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WikipediansSpeak: Telugu Language Library Catalog Project Helps Wikipedia Grow
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 11, 2015
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last modified
Dec 15, 2015 08:06 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
In 2013, the interview project “WikipediansSpeak” was launched in response to observations that many noteworthy Wikimedians were being underrepresented both locally and globally. Not just them personally—their work, and the communities they represent, were also unknown to the Wikimedia community and the outside world.
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Eight Challenges Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Apr 30, 2016
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 05:09 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge
Even after a decade of existence, Indian language Wikipedias are not yet known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia, the largest available encyclopedia made in the human history, is what it is today because of the hundreds and thousands of volunteer editors.
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Talk on bringing 1000 books about the culture of Maharashtra on Marathi Wikipedia
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Nov 30, 2015
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last modified
May 02, 2020 04:39 PM
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filed under:
Marathi Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Marathi Wikisource
Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha, a Pune based non-profit that was founded in Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade and colleagues in 1894, has recently announced to digitise their 1000 volumes of books centred around Peshwa culture. A discussion about digitising these books and making them available online on Marathi Wikisource is being organised on December 1 at the Energy Resources Institute(TERI), Bengaluru. Avinash Chaphekar, Joint Secretary of MGS will be addressing this talk.
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Net Neutrality Advocates Rejoice As TRAI Bans Differential Pricing
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 23, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Free Basics,
Net Neutrality,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
India would not see any more Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they benefited from this Facebook project.
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Blog
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‘A Good Day for the Internet Everywhere': India Bans Differential Data Pricing
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 25, 2016
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filed under:
Net Neutrality,
Internet Governance
India distinguished itself as a global leader on network neutrality on February 8, when regulators officially banned “differential pricing”, a process through which telecommunications service providers could or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services offered based on content.
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Blog
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Can Wikipedia revive dying Indian languages?
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 29, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Yes, by encouraging content and involvement, Wikipedia language communities keep languages relevant.
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ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ୍ ଲେଖିବା
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 17, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
I authored a column on writing our code in our own hands for the editorial of Odia-language daily the "Samaja". The piece is about the philosophy of software freedom and how free and open source software is making a significant difference in our lives. I have also shared a little bit about how anyone can celebrate the Software Freedom Day today by contributing to and sharing about to FOSS.
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Software Freedom Day: The Importance of Free and Open Source Software
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 18, 2016
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Openness,
FOSS,
Access to Knowledge
Software Freedom Day (SFD) on September 17 celebrates the liberty that free and open software and the philosophy of freedom brings into people’s lives. When SFD was started in 2004, only 12 teams from different places joined. It grew to a whooping 1000 by 2010 across the world. Explaining the aim of the celebration, SFD’s official website says,
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How we celebrated Software Freedom Day
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 07, 2016
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last modified
Oct 07, 2016 02:02 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Openness,
FOSS
A small group of 6 FOSS contributors from communities such as Mozilla, Wikimedia, Mediawiki, Open Street Map and users of FOSS solutions gathered in Bengaluru to celebrate Software Freedom Day. Subhashish Panigrahi who was a part of the event, reports the developments.
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What Indian Language Wikipedias can do for Greater Open Access in India
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 22, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Open Access
The number of internet users in India was expected to reach 460 million by 2015, as the growth in the previous year was 49 percent. The total number of users for Hindi content alone reached about 60 million last year.
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