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Beyond Editor Count: Assessing Quality on Wikipedia
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by
Tejaswini Niranjana
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published
Jun 12, 2016
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Since Wikipedia is considered as the go-to source for different kinds of knowledge by anyone starting off in a particular field of study, and since Indian languages (IL) are often the default languages of the classroom in India, strengthening the quality of the material available on IL Wikipedias is certain to have widespread tangible and intangible impact.
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GFM 2013
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 06, 2013
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access
Nishant Shah participated in a panel discussion with Wendy Chun, Tom Levine and Geert Lovink , around 'The End of Bibliographies: New Media and Research'. Nishant also participated as a panelist in a panel discussion on 'Open Up: Pragmatism and Politics of Open Access'. The programme was held at the University of Luneberg in Germany from October 3 to 5, 2013.
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News & Media
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Open Spectrum for Development India Case Study
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by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Jul 26, 2012 08:17 AM
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Publications
This report is authored by Shyam Ponappa and jointly produced by APC and CIS.
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Publications
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May 2015 Bulletin
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
May 31, 2015
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last modified
Jul 29, 2015 02:29 PM
Newsletter for the month of May can be accessed below.
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Second Freedom Online Conference in Nairobi
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 08, 2012
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last modified
Oct 04, 2012 06:23 AM
The second freedom online conference organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications, Republic of Kenya in partnership with the government of Netherlands was held at the UN complex in Gigiri, Nairobi on September 6 and 7, 2012. Pranesh Prakash was a panelist in the session on Access to Internet: Challenges and Opportunities.
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September 2010 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 23, 2010
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last modified
Aug 10, 2012 07:22 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this bulletin we bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage and announcement of events organised in the month of September 2010.
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Kannada Wikipedia Orientation Workshop at IISc, Bengaluru
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by
Gopalakrishna A
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published
Nov 27, 2017
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last modified
Dec 19, 2017 04:16 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
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Blogs
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Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune
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by
Samantha Cassar
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published
Mar 07, 2014
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last modified
Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Researchers at Work,
Wikipedia,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Wikimedia,
Openness,
Homepage
Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in which participants heard from speakers from various backgrounds on issues arising out of the intersection of internet and society, such as intellectual property, freedom of expression, and accessibility, to name a few. Below is an official reporting summarizing sessions that took place.
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Blog
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CIS Counter Comments on TRAI Consultation on Differential Pricing
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 25, 2016
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last modified
Mar 25, 2016 04:28 PM
This counter-comment also includes: a) An appendix that charts regulations on zero-rating across the globe, and shows that the popular press have misunderstood and misrepresented regulations in foreign countries; b) An appendix that charts specialized services (including differential pricing of specialized services) across the globe.
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Internet Governance
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Resources
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Net Neutrality Resources
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August 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 07, 2012
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last modified
Sep 11, 2012 02:53 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Welcome to the newsletter issue of August 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of the latest list of sites blocked by the Indian government from August 18, 2012 to August 21, 2012, the India Report for Consumers International IP Watchlist 2012, and press coverage related to the recent North East exodus.
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