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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-mind-kindly-start-here">
    <title>Wikipedia edit-a-thon in mind? Kindly start here</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-mind-kindly-start-here</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;Are you thinking to conduct a Wikipedia edit-a-thon? You may use this document as an initial guide. Please note: this article is written keeping specially organisations, institutions, and individuals in mind, who are new to Wikipedia world.
 
We are starting this post with some basic questions. Please feel free to ask questions by mailing tito "at" cis-india.org&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;Are you thinking to conduct a Wikipedia edit-a-thon? That's great. In this article I'll explain a few thinks, which might help to plan your ediit-a-thon your better?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First thing first, a few questions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Do you want to contribute to Wikipedia or other projects? Other than Wikipedia, there are a few other interesting projects such as Wikisource, Wikidata, Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Do you want to contribute to other language Wikipedias/projects such as Tamil Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia, Telugu Wikisource, Bengali Wikisource etc., other than the same old English Wikipedia? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are planning to do an English Wikipedia edit-a-thon, it is comparatively more difficult, and needs much more preparation. I'll explain some of these things below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now let's talk about edit-a-thon structure:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Do you want to do it an offline edit-a-thon? Or is it going to be an online edit-a-thon?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is the duration?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How many people are going to participate? Are they already Wikipedians or new to Wikipedia?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Help pages: Getting started with Wikipedia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let's start by gathering a few help pages' link which will help to get started with Wikipedia:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Wikipedia: &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;CheatSheet: learn how to write using Wikicode &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Policies and guidelines&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is really important to know about a few policies before you start editing Wikipedia. Please explain these policies and guidelines to edit-a-thon participants as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notability&lt;/strong&gt;: we have "notability" policy. What are the topics we can write about? Please read here: &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability &lt;/a&gt; Now, these are "General Notability Guidelines or in short we call it GNG (please read the "General notability guideline" in the page). Now, we have detailed explanation pages on different notability topics:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Notability_guide"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Notability_guide&lt;/a&gt;, please read the pages you need such as&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)&lt;/a&gt;. Now in every guideline page you'll get&amp;nbsp; something called "basic criteria", and/or "additional criteria". These are the guidelines you need to pass. A good argument goes like this: "The article meets Wikipedia notability because it meets "this", "this", "this", and "this" (or #1, #3, #4, and #5) of the mentioned notability guideline. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Verifiability&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp; The next important policy is Verifiability. Please read &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability&lt;/a&gt;. Please also read, what are reliable references or how to identify reliable sources: &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipediaa:Identifying_reliable_sources"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipediaa:Identifying_reliable_sources&lt;/a&gt;. There is a fine list of references such as forum posts, personal blogs, eCommerce websites, press releases, user-generated content etc. etc. we should not use as references on Wikipedia.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neutral point of view:&lt;/strong&gt; Neutral point of view is absolutely important. Please read: &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Frequently asked questions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; I do not have references, can I create pages or add information?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answer:&lt;/strong&gt; No, references are important. Specially, on English Wikipedia, where content are reviewed more, reliable secondary references are absolutely needed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; But, I am writing the "truth".&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answer:&lt;/strong&gt; Wikipedia works with :verifiability, and not truth. Please read: &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability,_not_truth"&gt;Verifiability, not truth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;I can not provide the things you are asking, but I am working for a cause. Can't you help?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answer: &lt;/strong&gt;That's a good question. A2K cares about bridging gender gap, knowledge revolution, and diversity. However, please note, it is a standard practice Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion, and Wikipedia is also not a place to do advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind. If you really want to advocated about your cause, why not try your own website, blog, or some forums?&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-mind-kindly-start-here'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-mind-kindly-start-here&lt;/a&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Edit-a-thon</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-05-11T08:15:56Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/exploring-wikimedia-platforms-in-dialogue-on-the-urban-rivers-of-maharashtra">
    <title>Exploring Wikimedia platforms in Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/exploring-wikimedia-platforms-in-dialogue-on-the-urban-rivers-of-maharashtra</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) and SANDRP (South Asian Network of Dams, Rivers and People) organized “A Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra” on 20-21 April 2018 from 9:00am-5:30pm at Yashada, Pune. &lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;In the last year, we have developed good rapport with organisations and citizen science groups working on water related issues. Thematic workshops and awareness sessions were conducted with some of them. We have started discussing about 'Wiki Meets/Takes River' Campaign with these networks. INTACH and SANDRP are two potential groups which work on rivers across India with commitment. We have opportunity to collaborate in other states also.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;We gave inputs on 'Exploring Wikimedia platforms for spreading knowledge about Water, Dams &amp;amp; Rivers'.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/ProfMadhavGadgil.jpg/@@images/837ed740-6749-40c2-ab43-ed76d3bbfa0a.jpeg" alt="Madhav Gadgil" class="image-inline" title="Madhav Gadgil" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Outcome&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The river dialogue was very meaningful and action oriented. Last month, we were able to launch process to build knowledge repository called - Van Bodh - related to biodiversity, forest and tribals with Tribal Research &amp;amp; Training Institute &amp;amp; other thematic groups. Through this dialogue, various thematic groups &amp;amp; Govt organisations formed consensus on evolving - Jal Bodh - a knowledge repository on Water related issues. Prof Madhav Gadgil and myself prepared a concept note for further discussions and process development. Yashada will be nodal agency to execute the project.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/exploring-wikimedia-platforms-in-dialogue-on-the-urban-rivers-of-maharashtra'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/exploring-wikimedia-platforms-in-dialogue-on-the-urban-rivers-of-maharashtra&lt;/a&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Marathi Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-05-07T16:25:11Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/institutional-partnership-with-tribal-research-training-institute">
