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From: Dr. Manavpreet Kaur <dr.manavpreetkaur(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 10:16 AM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Revamping the Indic Language Help Desk
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
During Wiki Advance Training 2018 at Ranchi we realized the importance and
necessity of having a central desk for Indian languages Wikimedia projects
and following the same, a few interested members started working on it. As
all of us have some common issues and agendas, we need a common platform to
share our opinions, discuss ideas and needs like planning a National event,
framing policies (Good Article, DYK, Referencing, etc.). As this will be a
common portal for the Indian communities, we all would be able to
cumulatively work on ideas, policies and issues. But before starting the
process, we need some inputs, suggestions or feedback from the fellow
Wikimedians on the same. We would like to expand it beyond just a
discussion, and we have some suggestions for the same, which are proposed
at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Indic_Language_Help_Desk#Revamping_the…
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Please follow the given link and feel free to give your suggestions. If you
have any queries, please feel free to contact Me, Krishna, Sushant and
Jinoy.
Regards,
Manavpreet Kaur
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From: The Heritage Lab <theheritagelab(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 3:44 PM
Subject: Greetings from Art+Feminism India 2019!
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Hi!
>From the team of the Heritage Lab and Art+Feminism India 2019, I welcome
you on board! We were really excited to read about your passion for the
project and are glad to take you on as a volunteer. This email will be an
orientation of sorts- I’ll guide you through the campaign, your role and
what we’re hoping to achieve together.
What is Art+Feminism?
Art+Feminism is an international campaign to improve content on women in
the arts on Wikipedia and increase female editorship of the platform. It is
largely a do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others movement, which relies
heavily on voluntary participation. During the month of March (Women’s
History Month), participants in one of our many edit-a-thons are first
taught how to edit Wikipedia and then they sit around to do just that!
Anyone can join in provided they have a laptop/tablet and they can stay for
as long as they wish (from 45 min to the full duration of 5-6 hours). Some
people choose to improve existing entries by providing more information and
citations, while some even compile an entirely new article during the
course of the event.
Thus, the movement is catching on for reasons other than its obvious noble
aims- it’s super fun and easy to get involved with! Art+Feminism events
have been organised at institutions such as The Museum of Modern Art, New
York; Tate, London; Yale University, New Haven; McGill University,
Montreal; Archives Nationales, Paris; and many more. In India, the movement
is currently in its third year and we aim to make it the biggest one yet.
The current awareness of Indian women in the arts is unfortunately dismal,
not just globally but even within our own country. We want to leverage this
platform to shine a light on these unsung figures of history. This is why
we need your help.
Roles and Responsibilities
We are looking to create multi-city teams of volunteers who will work with
us closely to
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Collate a list of topics, specifically on Indian women in the arts, for
which Wikipedia does not currently have pages or for which information
needs to be improved. We would also need to find reliable sources which can
be cited on the Wikipedia entry- books, articles, online resources all
count.
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Coordinate with local Wikipedians to conduct the event and work with
partner institutions in your city to host and run the event. National
Museum, Delhi, Piramal Museum of Art, Mumbai and Government Museum and Art
Gallery, Chandigarh have hosted us in previous years.
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Generate a buzz on social media and reach out to your friends and family
to participate. Anyone can jump in! We’ll get you involved in planning and
executing social media campaigns in the lead up to the event.
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We are also looking for voluntary submissions of articles/content for
our website www.theheritagelab.in
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on the same theme leading up to the main event.
I am aware that you have already indicated your preferences on the form but
if something else on this list excites, do give us a shoutout in your
reply.
Next steps
We are currently in process of finalising partner organisations who will
host the event in each of your cities in March. This year we are also
looking to increase the scope of the campaign and run events like pecha
kucha nights, artist takeovers of museum spaces and panel discussions to
promote a larger celebration of women in the arts. We would like your
involvement and contribution to these parallel events as well.
At present, we require all hands on deck to identify the themes and topics
which can be targeted during the edit-a-thon. For instance, consider the
event page
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for the edit-a-thon run last year at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. While
here, we have primarily listed women artists, we are also keen to profile
women curators and art critics as well as feminist art movements, female
characters in art among others. The larger theme for Art+Feminism 2019 is
Gender+the Non Binary, so please feel free to find any topics within its
larger purview. The only two things to keep in mind are
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The topics must have little to no coverage on Wikipedia
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Information for them must exist, either as digital or physical resources
which can be cited and presented on the Wikipedia page
I will share a document with you by the end of the week where everyone can
start listing possible topics, as well as possible resources. I’ll fill in
the first couple of entries as examples to give you a headstart and a
better understanding of what we’re looking for. You can still contribute to
the list if you hadn’t listed yourself as a research volunteer earlier.
Having now understood the scope of the work, let us know if you’re
interested in committing to the project up until the end of March. Your
contribution can be tailored to suit your own personal schedules but we’re
looking to have as many people on board. If for some reason you find
yourself unable to volunteer, that’s okay too. We’d be happy if you could
drop by and participate in the edit-a-thon when it is held in your city and
spread awareness about our mission!
If you still have any questions or clarifications, please get back to us;
we’ll be happy to hear from you. If you have other ideas for events or know
of organisations that may be interested in our mission/host an edit-a-thon,
give us a shout out.
If this sounds good to you, please reply to this email confirming your
involvement as soon as possible. I'll then share the link to our Slack
workspace so that we can take our work forward.
Needless to say, thrilled to start the Art+Feminism journey with you.
Looking forward to working together!
Best,
Srishti Sood
Campaigns and Content Manager, The Heritage Lab
Read more
Art+Feminism Website
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New Yorker writes about Art+Feminism
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Piramal Museum, Art and Feminism 2017
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National Museum, Art and Feminism 2017
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