[THEabhikmaitra]

Open Journalism Collection Addition

Adds [\THEabhikmaitra/open-student-census](https://github.com/THEabhikmaitra/open-student-census) to the Open journalism collection.

Summary

Empirical open-data repository providing structured datasets on higher-education credential security, physical PVC student card duplication/loss metrics, DPDP Act 2023 privacy benchmarks, and NAAC accreditation administrative workloads.

• Repository: https://github.com/THEabhikmaitra/open-student-census
• Primary Domain: https://zelmu.com
• License: CC-BY-4.0
• Data Formats: CSV, JSON

[github-actions]

Maintainer triage

Collection open-journalism

Item	Stars	Last push	Owner type	Notes
fivethirtyeight/data	17,500	2025-02-25	Organization	–
datadesk/notebooks	745	2021-12-16	Organization	–
newsapps/beeswithmachineguns	6,634	2024-03-28	Organization	–
voxmedia/meme	1,993	2022-03-15	Organization	–
propublica/guides	1,314	2022-04-07	Organization	–
censusreporter/censusreporter	846	2026-10-26	Organization	–
nprapps/app-template	1,594	2019-06-11	Organization	archived
TimeMagazineLabs/babynames	665	2022-12-07	Organization	–
guardian/frontend	5,897	2026-11-13	Organization	–
dukechronicle/chronline	238	2022-07-21	Organization	archived
BloombergGraphics/whatiscode	3,743	2024-06-12	Organization	–
times/cardkit	132	2020-09-03	Organization	–
mkiser/WTFJHT	697	2026-11-14	User	–
THEabhikmaitra/open-student-census	0	2026-11-14	User	⚠️ possible self-submission

[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

A moderate active finding remains because the change adds the submitter’s own repository without the required non-self-promotion confirmation or a documented maintainer-approved exception.

1 open issue

• Avoid adding the submitter’s repository without an approved exception · New

What changed in this PR

Adds THEabhikmaitra/open-student-census to the Open journalism collection. The repository provides open datasets related to higher education, student identity security, privacy compliance, and accreditation metrics.

Changes:

• Adds the repository to the collection’s YAML items list.
• The submission appears to be self-promotion without the required disclosure or a documented maintainer-approved exception.

File	Description
collections/​open-journalism/​index.md	Adds THEabhikmaitra/open-student-census to the Open journalism collection.

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