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Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languages: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 01, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
A vibrant vernacular Wikipedia seems to be taking root in India. In the last eight months, the number of Wikipedia entries has grown substantially in 20 Indian languages, says a study by the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
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Wikipedia boom in vernacular languages: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 01, 2013 — last modified Aug 12, 2013 04:29 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The number of Wikipedia entries in vernacular languages has grown substantially in the last eight months
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Wikipedia Campus at Oxford College: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Apr 28, 2015 — last modified May 27, 2015 02:22 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia
CIS-A2K collaborated with the Oxford College of Engineering, Bommanahalli, Bangalore on April 24, 2015 for introducing Wikimedia projects at their institution. Radhakrishna, a senior Wikimedian from Bangalore provided the crucial introduction and worked closely with the A2K team in conducting all the activities.
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Wikipedia can establish Tulu in a wider way: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 24, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Tulu Wikipedia
In his predential address after inaugurating the three-day workshop on ‘The use of internet for promotion of Tulu language,’ organised by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy President Janki M Brahmavar opined that internet media, especially Wikipedia, can contribute to a large extent towards the promotion of Tulu language. The president said there was a need for the effective use of Unicode for the digital interpretation of Tulu.
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Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad!: by Noopur Raval — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Feb 13, 2013 11:40 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
This post is a report on the series of Wikipedia meets organized in the city of Hyderabad on September 29-30, 2012. These workshops were a a part of the larger effort to help Wikipedia contributors in the same city to meet each other and strengthen the local community.
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Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Mangalore to bring Tulu Wikipedia live: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 18, 2015 — last modified Sep 15, 2015 09:07 AM — filed under: Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness, Tulu Wikipedia
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organised in Mangalore, Karnataka this 14th to encourage more Tulu-language speakers to contribute to Tulu Wikipedia. Tulu Wikipedia is is currently in the Incubator but the enthusiastic editor community is putting their best effort to bring it live out of Incubator. This edit-a-thon is one of the many activities the Tulu Wikimedia community has organised.
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Wikipedia edit-a-thons to add content on LGBTs: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2014 — last modified Jul 28, 2014 06:41 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
From Monday, Wikipedia will hold a series of “edit-a-thons” to encourage people to add content to the site about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
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Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad: by Syed Muzammiluddin — published Mar 08, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:32 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
“Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History” and “Work-Life Balance: Women in Engineering” were organized parallelly at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad on March 8, 2014. These events had a common session during the morning and a separate sessions in the afternoon.
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Wikipedia Editing as Assessment Tool in the Indian Higher Education Classroom: by Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana, Ashwin Kumar A.P. and T. Vishnu Vardhan — published Jan 30, 2014 — last modified Jan 30, 2014 10:06 AM — filed under: Social Media, Higher Education, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness
Getting students to create and edit Wikipedia entries in English and Indian languages can be a comprehensive assessment tool at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Both levels of higher education require the demonstration of the ability to present knowledge in encyclopaedic form, which can be done by a good review of relevant literature and the showcasing of key arguments in the field.
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Wikipedia Gains Massive Traffic Thanks To Vernacular Languages: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 01, 2013 — last modified Aug 19, 2013 04:18 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The blog post was published in Before It's News on August 1, 2013. T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.
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