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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at SDM

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 12, 2013 06:16 AM

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, SDM College, Ujire is holding a wiki workshop on September 15, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from CIS-A2K team is participating in this workshop.

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Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 12, 2013 06:09 AM

St. Aloysius College is organizing a Konkani Wikipedia workshop at AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Mangalore on September 13, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja from the CIS-A2K team will participate in the event.

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The Law and Economics of Copyright Users Rights

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 06, 2013 06:25 AM

Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law is organizing a conference on law and economics of copyright users at Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC, on September 26, 2013. Sunil Abraham will present an update on the Pervasive Technologies project as keynote at this meeting.

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వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాద్/ఆగష్టు

వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాద్/ఆగష్టు

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 29, 2013 06:24 AM

T.Vishnu participated in the Telugu meet-up held in Hyderabad on August 25, 2013, via Skype.

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Dictionary words in software patent guidelines puzzle industry

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 04, 2013 06:20 AM

Terms not defined in draft guidelines on patents for computer-related inventions leaves room for misinterpretation

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Wikimania 2013: The International Wikimedia Conference

Wikimania 2013: The International Wikimedia Conference

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 29, 2013 06:30 AM

Wikimania is the annual international conference of the Wikimedia movement. It's organized by a different local team each year. In 2013 the conference took place in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Wikimania allows the community and the general public to learn about and share their experiences with free knowledge initiatives all over the world. T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event.

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Wikipedia writes a new script

Wikipedia writes a new script

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 04, 2013 06:27 AM

Wikipedia is available in over 30 Indian languages. Add Konkani to that list. The Centre for Internet and Society has just completed a programme of training students to write for Konkani Wikipedia.

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Workshop on e-Content Development

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 04, 2013 05:56 AM

T. Vishnu Vardhan, A2K Programme Director at CIS will be teaching at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad from September 4 to 6, 2013.

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Konkani Wikipedia makes headway

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 17, 2013 06:07 AM

The first floor of the Krishnadas Central Library has been bustling with activity for the last four days. A closer look reveals the concentration, thought and precision that is put into each letter of the Devnagri script Konkani they type. Still further and you realise it’s a Wikipedia site that final year MA Konkani students of Goa University are busy with.

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Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani)

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 05, 2013 05:50 AM

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.

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Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Times of Karnataka)

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:10 AM

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.

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Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Vijaya Vani)

by Prasad Krishna last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:45 AM

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.

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Wikimedia Asia Meeting

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 29, 2013 10:14 AM

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.

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India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth

India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 09, 2013 09:58 AM

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.

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Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions of Openness

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 07, 2013 09:43 AM

It is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of the world as the natural order of things.

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Stress on posting articles on Kannada Wikipedia

Stress on posting articles on Kannada Wikipedia

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 02, 2013 06:27 AM

A workshop to be held on CPDPS premises on August 6.

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Wikipedia boom in vernacular languages

Wikipedia boom in vernacular languages

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 12, 2013 04:29 AM

The number of Wikipedia entries in vernacular languages has grown substantially in the last eight months

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Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languages

Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languages

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 01, 2013 05:28 AM

A vibrant vernacular Wikipedia seems to be taking root in India. In the last eight months, the number of Wikipedia entries has grown substantially in 20 Indian languages, says a study by the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).

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Wikipedia Gains Massive Traffic Thanks To Vernacular Languages

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 19, 2013 04:18 AM

The blog post was published in Before It's News on August 1, 2013. T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.

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Konkani Wikipedia next?

Konkani Wikipedia next?

by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 01, 2013 08:32 AM

A quarter of the world’s Konkani speakers live in Goa. Which is why it should cheer us up to know that a Konkani Wikipedia is being shaped up. But unless more and more of us contribute, the project might never go online.

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