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Tulu Wikipedia Conference in Mangaluru
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 15, 2016
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last modified
Sep 22, 2016 11:50 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Tulu Wikipedia
A Tulu Wikipedia conference organized by the Times of Kudla (Tulu name for Mangaluru) newspaper was held at Malki, near Mangaluru on August 13 and 14, 2016. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a presentation on Tulu Wikipedia.
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News & Media
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Tulu Wikipedia Editathon to Improve Quality of Articles in Tulu Wikipedia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 07, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Event,
Access to Knowledge,
Tulu Wikipedia
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) organized a Wikipedia editathon for improving Tulu Wikipedia. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted the sessions.
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Access to Knowledge
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Events
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Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live'
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 07, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Tulu Wikipedia
Tulu Wikipedia became live on August 5, 2016. CIS-A2K took making of Tulu Wikipedia live as one of its activity in 2014. The efforts bore fruit and Tulu Wikipedia is live now.
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News & Media
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Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live' after 8 Years on Incubator
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 22, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Tulu Wikipedia
Eight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language.
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News & Media
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Tulu Wikipedia Tutorial
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 26, 2015
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last modified
Dec 15, 2015 07:50 AM
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filed under:
Social Media,
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Video,
Tulu Wikipedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja trained the people involved in the creation of the videos.
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Openness
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News & Media
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Typography Day 2016
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 24, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Typography Day was organized for the 9th time at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.
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News & Media
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Unable to read Odia on your android device? Don’t fret!
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 30, 2015
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last modified
Dec 15, 2015 08:04 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
If you get only boxes in place of Odia fonts in your Android device then it does not support the language. So you need to install Odia font in your smart phone; one way is to root it, but it’s not without cons.
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News & Media
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Using Kannada in technology made easier with smartphones
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 01, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Kannada Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
With the IT revolution, many believed that the younger generation would prefer to type and communicate in English than Kannada.
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News & Media
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Using the Wikimedia sphere for the revitalization of small and underrepresented languages in India
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Feb 10, 2024
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research
This report explores opportunities within the Wikimedia movement and projects to help revitalise small and underrepresented languages in India and provide recommendations to CIS’s Access to Knowledge team in furthering this effort. The report is mainly based on a roundtable conversation on Digital Access in Bhubaneswar with a diverse range of backgrounds and professions, including independent researchers, representatives from non-profit organizations, retired government officials, Wikimedia contributors (both Odia and Santali), ecological activists, directors of research institutes, consultants, and journalists. This was organized by the Access to Knowledge team of CIS in collaboration with Vasundhara, Bhubaneswar.
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Blogs
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UTF-8, Indic and Stub Length Article in Wikipedia
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Oct 20, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Kannada Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
One of the activities conducted as part of Wiki Conference India 2016 was the Punjab Editathon. It was about adding articles related to Punjab to Indian language Wikipedias and English Wikipedia. There was also an announcement made about some award for highest contribution.
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Blogs