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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telegu-wikipedia-at-utc-october-12-2013">
    <title>వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/బెంగుళూరు/అక్టోబర్</title>
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        &lt;b&gt;బెంగుళూరులో తెలుగు వికీపీడియన్ల సమావేశం&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="external-link" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_12,2013#.E0.B0.B8.E0.B0.AE.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B5.E0.B1.87.E0.B0.B6.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.A8.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.95.E0.B0.BF_.E0.B0.AE.E0.B1.81.E0.B0.82.E0.B0.A6.E0.B0.B8.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.A4.E0.B1.81_.E0.B0.A8.E0.B0.AE.E0.B1.8B.E0.B0.A6.E0.B1.81"&gt;Click to read the original here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id=".E0.B0.95.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B0.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.AF.E0.B0.95.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.B0.E0.B0.AE_.E0.B0.B5.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.B5.E0.B0.B0.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B2.E0.B1.81"&gt;కార్యక్రమ వివరాలు&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;తేదీ: &lt;b&gt;12-అక్టోబరు-2013 (రెండవ శనివారం)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;సమయం: &lt;b&gt;మధ్యాహ్నం గం: 2.00 నుండి సాయంత్రం గం: 5.00 వరకు&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;వేదిక: &lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AB%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%87%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%80_%28%E0%B0%87%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE%29" title="సెంటర్ ఫర్ ఇంటర్నెట్ అండ్ సొసైటీ (ఇండియా)"&gt;సెంటర్ ఫర్ ఇంటర్నెట్ అండ్ సొసైటీ&lt;/a&gt;, నెం. 194, రెండవ సి క్రాస్, దొమ్మలూరు, రెండవ స్టేజీ, బెంగుళూరు - 560071 (ఫోన్: +91 80 4092 6283),&lt;a href="https://cis-india.org/about/contact" class="text external" rel="nofollow"&gt;గూగుల్ మేప్ తో సహా వివరాలు&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dt&gt;చర్చాంశాలు&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; 
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;తెవికీ దశాబ్ది&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;తెవికీ A2K ప్రణాళిక&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;వ్యాసాలు ప్రాజెక్టుల ప్రగతిపై చర్చ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;వికీఅకాడెమీల నిర్వహణ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;కొత్త ప్రాజెక్టుల ఎంపికపై చర్చ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;మొదటి పేజీ పై చర్చ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id=".E0.B0.AA.E0.B1.88.E0.B0.B5.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.95.E0.B1.80.E0.B0.AA.E0.B1.80.E0.B0.A1.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.AF.E0.B0.BE_.E0.B0.AA.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.B0.E0.B0.B8.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.A4.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B5.E0.B0.A8_.E0.B0.AE.E0.B0.B0.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.AF.E0.B1.81_.E0.B0.AA.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.B0.E0.B0.A6.E0.B0.B0.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.B6.E0.B0.A8"&gt;పైవికీపీడియా ప్రస్తావన మరియు ప్రదర్శన&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ఈ సందర్భంగా బాట్ ను నడపటంపై ఒక చిన్న ప్రదర్శన. స్లైడులు ఇక్కడ ఉంచుతున్నాను. &lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D" title="వాడుకరి:రహ్మానుద్దీన్"&gt;రహ్మానుద్దీన్&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:రహ్మానుద్దీన్"&gt;చర్చ&lt;/a&gt;) 12:22, 10 అక్టోబర్ 2013 (UTC)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id=".E0.B0.87.E0.B0.B5.E0.B1.80_.E0.B0.9A.E0.B1.82.E0.B0.A1.E0.B0.82.E0.B0.A1.E0.B0.BF"&gt;ఇవీ చూడండి&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81/2_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_2013" title="వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/బెంగుళూరు/2 జూన్ 2013"&gt;జూన్ నెల సమావేశం పేజి&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81/13_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%88_2013" title="వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/బెంగుళూరు/13 జూలై 2013"&gt;జూలై నెల సమావేశం పేజీ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id=".E0.B0.B8.E0.B0.AE.