Dear Bodhi,
I see your point and it is indeed valid. What if we continue Project Tiger
as it is, not focusing on articles related to healthcare? And what are your
thoughts about medical professionals (such as myself) creating short
versions of English Wikipedia articles which can then be used for
translating to Indian languages? In that case, we can ensure that no
misinformation creeps in, at least in the translated parts of the article.
COVID-19 related articles give scientific information, so I don't think we
miss the cultural nuances while translating them as opposed to starting
articles from the scratch.
Regards
Netha
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 13:56, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Netha,
I am writing here as a Wikimedia volunteer, not as a A2K advisor.
For medical related articles, contests and other forms of mass editing
events might prove dangerous.
We all know, that Indic language Wikipedias are not curated or reviewed
properly due to lack of manpower and other reasons. Unlike English
Wikipedia, Indic language medical articles are full of misinformations and
false claims. The articles, if not reviewed and corrected by medical
professionals, might prove detrimental to readers who, by following any
misinformation and false informatiom written in the article, may become ill
and may die, in extreme cases. That would lead to serious medicolegal issue
to the editor who have provided that kind of information and that
responsibility may come to the organizers of that event. For example, any
COVID-19 related misinformation will lead one to jail in West Bengal.
For this reason, personally, I am strongly against this kind of
mass-editing of health related articles by non-experts.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(From the point of view of a Wikimedia volunteer who happens to be a
health professional)
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 16:24 Netha Hussain, <nethahussain(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Suswetha,
We are going through hard times, and it looks as if this crisis will take
months to subside. People are under lockdown and are seeking information
over the internet more frequently than ever. A lot of fake news regarding
the virus and the pandemic are circulating over the internet. At the same
time, many of our community members are at home, and they probably have
more time than usual to devote for volunteering. Is there any possibility
that we can run the Project Tiger writing contest once again, ideally,
starting next month? We could perhaps give more importance to articles
related to COVID-19 during the contest, but we could also work on other
topics of interest as well.
Just an idea - I would like to know what the community and CIS think
about this.
Regards
Netha
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 12:41, Suswetha Kolluru <suswetha316(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Dear all,
Hope this email finds you well and safe. You are aware of the very
unfortunate coronavirus outbreak globally and in India. Earlier we informed
you that on-site/offline CIS-A2K events were postponed.[1] In this email,
we will give you some more details about the Project Tiger 2.0 community
workshop.
You know Project Tiger edit-a-thon[2] has completed some time ago, and
we were supposed to work on organizing a community skill development
workshop. However, following WMF suggestion[3], recommendation by the
central and state government in India, and after a detailed discussion with
Project Tiger team, we want to inform that we can’t conduct Project Tiger
workshop due to the current circumstances, and we will be exploring a new
date for the workshop once life gets back to normal in India.
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please write to
tito+pt2020(a)cis-india.org or reply to the email.
Thanks for understanding and please stay safe.
Footnotes:
1.
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2020-March/014533.ht…
2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Growing_Local_Language_Content_on_Wikipedia…
3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/COVID-19_Notice
Best,
Team Project Tiger
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