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Blog Entry Orientation Program at Kannada University, Hampi
by Gopalakrishna A. — published Oct 24, 2017 — filed under: , , , , ,
A Kannada Wikipedia Orientation Program was conducted at Kannada University Hampi on 31 August and 1 September 2017.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at Solapur University
by Subodh Kulkarni — published Oct 24, 2017 — filed under: , , , , ,
15 September
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Blog Entry Discussion on Creation of Social Media Guidelines & Strategy for Telugu Wikimedia
by Manasa Rao — published Oct 24, 2017 — filed under: , , , , ,
Between 1 to 16 September, an online discussion took place on the creation of social media guidelines and strategy for Telugu Wikimedia handles online.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Indian Women Bureaucrats: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
by Admin — published Nov 08, 2017 — filed under: , ,
We are all aware of the large reach and popularity of Wikipedia. However, what most people don’t know is that, according to a study conducted in 2011, globally only 9% of the editors on Wikipedia were women. And the percentage for India is even lower, just 3%.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Geographical Indications in India Edit-a-thon
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 26, 2016 — filed under: , , , , ,
Between 25 January and 31 January 2016, CIS-A2K is organizing an edit-a-thon to celebrate India's republic day. The goal of this edit-a-thon is to create and improve Geographical Indications articles.
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Blog Entry This Multilingual Edit-a-thon wants to Improve Indian Content on Wikipedia
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 27, 2016 — last modified Jan 28, 2016 07:23 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Ever wondered how many articles the Kannada Wikipedia or the Hindi Wikipedia have relating to India, its social history, literary and cultural heritage and the journey of over 1600 languages?
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GI-tagged products to get Wiki pages
by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 27, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Ever realised that the famous, red hot Naga Mirchi (a special variety of chilli from Nagaland) doesn’t have a Wikipedia page?
Located in Access to Knowledge / 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 Odia Wikipedia progress from July to December, 2015
by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — published Jan 01, 2016 — last modified Feb 05, 2016 02:45 AM — filed under: , , ,
Odia Wikipedia, one of the very active Wikipedias in Indian languages has been showing a negative rate of growth for the last 6 months. We will try to analyse, what has been happening and how can that be improved.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Wikipedia workshop at Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science, Pune
by Abhinav Garule — published Oct 07, 2015 — last modified Feb 26, 2016 10:10 AM — filed under: , , ,
The goal of this Wikipedia workshop is to increase awareness about Wikipedia and equip its participants with the rudiments of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them. The participants will be learn about Wikipedia and its sister projects. Furthermore, they will be encouraged to contribute in these projects.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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