Workshop on Wikipedia – 1 day – “She Edits – Women shaping Wikipedia” - BCA

March 06, 2024

Topic: Workshop on Wikipedia – 1 day – “She Edits – Women shaping Wikipedia”

Resource Persons: Members of “Karavali Wikimedia’s User Group”, Mangaluru in association with “Centre for Internet & Society (CIS/A2K)”, Bengaluru

Description:

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia created and edited by volunteers around the world. It’s hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. You can explore over 100,000 articles on various topics in English and millions more in other languages. IT is a massive storehouse of Information.

Caveat Emptor: Not all information available on Wikipedia is Authentic. Hence, the information can be edited or new authentic information can be added. This is what the workshop programme was aimed with.

The resource persons gave an insight into Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Wikihow. They demonstrated practically, the methods that can be used to create new information, or modify the existing information as per the requirements, on the Wikipedia.

The participants created their email ID and logged in through this ID. After this the editing of information on Wikimedia was a child’s play.

The programme was a success as found from their feedbacks.

All the students of BCA accompanied by their staff members attended the Workshop and benefitted from it. The staff members included, Mr. Gopalkrishna A. Raikar, College Academic Advisor (CAA), HoD - BCA Ms. Naseera S, Ms. Siby M A, Ms. Keerthilakshmi T S, Ms. Likhitha, and Mr. Ravinder Murthy, who held the reins of Technical Support.

Programme Outcome:

The students became aware of the Information Storehouse – Wikipedia. They, after the workshop, deftly handled the modification of information on Wikipedia.

The students assured the resource persons of the workshop and the Staff of BCA, that they would continue to monitor information available on Wikipedia, that suits their interests, and absorb the information available and modify as and if required.