Wiki World : A glimpse into the fascinating world of wiki editors

EVENT TITLE:
Wiki World : A glimpse into the fascinating world of wiki editors

DATE:
15th February 2021

TIME:
7:30 pm IST Indian Standard Time. Goa, India (GMT+5:30)
9:00 am EST Eastern Standard Time: Toronto, (GMT-5:00)

LOCATION:
Online

DESCRIPTION:
Wikipedia is ranked between the fifth to 15th most-visited websites in the world – a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

This year we celebrate Wikipedia’s 20th birthday. Now Wikipedia has over 100,000 active volunteers working in 270 languages.

Frederick Noronha is once the ‘Editor of the Week’ (March 2020) and a driving force of Goan wikipedia community. He and a number of editors of Goan Wiki group will talk about about their efforts – a mission of creating entries about every single village in Goa. Volunteers have already completed Bardez, and are currently working on the villages of Ponda Taluka.

Panelists:

Denzil Simoes ran into the Wikipedia as an Engineering Student a decade-and-half ago. Uses both his tech and language skills to push things significantly forward. He as done much to promote the Konkani Wiktionary, and is one of the two Wikipedia (Konkani) Admins in Goa

Tanmay Pereira Naik – young techie who is great at explaining technical issues in a simple language, and co-founded the Wikipedia Weekends initiatives that have pushed volunteers forward significantly locally. Is also a part of various other Goan communities.

Anup Shanbag discovered that the Konkani Wikipedia (gom.wikipedia.org) is not restricted to Devanagari alone, and has been doing a great job in building it both technically and by linking it with other scripts.

Aliya Abreu teaches French, has been a journalist, and has pushed everyone forward in the recent revival of Wikipedia volunteering in Goa.

Frederick Noronha has been an editor (with spurts and ebbs in activity) on the Wikipedia for over 15 years. Editor-of-the-Week in March 2020.

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