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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy
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Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Dec 19, 2018
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Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM
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Open Educational Resources,
CIS-A2K,
Open License,
Access to Knowledge,
Open Data,
Wikipedia,
Open Content,
Odia Wikipedia,
Open Access,
Wikimedia
On October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by various user types and to ensure sustainability of Wikimedia projects, and to facilitate development of relevant free and open source software projects. This partnership between OVA and CIS will be carried out from December 2018 to November 2019, and we are sharing an overview of the activities and their objectives in this post.
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Odia Virtual Academy launched
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by
Admin
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published
Oct 29, 2018
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched a new web portal of ‘Odia Virtual Academy’ (www.ova.gov.in) to promote the Odia language and literature at the Secretariat here.
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News & Media
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Sambad Health and Women Edit-a-thon
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by
Admin
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Apr 15, 2018
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last modified
May 07, 2018 04:34 PM
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filed under:
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Sambad Health and Women Edit-a-thon was an offline edit-a-thon held in the month of April in collaboration with the Sambad media house, Odia Wikimedia User Group and the Center for Internet and Society.
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Chromebook for the Project Tiger- How it is helping me to contribute actively on Wikimedia projects!
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by
Sangram Keshari Senapati
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published
Mar 26, 2018
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Apr 20, 2018 06:21 AM
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Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Project Tiger is a collaboration project of Wikimedia Foundation with Centre for Internet and Society, Wikimedia India and other affiliates of India to improve and create high-quality content in Indic languages like Odia, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi etc.This project helps the active and experienced Wikipedia editors by supporting them with Internet charges for 6 months and Laptops to 50 volunteers to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.
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Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to Knowledge
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by
Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Jan 17, 2018
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last modified
Jan 18, 2018 01:22 AM
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filed under:
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
This year started with an astonishing announcement by the Government of Odisha towards the free knowledge movement. On the Public Domain day, which is celebrated every year on 1st January, The Government of Odisha continuing its collaboration with the Odia Wikipedia community has announced to release the content of its two major departments under Creative Commons license.
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Odia Wikisource Turns 3
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by
Manasa Rao
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published
Oct 22, 2017
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last modified
Oct 23, 2017 05:40 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikisource,
Odia Wikipedia,
Wikisource
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Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Edit-a-thon
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by
Sailesh Patnaik & Jnanaranjan Sahu
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published
Jun 30, 2017
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last modified
Aug 01, 2017 05:23 AM
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CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Commons,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
Odia Wikipedians, in conjunction with Indian Athletics Federation and Sports and Youth Services collaborated to document the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. Hundreds of photos were uploaded and new Wikipedia content added to inform the event’s fans.
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Sambad 100 Women Edit-a-thon
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by
Ting Yi Chang and Sailesh Patnaik
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Mar 20, 2017
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last modified
Apr 18, 2017 10:05 AM
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CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
A two-day 100 Women Edit-a-thon was held on March 18 and 19, 2017 in collaboration with Odisha’s biggest newspaper publisher Sambad. The event was inspired by BBC’s 100 Women series and edit-a-thons with the same name in December 2016. More than 20 female journalists participated and registered as new Odia Wikipedians. The event served as a highlight of the Women’s History Month in Indian language Wikipedias as well as in the global movement.
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Women’s History Month: Sambad collaborates with Odia Wikipedia for a Two Day Edit-a-thon
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by
Sailesh Patnaik
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Mar 16, 2017
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last modified
Mar 17, 2017 05:36 AM
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CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Sambad's 100 Women Edit-a-thon: Two day edit-a-thon to increase quantity and quality of women-related articles on Odia Wikipedia
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WikiTungi: Bhubaneswar City Wiki Community Turns 1
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by
Sailesh Patnaik
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Feb 27, 2017
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CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
The Odia Wikipedia’s WikiTungi is an attempt at building a community of Wikimedians at the city level.
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