    <title>Institutional Partnership with Tribal Research &amp; Training Institute</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/institutional-partnership-with-tribal-research-training-institute</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;CIS-A2K has been building partnerships with major state government departments in Maharashtra to promote free &amp; open knowledge resources. One such effort resulted into official Govt.Resolution of Tribal Research &amp; Training Institute under State Tribal Development department on Expert's Study Group Formation for developing Open Knowledge Platforms. &lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Community Advocate for Marathi Language is representing CIS-A2K in this group. The mandate of the group is given in GR. We will be facilitating primarily No.1 &amp;amp; 2, which says - Developing new and utilising existing Open &amp;amp; free platforms like Wikimedia Projects to build knowledge resources on Community Forest Management, Development of training modules in Unicode &amp;amp; make it accessible by common man, Digitisation of reference books, training booklets, govt docs, archives,images etc and making it accessible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Tribal Research &amp;amp; Training Institute(TRTI), Pune was established on 1st May, 1962.The Institute undertakes research studies on various aspects of tribals. It has Tribal Cultural Museum located in its premises. All facets of life of tribals of Maharashtra are displayed in the Museum.The Institute has got a rich Library which serves as reference library on tribals. This is a very good opportunity to explore various aspects of open knowledge with research organisation like TRTI. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;After extensive discussions, the project proposal on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Van Bodh&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span&gt; (a free &amp;amp; open knowledge repository on Biodiversity, Forest Management for Tribal communities) is prepared. The implementing agency is Vrikshamitra under leadership of Prof. Madhav Gadgil. Three other organisations - Mumbai University's Economics department, Vigyan Ashram, Dataspect, Datameet are other partners in this project. The content generation on free &amp;amp; open source platforms &amp;amp; Wikimedia Projects would be facilitated by A2K.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Impact&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Many tribal communities have started managing their Community forests vested under Forest Rights Act 2006. All the information pertaining to this field is not easily available in local language. The online content is also not available. Under this project, the knowledge resource would be created in collaboration with grass-root communities in tribal areas. The youth will be trained in unicode, open source applications and content generation in Wikimedia projects. The knowledge resource thus created would be accessed by people in 2500 villages active in community forest management.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/institutional-partnership-with-tribal-research-training-institute'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/institutional-partnership-with-tribal-research-training-institute&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Marathi Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-05-07T16:29:02Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/beebom-tushar-mehta-wikipedia-indian-languages-translation-contest">
    <title>Wikipedia Will Reward You For Translating English Articles To Indian Languages</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/beebom-tushar-mehta-wikipedia-indian-languages-translation-contest</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;India has seen a substantial growth in the number of internet users since the introduction of attractive prices by Jio. Internet adoption is seen as the key to bridging the divide between urban and rural populations and an important means of increasing literacy, especially in the backward parts of the country.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Wikipedia, one of the leading sourcing of learning and information online, has visualized the opportunity and sought volunteers for translating the content of Wikipedia articles into local languages. This is part of &lt;a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program" rel="nofollow"&gt;Project Tiger&lt;/a&gt;, a joint initiative started by Wikipedia Foundation, Google, Centre for Internet and Society, and Wikipedia’s Indian chapter. The initiative also promises grants such as laptops and fees for internet usage to the editors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The free encyclopedia currently supports &lt;a href="http://wiki.wikimedia.in/List_of_Indian_language_wiki_projects" rel="nofollow"&gt;23 Indian languages&lt;/a&gt; yet it faces a dearth of editors who can convert articles into languages that would attract more readership from the growing Indian online.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;img alt="Wikipedia Invites Indian Users to Translate Articles Into Regional Languages" src="https://i2.wp.com/beebom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wikipedia-india.jpg?resize=580%2C560&amp;amp;ssl=1" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Besides the material incentives, Wikipedia’s Indian chapter had also announced several &lt;a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Project_Tiger_Editathon_2018" rel="nofollow"&gt;contests&lt;/a&gt; for various regional languages to attract more contributors and editors. As part of these, participants must contribute by creating new entries, or expanding on existing articles in regional languages with a minimum word count of 300.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The winners of the contest will be announced after the conclusion of the content on May 31, 2018, and granted access to various skill development courses that will help them develop a better sense of online editing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The contests are now live for Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Telugu, Punjabi, Hindi, Odia, Malayalam, and Gujarati. As a result, Wikipedia has gained nearly 72,000 fresh views on articles in regional languages within a single month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Google will provides insights about which topics are most popular among the Indian users and should be prioritized in the translation process. Another facet of Google’s participation in the initiative is that it plans to use Wikipedia articles to &lt;a href="https://beebom.com/youtube-wikipedia-links-videos-conspiracy-theories/"&gt;bust conspiracy theories on YouTube&lt;/a&gt; by supporting videos with relevant articles. Having Wikipedia articles in regional Indian languages will ensure that users in the country are not misguided by inaccurate or deceiving videos.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/beebom-tushar-mehta-wikipedia-indian-languages-translation-contest'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/beebom-tushar-mehta-wikipedia-indian-languages-translation-contest&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-04-17T15:48:16Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/article-on-telugu-wikisource-feature-book-in-pustakam">
