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The aim of this [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] is to help the organisation of articles on English Wikipedia for the purpose of making offline compilations for schools, colleges and general community in [[India]]. It is a community project of English language Wikimedians who edit WikiProject India-related articles or belong to India. It had the backing and support of the India chapter and the India Programs office of WMF.

== Parentage ==
This WikiProject is an offshoot of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject India|WikiProject India]].

==Projects==
1. '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools/Offline Full|Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools - Full version]]''' - (OWIS-FULL) ('''ONGOING''') — This compilation of 7000 to 9000 articles is aimed at providing an amended version of the [http://schools-wikipedia.org/ SOS Children's Village Offline Wikipedia] (6474 articles). It will fit in a single DVD.

2. '''Offline Wikipedia for Indian Schools - 500 version''' - (OWIS-500). (To be taken up at a later stage. This is mainly for supporting Indic language wiki projects).

==Present Activity==
At this point of time, only one Project is on in Phase 1 - [[WP:OWISFULL|OWIS-FULL]]. We have established the framework, and we are looking to begin with selection of topics for four subjects - Arts, IT, Maths & Science. Please add your name to a subject team at '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools/Offline_Full#Members|this link]]'''. As there is loads of work connected with each subject, we recommend that you choose the subject which interests you more.<br/>
<small>'''Note''':The other subjects will be dealt with once topics for these four have been selected.</small>

==Members==
# [[User:Dr. Sroy|William Steve Roy]]
# [[User:amanicms| A. Mani]]
# [[User:Arnavchaudhary|Arnav Chaudhary]]
# [[User:AshLin|AshLin]]
# [[User:BPositive|BPositive]]
# [[User:DebashisM|DebashisM]]
# [[User:Ganeshk|Ganeshk]]
# [[User:petrovgovind|Govind]]
# [[User:gsinghglakes| Gurmeet Singh]]
# [[User:Jwild|Jwild]]
# [[User:fotokannan|Kannan shanmugam]]
# [[User:Karthikndr|Karthik Nadar]]
# [[User:Manoj vivek|Manoj Vivek]]
# [[User:Merlaysamuel|Merlaysamuel]]
# [[User:MikeLynch|MikeLynch]]
# [[User:Netha Hussain|Netha Hussain]]
# [[User:Nikhilsheth|Nikhil Sheth]]
# [[User:Nicke.me|Nikita Belavate]]
# [[User:Nitika.t|Nitika Tandon]]
# [[User:madanpiyush|Piyush Madan]]
# [[User:Rajasekhar1961|Rajasekhar]]
# [[User:Ramesh Ramaiah|Ramesh Ramaiah]]
# [[User:Ramshankaryadav|Ram Shankar Yadav]]
# [[User:Odisha1|Srikant Kedia (Odisha1)]]
# [[User:Utcursch|utcursch]]
# [[User:Yuvipanda|YuviPanda]]
# [[User:Abhijeet_Safai| Abhijeet Safai]]
# [[User:Deepon|Deepon]]
# [[User:B20180|B20180]]

==Common guidelines for projects==
;Tasks
For each compilation, the following tasks need to be carried out:
#Article Selection
#Review and content verification
#Image collection, processing, and licensing
#Work on the non-article content of CD/DVD
#CD/DVD cover and other art work
#Technology team
#CD/DVD production
#CD/DVD/USB Distribution
#Media and PR

;Navigation
* There will be four methods for navigation:
** CONTENTS - In front, a formal structure of level 1 (section) & level 2 (subsection) headings will be available for choice. (Level 3 headings only when articles exceed one thousand in number).
** SEARCH - standard facilities.
** INDEX - alphabetical index (as at the end of a book).
** CATEGORISATION - Categorisation will form an alternative to structure for navigation. For example, all articles on people will have category "People".
;Nesting
* Nesting of articles is permitted both under level 1 and under level 2 headings. See [http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/index/subject.Geography.htm this] for an example.
* Articles about People will form part of the relevant section they belong to, i.e, Scientists will form part of "Science and Mathematics" section.

==Related links==
* The SOS Children's Village Project, an NGO from Great Britain, and the Wikimedia Foundation have [http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/archive/2008/10/2008-wikipedia-for-schools put together] an offline Wikipedia referred to as "Wikipedia for Schools". See the online version [http://schools-wikipedia.org/ here].
* The One Laptop Per Child project OLPC has [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wikislices Wikislices] for its XO tablet PC.
* [[User:Nikhilsheth]] has [http://nikhilsheth.blogspot.com/2011/01/troubleshooting-wikipedia-for-schools.html been working on spreading] the [http://education.wikia.com/wiki/Wikipedia_For_Schools_Offline_Edition SOS Children's Village English Wikipedia for Schools] in a portable ZIM file format packaged with [http://www.kiwix.org Kiwix] for distribution. You can read more about his project [http://nikhilsheth.blogspot.com/2011/01/wikipedia-for-schools-project.html here], and download it from [http://www.kiwix.org here] (advised to use bit torrent link).
* [http://shijualex.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/creating-malayalam-wikipedia-cd/ Creating the Malayalam Wikipedia CD (Shiju Alex)] -
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools/Malayalam_CD_-_English_equivalents_of_articles|List of articles of Malayalam CD which have English equivalents of articles (Linked)]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Offline_Wikipedia_for_Indian_Schools/Malayalam_CD_-_English_equivalents_of_articles_(raw) |List of articles of Malayalam CD which have English equivalents of articles (Raw)]]

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