Wikipedia:Academy/Mumbai2

The second Wikipedia Academy in Mumbai scheduled to take place on October 15, 2011 at ThatzIt Pvt Ltd, 208, Mastermind 1, Royal Palms, Aarey Colony, Goregaon East from 11am to 6pm.

Wikipedia Academies are public outreach events aimed at engaging academics and other subject-matter experts who are not familiar with wiki culture or online communities. In presentations and workshops, experienced Wikipedia authors teach the participants how to contribute to Wikipedia and orient the audience to Wikipedia’s structures and community policies. View Poster

This particular Wiki Academy is aimed at familiarising people with the grassroots of Wikipedia, in collaboration with Digital For Everyone (D4E1) - a digital social initiative by Thatzit.

Volunteers

Core volunteer team

Members from Thatzit

• Sachin Puthran

Participants

The venue will provide around 15 computers and wifi enabled internet. Total number of participants is 15.

Attending

• Ram Rao (talk) (phone +91-9930252288)
• Aditya Kesarkar (talk) (phone +91-9969683390)

Getting There

Nearest railway station is Goregaon on Western Line. From the east side of the station, catch Bus Route No 452. The last stop is Mayur Nagar (Entry point of Royal Palms).

After a 2 min walk to Mastermind 1 building, walk upto the Second Floor.

Social Connect

• Tweet with #WPMACAD2 twitter hashtag http://twitter.com/#!/search/wpmacad2
• You can also update identica with the hashtag #WPMACAD2
• Wikipedia India on Facebook
• Digital For Everyone on Facebook

Photos

• Please upload to commons and add category Commons:Category:Mumbai WikiAcademy 2
• If you wish to upload to photo-sharing websites like Flickr, Picasa etc., you may use MumbaiWikiAcademy1 or a variable of that so that people can find the photos easily. Also, in the spirit of freedom and the community, if you are going to be uploading media, please consider using a permissive license that allows others to use, share and modify the media. We recommend the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.