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'Trolled' from US Congress, Wikipedia bans edits
- July 28, 2014
Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has issued a ten-day ban against an anonymous editor of its website located on the premises of the U.S. Congress, after the latter engaged in “disruptive editing,” on a wide range of subjects, from moon-landing conspiracy theories linked to Cuba to naming former U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as an alien wizard.
Read more →Open Knowledge Festival 2014
- July 28, 2014
Subhashish Panigrahi represented India as the India Ambassador of OpenGLAM local in Berlin. The event was organized by Google, Omidyar, et.al., in Berlin from July 15 to 17, 2014.
Read more →Telugu Wikipedia struggles to stay afloat
- July 28, 2014
For a language that is spoken by 10 crore people, content is sparse.
Read more →Classical Odia Language in the Digital Age
- July 28, 2014
The essay was published in the June edition of Odisha Review, a magazine published by Government of Odisha's Department of Information and Public Relations.
Read more →Indian Govt looks to provide free access to publicly-funded research works
- July 28, 2014
Sunil Abraham gave his inputs to the blog entry published in Medianama on July 23, 2014.
Read more →Wiki Loves Pride 2014 and Adding Diversity to Wikipedia
- July 25, 2014
Since Wikipedia’s gender gap first came to light in late 2010, Wikipedians have taken the issue to heart, developing projects with a focus on inclusivity in content, editorship and the learning environments relevant to new editors.
Read more →Font problem hits Odia
- July 25, 2014
Focus on search for solution to lack of compatibility.
Read more →Plan for open access to science research
- July 25, 2014
The policy is open to comments from the public till July 25.
Read more →#NAMA: The Future of Indic Languages
- July 24, 2014
Medianama is hosting an open house session on "The Digital Future of Indic Languages" at the Oberoi in Bangalore on Thursday, July 24, 2014. The event will begin at 4.30pm and be followed by cocktails and dinner. Subhashish Panigrahi will participate in the event.
Read more →University of Mysore Re-releases Kannada Vishwakosha (Encyclopaedia) under Creative Commons Free License
- July 24, 2014
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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