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Blog Entry Indian English Wikipedian Nvvchar completes 1500 Did You Know articles
by Tito Dutta — published May 09, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:03 AM — filed under: , , ,
Indian English Wikipedian Nvvchar has completed 1500 Did you know articles. This is the second highest on English Wikipedia.
Located in Access to Knowledge
Blog Entry Stats for March 2016
by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — published May 08, 2016 — last modified Jun 07, 2016 04:06 AM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
CIS-A2K team closely works with 5 Indian languages, we call as focus language areas. Here are the stats for the month of March 2016.
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Tulu Wikipedia Editathon to Improve Quality of Articles in Tulu Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna — published May 07, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
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.
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Promoting Online Content Through 'Wiki Malayalam'
by Prasad Krishna — published May 06, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Practical sessions on using Wiki Malayalam as a medium to preserve the language and promote digital media were held on Thursday, the final day of the two-day workshop on ‘Wiki Malayalam.’
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Spread awareness through Malayalam Wikipedia: Gadgil
by Prasad Krishna — published May 05, 2016 — filed under: , ,
"Contribution of information by people of Rukadi village near Kolhapur to Marathi Wikipedia, by referring to media reports, helped spread the word about mass fish deaths in the region. Similar efforts should be initiated in Kerala so that information about local movements like Plachimada campaign would be available in the public domain," opined environmentalist Madhav Gadgil. He was speaking at the Malayalam Wikipedia workshop hosted by Swadeshabhimani Media Study Centre at Vakkom Moulavi Memorial Hall here on Wednesday.
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T’puram to host Wikipedia workshop on May 4, 5
by Prasad Krishna — published May 01, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
The workshop will be led by Prof. Madav Gadgil and a team of experienced Wikipedia editors.
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Blog Entry Eight Challenges Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Apr 30, 2016 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:09 PM — filed under: ,
Even after a decade of existence, Indian language Wikipedias are not yet known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia, the largest available encyclopedia made in the human history, is what it is today because of the hundreds and thousands of volunteer editors.
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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
Blog Entry Edit-a-thon organised to grow content on medicinal plants in Kannada Wikipedia
by Ananth Subray — published Apr 29, 2016 — last modified May 19, 2016 10:34 AM — filed under: , ,
Two two-day long edit-a-thons were organised in St. Aloysius College and St. Agnes College, both in Mangalore, during March 10-11 and March 12-13 respectively. The edit-a-thons were aimed at creating and enhancing Wikipedia articles related to medicinal plants.
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Exercise to Correct articles in Tulu Wikipedia begins
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 28, 2016 — last modified May 01, 2016 10:37 AM — filed under: , , , ,
It will go on till Saturday at the Ramakrishna pre-university college.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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