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Blog Entry Understanding the Data Gaps on Wikidata Concerning Heritage Structures of West Bengal
by Bodhisattwa Mandal — published Nov 20, 2020 — last modified May 15, 2021 12:31 PM — filed under: ,
This is a short study on identifying the data gaps related to heritage structures in West Bengal on Wikidata, and potential strategies to address the same. The report is authored by Bodhisattwa Mandal, with editorial oversight and support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha and external review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay. This is part of a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019-2020.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Entertainment industry and Internet piracy in focus
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 17, 2012 — filed under: , ,
The first-of-its-kind initiative by the anti-piracy cell of the Kerala Police to register cases against 1,010 Internet users for uploading or downloading the Malayalam film Bachelor Party has sparked a debate between social media experts and legal puritans on what the law actually says.
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ಪ್ರಶಾಂತವನ
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 21, 2016 — last modified Mar 20, 2016 04:32 AM — filed under: ,
ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಸಂತ ಅಲೋಷಿಯಸ್ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಎರಿಕ್ ಮೆಥಾಯಿಸ್ ಸಭಾಂಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ೧೩ನೇ ವರ್ಷಾಚರಣೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದು ವರದಿ
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IP Meetup #02: Prabir Purkayastha on the CRI Guidelines and software patenting in India
by Anubha Sinha — published Mar 20, 2016 — last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:06 PM — filed under: , , , ,
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Blog Entry Project Tiger 2.0
by Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill — published Nov 22, 2019 — last modified Nov 24, 2019 09:18 AM — filed under: , , ,
If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
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Blog Entry Project Tiger 2.0
by Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill — published Nov 24, 2019 — filed under: , , ,
If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
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Blog Entry Project Tiger 2.0
by Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill — published Nov 24, 2019 — filed under: , , ,
If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Wikiorientation at Dr.GR Damodaran College of Science
by Bhuvana Meenakshi — published Dec 23, 2019 — last modified Jan 18, 2020 08:11 AM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
An orientation session on Wikimedia projects was held on 6-7 December 2019 at Dr. GR Damodaran College of Science. This talk was part of the “Hour of Code” event, which is an International event celebrated across the globe to encourage students to develop their knowledge on Computer Science. This event was supported by Open Knowledge movements like Wikimedia, Mozilla, etc.which would help students to share their knowledge in the form of volunteerships and contributions. The highlights of gender gap research and women based projects such as Women in Red were covered as part of a focussed group discussion.
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File CIS-A2K Utilisation Certificate financial year 2018-2019
by Tito Dutta — published Mar 10, 2020 — filed under: ,
This is the utilisation certificate of the Centre for Internet and Society, for the year 1 July 2018 - 30 June 2019.
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Konkani Wikipedia next?
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 30, 2013 — last modified Aug 01, 2013 08:32 AM — filed under: , , ,
A quarter of the world’s Konkani speakers live in Goa. Which is why it should cheer us up to know that a Konkani Wikipedia is being shaped up. But unless more and more of us contribute, the project might never go online.
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