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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Udupi

by Prasad Krishna

The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society is organizing a Kannada wikipedia workshop at the MGM college in Udupi. Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi is sponsoring the event.The workshop will begin at 10.00 a.m. and end by 5.00 p.m. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja will give a talk on Kannada wikipedia.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

  1. What is Wikipedia?
  2. Who edits Wikipedia?
  3. How does Wikipedia work?
  4. HOW TO EDIT?
  5. What can I edit?
  6. Why to contribute to Wikipedia
  7. Kannada specific topics
  8. Brief on Creative Commons
  9. Hands-on

Event details

When

Apr 29, 2013
from 02:00 AM to 09:00 AM

Where

Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi

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