Ten



Wikipedia turns Ten on the 15th of January 2011. Many Indian cities are celebrating this event. This is the Tenth Anniversary India Coordination page.

India cities organizing celebrations
10 states, 17 cities so far. And counting...

Cities making steady progress
The following 11 cities in 9 states have experienced volunteers supporting them. These cities would mostly be comfortable with local experienced wikipedians and volunteers.

Andhra Pradesh
 * Hyderabad - Seems to have reasonable community support. Also support by Arjuna Rao.

Karnataka
 * Bangalore - Supported by Bangalore wikipedians.
 * Mysore - Supported by HPN.

Kerala
 * Kannur - Supported by Anoopan and other Malayalam wikipedians.

Madhya Pradesh
 * Indore - Supported by Wikipedian Gurubrahma.

Maharashtra
 * Mumbai - Supported by Mumbai wikipedians.
 * Pune - Supported by Pune wikipedians.

New Delhi
 * New Delhi - Supported by Anirudh.

Orissa
 * Bhubaneswar - Support page - Supported by ଜଗଦୀଶ ଉତ୍ତରକବାଟ ,odia wikipedia community & UCS members

West Bengal
 * Kolkata - Supported by Bishakha.

Tamil Nadu
 * Chennai - Supported by Chennai and Tamil wikipedians.
 * Valparai - Supported by Bangalore Wikipedians

Volunteer interest, to be incubated
The following 14 cities in 9 states have active volunteer interest. Support will be needed to be provided to the following cities. Please use this Template for the Support page.

Assam
 * Dibrugarh - Support page - Incubation support provided by Arunram

Chandigarh
 * Chandigarh - Support page - Incubation support volunteer needed.

Haryana
 * Faridabad - Support page - Incubation support provided by Arunram

Kerala
 * Kochi - Support page - Incubation support volunteer needed.
 * Trivandrum - Support page - Incubation support volunteer needed.

Jammu & Kashmir
 * Jammu - Support page - Incubation support volunteer needed.

Madhya Pradesh
 * Bhopal - Support page - Incubation support provided by Srinivas.
 * Ujjain - Support page - Incubation support provided by Srinivas.

Maharashtra
 * Dombivli - Support page - Incubation support volunteer needed.

Punjab
 * Jalandhar - Support page - Incubation support provided by Sundar

Rajasthan
 * Bikaner - Support page - Incubation support provided by Arunram

West Bengal
 * Kharagpur - Support page - Incubation support provided by Sundar

Uttar Pradesh
 * Ghaziabad - Support page - Incubation support volunteer needed.
 * Noida - Supported by Kiran Verma.
 * Greater Noida (to resolve multiple attempts, merging would help)

Issues needing resolution
4 cities need active issue resolution.

Noida
 * Has two events. One in Noida and the other in Greater Noida. Need to merge into one single event.

New Delhi
 * Has two events. laxmipur event to merged into the main event.

Chandigarh
 * Organiser/Volunteer is assuming this can be an exclusive and by invitation event. Need to make it more open and community focussed.

Jalandhar
 * Volunteer has started a parallel Wikimedia India page on facebook. Need to share URL and move them onto main Facebook group.

Want to organize one in your city?
Yes, you could organize a celebration in your city. You can volunteer too. It is very easy.


 * Check if your city is already registered on the Wikipedia Tenth anniversary website. If yes, find out who is organizing the event in the city. Contact them to offer your support and assistance for the event.
 * If you city is not registered, Register here for organizing a Tenth Anniversary event in your city.
 * Inform and Contact for further assistance the Wikimedia India Chapter EC list via email: wikimedia-in-exec [at] lists [dot] wikimedia [dot] org.
 * Call for volunteers on the Wikimedia India list.
 * Contact the online assistance desk for further help.

Online assistance desk
You can also consider contacting one of the following India volunteers for help / guidance in organizing your event locally. Please contact the following online for any assistance:


 * Arunram - (skype arunram25, gtalk arunram25, email: arunram at gmail dot com) - available online 10PM - 12AM IST.
 * Tinucherian - (skype tinucherian, gtalk tinucherian, email : tinucherian at gmail dot com) - Online on gtalk/mail on most time.
 * Anirudh Bhati - (skype: anirudhsbh, Google talk: anirudhsbh, email: anirudhsbh at gmail dot com)
 * Kundan Amitabh - (skype: kundan.amitabh, GTalk: kundanamitabh, email: kundanamitabh@gmail.com) - available online 10 PM - 11 PM IST.

If anyone would like to volunteer to help other cities organize, please list your name and details above.

Task forces for co-ordination and helping events
Propose the following Task forces to be comprised of experienced Wikipedians in India to help Indian wide celebration events.

Task force A: Reaching out to more cities
Increase reach of event to more cities and states.

Task force objectives:

 * Focus on reaching out to more cities and states
 * States with no participation yet (14) - Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura & Uttarakhand.
 * Use FOSS, Social media, Educational institution channels to locate willing volunteers.

Task force members:

 * Tinucherian
 * Srikeit

Task force B: Supporting the volunteers
Increase reach within a city and ensure hygiene factors. The focus of this task force is to reach out to a sizable audience in a city, ensure typical wiki meetup DOs and DONTs are taken care of, help of any kind with ideas for logistics.

Task force objectives:

 * Interact with volunteers on wikimedia.in/Ten/ support page to assist them.
 * Help volunteers get more participants using FOSS/Social media channels.
 * Help with ideas to get a local venue.
 * Help with structuring content for the event (excludes creating content).
 * Supporting volunteers with DOs and DONTs where the volunteers are not experienced wikipedians themselves.
 * Help volunteers with wiki pages as needed.
 * Advise volunteers on covering and documenting the event.

Task force members:

 * Arunram 15:11, 2 January 2011 (EST)
 * Tinucherian
 * Srikeit

Task force C: Creating standard content
Create or collate quality content that can be used by the various city events.

Task force objectives:
These could include:
 * Presentations
 * Movies
 * Handouts
 * India newsletter
 * Posters
 * Blog banners
 * Merchandise (where possible)
 * Any other Publicity Material

Task force members:

 * Srikeit (can make a presentation)