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Blog Entry Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects!
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 16, 2012 — last modified Nov 04, 2012 02:03 PM — filed under: , , ,
Kannada Wikipedia is one of those Indic language wikipedias which has seen many readers coming up every month. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the experiences of some of the very active Kannada wikipedians from the recent Kannada Wikipedia meetup held in Bengaluru on October 7, 2012.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Beyond Editor Count: Assessing Quality on Wikipedia
by Tejaswini Niranjana — published Jun 12, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Since Wikipedia is considered as the go-to source for different kinds of knowledge by anyone starting off in a particular field of study, and since Indian languages (IL) are often the default languages of the classroom in India, strengthening the quality of the material available on IL Wikipedias is certain to have widespread tangible and intangible impact.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Bharat Majhi Writings Now Available Under a Creative Commons License
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 14, 2014 — last modified Nov 07, 2014 03:34 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
Before the advent of Odia Wikisource becoming live, Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) got in touch with notable Odia author Bharat Majhi for bringing his writings on the Internet.
Located in Openness / Blog
BHASHA - Indian Languages Digital Festival
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2016 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:14 PM — filed under: , , ,
Subhashish Panigrahi gave a talk at the Bhasha- India Languages Digital Festival a conference organized by news media YourStory, at New Delhi on March 11, 2016. In the panel "The challenges of making regional language content available on the Web and on mobiles" Panigrahi spoke about some of the challenges in growing the Indian-language Wikipedia projects and the communities.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Bodh: a new tool for Wikidata lexicographical data
by Bodhisattwa Mandal — published Jun 28, 2021 — filed under: , ,
We are happy to announce that a new tool, named Bodh, has been developed by Jay Prakash, as a CIS-A2K assignment, to add or modify statements for lexemes, senses and forms.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Books and More are Relicensed to Creative Commons
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published May 02, 2014 — last modified May 28, 2014 06:29 AM — filed under: , , ,
This blog post is cross-posted from Opensource.com. It was published on May 2, 2014.
Located in Openness / Blog
Books are a bridge between generations
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2014 — last modified May 05, 2014 09:27 AM — filed under: , , ,
Kannada litterateurs stressed on the importance of books and cultivating the habit of reading on the occasion of ‘World Book Day’ on Wednesday.
Located in News & Media
Books at a Click
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 29, 2016 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:52 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
The OdiaWikimedia community and Bhubaneswar-based Srujanika have come together to make rare science books available online for readers, students & science educators.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Bridging Gender Gap in Pune: WikiWomenDay 2012 Celebrated with Success!
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 29, 2012 — last modified Nov 10, 2012 08:30 AM — filed under: , , , ,
A2K team members Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval participated in the "WikiWomenDay" organized by Wikipedia Club Pune at PAI International Learning Solutions, Azam Campus on October 28, 2012. Subhashish unfolds the happenings of this full day free fun workshop.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain
by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:35 AM — filed under: , , , ,
On December 14, 2012, a meeting was scheduled with the Vice Chancellor Dr. Satish R Shetye to discuss the possibility of bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in public domain. Nitika Tandon shares the development in this blog post.
Located in Openness / Blog
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