Hello Dr. James, On Sat, 13 May 2017 at 10:45 PM, James Heilman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Excellent :-) > Thank you :) > > Here is a link to the effort > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bhubaneswar_Heritage_Edit-a-thon It's a six months long effort. > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bhubaneswar_Heritage_Edit-a-thon> > > Is the goal to improve English or Odia? As the QRcodes will be installed in the signage of the monuments, we want to make this editathon a multi-lingual editathon. So that it will be helpful for tourists to access the information of the monuments in their own languages. > Are you also looking at improving > Wikivoyage? We want to improve it in many Wikimedia projects, including Commons, Wikidata.. For sure we will look into Wikivoyage. Thank you for suggesting. Your help and support will make this project a successful project. > > > Best > James > > On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Sailesh Patnaik < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > > Greetings from Odia Wikipedia community! > > > > I am happy to share that the Odia Wikipedians have succesfully forged a > > partnership with Bhubaneswar Development Authority to conduct the > > Bhubaneswar Heritage edit-a-thon. > > > > This edit-a-thon is aimed to improve Bhubaneswar's digital presence – and > > establish Bhubaneswar as a QRpedia city. With this edit-a-thon, > Bhubaneswar > > will be the first city in India to install QRpedia codes in all of its > > heritage monuments. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bhubaneswar_Heritage_Edit-a-thon(page > > under > > construction) > > > > Bhubaneswar, also known as the "Temple City of India" has nearly 300 > > ancient temples of the Kalinga style architecture that dates back to the > > late 6th century. This edit-a-thon will happen in two phases, In the > first > > phase, the BDA will release images and information of all state and > > ASI-protected monuments under CC license to improve Wikipedia articles. > The > > second phase will be for unprotected monuments. > > > > This edit-a-thon will take place globally in the month of August or > > September. The BDA will provide souvenirs from Odisha to the Top 3 > > International and National (Indian) contributors. I request interested > > Wikimedians to please sign up for this edit-a-thon and help Odia > > Wikipedians to make this project a success. I will update other details > on > > the User Talk page of interested volunteers. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bhubaneswar_Heritage_ > > Edit-a-thon/Participants > > > > Thanks and Regards > > -- > > ----------- > > *Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ*" > > Programme Associate, Access To Knowledge > > Centre for Internet and Society > > Phone: +91-7537097770 > > *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4 > > *Twitter* : @saileshpat > > > > "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the > > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality" > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- ----------- *Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ*" Programme Associate, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society Phone: +91-7537097770 *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4 *Twitter* : @saileshpat "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality" _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
