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Odia Wikipedia Workshop at VSSUT, Burla (Coverage in the Sambad)
by Prasad Krishna published Jul 29, 2013 last modified Aug 19, 2013 08:51 AM — filed under: , , , ,
An Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla. The Sambad (Sambalpur edition) covered the event.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry 4 tips for DIY makers
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Nov 22, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
I started learning stencil printing and hand lettering this year, and became quite enthralled with it. These age old techniques really add something special to postcards, which I usually send to myself, my wife, and my friends while traveling.
Located in Openness
Changing the typographic landscape of a country: one letter at a time
by Prasad Krishna published Dec 20, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
My interest in designing typefaces in Indian scripts grew out of years of disappointment with the way most Hindi books I came across looked. Apart from a few exceptions, they looked like poor cousins of English books. Whether it was a children’s story book or a novel or magazine, there was usually the same drab typeface.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
విజ్ఞాన నిధి వికీపీడియా..
by Prasad Krishna published Dec 20, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
The article about Telugu Wikipedia appeared in Namaste Telangana on December 11, 2016.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Ongoing Proof-reading Effort by ALC Student Wikimedians in Telugu Wikisource
by Pavan Santosh & Ting-Yi Chang published Dec 30, 2016 last modified Dec 30, 2016 11:00 AM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
Student Wikimedians at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada formatted and proof-read more than 1,900 folios in Telugu Wikisource during the last few weeks of November (2016). Each day, a group of twenty students uses the lab facility provided by the college after regular classes to make necessary formatting changes and fix spelling mistakes in the folios of books available in Telugu Wikisource. Till date, the student Wikipedians have proofread eight books.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Community Digest—Estonians working on a new feedback system for Wikipedia articles
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Feb 27, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Community digest is a weekly publication on Wikimedia Blog. This week, I have authored a section on the Kannada Wikipedia's 13th anniversary that is being celebrated today. It includes a small section from a longer interview with Kannada Wikipedian Vasanth S.N. The two blogs on creating Odia-language character encoding converters I had written before in the Huffington Post and the DNA are also featured in the digest.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
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 Editor Growth & Contribution Program on Telugu Wikipedia
by Nitika Tandon published Sep 29, 2012 — filed under: , ,
Nitika Tandon tells us about the Editor Growth & Contribution Program on Telegu Wikipedia, how it will run, its necessity and the future steps.
Located in Openness
Indian Women in Science Wiki edit-a-thon
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 13, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being held at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on October 11, 2014 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. The event is being organized by IndiaBioScience in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team.
Located in Openness / Events
Wikipedia can establish Tulu in a wider way
by Prasad Krishna published Oct 24, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
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.
Located in Openness / News & Media