    <title>Article on Telugu Wikisource Feature Book in Pustakam.net</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/article-on-telugu-wikisource-feature-book-in-pustakam</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;An article about Telugu Wikisource feature book - Andhrula Sanghika Charitra (ఆంధ్రుల సాంఘిక చరిత్ర) by Pavan Santhosh got published in Pustakam.net.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Pustakam.net is a web magazine dedicated to commentaries -primarily in Telugu and occasionally in English- on world literature, by book lovers. This attempt is aimed to make Telugu Wikisource community's efforts to provide free and quality books noticed among book lovers and also help Telugu Wikisource contributors to figure out ways to get such articles published in online and print platforms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Originally published article can be &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://pustakam.net/?p=20105"&gt;accessed here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr style="text-align: justify; " /&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;తెలుగువారి వెయ్యేళ్ళ జీవన చిత్రం – ఆంధ్రుల సాంఘిక చరిత్ర (వికీసోర్సు ప్రదర్శిత గ్రంథాలు)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“ఆ (విజయనగర) కాలమందు స్త్రీలుకూడా మంచి జెట్టీలుగా సిద్దమై కుస్తీలు జేసిరి. క్రీ.శ. 1446 నాటి యొక శాసనములో హరియక్క అను నామె తన తండ్రిని కుస్తీలో చంపిన జెట్టీలతో కుస్తీచేసి వారిని చంపి పగదీర్చుకొనెను.” (విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్య కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“మన దేశములో పొగాకును ప్రవేశ పెట్టి దేశమును నాశనం చేసిన మహనీయులు పోర్చుగీసువారు. అది క్రీ.శ. 1600-1650 ప్రాంతములో ప్రవేశ పెట్టబడెను.” (క్రీ.శ. 1600 నుండి 1757 వరకు)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“మన పూర్వులకున్న కళాదృష్టి మనలో కానరాదు. చిలుకనో పువ్వునో చెక్కని చెంబు బోడిచెంబే! అంచులేని యుడుపుల ధరించుట అమంగళమని తలంచిరి. ఇండ్ల గోడలపై చిత్తరువులు వ్రాయిస్తూవుండిరి. ద్వారముల చౌకట్లపై చక్కని జంత్రపుపని యుండెడిది. బట్టలపై అద్దకముతో బొమ్మలను వేయుచుండిరి. ధనికులు పటములను వ్రాయించెడివారు. కాకతీయుల కాలములో చిత్తరువులు జనసామాన్యమందును ఆదరణీయముగా నుండినట్లు కానవచ్చును. ఇండ్లముంగిళ్ళలో మ్రుగ్గులతో చాల చక్కని చిత్రములను పడుచులు తీర్చు చుండెడివారు….&lt;br /&gt;ఏవిధమగు చిత్తరువులు వ్రాయుచుండిరో అవియు తెలియవచ్చినవి. దారుకావనములోని శివుడు, గోపికాకృష్ణులు, అహల్యా సంక్రందనులు, తారా చంద్రులు, మేనకా విశ్వామిత్రులు మొదలైనవి వ్రాయిస్తూ వుండిరి. చిత్తరువులను ‘మయ్యెర’తో వ్రాసిరి. (మయ్యెర అను వెంట్రుకలతో చేసిన బ్రష్షు అయి యుండును – మైర్ అన అరవములో వెంట్రుక అని యర్థము). ఓరుగల్లున ‘చిత్తరువులు వ్రాసే యిండ్లు 1500’ అని ఏకామ్రనాథుడు వ్రాసెను. భోగమువారు తమకు తగిన పటాలను వ్రాయించుకొనిన ఇతరులును వ్రాయించుకొన్న వారు కారు. ప్రజలు తమతమ అభిలాషల కొలది వ్రాయించుకొను చుండిరి. వీర పూజ కోరువారు వీరుల చిత్రాలు వ్రాయించిరి.” (కాకతీయ యుగము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“పల్లవులు, కాకతీయులు దేశమందలి అడవులను కొట్టించి, గ్రామాలను ప్రతిష్ఠించి, వ్యవసాయకులకు భూము లిచ్చియుండిరి. దీనినిబట్టి క్రీస్తుశకము 1000 కి పూర్వము కర్నూలు, బళ్ళారి మున్నగు మండలాలు అరణ్యప్రాంతాలుగా నుండెనని తెలియును. ప్రతాపరుద్రుడు స్వయముగా కర్నూలు సీమకు వెళ్ళి అడవుల గొట్టించి ఇప్పటికి కర్నూలు పట్టణమునకు 10, 15 మైళ్ళ ఆవరణములోని పల్లెల పెక్కింటిని నిర్మాణము చేసినట్లు ఆకాలపు శాసనాదుల వలన తెలియవచ్చెడివి. తెలంగాణములో నూరేండ్ల క్రిందటకూడ అడవులనుకొట్టి రైతుల ప్రతిష్ఠించుతూ వచ్చిరనిన ఆకాలపుమాట చెప్పనవసరము లేదు.”&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“బెజవాడ కనకదుర్గమ్మను గురించి నేలటూరి వేంకటరమణయ్యగారిట్లు (S-I-Temple లో) వ్రాసెను. “ఒకగ్రామమం దేడ్గురు విప్రసోదరులుండిరి. వారికి కనకమ్మయను చెల్లె లుండెను. ఆమె శీలమును వారు సందేహింపగా నామె బావిలోపడి చనిపోయి జనుల బాధించు శక్తికాగా, జనులామెకు గుడికట్టి పూజింప దొడగిరి”. నెల్లూరిలోని దర్శి తాలూకాలోని లింగమ్మ అను బీదరాలొక ధనికునింటి సేవకురాలుగా నుండెననియు, ధనికుల సొత్తు లపహృత మగుడు ఆమెపై నిందవోపగా నామె బావిలో పడి చచ్చి దేవరయ్యెననియు, నెల్లూరు జిల్లాలోని పొదిలమ్మయు, సందేహింపబడి చంపబడిన యొక స్త్రీశక్తిగా మారినట్టి దనియు, నూరేండ్ల క్రిందటగూడ కోటయ్య అను లింగబలిజి ఒక గొల్ల మగనాలినిగూడి ఆమె భర్తచే వధింపబడి కోటప్పకొండ దేవరగా ప్రసిద్ధు డయ్యె ననియు శ్రీ నేలటూరివారు వ్రాసినారు.” (రెడ్డిరాజుల కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“నేటికిని తెనుగు అక్షరాలను “ఓనమాలు” అని దేశమంతటను అందురు. శైవుల ప్రాబల్యమే తెనుగుదేశాని కుండినదనుట కీ ఓనమాలే సాక్ష్యమిస్తున్నవి. “ఓం నమ: శివాయ” అను షడక్షరీ శివమంత్రముతో విద్య ప్రారంభమగుచూ వచ్చినది. ఉత్తర హిందూస్థానములోను, మళయాళములోను “శ్రీ గణేశాయ నమ:” అని అక్షరాభ్యాసము చేతురు. కాని మన తెనుగు దేశమందును, కర్ణాట మందును ఈం నమశ్శివాయయే కాక ‘సిద్ధం నమ:’ అనియు వ్రాయింతురు. మొదట జైనమత వ్యాప్తియై జైనులే విద్యాబోధకు లగుటచేత వారు “ఓం నమ: సిద్ధేభ్య:” అని అక్షరాభ్యాసము చేయిస్తూ వుండిరేమో !” (కాకతీయ యుగము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“ఆ కాలమందు గడియకాలములో నీటిలో మునుగునట్లుగా నొక చిల్లిగల గిన్నెను నీటిపై నుంచి అది మునిగిన వెంటనే లెక్కప్రకారము గంట కొట్టుతూ ఉండిరి.” (కాకతీయ యుగము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“రాజులు కావ్యనాటకాలను, సాహిత్యశాస్త్రమును, సంగీతనాట్యశాస్త్రములను ఎక్కువగా నభ్యసించి రనుటకు రెడ్డిరాజులు వ్రాసిన శాస్త్రాలు, చేసిన వ్యాఖ్యలే ప్రథమసాక్ష్యములు. అవికాక వారికి అశ్వశిక్షణము, అశ్వశాస్త్రము, గజ శాస్త్రము, రాజనీతి, యుద్ధతంత్రము ముఖ్యములైన విద్యలు, రాజనీతిని గూర్చిన శాస్త్రములు సంస్కృతములో నెక్కువగా నుండెను. తెనుగులో మడికి సింగన సకలనీతిసమ్మతము వ్రాసెను. అందతడు పలువురి తెనుగు నీతికవుల నుదహరించెను. ఆ కవులలో పెక్కుకవుల గ్రంథాలు మనకు లభించుటలేదు. సంగీత నాట్యశాస్త్రములలో కొన్నిరచనలు రాజులే చేసిరి. కుమారగిరి వసంతరాజీయ రచనల కుదాహరణముగా అతని యుంపుడు కత్తెయగు లకుమాదేవి నాట్యము చేస్తూవుండెడిది.” (రెడ్డిరాజుల కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“రెడ్డిరాజుల కుండిన బ్రాహ్మణభక్తి భారతదేశ చరిత్రలో వేరుచోట కాన వచ్చునో లేదో అత్యంత సంశయమే. ఓరుగంటి చక్రవర్తు లిచ్చిన దానాలు తురకవిజేతల చేతులలోనికి పోయెను. రెడ్డిరాజులు తాము గెలిచిన ప్రాంతములందంతటను పూర్వరాజులు దానము లన్నింటిని స్థిరపరిచిరి. పైగా తామున్నూ అసంఖ్యాకముగా భూములను, అగ్రహారములను బ్రాహ్మణులకు దానము చేసిరి. వీరి దానములచే ఆకర్షితులై తూర్పుతీర మందలి కృష్ణా గోదావరీ మండలములలో బ్రాహ్మణులు కొల్లలుగా నిండుకొనిరని పలువురు చరిత్రకారు లభిప్రాయ పడినారు.” (రెడ్డిరాజుల కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“ఆంధ్రులు సముద్ర వ్యాపారము విశేషముగా చేసినప్పుడు తత్సంబంధమగు సాంకేతికపదములు వాఙ్మయములో నుండవలసియుండెను. కాని యట్టివి విశేషముగా గ్రంథస్థము కాలేదు. అయినట్టివి కొన్ని కూడా జనుల కర్థము కానివై పోయెను.” (రెడ్డిరాజుల కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“తెలంగాణాలో నిర్మల కత్తులు జగద్విఖ్యాతి కాంచియుండెను. అచ్చటి కత్తులు అచ్చటి యుక్కు డెమాస్కస్ నగరాని కెగుమతి యగుచుండెను. మెరుగు టద్దాలుకూడా సిద్ధమవుతూ వుండెను. వాటిని శుభ్రము చేయుటకేమో మెరుగురాతి పొడిని వాడినట్లు కానవస్తున్నది.” (రెడ్డిరాజుల కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“చతురంగపు ఆట చక్రవర్తులనుండి సాధారణజనులవరకు ఆసక్తిని కలిగించినట్టిది. దీనిని మోసిన్ పుట్టకముందే హిందువులు కనిపెట్టిరని ప్రతీతి నౌషీర్వాన్ అను ప్రసిద్ధ పారసీకచక్రవర్తి యీ యాట గొప్పదనమును విని హిందూస్థానమునుండి అదేపనిగా చతురంగపు పలకలను, కాయలను తెప్పించుకొని ఆ విద్యను నేర్పు గురువును పిలిపించుకొనెను.” (విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్య కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“ఈ కాలము(రెడ్డిరాజుల కాలము)లో కళాపోషణము ఉచ్చస్థాయి నందెను. తుది రెడ్డిరాజులు వసంతరాజ బిరుదాంచితులగుట ఈ కళాపోషణమున కొక ప్రబలతర నిదర్శనము. కవిసార్వభౌముడును, ఆసేతువింధ్యాది పర్యంతము తన కీడుజోడు లే డనిపించుకొన్నవాడును, బహుశాస్త్ర పురాణ పారంగతుడును, కవితలో నూతన యుగస్థాపకుడునునగు శ్రీనాథుడు విద్యాధికారియట! అఖిలాంధ్ర వాఙ్మయమునకు ప్రామాణికాచార్యత్రయములోనివాడగు ప్రబంధ పరమేశ్వరుడు ముఖ్యాస్థానకవి యట ! శివలీలా విలాసకర్తయగు నిశ్శంక కొమ్మన రెడ్డి రాజుల కీర్తనల చేసినవాడట ! సహస్ర విధాననవాభినయ కళాశ్రీశోభితలకుమాదేవి రాజసన్నిధిలో నిత్యనూత్నముగా నటంచినదట ! బాలసరస్వత్యాది మహాపండితు లాస్థాన దివ్యజ్యోతులట ! స్వయముగా రెడ్డి, వెలమప్రభులు కవులై, వ్యాఖ్యాతలై, సాహిత్యాచార్యులై సర్వజ్ఞులై సర్వజ్ఞ చక్రవర్తులైన దిగంత విశ్రాంత యశోవిశాలురట ! కర్పూర వసంతోత్సవములకు సుగంధ భాండాగారాధ్యక్షు లుండిరట ! ఇక కళాభివృద్ధికి కొదువయుండునా ?” (రెడ్డిరాజుల కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“గారడీ అను విద్యను ఇంద్రజాల మనిరి. ఇంగ్లండులోని ఇంగ్లీషు పత్రికలలో ఇంచుమించు 40 ఏండ్లనుండి యొక చర్చ కొన్నిమారులు చేసినారు. ఇంచుమించు 150 ఏండ్ల క్రిందట ఒక ఇంగ్లీషు వాడొక ఇంద్రజాల ప్రదర్శనమును హిందూస్థానములో చూచి దాన్ని చాలా మెచ్చుకొని అనాడే పత్రికలో వ్రాసెను. ఆ ఇంద్రజాలమ లో ఒకడు త్రాటి నొకదానిని పైకి నిలువుగా విసరి గాలిలోనిలబెట్టి దానిపై కెగబ్రాకి మాయము కాగా, వాని యంగములు ఖండ ఖండములుగా క్రిందబడె ననియు, మరి కొంతసేపటికి వాడు త్రాటినుండి గబ గబ దిగివచ్చెననియు వ్రాసెను. అది యబద్ద మనియు, అట్టి విద్యను ప్రదర్శించు వానికి ఇంగ్లండుకు రానుపోను వ్యయమును భరించి వేలకొలదిగా బహుమానము లిత్తుమనియు కొందరు ప్రకటించిరి. కాని కొరవి గోపరాజు ఒక కథలో ఇదేవిధమగు ఇంద్రజాలమును వర్ణించినాడు.&lt;br /&gt;ఒకడు తనభార్య అనుదానిని వెంటబెట్టుకొని రాజసన్నిధిలో ఆమెను రక్షణార్థమై విడిచి, తాను దేవసహాయార్థమై యుద్ధముచేయ వెళ్ళుతున్నాని చెప్పి ఒక త్రాటిని పైకి నిలువుగా విసరి, దాన్ని నిలబెట్టి, దానిపై కెగబ్రాకి మాయమయైను. కొంతవడికి వాని కాలుసేతులు, తల, మొండెము తుంటలై క్రిందబడెను. వాడుంకువగా నుంచిపోయిన వానిభార్య రాజును వేడి సెలవు పొంది సహగమనము చేసెను.