Hello everyone,
This seems to be a great workshop to me. Although I am very excited to
take part in it, I am not sure if I will be considered eligible. How may
one define "established Wikimedians" precisely?
Regards
Siddhartha
(Infobliss)
On 31-Dec-2017 3:53 PM, "abu Sayeed" <[email protected]> wrote:
> that would be really helpful for the Bengali community. but I think,
> to spread the project, more than 1 round project is needed in
> Bangladesh and India.
>
> On 12/31/17, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> >
> > Advance Happy New Year to the Bengali Wikimedia community. I am planning
> > into to apply for a project grant in "Round 1 2018 schedule" for the
> > following project.
> >
> >
> > To start with, English Wikipedia has a dedicated team of editors to work
> on
> > computer generated images, illustrations, and maps. The platform is
> referred
> > as the Graphics Lab<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab
> >,
> > and the contributors are called Wikigraphists. Wikigraphists work to
> improve
> > the quality of the images that have been proposed by the community. This
> > involves work such as extracting key elements from photos, improving the
> > color of images or emphasizing the main subject, stitching multiple
> images
> > together and often vectorizing images — converting to Scalable Vector
> > Graphics (SVG). They also create new drawings, diagrams and maps when
> > requests are made to do so. The Graphics lab functions Illustration
> > workshop, Photography workshop, and Maps workshop, depending upon the
> type
> > of request by a user.
> >
> >
> > However, the of use SVG format, and use of other above mentioned graphic
> > techniques is not seen much seen in practice. The plan is to organize
> three
> > workshops, three days each, at different cities in India (New Delhi,
> > Kolkata, Bengaluru/Hyderabad). Each workshop will have emphasis on the
> > "Graphics lab" of Wikipedia, and technicalities and image parameters of
> > Quality and Featured images on Wikimedia Commons. These workshops will
> > emphasize on training established Wikimedians (in and around the region)
> to
> > create/improve illustrations, maps, and photographs. Also train on what
> goes
> > in and out for Quality images, and Featured pictures on Wikimedia
> Commons.
> > We will look for Indian trainers, otherwise if needed, we can invite
> > experienced
> > Wikigraphists<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:
> Graphics_Lab/Resources/Wikigraphist_abilities>.
> >
> >
> > Hence, I request the community opinion and feedback/suggestion on this
> > proposed idea.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
> >
> >
>
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