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M'lore: Wikipedia Workshop held for Konkani writers
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 14, 2014 — filed under: , , ,
A Wikipedia Workshop for Konkani writers writing in the Kannada script, was organised by All India Konkani Writers’ Organisation (AIKWO) in association with Wikipedia, on Apr 6, 2014, at Kalaangann, Mangalore.
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Blog Entry Magic words in Wikipedia
by Tanveer Hasan — published Jun 25, 2015 — last modified Sep 14, 2015 08:37 AM — filed under: , ,
The struggle of finding solutions for replacing and retrieving content /words/facts and figures, in this day and age of machines that seem to know everything should ideally be a non-issue. Yet, for many of us who write reports based on the data available at that moment, it is nothing less than a nightmare to come to know that there has been a significant change in the data with which our reports have been written.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry Making Wikipedia Better
by Pooja Saxena and Nirbheek Chauhan — published Oct 14, 2013 — last modified Oct 25, 2013 07:30 AM — filed under: , , ,
It wasn’t something that we set out to do when we started working on The Ballot, but one of the most satisfying unintentional side-effects of the project has been the chance to correct facts and figures, and remove inappropriate content from entries related to India and its politics on Wikipedia.
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Blog Entry Malayalam Wikipedia Education Program: August to October Updates
by Shiju Alex — published Oct 29, 2012 — last modified Nov 09, 2012 06:18 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Three months back, I wrote a blog post (http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/06/wikipedia-education-a-model-from-malayalam-wikipedia/) about the inauguration of the Wikipedia education program in Malayalam Wikipedia. This program is the first of its kind in an Indic language, and Malayalam community is doing the program in collaboration with the IT@School, a project of the Department of General Education, Government of Kerala, setup in 2001, to foster the IT education in schools.
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Mangalore: Konkani writers resolve to form all-India forum at JKS conference
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 01, 2013 — last modified Oct 14, 2013 01:36 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Jagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS) organized an All-India Konkani Writers’ Conference on Sunday, September 29 at Kalaangann.
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Blog Entry Mapping Content on Gender and Sexuality in Indian Languages
by Yashashwini Srinivas — published Oct 21, 2022 — last modified Oct 21, 2022 01:03 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
This research study explores content production processes on gender and sexuality in Indian languages, its digital documentation and factors that affect its availability and use on open access platforms. The research was undertaken by Yashashwini Srinivas, with editorial inputs by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Torsha Sarkar. This research was part of short-term studies undertaken at the CIS-A2K programme 2021-22.
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Blog Entry Marathi Language Day events by CIS-A2K in February 2018
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Feb 27, 2018 — last modified Mar 17, 2018 08:58 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Marathi Language day is celebrated all over world on 27th February. Dnyanpeeth award winning writer V.V.Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj was born on this date. Various events and activities were conducted in collaboration with community, institutions and government departments.
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Blog Entry Marathi Wiki Workshop at Tata Institute of Social Sciences
by Nitika Tandon — published Dec 08, 2012 — last modified Feb 04, 2013 04:55 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai is taking up a number of activities and conducting workshops focusing on Indian languages across cities. A series of workshops in Marathi, Kannada and Bangla have been planned with Wikipedia sessions in each of these events.
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Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia - Vishwakosh Workshop for Science writers in IUCAA, Pune
by Manasa Rao — published Oct 08, 2017 — last modified Dec 20, 2017 02:42 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
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Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, Pune
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Feb 07, 2017 — last modified Apr 16, 2017 02:31 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
A Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was held at 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, Pune on 7th February 2017
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