&lt;br /&gt;వెంటనే త్రాడు పైకి ప్రాకిపోయిన భటుడు పైనుండి దిగివచ్చి తనభార్యను పంపుమనెను. రాజు విచారగ్రస్తుడై ఆమె సహగమనము చేసెనని చెప్పెను.” (రెడ్డిరాజుల కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“హిందూ సైనికులు ముసల్మానులవంటి సైనికభటులు కారు. ముసల్మాను సైన్యములో అరబ్బులు, ఖురాసానీ తురకలు, పారసీలు, అబిషీలు (అబిసీనియనులు), పఠానులు, బిల్లులు, మున్నగు అటవికులు ఉండిరి. తమ సైనికులు తురక భటులకు సరిరారని విజయనగర చక్రవర్తులు గుర్తించి, తురకలను తమ సైన్యములో భర్తీచేసి, వారికొక “తురకపేట”ను ప్రత్యేకించి వారికి మసీదులు కట్టించి సకల సదుపాయములు చేసిరి. అట్లు చేసినను వారికి హిందూ రాజులపై విశ్వాస ముండినటుల కానరాదు. వారు తమ ఏలికలకు సలాములు కూడ చేయుటకు ఇష్టపడనందున ఏదోవిధముగా తమ గౌరవము నిలుపుకొనుటకు తన గద్దెపై ఖురాను నుంచుకొని దానికిచేసిన తురక సలాములను తానును పంచుకొనెను.” (విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్య కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“ద్వంద్వయుద్ధము కేవలము విజయనగర రాజ్యమందే నెగడెను. ద్వంద్వయుద్ధము చేయువారు మంత్రి లేక రాజు సెలవు పొందవలసి యుండెను. గెలిచినవానికి ఓడినవాని ఆస్తి యిప్పించెడివారు.” (విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్య కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“జనులు మాడలను బిందెలలో నింపి ఇండ్లలో, దొడ్లలో, చేలలో గుర్తుగా దాచుకొంటూవుండిరి. తరాలుగా దాచిన జాడలు వృద్ధులు తమవారికి తెలుపకముందే చచ్చుటయు, దానికై వాని సంతతి వారు వెదకుటయు సంభవించెడిది. ధనాంజనము వేసి ధన మెక్కడున్నదో కనిపెట్టే మంత్ర తంత్రవేత్తలు బయలుదేరిరి. పలుమారు దాచిన ద్రవ్యము పరులకు హఠాత్తుగా దొరుకుతూ వుండెను. ద్రవ్యమును భూమిలో పూడ్చి దాచుకొను నాచారము నేటికికూడ మన పల్లెలలోని కొందరిలో కానవస్తున్నది.” (విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్య కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“దేశమందు బాటల నిర్మాణము చాలా తక్కువ. అందుచేత బండ్లపై వ్యాపారము చేయుట కనుకూలముగా లేకుండెను. వ్యాపారస్థులు ఎద్దులపై కూలీల కావళ్ళపై, గుర్రపు తట్టువులపై, గాడిదలపై కంచర గాడిదలపై సరుకులను తీసికొనిపోతుండిరి. ఈవిషయమును మన సారస్వతమందు పలుతావులలో తెలిపినదేకాక ఆగంతుక వైదేశికులగు పీస్, బార్బోసా పభృతులు తాము చూచినట్లు తెలిపినారు. బాటలు లేక అడవులెక్కువగా నుండినప్పుడు దొంగలు కూడా ఎక్కువగానే యుండిరి…. దొంగలభయానికి వ్యాపారులు గుంపులుగాపోయిరి.” (విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్య కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“కొల్లూరు పట్టణములో ఒకదేవుడు వెలిసెను. ప్రతి జనుడు ధాన్యమును తన మూత్రములో తడిపి ఆ దేవతా విగ్రహముపై వేసిన అవన్నీ రత్నాలై రవ్వ లవుచుండెనట. అందరును ఆ క్రియను చేయుచు మేడలు కట్టిరి. ఆ పట్టణములో ఒక పేద బాప డుండెను. అందరివలె నీవును చేసి సుఖపడరాదా అని అతనిభార్య తొందరపెట్టుచుండెను. ఏమైననుకాని నేనా తుచ్చపుపని చేసి అపచారము చేయనని అ శిష్టు డనుచుండెను. ఒకనాటి మద్యరాత్రి మరొక వృద్ధ బ్రాహ్మణు డా పేదబాపని కుటుంబ సహితముగా పట్టణము బయటకు పిలుచుకొని పోయి అదిగో కొల్లూరుపట్టణ వైభవము చూడు అని ధగద్ధగితముగా మండుచుండే పట్టణమును వారికి చూపి మాయమయ్యెనట. అది కొల్లూరు పట్టణం వలె వెలిగినది అనేకథ. ఆ కథ నిజముగా ఈ వజ్రాలగనికి సంబంధించినదని పైననే కనబడుచున్నది.” (క్రీ.శ. 1600 నుండి 1757 వరకు)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“ఆ కాలమందు కోర్టులు లేకుండెను. ప్రతిగ్రామమందు గ్రామపెద్దలు ప్రతిఫలాపేక్ష లేక తగవులు తీర్పుచేసిరి. విజ్ఞానేశ్వరీయమే ముఖ్యాధార భూతశాస్త్రము. బ్రాహ్మణులే సభాసదులు. వారి తీర్పులపై రాజువద్ద పునర్విమర్శ(అపీలు) కావచ్చును. సాధారణముగా వారి తీర్పునకు తిరుగు లేకుండెను. ధనోద్బవ (సివిల్), హింసోద్బవ (క్రిమినల్) అభియోగములను (కేసులను) వారే విచారించిరి. ముఖ్యమైన నేరములను రాజు స్వయముగా విచారించెనను. ‘సభ’వారిని పిలిచి వారి సహాయముతో తీర్పు చెప్పెడివారు.&lt;br /&gt;“సభ”ను చావడిలోనో, దేవాలయమందో, ఊరిమధ్య నుండు “రచ్చ” కట్టపైననో చేసిరి. అందుచేత వివాదమునకు సభగా కూడుటకును “రచ్చ” యనిరి.” (విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్య కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;“”కృష్ణ” అను పేరుగల విద్వాంసుడు రాయలవారికి సంగీతము నేర్పెను. అతడు రాయలకు వీణావాద్యముకూడా నేర్పినందులకుశిష్యుడు గురువునకు గురుదక్షిణముగా నిలువైన ముత్యాల హారాలను, వజ్రాల హారాలను నిచ్చెనని కర్ణాటభాషలో నారాయణ కవిచే వ్రాయబడిన రాఘవేంద్రవిజయములో తెలిపినారు. సంగీతము శాస్త్రప్రకారము అత్యంతాభివృద్ధి నొందెను. ఒక్కొక్క ఋతువులో ఒక్కొక్క రాగమునకు ప్రాధాన్యముండెను. వసంతకాలమందు హిందోళరాగము పాడిరి. రాయలకు పోర్చుగీసు రాయభారి తమ దేశపు వాద్యములను కానుక యివ్వగా వారు చాల సంతోషించిరట!” (విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్య కాలము)&lt;br /&gt;*****&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;పై విశేషాలన్నీ సాహిత్య, చారిత్రకాధారాలను విశ్లేషించి, పదాలను అర్థాలను వింగడించి వెయ్యేళ్ళ తెలుగువారి జీవన చిత్రంగా సురవరం ప్రతాపరెడ్డి రాసిన ఆంధ్రుల సాంఘిక చరిత్ర అనే పుస్తకం నుంచి తీసుకున్నవి. ఆంధ్రుల సాంఘిక చరిత్రలో తెలుగు వారు వెయ్యేళ్ళ కాలంలో ఎలా జీవించారన్న విషయాన్ని వివరించే అపురూపమైన గ్రంథం. “తారీఖులు దస్తావేజులు ఇవి కాదోయ్ చరిత్రకర్థం” అని సంప్రదాయ చరిత్ర రచన లక్ష్యాలు, పద్ధతులు తప్పుపట్టాడు మహాకవి శ్రీశ్రీ.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;అదే కవితలో&lt;br /&gt;చారిత్రక విభాత సంధ్యల/ మానవకథ వికాసమెట్టిది?/ ఏ దేశం ఏ కాలంలో/ సాధించిన దే పరమార్థం?/ ఏ శిల్పం? ఏ సాహిత్యం?/ ఏ శాస్త్రం?ఏ గాంధర్వం?/ ఏ వెల్గుల కీ ప్రస్థానం?/ ఏ స్వప్నం? ఏ దిగ్విజయం?&lt;br /&gt;అన్న కవితాపాదాలకు రూపమిస్తూ ఒక జాతి జనుల సంఘర్షణకు, అలవాట్లకు, పద్ధతులకు రూపంగా వెలువరించారు సురవరం ప్రతాపరెడ్డి ఈ పుస్తకాన్ని. ఒక సాంఘిక సముదాయంగా తెలుగు జాతి ఏ కష్టనిష్టూరాలు ఎదుర్కొన్నది, ఏ అలవాట్లు చేసుకున్నది, ఏ పద్ధతుల్లో జీవించినది, ఏయే పడికట్లు కలిగివుండేది అన్నవి అన్వేషిస్తూ వెయ్యేళ్ళ తెలుగు వారి జనజీవితానికి అద్దంగా ఆంధ్రుల సాంఘిక చరిత్ర రూపొందింది.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;ప్రామాణికత, ఆసక్తిదాయకమైన అంశాల మేలుకలయిక అయిన ఈ పుస్తకం వెలువడిన తొలిముద్రణకే ఆంధ్ర పండిత లోకంలో ప్రముఖులైన రాళ్ళపల్లి అనంతకృష్ణశర్మ, వేటూరి ప్రభాకరశాస్త్రి వంటివారి మన్నన పొందింది. తర్వాత ఎన్నో విశ్వవిద్యాలయాల్లో పాఠ్యగ్రంథంగా నిర్ణీతమైంది, ప్రస్తుతం గ్రూప్ పరీక్షలకు పాఠ్య పుస్తకాల్లో ఇదీ ఒకటి. ఆంధ్రుల సాంఘిక చరిత్ర రచనకు గాను సురవరం ప్రతాపరెడ్డి కేంద్ర సాహిత్య అకాడమీ పురస్కారం అందుకున్నారు. 20వ శతాబ్ది ముగిసి కొత్త సహస్రాబ్దిలోకి అడుగుపెడుతున్న తరుణంలో 1999లో వెల్చేరు నారాయణరావు, జంపాల చౌదరి రూపొందించిన 20వ శతాబ్ది ఉత్తమ తెలుగు పుస్తకాల జాబితా “&lt;a href="http://eemaata.com/em/issues/199907/836.html"&gt;ఈ శతాబ్దపు రచనా శతం&lt;/a&gt;” సహా అనేక ఉత్తమ పుస్తకాల జాబితాలో చోటుచేసుకుంటూనే ఉంది.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;a href="https://te.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%98%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0"&gt;ఆంధ్రుల సాంఘిక చరిత్ర&lt;/a&gt; పుస్తకాన్ని తెలుగు వికీసోర్సు సముదాయ సభ్యులు (శ్రీరామమూర్తి, డాక్టర్ రాజశేఖర్, ప్రభృతులు) యూనీకోడ్‌లో పాఠ్యీకరించి, ఇ-పుస్తకంగా తయారుచేశారు. ఈ పుస్తకం ఎవరైనా తిరిగి వాడుకోవచ్చు, పంచుకోవడానికి వీలుగా లభ్యమవుతోంది. 2018 మే మొదటి పక్షంలో ఈ పుస్తకాన్ని విశేషగ్రంథంగా తెలుగు వికీసోర్సు వారు ప్రదర్శిస్తున్నారు.&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/article-on-telugu-wikisource-feature-book-in-pustakam'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/article-on-telugu-wikisource-feature-book-in-pustakam&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:creator>pavan</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Telugu Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-04-17T14:08:28Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Chromebook for the Project Tiger- How it is helping me to contribute actively on Wikimedia projects!</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/chromebook-for-the-project-tiger-in-a-collaboration-with-google-by-wikipedia</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;Project Tiger is a collaboration project of Wikimedia Foundation with Centre for Internet and Society, Wikimedia India and other affiliates of India to improve and create high-quality content in Indic languages like Odia, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi etc.This project helps the active and experienced Wikipedia editors by supporting them with Internet charges for 6 months and Laptops to 50 volunteers to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;A diverse list of articles related to art, health, culture, and others are provided for Project Tiger Edit-a-thon to bridge the content gap on Odia Wikipedia, and within these 3 months (March, April &amp;amp; May), volunteers who write the most number of articles in their language Wikipedias with the proper guidelines will be &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Project_Tiger_Editathon_2018"&gt;awarded prizes&lt;/a&gt; worth 3000 INR,&amp;nbsp; 2000 INR and 1000 INR according to their contribution for the month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I applied for a laptop under this program so that I could contribute more than as usual. I must thank Sailesh Patnaik for guiding me to apply for the laptop. After verifying all the applied list, the final result was out and my username "ssgapu22" was on the 33rd number with other 4 Odia Wikipedia friends.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On 16th March, I received an e-mail from Tito to submit my address to get the laptop. So, I submitted the address of my PG, where I'm staying right now in Bangalore. After 30 minutes, he pinged me on Facebook and called me to the office. So that, I could receive the laptop directly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I reached there at the CIS-A2K office to receive the laptop. There were Tanveer, Gopala, and Tito and later Ananth joined us. I met them at Mysore for &lt;a href="http://sangramkesharisenapati.blogspot.com/2018/01/TTT-2018.html"&gt;TTT 2018&lt;/a&gt;. It was like a reunion with them. After a short conversation with Ravi, I did a live unboxing the Chromebook on Facebook, where I was asked about my&amp;nbsp;experience in the Wikimedia movement and about some features of this laptop.