Details of this event could be accessed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Chennai/Chennai4
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Dear all,
An introductory session about "Introduction to Wikipedia" at "Kurukshetra2012", an international tech fest at College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai was attended by 2 wikipedians Subhashish and Surya and 45 students. This event was intended to bring awareness among students attending this fest about writing articles in the Wikipedia. Subhashish took the audience through a presentation explaining basics of Wikipedia, how they can edit Wikipedia, what they can edit in Wikipedia. Later on the students questioned about authenticity of articles edited by multiple editors and there was a discussion regarding that. Students also questioned if Wikipedia editing will help them to gain some qualities and certifications which will help them during their campus placements. There were also questions regarding Technical projects and questions regarding jobs at Wikimedia. There were curious folks who questioned abut the cause of blackout against SOPA and PIPA!
The questions asked by students had lot of valid points regarding notability and authenticity of Wikipedia articles, there is need for documentation of them in the form of FAQs, So, majority of the important questions and answers to them would be documented in the meta page of Outreach Program Handbook FAQ.
After the discussion Surya spoke about Tamil Wikipedia and the on going Tamil Media Contest.
Attendees socialized and had a group photo session after the event.