Community digest: As Odia Wikisource turns two, a project to digitize rare books kicks off; news in brief – Wikimedia Blog
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Summary:
"Odia Wikisource turned two in October 2016. Started in 2014, the project has over 500 volumes of text including more than 200 books from different genres and publication eras. There are about 5-10 active contributors to this project who are geographically dispersed. To celebrate the anniversary, the Odia Wikisource community is starting a batch of activities to help grow it.
On January 29, a day-long event was organized in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state of Odisha, where a majority of Odia-language speakers live. The event aimed to provide training for those who wanted to learn more about Wikisource, assess the work done so far, and develop strategies for the future."