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More than 300 entries of Indian sportswomen added to Wikipedia in BBC ‘Sports Hackathon’

by Editorial
February 18, 2021
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More than 300 entries of Indian sportswomen added to Wikipedia in BBC ‘Sports Hackathon’
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In a BBC ‘Sports Hackathon’ more than 300 entries of 50 Indian sportswomen were added into Wikipedia in India today.  Part of the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award (ISWOTY), this is the first-ever initiative to increase information on women sports players online, for which the BBC collaborated with over 300 journalism students in 13 universities across India in English and six Indian languages: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu.

The 50 sportswomen whose entries have been added or expanded were chosen by a jury of eminent sports journalists, experts, and BBC editors.  BBC’s research revealed some of these players had either no information about them or limited presence online which was available only in English.

Mary Hockaday, Interim Director of BBC World Service said: “With our commitment to cover more women and youth-related stories, I am delighted this initiative is adding valuable content online which is the result of in-depth interviews and thorough research done by BBC journalists in India.”

The public can now find out about the inspiring journey of prominent and young players like para-badminton world champions Manasi Joshi, Parul Parmar, Arjuna awardee wrestler DivyaKakran, boxersNikhat Zareen, and S. Kalaivani, shooting world champion Yashaswini Singh Deswal, wrestler Sonam Malik, long jumper Shaili Singh and many more (the full list is in the notes section).

Satdeep Gill, a long-time Wikipedia volunteer editor,  said: “Only 18% of biographies on Wikipedia are about women, and a lack of reliable sources about women is one of the primary reasons behind this. The collaboration with BBC has bridged the gap by creating primary sources on Indian sportswomen, but it also aims to train journalism students as future editors in English and Indian languages.”

Gill led on training the students participating in the BBC Sports Hackathon on how to add new entries and build upon existing ones in Wikipedia.

The BBC Sports Hackathon supplements this year’s BBC ISWOTY award.  The winner of BBC ISWOTY is selected by public voting and will be announced on 8th March in a virtual awards ceremony.

Tags: BBCBBC World ServiceMary Hockaday BBC World ServiceSatdeep GillSports HackathonSportswoman of the Year award

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