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Wikimedia contributor shares his Linux story
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 27, 2015
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Jun 18, 2016 05:08 PM
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Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Computers have fascinated me since childhood, but my first encounter—like many others—was not with Linux. For me, it was with Microsoft Paint. Then, many years later in 2011, it was my Wikipedia mentor, Shiju Alex, who introduced me to Linux. Since then, it's been my life!
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Wikipedia initiative - Celebrating legacy of Bangalore Blue grapes online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 29, 2016
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last modified
Jan 29, 2016 03:44 PM
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Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Black is beautiful, and it can go places if it is well researched. When HL Omshivaprakash wrote a Wikipedia article about Karnataka's bidriware, the metal handicraft where gleaming black bowls and hookahs are dotted with delicate silver strips, he didn't expect it to be picked up by the French and Swedes.
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Wikipedia Introductory Session organized for Data and India portal consultants
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
May 30, 2013
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last modified
Jul 17, 2013 06:33 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Digital Governance,
Digital Access,
Open Data,
Open Content,
Open Access,
Openness,
Open Innovation
On May 13, 2013, the Access to Knowledge team led by Subhashish Panigrahi conducted a Wikipedia Introductory Session at the National Informatics Centre in New Delhi for the consultants working for Data and India portal. This session was aimed to emphasize how these portals and their useful data could be used on Wikipedia to create good quality articles.
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Wikipedia Workshop in British Library, Chandigarh
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 27, 2012
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last modified
Oct 04, 2012 12:08 PM
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Openness,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
A Wikipedia workshop was organized in Chandigarh by the British Library over two days on August 24 and 25, 2012. Bipin Kumar, Head of British Library and Christina, Deputy Manager had pivotal roles in designing this workshop with support from Piyush, a wikipedian.
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Wikipedia writes a new script
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2013
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last modified
Sep 04, 2013 06:27 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
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Wikipedia is available in over 30 Indian languages. Add Konkani to that list. The Centre for Internet and Society has just completed a programme of training students to write for Konkani Wikipedia.
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WikipediansSpeak: Odia Wikisourcer Shares her Journey and Goals
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi and Nasim Ali
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published
Jan 30, 2016
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last modified
Feb 05, 2016 08:49 PM
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WikipediansSpeak,
CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
The most active editor on the Odia Wikisource is Pankajmala Sarangi, a native of Odisha who now lives in New Delhi, where she works at a non-profit. As a leader in a broad community that is dominated by males—indeed, she is the most active contributor to the Odia-language Wikisource—we asked her to share her journey and her goals to grow the project and community as part of the “WikipediansSpeWell, I think I would work on creating a database of all the Odia speakers living in New Delhi and the city organizations that work in propagating Odia language and culture, and plan Wikisource outreach programs for them.k” interview series.
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WikipediansSpeak: Piotr Konieczny
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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Sep 18, 2013
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last modified
Sep 18, 2013 12:22 PM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
WikipediansSpeak is a video interview show hosted by Subhashish Panigrahi at the Centre of Internet and Society. It brings you series of posts about Wikipedians across the globe. Wikipedians are those voluntary contributors who write Wikipedia articles, correct mistakes made by other wikipedians and share knowledge for free to the world.
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WikipediansSpeak: Telugu Language Library Catalog Project Helps Wikipedia Grow
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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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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WikiSangamotsavam 2013 brings Indian Wikimedians together
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by
Netha Hussain and Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jan 14, 2014
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last modified
Feb 03, 2014 06:57 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Malayalam Wikipedia,
Openness
WikiSangamotsavam, the annual conference of Malayalam Wikimedians, took place in Alappuzha, Kerala from December 21 to 23, 2013. The conference brought together around 200 Wikimedians and well-wishers from all over India.
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WikiSym + OpenSym 2013 in Hong Kong
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 25, 2013
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last modified
Aug 29, 2013 05:31 AM
WikiSym + OpenSym took place in Hong Kong on August 5-7, 2013. The event emphasized the open collaboration aspect of WikiSym both for researchers as well as practitioners. The event was organized by the International Symposium on Open Collaboration. T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, Access to Knowledge and Subhashish Panigrahi participated in this event.
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