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Tools orientation session for Telugu Wikimedians of Hyderabad
by Pavan Santhosh S. — published Aug 17, 2016 — last modified Aug 17, 2016 02:35 PM — filed under: , , ,
A tools orientation session is being organised on July 10 at Hyderabad during the regular monthly meetup. Telugu Wikimedians who would be interested to learn about advanced editing tools like citation templates and Twinkle are welcome to join.
Located in Openness / Events
Blog Entry Touch Point Report: Department of Tourism Studies, Christ University and St. Aloysius College, Managalore
by Tanveer Hasan — published Dec 05, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:37 AM — filed under: , , , ,
CIS-A2K conducts Wikipedia in Education programme at St. Aloysius colege, Mangalore. This partnership is unique as it provides to us a pool of editors for three Wikimedia projects, i.e: Kannada, Tulu and Konkani.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Train the Trainer 2016
by Prasad Krishna — published May 28, 2016 — last modified May 28, 2016 07:29 AM — filed under: , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) team is organizing the Train the Trainer programme at its office in Bengaluru from June 15 to 17, 2016.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Events
Blog Entry Train The Trainer 2017
by Manasa Rao — published Mar 15, 2017 — last modified Jun 07, 2017 08:43 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
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Train-the-Trainer 2019 at Vishakhapatnam
by Pavan Santhosh — published May 24, 2019 — last modified May 24, 2019 02:21 AM — filed under: , ,
Train-the-trainer 2019 (TTT 2019), residential training program to groom leadership among the Indian Wikimedia community members, is going to happen in Visakhapatnam during 31 May, 1 and 2 June 2019 at Fairfield by Marriott Hotel at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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Blog Entry Training-the-trainer programme and Mediawiki training at Pune
by Abhinav Garule — published Aug 17, 2016 — last modified Aug 18, 2016 11:14 AM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
A two-day long train-the-trainer and Mediawiki training programme was organised during May 28-29 in Pune to better capacity of Wikimedians both technically, and outreach and community building.
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Blog Entry TTT 2015
by Tanveer Hasan — published Dec 05, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:36 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) conducted a four day training workshop for Wikimedians all over India in order to facilitate conducting and organising outreach activities for promotion of Wikimedia activities within Indian language communities. Wikimedians from 21 language communities had participated in this training workshop including Wikipedians working for Nepali and Maithili Wikipedia.
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Tulu gets official Wikipedia page, but Mumbai linguists say more is needed
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Sitting in his Sunkadakatte home in Bengaluru, Dr UB Pavanaja still recalls the moment when he was at the WikiConference India 2016 in Chandigarh earlier this month. Academicians from all over India had gathered at the event, to share their views about issues related to India on Wikipedia. While the talks were still in progress, Katherine Maher, executive director, Wikimedia Foun-dation, USA, paused to make an announcement.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Tulu takes a major Wiki leap, all thanks to a dedicated team
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 22, 2016 — last modified Aug 22, 2016 04:38 PM — filed under: , ,
Tulu is one of the five Dravidian languages but it has the least number of speakers. Though it has a script, lack of usage has made it almost obsolete, forcing Tulu writers to write in Kannada. This has, however, benefited Tulu today, allowing it to boast of its own Wikipedia
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Tulu Wiki may go live soon as writers work day and night
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2016 — last modified May 03, 2016 02:17 AM — filed under: , ,
An article about Tulu Wikipedia progress was published in the Times of India, Mangaluru edition on April 30, 2016.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
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