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Wikimania 2013: Wikipedians represent Indian Languages in Hong Kong: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Aug 19, 2013 — last modified Sep 13, 2013 06:03 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
The 7th, 8th and 9th of August 2013 saw over 600 Wikipedians across the world participating Wikimania at Hong Kong. The three day annual international conference for users and contributors of Wikipedia brought many debates about open educational research, open source technologies, gender gap, documenting the history of mankind in a free and open platform like Wikipedia and its sister sites in collaboration with Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums and all of these in 286 world languages. More and more volunteers are joining this movement and it is expanding the media of accessing and disseminating knowledge.
Located in Openness / Blog
Extending The Spectrum Of Openness To Include The Moral Right To Share: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2013 — filed under: Openness
from the now-there's-a-thought dept.
Located in News & Media
A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Krishnarajapet: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 14, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:46 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
On Sunday, August 11, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Shyam Computers, Krishnarajapet, Karnataka. The workshop was co-organized by the CIS-A2K team along with Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet. This report summarizes the proceedings of that workshop and subsequent research into relevant questions flowing from the discussions.
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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mysore: by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 13, 2013 — last modified Oct 04, 2013 04:40 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Kannada Wikipedia
On Tuesday, August 6, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at the Centre for Proficiency Development and Placement Services (CPDPS), Manasa Gangotri campus, University of Mysore, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop.
Located in Openness / Blog
Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani): by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 12, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 05:50 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
Prajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Located in News & Media
Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Times of Karnataka): by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 12, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:10 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
Suvarna Times of Karnataka covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Located in News & Media
Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Vijaya Vani): by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 12, 2013 — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:45 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
Prajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Located in News & Media
Wikimedia Asia Meeting: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2013 — last modified Aug 29, 2013 10:14 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
T.Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi from the Access to Knowledge team at CIS participated in the Wikimedia Asia meeting in Hong Kong on August 10, 2013.
Located in News & Media
India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 08, 2013 — last modified Aug 09, 2013 09:58 AM — filed under: Telegu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness
Despite accommodating the world’s second largest English-speaking population behind the United States, it is India’s indigenous language speakers that are creating and consuming the content that is driving Wikipedia’s growth on the subcontinent.
Located in News & Media
e-DIRAP Google+ Hangout on Open Government: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 08, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Video
The e-DIRAP Hangout on Open Government was held on Thursday, July 25, 2013. The Hangout brought together nine professionals from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines to discuss open government initiatives in their respective countries, the challenges they face, and open source tools for open government.
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