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In that box, there was an Acer Chromebook. I have experience with the Windows OS and Linux OS, but this was little different. Since this has the Chrome browser only and all are available online. So, Tito described some of the features of Chromebook to me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_JW-IEmHIAiwpp0xOm1wCH_GVjJTOORVXraCu7_q2gWDVZhRD23Z4D26aLSN-I8xWqCjUqQ7Uh5T9kxWSBlqjQwiYnmed_TXj0nqoLVZDn17pDH8AnAWazATUcVgThX-vNigNtHV_0oCSM7kRcx3diAODwTHwIOJv8SkDuG6lX81McuBZSkgYxsCqMDF5S5Pw8dXPSDrfFV87WI8Srbrrr3nPFzFTG1b0mbxVgMjXJy0Vx7thJ8Cjo13pPmWAW1EJOY2bwDtDPNyhuHuR-AD3LSgP_QGiYVY04ln-ArRqfkuLaTHI6iT5nPgdgwiuG0CjQlIQLjnRYUZ1vfAcszMbcQX0eFxbNwKC9G9ml0GHksO_0bbdeCPvuohO8qATpfQqChKCE4CowRLA6MOzofcx6u2RroRz8iZ-pbYbe07aF95i6OEMP5rOaZ7f0GYsknDYwPvewxIMEzXYCo948FhGsb6Tcmw7Ybv2SvLu3PuqbTW80xj_fkEuzNpCE_fx17O-e_ClgmmQ_I0FL9IAYx-CsSC4NAod-rMWcQiYdBXCnNRgF8gFg5i-U-wE35sEUeQpSFu2dBeRsbRVmNvF_qi_L-K8sCrOtfN0Rp0Txs0=w491-h654-no" alt="null" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now, I must say something about this laptop. It doesn't have any hard disk drive to store movies. So, all the time we hold it must work and all those works could be done in online. So we could focus more on Wikipedia works. The power backup is outstanding, around 10 to 12 hours. So, the power failure doesn't affect the work. And yes, with a short update of Chrome OS, the Google Playsote activated so we could download the play store apps directly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;By getting this laptop, I started working on this and all those online works are done easily. Previously, when I was using other laptops, the works took longer than as usual since the slow processing, but here that problem avoided. Finally, this laptop would definitely help me with the Wikipedia works. Since I'm working on the #1WikiYear project on Odia Wikipedia and Wikisource on a particular subject after contributing to my #1WikiYear project, I also write an article for the Project Tiger &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program/Contest/Topics/Odia"&gt;from the list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a class="external-link" href="http://sangramkesharisenapati.blogspot.in/2018/03/Project-Tiger-And-The-Choromebook.html"&gt;Link to Sangram Keshari Senapati blogpost&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/chromebook-for-the-project-tiger-in-a-collaboration-with-google-by-wikipedia'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/chromebook-for-the-project-tiger-in-a-collaboration-with-google-by-wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>Sangram Keshari Senapati</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Odia Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-04-20T06:21:10Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-language-day-events-by-cis-a2k-in-february-2018">
    <title>Marathi Language Day events by CIS-A2K in February 2018</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-language-day-events-by-cis-a2k-in-february-2018</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;Marathi Language day is celebrated all over world on 27th February. Dnyanpeeth award winning writer V.V.Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj was born on this date. Various events and activities were conducted in collaboration with community, institutions and government departments.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;Online Workshops&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;These were conducted at Jeevan Jyoti Women empowerment centre,Velhe ; Garware College of Commerce, Pune and Dayanand college in Solapur. Proof reading of marathi book on Wikisource was completed by the students of Garware college on this day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Media&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="text external" href="http://www.esakal.com/sampadakiya/subodh-kulkarni-write-unicode-sahitya-sammelan-marathi-editorial-97085" rel="nofollow"&gt;Guest editorial&lt;/a&gt; in leading newspaper &lt;b&gt;Sakal&lt;/b&gt; was published on 10th Feb. The gist is - Everyone speaks, discusses about status of marathi on the occasion of language day on 27th feb and Yearly Litfest. If we want to make marathi, a global language for knowledge sharing and connecting to world lang' communities, it is necessary to adopt unicode and open source softwares in writing, publishing,printing etc. The collaborative works also need unicode as it is a universal bridge. The Wikipedias in 288 lang's is a great success story because it is based on Unicode &amp;amp; open source. The editorial also gives future action plan to achieve this, viz. upgradation of academic courses related to language business, writers/publishers workshops, Indic lang computing centre, digitisation/OCR and content donation in Wikisource, Wiktionary etc., Copyright free/relicense movement among writers or copyright holders, Appeal to social and educational magazines to upload their old issues on Wikisource as reference material.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Radio Interview on Tomato FM 94.3 Kolhapur on 27th Feb. The promotion was made through &lt;a class="text external" href="https://www.facebook.com/94.3TomatoFM/photos/a.1903314286648700.1073741830.1836859603294169/1998389990474462/?type=3" rel="nofollow"&gt;Facebook post&lt;/a&gt; and ads on Radio. The interview received good response from 2 districts.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Event in Sangli&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;A special event was arranged by '&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Janswasthya&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; organisation on 28th Feb. Nearly 80 prominent personalities from Sangli district gathered together to discuss about growth of marathi language. Alongwith Subodh Kulkarni, writer Ramdas Phutane also participated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;Media Coverage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;News in &lt;a class="text external" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Language_Day_events_by_CIS-A2K_in_February_2018"&gt;Pudhari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;News in &lt;a class="text external" href="http://epaperlokmat.in/sub-editions/Hello+Aurangabad/2018-02-28/2#Article/LOK_HABD_20180228_2_7/148px" rel="nofollow"&gt;Lokmat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;News in &lt;a class="text external" href="http://epaper.saamana.com/imageview_8061_193747978_4_73.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Samana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-language-day-events-by-cis-a2k-in-february-2018'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-language-day-events-by-cis-a2k-in-february-2018&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>subodh</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Marathi Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-03-17T08:58:44Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-train-the-trainer-2018">
