hisham
 * Nitika.t
 * Abhishek Suryawanshi
 * Karthik Nadar

Categories illustrated

 * Temporary maintenance category: Ahmedabad_1

News / Blogs / Media exposure

 * 1) Ahmedabad to go Wiki with your clicks : Ahmedabad Mirror
 * 2) Radio Mirchi interviews Wikimedian Noopur (27/12/2011)
 * 3) "Info on city's heritage now just a click away", Page 5, Times City, Times of India, published on 27 December 2011 (print edition)
 * 4) Red FM 93.5 interviews Wikimedian Anirudh.
 * 5) MY FM 94.3 interviews Wikimedian Noopur (29/12/2011)
 * 6) Wikimedia Commons to feature more of Ahmedabad:DNA
 * 7) Kartik Mistry (Volunteer's experiences on his blog)
 * 8) Amdavadis explore city through their lens, page 11, Ahmedabad Mirror, 4 January 2011
 * 9) અમદાવાદ માં વિકિપીડિયા, page 4 Citylife, Sandesh (Gujarati newspaper), 4 January 2011
 * 10) Wikipedia takes Ahmedabad (blog), Gerard Meijssen, Wikimedia Nederland, 4 January 2011