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Blog Entry Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite by Wikipedia; news in brief
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Aug 07, 2016 — filed under: , , , ,
Konkani-language Wikipedians on what they think of Wikipedia as a binding factor for native speakers who speak in different variations of the same language and write in different scripts.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live'
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 07, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Tulu Wikipedia became live on August 5, 2016. CIS-A2K took making of Tulu Wikipedia live as one of its activity in 2014. The efforts bore fruit and Tulu Wikipedia is live now.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
WikiConference India 2016
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 07, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
WikiConference India 2016 is an event to provide a common platform for all Wikimedians in India to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange useful tips, best practices and other information. The Conference is open for participation of Wikimedians from all nations, and will be taking place on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of August 2016 at Chandigarh.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry The largest Wikipedia gathering in South Asia kicks off
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Aug 05, 2016 — last modified Aug 06, 2016 05:11 PM — filed under: , , ,
Wikimedia Conference 2016Wiki Conference India 2016 (WCI), the largest gathering of contributors to Wikipedia and its sister projects in South Asia, will be held during August 5-7 this year in Chandigarh, India.
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WikiConference India 2016 Starts Friday in Chandigarh
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 05, 2016 — filed under: , ,
India, a key growth area for Wikipedia, is gearing up for a national conference "for Wikimedians in India to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange useful tips, best practices and other information".
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Blog Entry Tools orientation for Telugu Wikimedians of Hyderabad
by Pavan Santhosh S — published Jul 31, 2016 — last modified Aug 17, 2016 02:58 PM — filed under: , , ,
To help Wikimedians learn about essential tools that are used across Wikimedia projects, a tools orientation session was organised during the monthly meetup on July 10 at Hyderabad.
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Architectures of Knowledge
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 30, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Rohini Lakshane was a speaker at a workshop organized by Columbia's Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities at Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Edit-a-thon at DSERT Bengaluru to improve Science-related articles in Kannada Wikipedia
by Ananth Subray — published Jul 14, 2016 — last modified Aug 16, 2016 08:31 AM — filed under: , , , ,
We have been working with the Department of State Educational Research and Training of Karnataka (DSERT), a Government of Karnataka-run research and training institution headquartered in Bengaluru. With the hope of expanding the reach of Science-related content in Kannada Wikipedia, we organised an edit-a-thon spanning over three days from the 11th January through the 13th.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry Online edit-a-thon on incidents in Telugu
by Subhashish Panigrahi and Pavan Santhosh — published Jul 11, 2016 — last modified Jul 11, 2016 04:23 PM — filed under: ,
A week-long online edit-a-thon was organised by the Telugu Wikipedia community to cover popular social, political and other events on the Telugu Wikipedia.
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନରେ ଏକ ଲକ୍ଷ ଶବ୍ଦ
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 09, 2016 — filed under: , ,
A news article on Odia Wiktionary's 11th anniversary that got published in Odia-language daily Sambad on June 18.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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