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Blog Entry Indic Wikisource Speak: Dr. Hrishikes Sen
by Jayanta Nath — published Apr 10, 2019 — last modified Apr 26, 2019 06:42 AM — filed under: , , , ,
There are plenty of people engaged in digitising Bengali books. Plenty of pirated digitised books are available online. We need to tap into that catchment area. I think, if we can prepare high-grade pdf versions of our completed works and spread those to various online non-wiki reader communities, we are likely to get good contributors. -- User:Hrishikes from English and Bengali Wikisource community, share his journey.
Blog Entry Indic Wikisource Speak: J. Balaji
by Jayanta Nath — published Apr 25, 2019 — filed under: , , , ,
To perfectly proofread the content with matching styles it takes a lot of effort. Patience is the key. The formatting methods are in wikisource are different from Wikipedia. So wikipedians are finding it difficult to edit in wikisource without an introduction.The young generation are accessing the internet through Mobile. They don’t use laptops and computers much. Though mobile is good medium for creating multimedia content, they are poor in creating text. It is difficult to proofread wikisource using a mobile phone. The challenge is bringing the next generation proofreaders - Wiki-librarian J. Balaji share his experience.
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Blog Entry Indic Wikisource Speak: Sushant Savla
by Jayanta Nath — published Apr 10, 2019 — last modified Apr 17, 2019 08:09 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
Future is bright -- Sushant Savla (User:Sushant_savla) from Gujarati Wikisource community, share his experience & journey.
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International Mother Language Day
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 27, 2016 — filed under: , ,
On 21 February 2016, Eenadu published a special story on the occasion of International Mother language day in Hyderabad edition. The special story covered Wikipedians effort to develop Encyclopedic content online and also about multi-lingual (English-Telugu) Wikipedians meetup organized in December 2015.
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Blog Entry Introducing Odia Wikipedia to students of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
by Sailesh Patnaik — published Apr 24, 2016 — last modified May 20, 2016 10:52 AM — filed under: , ,
A four-hour-long workshop was organised at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on February 25, 2016 for the students of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and Master in Arts, Department of Odia-language.
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JP Das's Books to be Made Available Free on Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 30, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:18 AM — filed under: , ,
Noted Odia-language author and art historian Jagannath Prasad Das's works will be available on Wikipedia for free.
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Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon for Mechanical Engineering students of Sagara
by Ananth Subray — published Jan 23, 2016 — last modified Mar 01, 2016 01:56 PM — filed under: , , ,
In Sagara, Karnataka, a Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being planned to be organised during January 26-27.
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Blog Entry Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon in St. Agnes College, Mangaluru to bridge gender gap in Wikipedia
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Dec 15, 2015 — last modified Jan 12, 2016 11:22 AM — filed under: , ,
As part of a series of workshops to mark the 13th anniversary, Kannada Wikipedia, a Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organised during this 10th-12th in St. Agnes College, Mangaluru to address the issue of gender gap in Wikipedia.
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Blog Entry Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon organised at Sagara, Karnataka
by Ananth Subray — published May 12, 2016 — last modified Aug 22, 2016 10:58 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
A two-day-long Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organised at Sagara, Karnataka during January 26-27. A photowalk was also organised on the 25th to cover places of encyclopedic importance.
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Kannada Wikipedia Editathon Coverage in Prajavani
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 29, 2015 — last modified Jan 05, 2016 06:40 AM — filed under: , ,
The article was published in Prajavani Mangal on December 10, 2015. A scanned version of the article is below.
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