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Tulu Wikipedia Editathon to Improve Quality of Articles in Tulu Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published May 07, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Event, Access to Knowledge, Tulu Wikipedia
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) organized a Wikipedia editathon for improving Tulu Wikipedia. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted the sessions.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Events
Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live': by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 07, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Tulu Wikipedia
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
Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live' after 8 Years on Incubator: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 22, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Tulu Wikipedia
Eight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Tulu Wikipedia Tutorial: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 26, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:50 AM — filed under: Social Media, CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Video, Tulu Wikipedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja trained the people involved in the creation of the videos.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Typography Day 2016: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 24, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Typography Day was organized for the 9th time at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Unable to read Odia on your android device? Don’t fret!: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 30, 2015 — last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:04 AM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
If you get only boxes in place of Odia fonts in your Android device then it does not support the language. So you need to install Odia font in your smart phone; one way is to root it, but it’s not without cons.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Using Kannada in technology made easier with smartphones: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 01, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Kannada Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
With the IT revolution, many believed that the younger generation would prefer to type and communicate in English than Kannada.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
UTF-8, Indic and Stub Length Article in Wikipedia: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Oct 20, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Kannada Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
One of the activities conducted as part of Wiki Conference India 2016 was the Punjab Editathon. It was about adding articles related to Punjab to Indian language Wikipedias and English Wikipedia. There was also an announcement made about some award for highest contribution.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Van Bodh Workshop for content development on Forest Resources at Gadchiroli: by Admin — published Nov 06, 2018 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Event
CIS-A2K has collaborated with Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI) to facilitate development of Open knowledge resources on Community Forest Resource and content development in Wikimedia projects with community participation. These contents will become a part of "Van Bodh Knowledge repository".
Located in Access to Knowledge / Events
What Indian Language Wikipedias can do for Greater Open Access in India: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 22, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Open Access
The number of internet users in India was expected to reach 460 million by 2015, as the growth in the previous year was 49 percent. The total number of users for Hindi content alone reached about 60 million last year.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs

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