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Blog Entry 8 Challenges In Growing Indian-Language Wikipedias
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2016 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:11 PM — filed under: , , ,
While speaking at BHASHA: Indian Languages Digital Festival, a day-long discourse at New Delhi on Indian languages and their state in new media, especially digital platforms, I touched upon Wikipedia in Indian languages. Most people, in fact, do not even know that Wikipedia exists in many Indian languages.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
8th IBA International Conference
by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 26, 2016 — last modified Apr 04, 2016 03:32 PM — filed under: , , , ,
The 8th IBA International Conference was organized by Indus Business Academy in Bengaluru from March 24 to 26, 2016. The theme of the conference was Taking India to Greater Heights. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a talk on Democratizing of Knowledge Access- Case of Regional Language Wikipedia.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
10th anniversary of Kannada wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2013 — last modified Nov 20, 2013 09:03 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Kannada wikipedia is celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 17.
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Blog Entry 11th Century Kannada Literature Now on Wikisource
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Mar 30, 2014 — last modified Apr 06, 2014 05:01 AM — filed under: , , ,
This blog post by Pavithra Hanchagaiah and Omshivaprakash HI was edited by Rohini Lakshane for DNA. It was first edited by Subhashish Panigrahi, CIS-A2K on the Wikimedia Foundation blog where it was first published.
Located in Openness / Blog
Blog Entry 14 Odia books re-released under Creative Commons license
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Apr 26, 2014 — last modified May 06, 2014 06:26 AM — filed under: , , ,
This blog entry by Subhashish Panigrahi (originally published in Wikimedia Foundation's Blog) was edited and re-published by Rohini Lakshane in DNA on April 26, 2014.
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Blog Entry 55 Works of Iconic Indian writer released under Free Licence to benefit Wikisource
by T. Vishnu Vardhan — published Nov 13, 2014 — last modified Nov 14, 2014 01:29 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Kannada is a language spoken by 40 million people in Karnataka – one of the four southern states of India.The Kannada Wikimedia community, in collaboration with CIS-A2K, are enthusiastic about having almost all of the works of Niranjana re-licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 on the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava.
Located in Openness / Blog
भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग के मानक बनाने के लिए चेन्नई में हुआ तीसरा फ्यूल जिल्‍ट
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 27, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:53 AM — filed under: , ,
“मूसलाधार बारिश से जूझ रही चेन्नई में तीसरा फ़्यूल ज़िल्ट कॉन्फरेंस 2015 सफलतापूर्वक रविवार 22 नवंबर को संपन्न हुआ। भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग के लिए मानक भाषाई संसाधन और औज़ार बनाने में पिछले सात सालों से जुटी फ़्यूल परियोजना के द्वारा 2013 में आरंभ किए गए इस सम्मेलन के प्रायोजक और आयोजक दुनिया की जानी-मानी कंपनियां मोज़िला, सी-डैक और रेड हैट हैं। इसके पहले के दोनों सम्मेलन पुणे में आयोजित किए गए थे। यह सम्मेलन लोकलाइजेशन क्षेत्र का ओपन सोर्स का सबसे बड़ा सम्मेलन है।”
Located in Openness / News & Media
महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक संस्थेमधील एक हजार ग्रंथ ऑनलाईन
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 29, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:57 AM — filed under: , , ,
Coverage of Marathi Wikipedia in Saamna.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Blog Entry 100wikidays: the journey so far
by Tito Dutta — published Nov 23, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:04 AM — filed under: , ,
In this article we'll chat with Bulgarian Wikipedian Vassia Atanassova (User:Spiritia) on the journey of 100wikidays so far, initial difficulties, and participation of Indian Wikipedia communities in the challenge.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
150 Rare Books Get New Lease of Life Online, Courtesy Students
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 18, 2014 — filed under: , , , ,
You might have heard about Samkshepa Vedartham by Clement Pianius, the first book printed in Malayalam but might not have got a chance to read it.
Located in News & Media
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