    <title>Mini Train the Trainer  2018 </title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-train-the-trainer-2018</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;A mini train the trainer 2018 (Mini TTT 2018) program was organized by CIS-A2K at Jnana Prabodhini &amp; Bhave High School, Sadashiv Peth, Pune on 24 and 25 February 2018. Total 19 active editors from Marathi community participated. Experienced editors from community were also involved in the program.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The objective of the workshop was to develop personality and leadership skills, boost the outreach activities, build cohesiveness and strong relations within the editors, assess the needs of the community and projects, and evolve progress plan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/MarathiWiki2.jpg/@@images/a4f9dfee-e913-4559-835e-dbd5bbac79e4.jpeg" alt="Marathi Wiki" class="image-inline" title="Marathi Wiki" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The participants profiles and the expected outcomes were decided on the nature of persons. They were divided into following categories and inputs were designed accordingly -&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;li&gt;TTT Alumni - 4 people in the group. Interest areas are - History, Culture, Indology, Literature, Gender, Sociology, Health, Arts &amp;amp; Culture, Rural development issues, Wikisource, Sports, People.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;They are expected to work as mentors for new editors; Wikipedia pillars; Copyright issues; Should be able to do analysis and evolve improvement measures; Integration of Wikimedia Projects; Work for new developments in Wiki projects; Global engagement programs&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Facilitators at Institutional &amp;amp; organisational Partners - 12 people in the group. From - Dayanand College, Solapur ; Soni College, Solapur ; T.C.College, Baramati; BAM University, Aurangabad; Vigyan Ashram, Pabal; Jeevan Jyoti Women Emp. Centre, Velhe; Jnana Prabodhini Women Emp.Department ; Jnana Prabodhini Research Centre, Pune ; Wikisource Internship Program at Garware college, Pune&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;They are expected to learn advance skills, tools &amp;amp; gadgets for good editing; Wikipedia pillars; Copyright issues; To conduct workshops for student community; Design internships and academic assignments for WEP; To develop thematic groups; Quality improvement; Tracking process and progress using outreach dashboard&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Independent new active editors - 4 people in the group. Interest areas are - Language, Biographies,Science, Technology, Development issues, Drama, Films, Music, Finance, Commerce, Tourism, Commons&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;They are Working on category-wise content generation; Wikipedia pillars; Copyright issues; Building communities of interest; reference tools&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Topics covered&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Advanced tools and gadgets&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Quality issues in Wikipedia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Event planning and reporting&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Commons - Copyright, categories&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wikidata&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wikisource - Copyright, OTRS, OCR&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Outreach dashboard&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Global campaigns&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-train-the-trainer-2018'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-train-the-trainer-2018&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>subodh</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Marathi Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-03-17T08:51:26Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/experience-and-learning-outcome-from-wikipedia-education-program">
    <title>Experience and Learning outcome from Wikipedia Education Program</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/experience-and-learning-outcome-from-wikipedia-education-program</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;In this blog post you will find a Christ University student's experience during Wikipedia Education Program.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education.- Martin Luther King Jr.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The collaboration between Christ (Deemed to be University) and Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has enhanced abilities of students to venture into the new learning techniques provided by this organization through WEP. As a platform for learning it has made me assimilate facts on any given topic and later learn the art and skill of editing and typing to put across my views and perspectives. The Continuous Internal Assignments has enabled me to think critically and analyse the given interdisciplinary topic which spreads from an arena covering political, social, economic, psychological, scientific issues etc. Typing in vernacular languages made me technically equipped and also holistically develop from this active initiative. I had the opportunity to meet a facilitator from San Francisco who explained the core objectives and had discussions on the usage and benefits of Wikipedia. This workshop showcased our contributions and provided tutorials for us to carry back and learn from them. The expected learning outcome of the Wikipedia task has helped me do intensive research and made me think and debate on the pros and cons of the given topic.&amp;nbsp; The Professors at Christ (Deemed to be University) and the CIASA2K members have been a constant support and guidance for learning how to deal with it which has personally helped me to a greater extent. They have been approachable at all times which has made the learning process easier. This is not like any other monotonous work but it makes me curious to do a new assignment every time. This kind of communication has helped me realise the fact that information can be accessed at a click of a button as well as we can state our views to the entire world through this initiative. This also sets in a certain discipline as we have to adhere to the standards of Wikipedia and continue contributing quality articles have been the motive of this organisation where each and every student strives to achieve it. To get an outcome from the motto I built my vocabulary and writing style as I was exposed to new terminologies by our facilitators and support staff. These conducted sessions have played as a motivating factor for us to improvise further in our tasks and continue further as active members to continue contributing to Wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
This fruitful experience of mine has built my knowledge that is familiarity, awareness, and understanding of facts and building vital skills which I would cherish for life. I would extend my gratitude and heartfelt thanks for giving me an insight and opportunity to get associated with this esteemed venture initiated and progressed by the institution.
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/experience-and-learning-outcome-from-wikipedia-education-program'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/experience-and-learning-outcome-from-wikipedia-education-program&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>Lakshmi Karlekar</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia Education Program</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Christ University</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-01-30T19:14:49Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/train-the-trainer-2018">
    <title>Train the Trainer 2018</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/train-the-trainer-2018</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;We are delighted to inform that the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2018 programme organised by CIS-A2K will be held from 26-28 January 2018, in Mysore, Karnataka, India.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;CIS-A2K believes that in every experienced Wikimedian, there is a trainer. A trainer is like a candle that can light up many other candles. (S)he can inspire many other Wikimedians. The workshop attempts to groom such trainers. After three successful iterations of &lt;strong&gt;Train the Trainer&lt;/strong&gt; in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017, CIS-A2K is going to organize the fifth iteration of the program on 26-28 January 2018 (note 25 January is day zero).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is TTT?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="gmail-m_1881025737862796104gmail-il"&gt;Train&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="gmail-m_1881025737862796104gmail-il"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="gmail-m_1881025737862796104gmail-il"&gt;Trainer&lt;/span&gt; or TTT is a  residential training program. &lt;span class="gmail-m_1881025737862796104gmail-il"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt; program attempts to groom leadership skills among &lt;span class="gmail-m_1881025737862796104gmail-il"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; Indian Wikimedia community (including English) members. Earlier TTT have been conducted in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="gmail_default"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who should join?