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Blog Entry Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad!
by Noopur Raval — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Feb 13, 2013 11:40 AM — filed under: , , , ,
This post is a report on the series of Wikipedia meets organized in the city of Hyderabad on September 29-30, 2012. These workshops were a a part of the larger effort to help Wikipedia contributors in the same city to meet each other and strengthen the local community.
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Blog Entry Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Amritsar
by Shiju Alex — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Oct 04, 2012 04:11 PM — filed under: , ,
After Ludhiana and Patiala we came to Amritsar, which we all know is home to the Golden Temple and the spiritual centre of Sikh religion, to introduce Punjabi Wikipedia. The workshop was held at the Spring Dale Senior School, Amritsar on August 17, 2012.
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September 2012 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2012 — last modified Oct 09, 2012 06:48 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
Welcome to the newsletter of September 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features a second analysis by Snehashish Ghosh on the latest list of sites blocked by the Indian government from August 18, 2012 to August 21, 2012, a research on the issues of internet governance by Smarika Kumar, publication of a report on Accessibility of Government websites in India by Nirmita Narasimhan, Mukesh Sharma and Dinesh Kaushal, the Access to Knowledge programme plan and updates from the Wikipedia community in India on Indic languages, updates from the Habits of Living workshop organised in Bengaluru, the events connected to the visits of international DNA experts, Helen Wallace and Jeremy Gruber in India, and introduce you to our Access to Knowledge team members.
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Access to Knowledge — September 2012 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 29, 2012 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 06:18 AM — filed under: , , , ,
This is the first newsletter from the Access to Knowledge team of CIS in Delhi. The issue introduces you to the CIS Access to Knowledge program, the team members in Delhi and reports from Workshops conducted by the Wikipedia community.
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Blog Entry Editor Growth & Contribution Program on Telugu Wikipedia
by Nitika Tandon — published Sep 29, 2012 — filed under: , ,
Nitika Tandon tells us about the Editor Growth & Contribution Program on Telegu Wikipedia, how it will run, its necessity and the future steps.
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Blog Entry Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala
by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 28, 2012 — last modified Oct 04, 2012 12:18 PM — filed under: , , ,
Patiala is the home to the famous Punjabi University. A Wikipedia workshop was organized at the Punjabi University's Punjabi Department on August 16, 2012.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia Workshop in British Library, Chandigarh
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 27, 2012 — last modified Oct 04, 2012 12:08 PM — filed under: , ,
A Wikipedia workshop was organized in Chandigarh by the British Library over two days on August 24 and 25, 2012. Bipin Kumar, Head of British Library and Christina, Deputy Manager had pivotal roles in designing this workshop with support from Piyush, a wikipedian.
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Blog Entry The First Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop
by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 27, 2012 — last modified Oct 04, 2012 12:16 PM — filed under: , ,
For those who might not be aware, Punjabi Wikipedia is one of the first Indic Wikipedias where community started editing way back in 2002. However, after the initial few edits all activities got stopped and it was inactive over the last decade. Recently we conducted a few workshops that led to the revival of Punjabi Wikipedia. This post is about the first Punjabi Wikipedia workshop held in Ludhiana, Punjab on July 28, 2012.
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Blog Entry Indic Language Wikipedias – Statistical Report: January – June 2012
by Shiju Alex — published Sep 25, 2012 — last modified Sep 28, 2012 03:41 PM — filed under: , ,
The following is a compilation of the statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias from January to June 2012. The author provides perspectives on the health of various Indic language communities as well as the state of various Indic language Wikipedias during the period.
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Blog Entry Kannada Wiki Workshop at Tumkur University
by Shiju Alex — published Sep 25, 2012 — last modified Oct 16, 2012 12:35 PM — filed under: ,
Tumkur University, Karnataka hosted a Kannada Wiki Workshop on September 15, 2012. This was the first Kannada Wikipedia workshop at Tumkur.
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