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Blog Entry Why It's Essential To Grow Indian-Language Wikipedias
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 26, 2016 — last modified May 28, 2016 06:52 AM — filed under: , , ,
On 15 January, Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia celebrated its 15th birthday, meeting this milestone with 36 million articles in more than 290 languages (the English-language Wikipedia alone has crossed the 5-million article mark). But here I want to address some major questions that we need to ask as Indians.
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Blog Entry Wiki Academy
by Radha Rao — published Sep 15, 2009 — last modified Aug 18, 2011 05:01 AM — filed under: ,
An article by Hari Prasad Nadig on Wiki Academy, a workshop based on usage of Indian languages, editing and its applications in academics of Wikipedia - the free online encyclopedia, was held at Eric Mathias hall in St Aloysius College in Mangalore on Saturday, August 22.
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Wiki donors
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 21, 2013 — last modified Jul 01, 2013 04:19 AM — filed under: , , ,
Time Out finds out what Wikipedia’s doing to turn the info mammoth Kannada friendly
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Blog Entry Wiki Loves Mayabazaar
by Pavan Santhosh — published May 01, 2017 — last modified Jun 07, 2017 09:24 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
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Blog Entry Wiki Loves Pride 2014 and Adding Diversity to Wikipedia
by Dorothy Howard — published Jul 25, 2014 — filed under: , , ,
Since Wikipedia’s gender gap first came to light in late 2010, Wikipedians have taken the issue to heart, developing projects with a focus on inclusivity in content, editorship and the learning environments relevant to new editors.
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Wiki Media Foundation keen on developing Urdu Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 31, 2014 — last modified Nov 01, 2014 01:29 PM — filed under: , , ,
The Wikipedia India Community Consultation 2014 was organized by the Wiki Media Foundation (WMF) and Wikipedia India Chapter in collaboration with Centre for Internet Society (CIS A2K) Bangalore on The venue was Movenpick Hotel and scheduled for October 4th and 5th here.
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Wiki Media Foundation keen on developing Urdu Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 31, 2014 — last modified Nov 01, 2014 01:23 PM — filed under: , , , ,
The Wikipedia India Community Consultation 2014 was organized by the Wiki Media Foundation (WMF) and Wikipedia India Chapter in collaboration with Centre for Internet Society (CIS A2K) Bangalore on The venue was Movenpick Hotel and scheduled for October 4th and 5th here.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Wiki Meet-up in Bangalore: Talk by Vishnu Vardhan
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 11, 2013 — filed under: , , ,
Vishnu Vardhan, Director of Access to Knowledge team at CIS has been invited by the Bangalore SIG Chair. Vishnu will speak on the Access to Knowledge (Wikipedia) project. The talk is scheduled for February 25, 2013 at 2.00 p.m. in Bangalore.
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Wiki Rahasya: Panel Discussion on Suvarna News
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 13, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 04:36 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Dr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in a panel discussion around Wikipedia in general and about Kannada Wikipedia in specific. This was telecast by Suvarna News 24x7 (Kannada) TV channel on June 13, 2013.
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Blog Entry Wiki Women's Day in Goa
by Nitika Tandon — published Mar 19, 2013 — last modified Mar 19, 2013 06:32 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
International Women's Day (IWD), also called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8, every year. There were a series of Wikipedia events organised this year with the aim of increasing participation of women contributing to Wikipedia. One such event was organised by the Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society and the Wikimedia India Chapter at the Nirmala Institute of Education (NIE), a Secondary Teacher Education College in Panaji, Goa on March 8, 2013.
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