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Tulu Wikipedia gets some push
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 13, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 03:20 PM — filed under: , ,
Tulu Wikipedia, which was launched in 2007, is still in incubation stage, according to UB Pavanaja, Programme Officer at the Bengaluru-based Centre for Internet and Society.
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Tulu Wikipedia Presentation: Coverage in Kannada Prabha
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 14, 2014 — last modified Dec 27, 2014 02:46 PM — filed under: , ,
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja made a presentation on Tulu Wikipedia at a workshop held in Mangalore on December 14, 2014. This was covered by Kannada Prabha.
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Tulu Wikipedia Workshop at Udupi
by Prasad Krishna — published May 25, 2014 — last modified Jun 02, 2014 08:11 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) and the Regional Research Centre, MGM College, Udupi invites you to a workshop on Tulu Wikipedia in Udupi on May 25. Anyone interested in contributing to Tulu Wikipedia is welcome to join the workshop.
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Blog Entry Tulu Wikipedia Workshop cum Editathon at Udupi
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Oct 31, 2014 — last modified Oct 31, 2014 02:54 PM — filed under: , , , ,
A three-day programme was held at Udupi from October 15 to 17, 2014 with an aim to increase the presence of Tulu in the online world. The first day comprised the inauguration programme and a workshop to understand the Wiki markup. The next two days were devoted to the edit-a-thon where participants added articles to Tulu Wikipedia.
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Blog Entry Twitter weekly Curation WeAreWikipedia brings one Wikipedian Every Week
by Diptiman Panigrahi — published Jun 16, 2014 — last modified Jun 16, 2014 06:16 AM — filed under: , , , ,
WeAreWikipedia is an initiative to bring in voices of Wikipedia contributors (known as Wikipedians). One Wikipedian curates the Twitter based handle for a week and tells interesting stories from his/her communities that are unheard to the rest of the globe. Started as a personal project by our program officer Subhashish Panigrahi it has brought 18 Wikipedians across the globe including 6 Indic language communities.
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Blog Entry Two-day Wiki Workshop in Goa University: An Introduction
by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 14, 2013 — last modified Jan 25, 2013 06:30 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Last month, on December 12 and 13, 2012, the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet & Society along with Wikipedia community members organized a two-day workshop for M.A. and Ph.D. students at the Goa University. Nitika Tandon participated in the event and shares with us the developments.
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Blog Entry Typing in Indic Languages from Mobiles made Easy!
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Jul 17, 2013 09:02 AM — filed under: , , , ,
A new app is up for typing in Indic languages from mobile phones. This is is available online at: http://bitly.com/indictyping and supports on iOS. Android version is to be released soon.
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Blog Entry University of Mysore Re-releases Kannada Vishwakosha (Encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons Free License
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Jul 24, 2014 — last modified Jul 24, 2014 07:03 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
The University of Mysore and the Centre for Internet and Society co-organized the Open Knowledge Day in Mysore on July 15, 2014. On this occasion Mysore University released six volumes of Kannada Vishwakosha under the Creative Commons (CC) license.
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Blog Entry Unpacking Openness: From Seemingly Transparent to Definitely Opaque
by Maarten Zeinstra and Marlieke Kieboom — published Aug 01, 2012 — last modified Aug 01, 2012 09:16 AM — filed under:
Nishant Shah was in Netherlands recently and as part of his trip had given a public lecture to an audience at Kennisland. One of the respondents wrote a small write-up of the talk.
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Upload More Kannada Articles on Wikipedia
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Jul 05, 2015 — last modified Sep 13, 2015 06:09 AM — filed under: , ,
Uploading information in Wikipedia helps to develop language, said Indian Languages Programme Manager U B Pavanaja here on Saturday. The article was published in Indian Express (Mangaluru edition) on July 5, 2015.
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