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South Asia's Largest Wikimedia Conference Kicks Off in India
Wiki Conference India 2016, the largest gathering of the contributors of Wikipedia (the multilingual online encyclopaedia) and its sister projects called ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 08, 2016 01:39 AM — Filed under: , , ,
The largest Wikipedia gathering in South Asia kicks off
Wikimedia Conference 2016Wiki Conference India 2016 (WCI), the largest gathering of contributors to Wikipedia and its sister projects in South Asia, will be ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 06, 2016 05:11 PM — Filed under: , , ,
WikiConference India 2016
WikiConference India 2016 is an event to provide a common platform for all Wikimedians in India to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 07, 2016 01:35 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live'
Tulu Wikipedia became live on August 5, 2016. CIS-A2K took making of Tulu Wikipedia live as one of its activity in 2014. The efforts bore fruit and Tulu ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 07, 2016 01:41 AM — Filed under: , ,
Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite by Wikipedia; news in brief
Konkani-language Wikipedians on what they think of Wikipedia as a binding factor for native speakers who speak in different variations of the same language and ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 07, 2016 03:11 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
India's 23rd regional Wikipedia, in Tulu, goes live
The Tulu Wikipedia has just gone live, giving another boost to yet another ancient Indian language otherwise struggling to keep up with the times and speedily ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 07, 2016 10:31 AM — Filed under: , ,
After eight years, Tulu Wikipedia goes live
Around eight years after its launch and in incubation, the Tulu Wikipedia has gone live with over 1,000 articles. It can be accessed at http://tcy.wikipedia.org by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 07, 2016 10:34 AM — Filed under: , ,
In Tulu, India's 23rd Regional Wikipedia Goes Live
In a major boost to ancient Indian languages, Tulu wikipedia has finally gone live. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 08, 2016 01:27 AM — Filed under: , ,
India's 23rd Regional Language Wikipedia Goes Live in Tulu
The Tulu Wikipedia has just gone live, giving another boost to yet another ancient Indian language otherwise struggling to keep up with the times and speedily ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 09, 2016 03:02 AM — Filed under: , ,
Wikipedia now available in Tulu
In another boost to yet another Indian language, the Wikipedia in Tulu has gone live. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 09, 2016 03:05 AM — Filed under: , ,
India's 23rd Regional Wikipedia Launches
A Tulu version has gone live on Wikipedia, making it the 23rd one in an Indian language to do so. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 09, 2016 03:14 AM — Filed under: , ,
Wikipedia launches in Tulu, its 23rd Indic language
Wikipedia has launched in Tulu, making it the 23rd Indian language Wiki, reports domain-b. The announcement was made at the Wikiconference India 2016 held in ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 09, 2016 01:56 PM — Filed under: , ,
US Copyright law faces constitutional challenge
In a major international development, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit to strike down the provisions on Digital Rights ... by Anubha Sinha last modified Aug 11, 2016 01:28 PM — Filed under: ,
Wikipedia WikiMeetup at Bangalore
Bangalore based Wikipedians will gather for a meeting at the Centre for Internet and Society on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 3.00 p.m. by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 12, 2016 01:31 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Telugu Wikipedians create Articles on Punjab in Telugu Wikipedia
Telugu Wikipedians created articles on Punjab in a national level contest. Telugu Wikipedians received a trophy during the closing ceremony of Wiki conference ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 12, 2016 02:02 PM — Filed under: , ,
Edit-a-thon at DSERT Bengaluru to improve Science-related articles in Kannada Wikipedia
We have been working with the Department of State Educational Research and Training of Karnataka (DSERT), a Government of Karnataka-run research and training ... by Ananth Subray last modified Aug 16, 2016 08:31 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
WikiConference India 2016 Submission: How to better tell your Wikimedia Community Story using Media as a Tool
The Wikimedia community has constantly struggled to a) reach out to masses and tell them about their contribution, and motivate people to contribute to the ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 17, 2016 02:24 AM — Filed under: , , ,
WikiConference India 2016 Submission: We, Men, Women: Collective Learning in Bridging Indic Wikipedia Gender Gaps
There is no denying that non-English Wikipedias are disproportionally underrepresented in scholarly focus despite the significant role of an open knowledge ... by Elisachang last modified Aug 17, 2016 02:37 AM — Filed under: , , ,
WikiConference India 2016 Submission: Gender Gap in Indian Language Wikipedias – Projects, Outreach and Outcome
India is not much different from the global statistics when it comes to gender gap issues in Wikipedia. Indian language Wikipedias are known to have similar ... by U.B.Pavanaja last modified Aug 17, 2016 02:43 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Tools orientation for Telugu Wikimedians of Hyderabad
To help Wikimedians learn about essential tools that are used across Wikimedia projects, a tools orientation session was organised during the monthly meetup on ... by Pavan Santhosh S last modified Aug 17, 2016 02:58 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Training-the-trainer programme and Mediawiki training at Pune
A two-day long train-the-trainer and Mediawiki training programme was organised during May 28-29 in Pune to better capacity of Wikimedians both technically, ... by Abhinav Garule last modified Aug 18, 2016 11:14 AM — Filed under: , , , , , , ,
Tools orientation session for Telugu Wikimedians of Hyderabad
A tools orientation session is being organised on July 10 at Hyderabad during the regular monthly meetup. Telugu Wikimedians who would be interested to learn ... by Pavan Santhosh S. last modified Aug 17, 2016 02:35 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Tulu takes a major Wiki leap, all thanks to a dedicated team
Tulu is one of the five Dravidian languages but it has the least number of speakers. Though it has a script, lack of usage has made it almost obsolete, forcing ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 22, 2016 04:38 PM — Filed under: , ,
Tulu gets official Wikipedia page, but Mumbai linguists say more is needed
Sitting in his Sunkadakatte home in Bengaluru, Dr UB Pavanaja still recalls the moment when he was at the WikiConference India 2016 in Chandigarh earlier this ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 22, 2016 02:43 AM — Filed under: , ,
Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
WikiConference India and its productive hackathon by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 22, 2016 03:15 AM — Filed under: , ,
Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon organised at Sagara, Karnataka
A two-day-long Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organised at Sagara, Karnataka during January 26-27. A photowalk was also organised on the 25th to cover ... by Ananth Subray last modified Aug 22, 2016 10:58 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପାଇଁ ଓସିଆର: ଛପା ଲେଖାର ଛବିରୁ ଡିଇଟାଲ ଲେଖା
Though not an open source solution, Google's OCR works really well for Odia and other Indian languages. My column in the Odia daily the Samaja that was ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 23, 2016 03:16 PM — Filed under: , ,
International Conference on Innovation for Shared Prosperity
Rohini Lakshane attended a conference on IP Rights, Competition and Standard Setting in the IT industry on August 20 and 21, 2016. The conference was organized ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 25, 2016 02:40 AM — Filed under: , ,
Preserving Languages and Cultures in India: The Birth of the Tulu Wikipedia
After eight years of effort and outreach, the Tulu language Wikipedia has gone live. Wikimedia contributors play a key role in preserving languages and ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Sep 07, 2016 03:35 PM — Filed under: , ,
Community Digest: Tulu Wikipedia Goes Live after Eight Years in Incubator; News in Brief
Eight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language Wikipedia. by Subhashish Panigrahi and Ting-Yi Chang last modified Aug 26, 2016 03:21 PM — Filed under: , ,