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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: , ,
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: , ,
Meet the Newly Born Tulu Wikipedia, the 23rd in a South Asian Language!
The Tulu language Wikipedia became the latest entrant in the family of 294 world-language Wikipedia projects after the project went live from Wikimedia ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 30, 2016 02:14 AM — Filed under: , ,
Data Xgen launches paid Hindi email service
Jaipur based Enterprise email provider Data Xgen Technologies has launched a paid email service in Hindi Devnagari script. This is especially for .bharat ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Aug 30, 2016 02:35 AM — Filed under: , ,
Wikiwomen’s Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka
Karnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada, many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small Wikiwomen's ... by Ting-Yi Chang last modified Sep 01, 2016 02:39 PM — Filed under: , , , , ,
Making Telugu Suitable for Internet
In brief, the article speaks of steps in making a language other than English suitable for Internet and computers, what input methods, fonts and content are ... by Rahmanuddin Shaikh last modified Sep 06, 2016 02:21 PM — Filed under: , ,
India and France to Digitise Manuscripts, Artworks & Archives
The Indian and French governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will assist in technical knowledge sharing, competency, skill building ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:15 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Odia Wikisource to Celebrate its First Anniversary Tomorrow!
Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia language library, will celebrate its first anniversary in Odisha capital tomorrow. by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:14 AM — Filed under: , ,
Odia Language Classics could Now be Read from Phones, Tablets and of course from Computers!
Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow. ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:12 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in Bhubaneswar
Odia Wikisource, a sister project of Odia Wikipedia and a free online Odia-language library is celebrating its first anniversary in Bhubaneswar tomorrow i.e., ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:19 AM — Filed under: , ,
CIS - A2K Work Plan: July 2016 - June 2017
One of the key mandates of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is to work towards catalyzing the growth of the ... by Sunil Abraham last modified Apr 29, 2016 09:36 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
8 Challenges for Improving Indian Language Wikipedias
After more than 10 years in existence, the Indian-language Wikipedias still are not known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia became the largest ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:05 PM — Filed under: , , ,
BHASHA - Indian Languages Digital Festival
Subhashish Panigrahi gave a talk at the Bhasha- India Languages Digital Festival a conference organized by news media YourStory, at New Delhi on March 11, ... by Prasad Krishna last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:14 PM — Filed under: , , ,
WikiTungi: Bhubaneswar City Wiki Community Turns 1
The Odia Wikipedia’s WikiTungi is an attempt at building a community of Wikimedians at the city level. by Sailesh Patnaik last modified Feb 27, 2017 01:42 AM — Filed under: , ,
"Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din" celebrations in Maharashtra
Marathi Language Day was recently commemorated across the state of Maharashtra to celebrate the Marathi language, its literature and culture. by [email protected] last modified Mar 10, 2017 05:36 AM — Filed under: , ,
వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/గుంటూరు/అన్నమయ్య గ్రంథాలయం - భాగస్వామ్య కార్యక్రమం జూలై 2018
CIS-A2K partnership activity in Annamayya Library, Guntur. by Admin last modified Aug 11, 2018 12:43 AM — Filed under: , , ,
ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಸಂಪಾದನೋತ್ಸವಗಳು/ಸಂಪಾದನೋತ್ಸವ ತುಮಕೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ೨೦೧೮
CIS-A2K team held a workshop in Tumakur University on 25 July 2018. by Admin last modified Aug 11, 2018 01:32 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Wikisource Handbook for Indian Communities
Wikisource is one of the trending Wikimedia projects. Many new editors and new books to Indic language Wikisource's get added over a period of time. However, ... by Bodhisattwa Mandal and Ananth Subray P. V. last modified Sep 19, 2018 02:18 AM — Filed under: , , , , ,
South India Copyright Workshop
A workshop on Copyright was organized by CIS-A2K at Hotel Bhagini Icon in Bengaluru from 19th to 21st October 2018. Seventeen members from 5 language ... by Subodh Kulkarni last modified Nov 06, 2018 01:25 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Van Bodh Workshop for content development on Forest Resources at Gadchiroli
CIS-A2K has collaborated with Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI) to facilitate development of Open knowledge resources on Community Forest Resource ... by Admin last modified Nov 06, 2018 01:36 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018 report at Asomiya Pratidin ePaper- Highest Circulated Assamese Daily
Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018 report at Asomiya Pratidin ePaper- Highest Circulated Assamese Daily by Jayanta Nath last modified Dec 10, 2018 03:08 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , , ,
Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018
A group of Indian Wikisource leader from 12 different language communities gathered in Kolkata to attend the Indic Wikisource Community Consultation 2018 by Jayanta Nath last modified Dec 08, 2018 06:22 PM — Filed under: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Odia Wikipedia workshop in Puri, Odisha sparks creation of informal Wikipedia group WikiTungi
The first ever Odia Wikipedia workshop in Odisha's historic town of Puri finally shaped in on this December 20. With 25 participants contributing to Odia ... by Sailesh Patnaik last modified Jan 12, 2016 05:28 AM — Filed under: , , ,