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Marathi Wikipedia workshop for Sandarbh Science magazine writers
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by
Manasa Rao
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published
Nov 19, 2017
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last modified
Dec 19, 2017 03:53 PM
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CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Openness
A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was recently conducted for the writers at Sandarbh Science magazine.
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Wikimedia Technical Workshop at Savitribai Phule Pune University
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by
Manasa Rao
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published
Nov 29, 2017
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last modified
Dec 19, 2017 04:03 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Mediawiki training (MWT),
Wikipedia,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Openness
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The Knowledge Base is Liberated
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by
Subodh Kulkarni and Madhav Gadgil
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published
Aug 05, 2019
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CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
The article published in Sunday supplement of Loksatta newspaper of Express group, written jointly by Madhav Gadgil & Subodh Kulkarni summarises - the status of searchable open knowledge available on web, eagerness of youth generation across the social strata to access knowledge on new gadgets and the approaches to build resources in Marathi on web harnessing potential of Wikimedia projects. It also elaborates major three breakthroughs – Free & open source software movement, Unicode revolution and development of collaborative knowledge building and sharing free platforms like Wikimedia projects easily accessible to people in their own languages.
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Christ (DU) students enrolls for 3rd Wikipedia certificate course
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by
Ananth Subray
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published
Sep 23, 2018
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Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Students of Christ (Deemed to be University) enrolled themselves for the third Wikipedia certificate course for the academic year of 2018-19, to understand the usage of Wikimedia projects.
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Aditya 365
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by
Pavan Santhosh
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published
Nov 07, 2018
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CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Telugu Wikipedia
Telugu Wikimedian Aditya Pakide successfully completed 365 Wiki Commons Days. Aditya started contributing to project after a Facebook comment by A2K community advocate suggesting that the same picture would get more utilization in Commons and a brief training followed.
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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy
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by
Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Dec 19, 2018
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last modified
Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM
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filed under:
Open Educational Resources,
CIS-A2K,
Open License,
Access to Knowledge,
Open Data,
Wikipedia,
Open Content,
Odia Wikipedia,
Open Access,
Wikimedia
On October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by various user types and to ensure sustainability of Wikimedia projects, and to facilitate development of relevant free and open source software projects. This partnership between OVA and CIS will be carried out from December 2018 to November 2019, and we are sharing an overview of the activities and their objectives in this post.
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Why It's Essential To Grow Indian-Language Wikipedias
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jan 26, 2016
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May 28, 2016 06:52 AM
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Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
On 15 January, Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia celebrated its 15th birthday, meeting this milestone with 36 million articles in more than 290 languages (the English-language Wikipedia alone has crossed the 5-million article mark). But here I want to address some major questions that we need to ask as Indians.
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କେତେ ମାଗଣା ଫେସବୁକର ଫ୍ରି ବେସିକ୍ସ?
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jan 27, 2016
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last modified
Jan 28, 2016 07:23 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
This opinion piece in Odia on Facebook's Free Basics App was published in Odisha.com. The post highlights several user security and privacy that Free Basics is violating apart from violating net neutrality. It also brings the parallel of Airtel Zero and Free Basics with the Grameenphone project by Mozilla in Bangladesh and the worldwide Wikipedia Zero projects.
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର: ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ପାଠାଗାର ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନର ନୂଆ ମୁହଁ
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jan 12, 2016
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last modified
Jan 28, 2016 07:25 AM
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CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikipedia,
Odia Wikisource,
Access to Knowledge
Many would be searching for Odia-language books on the internet. Many would feel like correcting typos and other mistakes when found while reading a book, even online. Odia Wikisource is as a platform all those book lovers who want to read Odia books online and want to make more books available online.
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Wikipedia initiative - Celebrating legacy of Bangalore Blue grapes online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 29, 2016
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last modified
Jan 29, 2016 03:44 PM
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Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Black is beautiful, and it can go places if it is well researched. When HL Omshivaprakash wrote a Wikipedia article about Karnataka's bidriware, the metal handicraft where gleaming black bowls and hookahs are dotted with delicate silver strips, he didn't expect it to be picked up by the French and Swedes.
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