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Typing tool Integration
4   March, 2011: A typing tool written by Junaid P.V. was integrated  into   Odia Wikipedia. The tool has both Inscript and Translation and a guide   was also included in  Odia typing with a   central  notice to help the new Wikipedians.

FAQ Booklet & Typing Help in PDF


An Odia (Oriya Wikipedia FAQ, Display & Typing   Help, 1.0 is created  to provide support for Frequently asked questions   on Odia Wikipedia,  Display issues and their solution and Typing  Support  with the support  for FAQ from Malayalam Wikipedia. This has  been added  to  Wikimedia  Bookshelf   project.

Video Tutorial-How To Edit Odia Wikipedia

 * 18 April 2011: A Video Tutorial entitled "How to edit Odia   Wikipedia" was created to help users to learn how they can search articles, create  articles and edit articles in Odia Wikipedia. This contains callouts  in Odia to help users understand the common syntaxes and interface  commands.

Workshops & Academy
Wikipedia Odia community has conducted 3 workshops in different locations.




 * Bengaluru Odia  Wiki Academy (06 March 2011):  :This was the first  Odia Academy/Workshop conducted leaded by Shiju  Alex and   attended by 4 Odia Wikipedians which acted as the stepping  stone and   revival of Odia Wikipedia after a long gap of about 8/9  years.




 * Bhubaneswar Odia Wiki Academy (03 April 2011): :This was the first Academy of   Odia Wikipedia and attended by 35 Wikipedians, led by Odia  Wikipedians   Subha Pa and supported by  Shiju   Alex, Tinu Cherian and  Odia Wikipedian   Srikant Kedia. This was the first  Academy in the state   of Odisha. It was a demonstration and  interactive session and   Wikipedians and new attendees discussed many new projects and   modifications of interface messages and changes to be made.




 * Cuttack Odia Wiki Workshop (17 April 2011): :This was the second Odia  Wiki  Workshop in Odisha, conducted at Cuttack and attended by 12    Wikipedians, led by Odia Wikipedians Ashutosh Kar,    Srikant Kedia and Sambidhan    Mohanty. This was a editing and demonstration and interactive session.    Editing demonstration followed by major changes in the   options/messages  in the interface was discussed. A downloadable video   tutorial for help  in editing was formally introduced to the audience.




 * Bangalore Odia Wiki Meetup (22 May 2011) :This was the 1st Meetup after 3 successful Workshops  and  the 2nd gathering of Bangalore  Wikipedians. Attended by 7  interested  folks including 4 active  Wikipedians this meetup has seen a  small  introduction, discussion  about 5 pillars, state of Odia  Wikipedia. Odia  Wikipedians  Ashutosh Kar &   Subha Pa  headed the event. Wikipedians talked about   the issues which came  across in the recent days and how they can be   solved out, discussion  about how much impact the recent   Meetupas/Workshops had on the Odia  Wikipedia and how such outreach   campaigns can boost the growth of the  Odia Wikipedia.  :Most   importantly, Odia Wikipedia has announced the  first Odia Wki project, to   reach 1000   articles before 1  June. Individuals attending the event divided the the   whole project  based on the user's interest and have taken charge of several   different  aspects. And also we have set ourselves the target of adding more and  more  pictures  in the coming days related to Odia under the template  "Odia  loves  Wikipedia". We hope this will also inspire more people to join in  this   movement will cover many of the heritage sites which still don't have a photo in Commons.

1000 Articles by 1 June 2011

 * Odia Wikipedia has announced the first Odia Wiki project, to reach  1000 articles before 1 June.    After this target was set Odia Wikipedia has seen a leap of 235 articles    and many new and active editors were into this mission. On 1 June  2011 Odia Wikipedia is celebrating 1000 articles.

Proposed WikiProjects

 * Odia loves Wikipedia :A project intended to motivate more and more Odia Wikipedians to donate media files (Pictures and Videos) to Wikimedia Commons.

About Odia Wiktionary

 * 8  February,  2011: A request for   |Odia  Wiktionary was called by Odia Wikipedian Srikant  Kedia to the language committee and it has been verified as    eligible. The final release decision is yet to be made.

In news

 * 1) Attempts on to revive Odia Wikipedia, The Hindu
 * 2) Odia Wiki caught in a time warp/"New Indian Express