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Blog Entry Wikipedia Asian Month — 2016 iteration starts on 1 November
by Tito Dutta — published Oct 30, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:05 AM — filed under: , ,
The second iteration of Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM), a month-long edit-a-thon to create and improve Asia-related articles on Wikipedia, is going to start on 1 November 2016. In this blog post we'll revisit the stats of the 2015 iteration of the event. We'll also talk to Addis Wang, an organizer of WAM, to know more about their progress and preparation.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia edit-a-thon in mind? Kindly start here
by Tito Dutta — published May 11, 2018 — filed under: , , ,
Are you thinking to conduct a Wikipedia edit-a-thon? You may use this document as an initial guide. Please note: this article is written keeping specially organisations, institutions, and individuals in mind, who are new to Wikipedia world. We are starting this post with some basic questions. Please feel free to ask questions by mailing tito "at" cis-india.org
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Blog Entry Indian Women and Craft Edit-a-thon
by Gopalakrishna A. — published May 19, 2018 — last modified Jul 04, 2018 04:30 PM — filed under: , , ,
A two-day long edit-a-thon aimed to archive the Women achievers in the field of art and craft on Kannada Wikipedia was held with the help of Srishti Institute and Janastu on 8th March and 25th March 2018.
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Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 26, 2016 — filed under: , , , , ,
Between 25 January and 31 January 2016, CIS-A2K is organizing an edit-a-thon to celebrate India's republic day. The goal of this edit-a-thon is to create and improve Geographical Indications articles.
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Blog Entry This Multilingual Edit-a-thon wants to Improve Indian Content on Wikipedia
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 27, 2016 — last modified Jan 28, 2016 07:23 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Ever wondered how many articles the Kannada Wikipedia or the Hindi Wikipedia have relating to India, its social history, literary and cultural heritage and the journey of over 1600 languages?
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Blog Entry Dalit History Month 2017 edit-a-thon in Delhi, India
by Tito Dutta — published Jun 21, 2017 — filed under: , ,
Dalit History Month edit-a-thon was conducted in Delhi on 20 May 2017. Here is a report.
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Blog Entry Edit-a-thon at DSERT Bengaluru to improve Science-related articles in Kannada Wikipedia
by Ananth Subray — published Jul 14, 2016 — last modified Aug 16, 2016 08:31 AM — filed under: , , , ,
We have been working with the Department of State Educational Research and Training of Karnataka (DSERT), a Government of Karnataka-run research and training institution headquartered in Bengaluru. With the hope of expanding the reach of Science-related content in Kannada Wikipedia, we organised an edit-a-thon spanning over three days from the 11th January through the 13th.
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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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Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2014
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 13, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being held at Urban Solace on October 14, 2014 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. The event is being organized by IndiaBioScience in partnership with the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. CIS-A2K will conduct the first three edit-a-thons.
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Blog Entry Edit-a-thon organised at Christ University Bangalore to celebrate Women’s Day
by Ananth Subray — published Apr 16, 2016 — last modified May 20, 2016 01:47 PM — filed under: , ,
A day-long edit-a-thon was organised at Christ University Bangalore on March 12, 2016 to celebrate the Women’s Day and grow the women-related articles on Kannada Wikipedia.
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