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Non Unicode ISCII Text Can be Converted to Unicode Now!: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Dec 19, 2012 — last modified Dec 21, 2012 09:59 AM — filed under: Openness, Featured, Wikipedia, Wikimedia
Odia Wikipedian Manoj Sahukar has designed a new tool which can convert non Unicode ISCII text to Odia Unicode text. A majority of the digitized text and web content of newspapers and books are in non unicode text which now could be used for Wikipedia and other Odia Wiki projects. This opens a new arena for digitized free license books in Odia language.
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Marathi Wiki Workshop at Tata Institute of Social Sciences: by Nitika Tandon — published Dec 08, 2012 — last modified Feb 04, 2013 04:55 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
The Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai is taking up a number of activities and conducting workshops focusing on Indian languages across cities. A series of workshops in Marathi, Kannada and Bangla have been planned with Wikipedia sessions in each of these events.
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A Report of Odia Wikipedia Workshop at IIT, Kharagpur: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 05, 2012 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The Samaja, Odia daily, Kolkata edition, on December 3, 2012, published an article about the Odia Wikipedia Workshop organized in IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal.
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Kolkata: Tasting the Sweetness of Wikipedia!: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Dec 04, 2012 07:19 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Video, Interview, Openness
Recently, Access to Knowledge team member Subhashish Panigrahi spent some time with wikipedians in Kolkata. Through this blog post he shares his experience and learning from the interaction. This post explores the journey of three wikipedians — Jayanta Nath, Deepon Saha and Ashwin.
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First Odia Wikipedia Education Program to be Rolled Out: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 12:17 PM — filed under: Higher Education, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Video, Openness
Odia Wikipedians gathered at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal on November 8, 2012 to start the first Odia Wikipedia Education Program. This program aims to bring students edit articles on Odia Wikipedia through a series of assessments by professors. The local community members from Nalconagar would be supporting the four month program.
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — October 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 29, 2012 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 08:19 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Newsletter
This is the second bulletin from the Access to Knowledge team of CIS in Delhi. This issue features education program updates of the Assamese, Malayalam and Gujarati Wiki communities, a hackathon held at BITS, Hyderabad, press coverage of the Odia Wikipedia workshop in Pune, and reports of workshops organised in Bangalore, Ghaziabad and Pune during the month of October.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
વિકિપીડિયા ગુજરાતી માં પણ છે: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 28, 2012 — last modified Dec 07, 2012 10:36 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
We've recently been featured in the Gujarati magazine on technology: Cybersafar. The below article was written by Harsh Kothari.
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OdishaDiary conferred prestigious Odisha Youth Inspiration Award 2012 to Odia Wikipedia team: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 23, 2012 — last modified Dec 05, 2012 04:55 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
OdishaDiary (Orissadiary.com) conferred the prestigious Odisha Youth Inspiration Award 2012 to the team of contributors of Odia Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai: by Noopur Raval — published Nov 21, 2012 — last modified Dec 03, 2012 06:01 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
The Wiki Women Workshop was organized at the Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Wadala in Mumbai on November 4, 2012. It was attended by over 60 women participants who were taught how to contribute to Wikipedia articles and briefed about the knowledge gaps in Wikipedia — the free encyclopedia. Noopur Raval has prepared a report of the event.
Located in Openness / Blog
A Report of the Odia Wikipedia Workshop held in KMBB College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Dec 07, 2012 10:37 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
(By Debapriya Priyadashi Chakra) Sambad, Odisha's most widely read and largest circulated daily, on November 19, 2012, published an article about the Odia Wikipedia workshop organized in KMBB College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
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