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Training-the-trainer programme and Mediawiki training at Pune: by Abhinav Garule — published Aug 17, 2016 — last modified Aug 18, 2016 11:14 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Train-the-trainer (TTT), Mediawiki training (MWT), Wikipedia, Marathi Wikipedia, WikipediansSpeak, Marathi Wikisource
A two-day long train-the-trainer and Mediawiki training programme was organised during May 28-29 in Pune to better capacity of Wikimedians both technically, and outreach and community building.
Located in Openness / Blog
Tools orientation session for Telugu Wikimedians of Hyderabad: by Pavan Santhosh S. — published Aug 17, 2016 — last modified Aug 17, 2016 02:35 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
A tools orientation session is being organised on July 10 at Hyderabad during the regular monthly meetup. Telugu Wikimedians who would be interested to learn about advanced editing tools like citation templates and Twinkle are welcome to join.
Located in Openness / Events
Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 20, 2016 — last modified Aug 22, 2016 03:15 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
WikiConference India and its productive hackathon
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon organised at Sagara, Karnataka: by Ananth Subray — published May 12, 2016 — last modified Aug 22, 2016 10:58 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Edit-a-thon, Kannada Wikipedia
A two-day-long Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organised at Sagara, Karnataka during January 26-27. A photowalk was also organised on the 25th to cover places of encyclopedic importance.
Located in Openness
Data Xgen launches paid Hindi email service: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 30, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Jaipur based Enterprise email provider Data Xgen Technologies has launched a paid email service in Hindi Devnagari script. This is especially for .bharat domain names, but can also be used for other domains. As of now, the company offers email packages starting at Rs 99, Rs 499, Rs 999 and Rs 1,499, which look like monthly plans.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
3 Copyright Tips for Students and Educators: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Aug 31, 2016 — last modified Oct 07, 2016 12:42 AM — filed under: Wikipedia, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Copyright is a really complicated topic, and when it comes to online use of creative works, accidentally crossing the line between fair use and a copyright violation is easy. How do you know what is copyrighted? Recently Frederico Morando (Creative Commons, Italy) and I presented a training session on understanding copyright policies at Wikimania 2016, which was originally proposed by Wikipedian User:Jim Carter. We covered topics such as fundamentals of copyright, exclusive rights, Berne convention, copyleft, Creative Commons licenses, Public Domain, fair use, and copyfraud.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Prabha): by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2014 — last modified Mar 05, 2014 11:05 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a Kannada Wikipedia workshop on March 1, followed a by edit-a-thon on Mar 2, 2014, at Sagara. A report of the inauguration program, appeared in Suvarna Prabha, Sagara on March 1, 2014.
Located in News & Media
ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಬಲಕೊಡುವ ಕೆಲಸವಾಗಲಿ’: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a 2-day workshop-cum-editathon at Sagara on March 1 and 2, 2014. Vijaya Karnataka published a report on March 2.
Located in News & Media
୧୦ ବର୍ଷରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ୱିକିପିଡିଆ: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 09, 2014 — last modified Mar 06, 2014 05:38 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
This is a feature about Odia Wikipedia's 10th anniversary and the story of a dead volunteer community reviving after 8 years. This has been published in Rabibara Sambad (Sunday supplement of Odia newspaper The Sambad) on February 9, 2014.
Located in News & Media
Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune: by Samantha Cassar — published Mar 07, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Researchers at Work, Wikipedia, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Featured, Wikimedia, Openness, Homepage
Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in which participants heard from speakers from various backgrounds on issues arising out of the intersection of internet and society, such as intellectual property, freedom of expression, and accessibility, to name a few. Below is an official reporting summarizing sessions that took place.
Located in Telecom / Blog

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