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Wikipedia edit-a-thon at TEDSummit 2016, Banff, Canada
by Abhinav Garule — published Jun 13, 2016 — last modified Jun 13, 2016 06:44 AM — filed under: , , ,
The TEDSummit 2016, an annual conference of the TED community, is taking place during June 26-30, 2016 at Banff, Canada. Wikimedians Netha Hussain, Ayyappadas along with Abhinav Garule, Programme Associate, CIS-A2K will be conducting a 90-minute long workshop to educate the participants through Wikipedia's guidelines and help them write their first articles.
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Wikipedia Event in Mangalore
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 20, 2016 — filed under: , ,
The article was published by Vijaya Karnataka on December 18, 2016.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Wikipedia initiative - Celebrating legacy of Bangalore Blue grapes online
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 29, 2016 — last modified Jan 29, 2016 03:44 PM — filed under: , , ,
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 launches in Tulu, its 23rd Indic language
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 09, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Wikipedia has launched in Tulu, making it the 23rd Indian language Wiki, reports domain-b. The announcement was made at the Wikiconference India 2016 held in Chandigarh last weekend.
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Wikipedia now available in Tulu
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 09, 2016 — filed under: , ,
In another boost to yet another Indian language, the Wikipedia in Tulu has gone live.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia Orientation Program at Rotary Club of Salem
by Manasa Rao — published Dec 11, 2017 — filed under: , , , ,
CIS-A2K in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Salem, Tamil Nadu conducted a two-day Wikipedia orientation workshop for student members of the club.
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Wikipedia WikiMeetup at Bangalore
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 11, 2016 — last modified Aug 12, 2016 01:31 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Bangalore based Wikipedians will gather for a meeting at the Centre for Internet and Society on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 3.00 p.m.
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Wikipedia workshop at Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, Pune
by Abhinav Garule — published Oct 07, 2015 — last modified Feb 26, 2016 10:10 AM — filed under: , , ,
The goal of this Wikipedia workshop is to increase awareness about Wikipedia and equip its participants with the rudiments of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them. The participants will be learn about Wikipedia and its sister projects. Furthermore, they will be encouraged to contribute in these projects.
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Wikipedia Workshop in the Theme of "Sau Dhuni Teen" in Pune University
by Abhinav Garule — published Aug 19, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:10 PM — filed under: , , , ,
A Wikipedia workshop is being planned to be organised in the Srimati Savitribai Phule Pune University on the 20th August 2015. Under the scope of “Sau Dhuni Teen” project, the workshop is focused on building resources in Indian languages for women's studies on Wikipedia and equip its participants with the rudiments of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia’s 15th birthday inspires Bangla translators; Odia-language Women’s History Month edit-a-thons
by Nahid Sultan and Sailesh Patnaik — published May 10, 2016 — last modified Jun 09, 2016 12:10 PM — filed under: , ,
Bangla-language Wikipedians translated about 600 articles for their language’s Wikipedia; Odia-language Wikimedians hosted their second annual Women’s History Month edit-a-thon.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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