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Indic Language Wikipedias — Statistical Report — 2012: by Shiju Alex — published Jan 21, 2013 — last modified Feb 03, 2013 02:40 AM — filed under: Openness, Featured, Wikipedia, Wikimedia
I have compiled the statistical update of the Indic language Wikipedias for the year 2012. As usual, in this report, my aim is to provide my perspectives on the health of various Indic language communities as well as the state of various Indic language wikipedias.
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Celebrating the success of Wikipedia in Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jan 21, 2013 — last modified Apr 16, 2013 12:48 PM — filed under: Digital Activism, Access to Knowledge, Digital Access, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Youth, Video, Open Access, Openness, Event
Wikipedia Club Pune, a local community based outreach user group in Pune has recently organized Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013 to spread words about “Spoken Wikipedia”, a project to add recorded audio for Indic language Wikipedia articles which will help the disabled to access Wikipedia and “Bridging Editor Gender Gap.”
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Konkani in Wikipedia Incubator — Taking it to the Next Level: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 25, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Wikimedia
An introductory session on Konkani in Wikipedia was organized by the Centre for Internet and Society, Delhi in the Konkani Department at Goa University on December 12, 2012. About 30 participants took part in the event.
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Aaron Swartz: The First Martyr of the Free Information Movement: by Lawrence Liang — published Jan 24, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Video, Open Access
Well known American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist died on January 11, 2013. Lawrence Liang from the Alternative Law Forum discusses with Newsclick the tragic loss. The interview was conducted by Prabir Purkayastha.
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Promoting GLAM in Goa: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 24, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:27 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
We organised an introductory Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums (GLAM) session at Goa State Central Library on December 13, 2012. It was well attended by about 45 interested people coming from over 10 different GLAM institutes in Goa.
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Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 19, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:33 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
A three hour Wikipedia workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi, in the morning of December 14, 2012 at St. Xavier's College in Mapusa, Goa. Over 30 participants attended the session.
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Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:35 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
On December 14, 2012, a meeting was scheduled with the Vice Chancellor Dr. Satish R Shetye to discuss the possibility of bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in public domain. Nitika Tandon shares the development in this blog post.
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Remembering Aaron Swartz, Taking Up the Fight: by Nishant Shah — published Jan 28, 2013 — last modified Jan 28, 2013 04:51 AM — filed under: Openness
I encountered the Aaron Swartz memorial the other day that helps ‘liberate’ a randomly selected article from JSTOR, as an act of civil disobedience, to commemorate both the legacy that Swartz leaves behind, but also the high-profile witch-hunt case which was a crucial factor in him taking his own life.
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Access to Knowledge Report — September to December 2012: by Noopur Raval — published Jan 31, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
This post provides an overview of the activities done by the Access to Knowledge team under the grant provided by the Wikimedia Foundation from September 2012 to December 2012.
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Celebrating Odia Wikipedia's Ninth Anniversary: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Feb 19, 2013 — last modified Feb 28, 2013 04:32 AM — filed under: Openness, Featured, Wikipedia, Wikimedia
Odia Wikipedia saw its first edit on January 29, 2004. After a dormancy of many years it got revived in 2011. To commemorate the effort of many volunteer wikipedians, a celebratory event was organized on January 29, 2013 in Bhubaneswar. Subhashish Panigrahi participated in this event.
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