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Odisha: Odia Wikipedia reaching 5000 article mark!: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 31, 2013 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Odia Wikipedia, Openness
Many are not aware of the existence of Odia Wikipedia and other Indian language Wikipedias. But Odia Wikipedia has been growing gradually all these years and has become the most searched website and largest online encyclopedia in Odia language.
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Open DataCamp — 2012: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 30, 2012 — filed under: Open Data, Openness
A one-day unconference for people working with data from various sectors to come together and share their projects and ideas was organised in Bangalore on March 24, 2012. It was organised by the DataMeet group. Pranesh Prakash participated in the event.
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A Wiki Workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 22, 2013 — last modified Jan 22, 2013 03:09 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team organized a Wikipedia workshop at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (RKGIT), Ghaziabad in collaboration with Metawings on January 17, 2013. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the happenings from the one-day workshop in this blog post.
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Design!PubliC — Event in Delhi: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 11, 2012 — last modified Apr 11, 2012 11:45 AM — filed under: Openness, Event Type
Centre for Knowledge Societies in partnership with IBM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, HeadStart, India@75, LiveMint, and the Centre for Internet & Society is organizing the third edition of Design!PubliC event in Delhi on April 19 and 20, 2012.
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Design!PubliC — Innovation and the Public Interest: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 16, 2012 — filed under: Openness
On the 14th of October, 2011, the Center for Knowledge Societies organized the second edition of the Design Public Conclave, a conversation on how innovation can serve the Public Interest. The conclave was held at the lovely premises of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bangalore.
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#NAMA: The Future of Indic Languages: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 24, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Access to Knowledge
Medianama is hosting an open house session on "The Digital Future of Indic Languages" at the Oberoi in Bangalore on Thursday, July 24, 2014. The event will begin at 4.30pm and be followed by cocktails and dinner. Subhashish Panigrahi will participate in the event.
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Font problem hits Odia: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 25, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Focus on search for solution to lack of compatibility.
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Wikipedia edit-a-thons to add content on LGBTs: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2014 — last modified Jul 28, 2014 06:41 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
From Monday, Wikipedia will hold a series of “edit-a-thons” to encourage people to add content to the site about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
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Open Knowledge Festival 2014: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 28, 2014 — last modified Jul 28, 2014 10:17 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Subhashish Panigrahi represented India as the India Ambassador of OpenGLAM local in Berlin. The event was organized by Google, Omidyar, et.al., in Berlin from July 15 to 17, 2014.
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'Trolled' from US Congress, Wikipedia bans edits: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 28, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has issued a ten-day ban against an anonymous editor of its website located on the premises of the U.S. Congress, after the latter engaged in “disruptive editing,” on a wide range of subjects, from moon-landing conspiracy theories linked to Cuba to naming former U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as an alien wizard.
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