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="gmail_default"&gt;An  editor who is interested to conduct real-life and online Wiki-events  such as outreach, workshop, GLAM, edit-a-thon, photowalk etc.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="gmail_default"&gt;Any active Wikimedian contributing to any Indic language Wikimedia project is eligible to apply.&lt;br /&gt;The editor must have 500+ global edits before 1 November 2017. Anyone who has already participated in an earlier iteration of TTT, cannot apply.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="gmail_default"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="gmail_default"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="gmail_default"&gt;Please see more about this program and apply to participate or encourage &lt;span class="gmail-m_1881025737862796104gmail-il"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; deserving candidates from your community to do so:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="gmail-m_1881025737862796104gmail-il"&gt;&lt;a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2018"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2018&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="gmail_default"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="gmail-m_1881025737862796104gmail-il"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="gmail_default"&gt;&lt;span class="gmail-m_1881025737862796104gmail-il"&gt;Note:  In an effort to encourage participation from women and other  minorities, at least 20 percent of the participants at TTT 2018 would  comprise of women and/ or other minorities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/train-the-trainer-2018'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/events/train-the-trainer-2018&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-01-01T16:39:17Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Event</dc:type>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/nichole-saad-from-the-wikimedia-foundation-visits-christ-university">
    <title>Nichole Saad from the Wikimedia Foundation visits Christ University</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/nichole-saad-from-the-wikimedia-foundation-visits-christ-university</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Nichole Saad, Program Manager, Wikipedia Education Program, Wikimedia Foundation visited Christ University, Bengaluru to conduct a periodic review of the Wikipedia Education Program. The meeting was conducted along with CIS-A2K and Department of Language faculty: Dr. Mallika Krishnaswami, Dr. K.A. Sebastian, Dr. Rathi and Dr. Shivaprasad.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong id="docs-internal-guid-49701e61-659a-cb4a-79c1-b0c9232d01b5"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The review kicked off with an introduction to Ms. Saad regarding the work that has been going on at the University. Registrar, Dr. Anil Pinto addressed the gathering of faculty of the Department of Languages and CIS-A2K team members. Student representative Shamama was also present.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Upon giving an introduction to the University itself, Dr. Pinto spoke about the genesis of the Program which was, at its heart, a loss of interest in languages. He spoke of the various ways in which the program has engaged with language: promoting science in regional language, publishing Christ University books on Wikisource, digitising old/ rare books, in addition to editing of articles, creating articles and creating articles in their specialities. On the future of the program, he felt that moving ahead to asking "faculty member in other disciplines if they can accept assignments submitted in languages other than English(despite the fact that the medium of instruction is English)” would be a good way forward. Dr. Pinto continued, “Wikipedia is the best tool available to us to go digital. We are happy that Wikipedia builds in the process and our students also learn.” He said that there were also plans to get all PhD students to go through a Wikipedia workshop to create knowledge specific to their subject.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Speaking next, Tanveer, Program Manager, CIS-A2K, expressed his gratitude to Christ University for enabling CIS-A2K to conduct the Wikipedia Education program at the University. He pointed out that even before the WMF started thinking about the New Readers program, CIS-A2K had engaging students at Christ University who had not previously engaged with Wikipedia. This marked a shifting away from digital learning to critical thinking in knowledge production and creation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Just as in other WEP programs, there has been an inclination towards a specific topic. For example, Pune University has been working on gender. When this all comes together, it gives a composite view of knowledge production in indian language. There is also the need to escalate the discussion to a core academic level- a fruitful engagement mode with different points of view.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;CIS-A2K’s WEP interventions have also been offering certificate courses for students as well as internships in order to understand a) the work their peers have done and b) the value addition they can do. This is exciting because this results in a large outreach and lends to learn and thinking on our feet constantly. As with every intervention, there are challenges that astonish that we need to think about and integrate into our work. In conclusion, he pointed out that the WEP at Christ is a challenge that CIS-A2K relishes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The attendees further discussed the need to not only keep the community abreast of WEP activities but to also acknowledge and understand the feeling of ownership that comes with working on Wikimedia projects. Another commendable feature of the WEP at Christ remains the fact that students take on the role of campus ambassadors. The outcomes of the program have been documented in the Kannada media with a paper presentation as well. The attendees discussed possible research outputs as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Finally, Ms. Saad spoke of the importance of sharing wisdom and experiences in review meetings like these. She said that the focus of the Wikimedia movement is to go to places where people don’t have access and go to marginalised communities and make education accessible to them. This has the potential to change people’s lives as they will get access to information and skills to navigate a digitally literate world. Ms. Saad also spoke about using Wikimedia projects in classrooms. She said, “it can’t happen overnight, can’t become familiar with it right away or comfortable with it. However with pioneers like Christ University in this space, who areopen minded to it, the impact is greater than just number and statistics."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;During the later sessions, Ms. Saad conducted activities that enabled students to ponder the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr"&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;how can technology enrich the learning of students in India?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr"&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;what are WEP challenges in India&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr"&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;what are some of the improvements you would need to make WEP better?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/nichole-saad-from-the-wikimedia-foundation-visits-christ-university'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/nichole-saad-from-the-wikimedia-foundation-visits-christ-university&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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    <dc:creator>manasarao</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia Education Program</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2017-12-17T19:01:04Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship-1">
