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Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Aug 19, 2015
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Sep 04, 2015 09:06 AM
A Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon is planned to improve science-related articles that are part of the Government of Karnataka's high school syllabus.
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Reading Devanagari script based sites like Konkani Wikipedia in Kannada Script
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Jul 13, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:14 PM
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Konkani Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
This is a small hack to read websites with Devanagari script (used for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Maithili and a few more languages) based sites like Konkani Wikipedia in Kannada script.
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An Article on Kannada Wikipedia
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Nov 14, 2014
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Dec 05, 2014 01:22 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
I wrote an article on Kannada Wikipedia which was published in the Yojana magazine on November 2014 issue.
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Converting from nonUnicode (Nudi, Baraha, ...) font encoding to Unicode Kannada
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Oct 31, 2014
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Oct 23, 2016 03:36 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
People have been using computers for typing and printing Kannada text for more than 25 years. Most of the usage of Kannada on computers was limited to the DTP arena.
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Tulu Wikipedia Workshop cum Editathon at Udupi
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Oct 31, 2014
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Oct 31, 2014 02:54 PM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Tulu Wikipedia
A three-day programme was held at Udupi from October 15 to 17, 2014 with an aim to increase the presence of Tulu in the online world. The first day comprised the inauguration programme and a workshop to understand the Wiki markup. The next two days were devoted to the edit-a-thon where participants added articles to Tulu Wikipedia.
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University of Mysore Re-releases Kannada Vishwakosha (Encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons Free License
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Jul 24, 2014
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Jul 24, 2014 07:03 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Homepage,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
The University of Mysore and the Centre for Internet and Society co-organized the Open Knowledge Day in Mysore on July 15, 2014. On this occasion Mysore University released six volumes of Kannada Vishwakosha under the Creative Commons (CC) license.
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Aircel & Wikimedia Foundation announce Wikipedia Zero
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Jul 07, 2014
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Jul 07, 2014 05:58 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Aircel and Wikimedia Foundation came together to announce Wikipedia Zero. As per this, users of Aircel need not pay for data for accessing Wikipedia. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja wrote a report on this in Prajavani.
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CIS Signs MoU with Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College
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U.B.Pavanaja
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May 27, 2014
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College on April 21, 2014. On behalf of CIS, Dr. U.B.Pavanaja signed the MoU.
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CIS Signs MoU with Mysore University
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Apr 16, 2014
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May 05, 2014 06:29 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
CIS-A2K signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Mysore for converting to Unicode and re-releasing their encyclopaedia under Creative Commons License. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja on behalf of the CIS-A2K team signed the MoU.
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ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಟ್ಟ ಸಸಿಗೆ ಈಗ ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷ
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Nov 20, 2013
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Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja wrote an article highlighting 10 years of Kannada Wikipedia. Kannada Wikipedia started in the year 2003 and now it has completed 10 years. The article highlights the current status of the Kannada Wikipedia vis-a-vis number of articles, number of editors, active editors, and page views per month.
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