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- WikiSWASTHA Meetup
- 15th February 2020
- 9pm to 10pm (IST)
- Abhishek Suryawanshi
- Mohammad Faisal
- Santosh Shingare
- Khyati Soneji
- Raju Jangid
- Dr. Pavanaja
- Dhanalakshmi
- Abhinav Srivastava
- Update about activities
- Overview of local language communities
- US Consulate collaboration
- February 27th - Marathi Language Day
- Other city support possible
Updates from members[edit]
- Shared Wikipedia SWASTHA event at US Consulate in Mumbai.
- Event will be on Thursday 27th February 2020, 11am to 1pm.
- Panel Discussion will take place followed by Wiki SWASTHA discussions
- Potential participants : John Hopkins University India Office staff, Maharashtra Healthcare Department Officials, US Consulate, Mumbai staff, Marathi language media
- Event is on weekday, that too 11am - limited target audience, free and open to all.
- Event registration was full within few hours
- 21st February World Mother Language Day - another possibility of event
- Likes Consulate event idea
- Wikipedia SWASTHA Video is well prepared - getting good reviews
- We can promote event through tag trend
- Twitter / Social media hashtrack
- Community members are doing well when it comes to WP:SWASTHA/Tasks. Urdu, Kannada, Hindi communities are active can share learnings with others
- Abhishek proposed offline meetup to share skills
Possible cities for monthly meetup[edit]
- Abhishek proposed SWASTHA members meetup and asked for suggestions -
- Expected participants : 15 most active members approx
- Viresh offers volunteer support in Kolkata
- Faisal offers Hyderabad
- Viresh is okay with Hyderabad
- Everyone on call voted yes for Hyderabad event
- Active WP:SWASTHA members priority
- Viresh : Can be active participants and genuine active contributors can be invited
- Dhanalakshmi - Active participants only.
- Faisal - Agreed
- Pavanaja - Some kind of active participation needed before getting invitation
- Two day event :
- day planning/discussions + 1 day reserved
- Can plan national level healthcare event during same meetup - we can start process of planning. Possibility of hosting it right after Wikimania
- Possible dates
- 28th / 29th March
- Brand/chain hotel possible venue - we do get free venue (like Mumbai event)
- Friday evening - check in
- Sunday night - check out
- Possibility of coming on Thursday
- Agenda
- Plan national level conference
- Pavanaja / Santosh: City level doctors meetup planning - partnering with IMA
- College outreach
- Local doctors
- Faisal : Newbies - One dedicated session for local Hyderabad, Have one doctor member
- Khyati - Have healthcare professional in core team (existing healthcare Wikipedian?)
- Possible expert invitations - Dr Subas Chandra Rout and Dr Abhijit Safai
- Faisal - invite local doctors
- Viresh : We can have well trained professional + Wikipedian
- After translation - we can collaborate with translators + doctors for Wiktionary
- Helping Faisal for event - Everyone offers help
Online editing topics/Tasks discussion[edit]
Discussing challenges[edit]
- Difficulty in finding Local words
- What to write for Coronavirus in local languages - language barriers
- Need more healthcare experts who are good with writing and can volunteer for editing
- Khyati - In Ahmedabad, there were 10 schools participating in writing Gujrati articles on Wikipedia. Can learn from them
- Planning Hyderabad meetup in March 2020
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