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Some task forces may be reconstituted to discuss incomplete issues. <br /> Please <a href="/wiki/Thread:Village_pump/en/Gaps_in_recommendations:_How_to_increase_participation_in_under-represented_group%3F/reply_(4)" title="Thread:Village pump/en/Gaps in recommendations: How to increase participation in under-represented group?/reply (4)">discuss on the Village Pump</a>. </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> <div style="float:right; text-align:left; margin:0 0 0 1em;"> <div style="width:20em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #000; background:white"> <p><b>Relevant <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia-pedia" title="Wikimedia-pedia">Wikimedia-pedia</a> Articles</b> </p> <div style="padding:5px; text-align:left; border-top:solid 1px #000"> <p>Participants should be sure they're familiar with the relevant background material. They should also work to identify gaps and collect and summarize more information as it becomes available. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/India" class="mw-redirect" title="India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Analysis/South_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Analysis/South Asia">Regional_Analysis/South_Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interviews/Achal_Prabhala" title="Interviews/Achal Prabhala">Interviews/Achal Prabhala</a>. Interview with <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> advisory board member.</li></ul> </div> </div> <div style="width:20em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #000; background:white"> <p><b>Proposals</b> </p> <div style="padding:5px; text-align:left; border-top:solid 1px #000"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proposal:Proposal_for_indian_market" title="Proposal:Proposal for indian market">Proposal:Proposal for indian market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposal:Establishment_of_offices_in_India" title="Proposal:Establishment of offices in India">Proposal:Establishment of offices in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Call_for_proposals#Language_issues" title="Call for proposals">Call_for_proposals#Language_issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Call_for_proposals#Extending_coverage" title="Call for proposals">Call_for_proposals#Extending_coverage</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <div style="width:20em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #000; background:white"> <p><b>Recommendations</b> </p> <div style="padding:5px; text-align:left; border-top:solid 1px #000"> <p>Recommendations should use <a href="/wiki/Template:Recommendations" title="Template:Recommendations">Template:Recommendations</a> as a guide. The following are stub pages for this task force's <a href="/wiki/Task_force/Recommendations/India" title="Task force/Recommendations/India">recommendations</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Task_force/Recommendations/India_1" title="Task force/Recommendations/India 1">Task force/Recommendations/India 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Task_force/Recommendations/India_2" title="Task force/Recommendations/India 2">Task force/Recommendations/India 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Task_force/Recommendations/India_3" title="Task force/Recommendations/India 3">Task force/Recommendations/India 3</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <div style="width:20em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #000; background:white"> <p><b>Members</b> </p> <div style="padding:5px; text-align:left; border-top:solid 1px #000"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Task_force_members">Task force members</h2></div> <p>Please add your user page here. This group´s facilitator is: Achal Prabhala. </p> <ul><li>Arjuna Rao Chavala <a href="/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc" title="User:Arjunaraoc">User:Arjunaraoc</a></li> <li>Achal Prabhala <a href="/wiki/User:Aprabhala" title="User:Aprabhala">User:Aprabhala</a></li> <li>Arwindh <a href="/wiki/User:Arwindh" title="User:Arwindh">User:Arwindh</a></li> <li>Kul Wadhwa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Shijualex" title="User:Shijualex">User:Shijualex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Mahitgar" title="User:Mahitgar">Mahitgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Dsvyas" title="User:Dsvyas">Dsvyas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Prashanthns" title="User:Prashanthns">User:Prashanthns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Tinucherian" title="User:Tinucherian">Tinucherian</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Priyadarshini">User:Priyadarshini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Bellayet" title="User:Bellayet">Belayet Hossain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="User:सरोज कुमार ढकाल">सरोज कुमार ढकाल</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:GKJohn" title="User:GKJohn">Gautam John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:AroundTheGlobe" title="User:AroundTheGlobe">AroundTheGlobe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:World&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:World (page does not exist)">World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Yann" title="User:Yann">Yann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Arunram" title="User:Arunram">Arunram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Naveenpf" title="User:Naveenpf">Naveenpf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Faizhaider" title="User:Faizhaider">Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Panickersivanand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Panickersivanand (page does not