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Infrastructural Needs of Indian Language Wikisource Projects
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Oct 21, 2022
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last modified
Oct 21, 2022 01:21 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research,
Open Content
This is a short study on identifying the infrastructural gaps on Indian language Wikisource projects, and potential strategies to address the same. The study was undertaken by Jayantha Nath, Puthiya Purayil Sneha and Satdeep Gill, with writing and editorial oversight by Puthiya Purayil Sneha and an external review by Divyank Katira. This is part of a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2021-22.
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Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune
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by
Samantha Cassar
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published
Mar 07, 2014
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last modified
Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM
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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.
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Blog
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Institutional Partnership with Tribal Research & Training Institute
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Apr 18, 2018
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last modified
May 07, 2018 04:29 PM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
CIS-A2K has been building partnerships with major state government departments in Maharashtra to promote free & open knowledge resources. One such effort resulted into official Govt.Resolution of Tribal Research & Training Institute under State Tribal Development department on Expert's Study Group Formation for developing Open Knowledge Platforms.
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Integrating Urdu with Modern Technology the Need of Hour
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 08, 2014
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last modified
Apr 01, 2014 11:15 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
A report of the Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University by the Department of Translation Studies on March 6, 2014. Syed Muzamiluddin is quoted.
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Intellectuals stresses on need for revival of Bhagabat Tungi in Odisha villages as knowledge hub
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 22, 2014
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last modified
May 06, 2014 07:03 AM
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Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Odia Intellectuals stresses on need for revival of Bhagabat Tungi in Odisha villages as knowledge hub. This was expressed by the intellectuals at a seminar organized by ‘The Intellects’ at Tyagaraj Nagar Jaggnath Mandir, New Delhi.
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Introductory talk about "Wikipedia in Academics"
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 13, 2014
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last modified
Feb 03, 2014 06:48 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event
Subhashish Panigrahi gave a talk on Wikipedia in Academics. Subhashish spoke about the use the Wikipedia in academics, students' role as contributors to Wikipedia to keep the facts correct and editing Wikipedia articles in Indic languages.
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Introductory Wikipedia session at BITS Goa
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by
Nitika Tandon
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published
Mar 19, 2013
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last modified
Jul 26, 2013 11:40 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness
The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society was invited by Nikhil Dixit, Public Relations Officer at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani – Goa (BITS Goa) to organise Wikipedia session on March 7, 2013. Nitika Tandon participated in this workshop and shares with us the developments.
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Blog
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January 2015 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2015
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last modified
Feb 26, 2015 05:02 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikipedia,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Digital Humanities,
NVDA,
Openness,
Researchers at Work
Our newsletter for the month of January can be accessed below.
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Newsletters
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Journalism Students of the SDM College Ujire Enrich Karnataka’s Folklore And Folk Art in Kannada Wikipedia
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Aug 18, 2015
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last modified
Sep 15, 2015 09:09 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Kannada Wikipedia,
Wikimedia
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Shree Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College Ujjire, with active support from a few Kannada Wikipedia editors, CIS-A2K began an outreach programme so that the journalism students could help many Kannada readers about Karnataka’s rich folklore and folk art.
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Blog
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Kannada Wikipedia and its Tenth Anniversary
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 02, 2013
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last modified
Jan 28, 2016 01:14 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was on RadioCity to talk about Kannada Wikipedia and its tenth anniversary. The programme was aired on November 2, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
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