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Goa University students update ‘Goa’ Marathi articles on Wikipedia
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by
Admin
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published
Feb 22, 2019
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness
Faculty and students of Goa University’s Marathi department have updated 164 Marathi articles on Wikipedia related to Goa recently.
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News & Media
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Mini MediaWiki Training Theni
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by
Ananth
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published
Feb 13, 2019
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
CIS-A2k is trying to strengthen the MediaWiki movement in India, and over the last six months, the team has collaborated with different Indian Wikimedians and started a project called Indic-TechCom.
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Blogs
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Supporting Indian Community 2018: Needs Assessment
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by
Tito Dutta
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published
Feb 06, 2019
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last modified
Feb 06, 2019 09:46 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
The Wikimedia Foundation and Google worked in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India chapter (WMIN) and user groups will pilot a program encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages.
Here is the needs-assessment report.
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Access to Knowledge
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Marathi Wikipedia Workshop & 1lib1ref session at Goa University
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Feb 01, 2019
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last modified
Mar 01, 2019 12:35 AM
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filed under:
Marathi Wikipedia,
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge
Marathi language department of Goa University has initiated the process to document the culture of Goa on Marathi Wikipedia and Commons.
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Blogs
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January 2019 Newsletter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 31, 2019
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last modified
Mar 03, 2019 04:34 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the first issue of its e-Newsletter for 2019.
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Newsletters
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Google Gives Wikimedia Millions—Plus Machine Learning Tools
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by
Admin
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published
Jan 22, 2019
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last modified
Feb 02, 2019 12:52 PM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Google is pouring an additional $3.1 million into Wikipedia, bringing its total contribution to the free encyclopedia over the past decade to more than $7.5 million, the company announced at the World Economic Forum Tuesday.
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News & Media
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December 2018 Newsletter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 31, 2018
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last modified
Jan 08, 2019 04:15 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Access to Knowledge
We at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) wish you all a great year ahead and welcome you to the twelfth issue of its newsletter (December) for the year 2018:
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Newsletters
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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual Academy
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by
Sailesh Patnaik
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published
Dec 19, 2018
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last modified
Dec 20, 2018 12:24 AM
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filed under:
Open Educational Resources,
CIS-A2K,
Open License,
Access to Knowledge,
Open Data,
Wikipedia,
Open Content,
Odia Wikipedia,
Open Access,
Wikimedia
On October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by various user types and to ensure sustainability of Wikimedia projects, and to facilitate development of relevant free and open source software projects. This partnership between OVA and CIS will be carried out from December 2018 to November 2019, and we are sharing an overview of the activities and their objectives in this post.
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Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018
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by
Jayanta Nath
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published
Dec 08, 2018
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last modified
Dec 08, 2018 06:22 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Odia Wikisource,
Access to Knowledge,
Commons,
Indic Wikisource,
Automation,
Workshop,
archives,
Wikisource,
Kannada Wikisource,
Indic Scripts,
Mobile Apps,
Marathi Wikisource
A group of Indian Wikisource leader from 12 different language communities gathered in Kolkata to attend the Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018
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Punjabi Wikisource Training Workshop, Patiala
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by
Jayanta Nath
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published
Dec 06, 2018
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last modified
Dec 08, 2018 04:08 PM
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filed under:
Punjabi Wikisource,
Indic Wikisource,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikisource
A two-day long First Indic Wikisource Workshop training programme was organised by Punjabi Wikimedian during November 17-18th 2018 in Patiala, Punjab to better capacity of Wikisourcers both technically, and outreach and community building.