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Wikimedia Asia Meeting
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 10, 2013
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Aug 29, 2013 10:14 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
T.Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi from the Access to Knowledge team at CIS participated in the Wikimedia Asia meeting in Hong Kong on August 10, 2013.
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Wikimedia Bangalore Meetup @ Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
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Prasad Krishna
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Feb 14, 2013
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event
The Access to Knowledge team of the Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Wikispeed and NASSCOM is organizing meetup at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore on February 25, 2013 at 2.00 p.m. Vishnu Vardhan will speak on the Access to Knowledge program.
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Wikimedia Diversity Conference
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Nov 09, 2013
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Dec 02, 2013 06:40 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
T.Vishnu Vardhan participated in the conference organized by the German Wikipedia community in Berlin (GLS Campus) on November 9 and 10, 2013. He presented on So Many Languages- Challenges and Opportunities for the Wikimedia Movement in India and also led a Round-up session on Geographic diversity and Language pluralism on Wikimedia.
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Wikimedia Foundation awards grant to Centre for Internet and Society to expand Access to Knowledge in India
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 02, 2012
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Openness
We are pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation has approved a grant to the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore to expand their Access to Knowledge program in India.
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Wikimedia Technical Workshop at Savitribai Phule Pune University
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by
Manasa Rao
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Nov 29, 2017
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last modified
Dec 19, 2017 04:03 PM
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CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Mediawiki training (MWT),
Wikipedia,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Openness
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Wikipedia Academy in Mangalore
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by
Radha Rao
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Aug 21, 2009
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Apr 02, 2011 03:20 PM
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Openness
The one-day workshop will focus on the use of Indian languages in Wikipedia, editing and its application in academics.
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Wikipedia and Free Culture
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by
Sanchia de Souza
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Nov 21, 2008
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Oct 21, 2011 08:31 AM
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Openness
Bangalore International Centre, in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society, hosts a discussion focusing on Wikipedia and free culture, with Jimmy Wales (Founder, Wikipedia) and Sue Gardner (Wikimedia Foundation)
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Wikipedia at Avenir
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Prasad Krishna
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Mar 11, 2013
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
A 4 hours Wikipedia event at Avenir, 2013 is being held at Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal on 11th March 2013. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
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Wikipedia at Forefront in Christ University
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by
Syed Muzammiluddin
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Jan 29, 2014
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Feb 04, 2014 05:08 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Wikipedia has entered Indian undergraduate language classroom in Christ University, Bangalore. Recently the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) organized a series of events in Christ University. This blog post provides a brief analysis of the outcome.
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Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languages
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 01, 2013
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
A vibrant vernacular Wikipedia seems to be taking root in India. In the last eight months, the number of Wikipedia entries has grown substantially in 20 Indian languages, says a study by the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
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