    <title>Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Internship </title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship-1</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The Centre for Internet and Society - Access to Knowledge program, in partnership with Christ University, is announcing its annual internship program for the 1200 students enrolled in the Wikipedia Education Program. The Wikipedia Education Program at Christ University, now in its fourth year, is an effort to bring together educators and students to use Wikipedia as an educational implement. CIS-A2K conducts the internship activity for passionate Christ University students to improve the quality of the articles created or edited by their fellow WEP peers. The internship will largely involve improving upon the articles created by their peers as well as gathering community consensus based on which these articles would be moved to the main namespace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong id="docs-internal-guid-f831cc41-4682-753a-ab43-fabdf30eafba"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The students will be working on Wikipedia over the course of 21 days in developing upon the content created by Christ University Wikipedia Education Program participants. The fledgling articles currently housed in the individual “sandboxes” of the WEP participants will be improved upon by the interns through addition of detailed content, images and info-boxes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The students are selected based on three main criteria: fluency of language(written and spoken), knowledge of Wikipedia and its processes, and their personal interest levels. The applications are open from 13 to 17 December, 2017. Interested students can apply here:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;https://goo.gl/forms/Ffxh3T3DRZz8Q25F3&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship-1'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship-1&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>manasarao</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia Education Program</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Sanskrit Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Urdu Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Openness</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Hindi Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Tulu Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Kannada Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2017-12-14T08:55:05Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-orientation-program-at-rotary-club-of-salem">
    <title>Wikipedia Orientation Program at Rotary Club of Salem</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-orientation-program-at-rotary-club-of-salem</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;CIS-A2K in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Salem, Tamil Nadu conducted a two-day Wikipedia orientation workshop for student members of the club.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;Over the December 9- 10 weekend, CIS-A2K, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Salem, Tamil Nadu conducted a two-day Wikipedia orientation workshop. This workshop focussed on teaching the basics of Wikipedia to all the student members of the club. The overwhelming participation of women volunteers was the highlight of the event. The workshop was organised by the Rotary Club while Salem Tamil Sangam also lent its support to the program. The President of the Rotary Club of Salem implored the students to contribute to the Tamil language by involving themselves more deeply with the Wikimedia projects.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With 13 female participants and 10 male participants, the participants were upbeat throughout both days. Veteran Tamil Wikipedian, Tamil Parithi acted as resource person along with CIS-A2K. Mr. Parithi explained the philosophy and history of the free knowledge movement which he felt was essential to the understanding of the wider Wikimedia movement. Usha Sanghamitra, a participant, reflects, "I previously thought some company was doing this but I am glad to note that it is people like you and me that are editing this information and creating such knowledge resources. I will surely take this up and continue to engage with Wikipedia."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A follow-up workshop is on the cards in December 2017.&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-orientation-program-at-rotary-club-of-salem'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-orientation-program-at-rotary-club-of-salem&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>manasarao</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Openness</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2017-12-11T15:52:12Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-technical-workshop-at-savitribai-phule-pune-university">
    <title>Wikimedia Technical Workshop at Savitribai Phule Pune University</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-technical-workshop-at-savitribai-phule-pune-university</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;A Wikimedia Technical Workshop was conducted between 27- 28 November, 2017 at the Department of Mathematics,&amp;nbsp;Savitribai Phule Pune University. The objective of the workshops was us to understand how Wikipedia works and what career opportunities there are related to Wikipedia and how one can contribute to and enrich the open source knowledge for the benefit of all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the first day, the students were given an introduction to Wikimedia projects as well as Marathi Wikipedia. They were also taught account creation and given a general introduction to Wikipedia , MediaWiki, and wikis in addition to&amp;nbsp;Wikipedia structure, article structure, name spaces, common.css and common.js pages, and gagdets. In the post-lunch session the participants were given an introduction to gadgets, scripts, tool and bots.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the second day, the participants continued where they left off by learning about advanced tools and bots like Archive Bot, Sign bot, Anti-vandalism bots as well as Phabricator. Finally, the session ended with talks about future projects and activities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;22 participants attended the event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-technical-workshop-at-savitribai-phule-pune-university'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-technical-workshop-at-savitribai-phule-pune-university&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>manasarao</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Mediawiki training (MWT)</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Marathi Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Openness</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2017-12-19T16:03:48Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/kannada-wikipedia-orientation-workshop-at-iisc-bengaluru">
    <title>Kannada Wikipedia Orientation Workshop at IISc, Bengaluru</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/kannada-wikipedia-orientation-workshop-at-iisc-bengaluru</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;A Kannada Wikipedia orientation workshop was held at the&amp;nbsp;Entrepreneurship Centre, SID, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru on 26 November, 2017. The day long event was aimed at adding content to Kannada Wikimedia projects on topics such as ecology, environment, wildlife and sciences of Karnataka. The event was organised by&amp;nbsp;Gubbi Labs in conjunction with CIS-A2K. Gubbi Labs is a research collective and social collective run by environmental scientists. The event was attended was attended by 8 participants of which one member was female.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The participants created six articles and expanded one article. The impact of this workshop was the fact that participants were made aware of the importance of open access data. It helped initiate another similar workshop in Mysuru. Upon sharing the idea for projects like Wiki Loves Butterfly Idea, a participant was interested in starting a project titled 'Wiki Loves Spiders'. We are hoping to take this project forward on Kannada Wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/kannada-wikipedia-orientation-workshop-at-iisc-bengaluru'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/kannada-wikipedia-orientation-workshop-at-iisc-bengaluru&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>Gopalakrishna A</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Openness</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Kannada Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2017-12-19T16:16:29Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Blog Entry</dc:type>
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