exist)">User:Panickersivanand</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Girni_009&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Girni 009 (page does not exist)">Girni 009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Setandbma" title="User:Setandbma"> Udayan Banerjee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Roy231077&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Roy231077 (page does not exist)">roy231077</a></li></ul> <p>Supporting: <a href="/wiki/User:Sarah476" title="User:Sarah476">User:Sarah476</a> and <a href="/wiki/User:Philippe" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Philippe">Philippe Beaudette</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mandate">Mandate</h2></div> <p><a href="/wiki/India" class="mw-redirect" title="India">India</a> is one of the fastest growing countries for Internet penetration in the world. With 80 million Internet users today and annual growth rates of 20% forecasted every year for the next five years, the potential for vibrant Wikimedia communities in India is significant <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. Currently, Wikimedia is under-penetrated in India despite the fact that the majority of India's online population speaks English and the presence of Wikipedias in languages prominently spoken in India. The question is why? What barriers or challenges exist to Wikipedia use and participation in India? And what is the optimal path forward for building vibrant Wikimedia communities in India? </p><p>The goal of this task force is to develop 2-4 recommendations by January 12, 2010 for potential growth options for further penetrating India. This task force will focus solely on people in India who have Internet access. (The <a href="/wiki/Task_force/Offline" title="Task force/Offline">Offline Task Force</a> is exploring people who do not have Internet access.) </p><p>The task force should develop answers to these questions to help guide their work: </p> <ol><li>How will Internet use in India change over the next 5 to 10 years? <ul><li>Will more non-English speakers gain access to the Internet?</li> <li>Will increase in Internet use come primarily from increases in mobile devices or computers?</li></ul></li> <li>What should we do to ensure our materials are available to the growing number of people who access the internet only through mobile devices? #reach <ul><li>What form factors and platforms should Wikimedia consider in a highly mobile-use population?</li></ul></li> <li>What is the current demand for Wikimedia in India? <ul><li>What is the demand for enWikipedia?</li> <li>What is the demand for South Asian language Wikipedias?</li> <li>What is the potential role for other Wikimedia projects?</li></ul></li> <li>How will the demand for Wikimedia in India change in the next five to 10 years?</li> <li>What can be done to encourage participation by Indians on enWikipedia?</li> <li>What does enWikipedia need to become more relevant to Indians?</li> <li>Does Wikipedia need robust Indian language projects in order to increase their reach in India?</li> <li>What tools and support are necessary to further build the contributor base for Indian language Wikipedias?</li> <li>Who is needed to support this strategy (e.g., Wikimedia Foundation, chapters, individual volunteers, external partners), and what do they need to do?</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_Summary">Work Summary</h2></div> <p>In addition to the relevant <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia-pedia" title="Wikimedia-pedia">Wikimedia-pedia</a> links, this group also found some additional data worth considering: </p> <ul><li>Market research on Indian Internet users: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.slideshare.net/JuxtConsult/india-online-study-2009-a-snapshot-by-juxtconsult">Juxt Online Market Research Online India 2009 topline findings</a>. Based on their survey data they claim that only 13% of online Indians prefer to read in English!</li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/2/2a/ComScore_trend_data_on_WMF_Sites.pdf">comScore information</a> with estimates of the total number of visitors to Indian Wikipedia sites</li></ul> <p>This Task Force is currently in the process of developing recommendations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Forrester Research, Global Online Population Forecast, 2008 to 2013, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/india-to-have-3rd-largest-number-of-internet-users-by-2013/494285/">India to have 3rd largest number of Internet users by 2013, India Express</a></span> </li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_Also">See Also</h2></div> <p>Achal Prabhala's <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2010-February/000341.html">explanation</a> of the recent <i>Economic Times</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/internet/Wikipedia-may-soon-open-its-India-chapter/articleshow/5526084.cms">article</a>. </p>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://strategy.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Task_force/India&oldid=67032">https://strategy.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Task_force/India&oldid=67032</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:India_task_force" title="Category:India task force">India task force</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Task_force" title="Category:Task force">Task force</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:India" title="Category:India">India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Task_force_finished" title="Category:Task force finished">Task force finished</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 24 May 2010, at 16:37.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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