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B5.E0.B1.87.E0.B0.B6.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.A8.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.95.E0.B0.BF_.E0.B0.AE.E0.B1.81.E0.B0.82.E0.B0.A6.E0.B0.B8.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.A4.E0.B1.81_.E0.B0.A8.E0.B0.AE.E0.B1.8B.E0.B0.A6.E0.B1.81"&gt;సమావేశానికి ముందస్తు నమోదు&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(నమోదు తప్పనిసరికాదు కాని నిర్వాహకులకు సహాయంగా మరియు ఇతరులకు ప్రోత్సాహంగా వుంటుంది. పైన &lt;b&gt;మార్చు&lt;/b&gt; నొక్కి మీ పేరు చేర్చవచ్చు)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dt&gt;తప్పక&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D" title="వాడుకరి:రహ్మానుద్దీన్"&gt;రహ్మానుద్దీన్&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:రహ్మానుద్దీన్"&gt;చర్చ&lt;/a&gt;) 10:35, 3 అక్టోబర్ 2013 (UTC)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ఒక ముఖ్యమైన సమావేశంలో పాల్గొనటానికి కేరళ వెలుతున్నాను కనుక Skype ద్వారా పాలుగొంటాను &lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Visdaviva" title="వాడుకరి:Visdaviva"&gt;విష్ణు&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Visdaviva" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Visdaviva"&gt;చర్చ&lt;/a&gt;)07:22, 8 అక్టోబర్ 2013 (UTC)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;హైదరాబాదు నుండి Skype ద్వారా పాల్గొంటాను.&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Rajasekhar1961" title="వాడుకరి:Rajasekhar1961"&gt;Rajasekhar1961&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Rajasekhar1961" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Rajasekhar1961"&gt;చర్చ&lt;/a&gt;) 05:11, 10 అక్టోబర్ 2013 (UTC)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;skype ద్వారా ఒక గంట సేపు పాల్గొనగలను.--&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Arjunaraoc" title="వాడుకరి:Arjunaraoc"&gt;అర్జున&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Arjunaraoc" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Arjunaraoc"&gt;చర్చ&lt;/a&gt;) 05:03, 12 అక్టోబర్ 2013 (UTC)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;పై వరసలో పేరు చేర్చండి లేక సంతకం చేయండి&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dt&gt;స్పందనలు&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;/dl&gt; &lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;దసరా పండుగ సందర్భంగా కర్నూలు వెళ్తున్నాను. ఈ మారు సమావేశంలో  పాల్గొనలేనందుకు చింతిస్తున్నాను. నవంబరు నెల సమావేశానికి తప్పక  హాజరవుతాను. &lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Veera.sj" title="వాడుకరి:Veera.sj"&gt;శశి&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Veera.sj" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Veera.sj"&gt;చర్చ&lt;/a&gt;) 16:03, 4 అక్టోబర్ 2013 (UTC)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;lt;పై వరసలో స్పందించండి&amp;gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telegu-wikipedia-at-utc-october-12-2013'&gt;https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telegu-wikipedia-at-utc-october-12-2013&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

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

   <dc:date>2013-10-14T01:08:24Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>Event</dc:type>
   </item>


    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/andhra-bhoomi-december-11-2016-article-on-wikipedia">
    <title>వికీపీడియాతో విజ్ఞాన విప్లవం</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/andhra-bhoomi-december-11-2016-article-on-wikipedia</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;The article appeared in Andhra Bhoomi on December 11, 2016.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;హైదరాబాద్, డిసెంబర్ 10: అన్ని భారతీయ భాషల్లో వికీపీడియాను అభివృద్ధి  చేసేందుకు అవసరమైన శిక్షణ అందిస్తున్నామని వికీ ట్రైనర్, ఆంగ్ల వికీపీడియన్  టిటో దత్తా పేర్కొన్నారు. వికీపీడియాను అభివృద్ధి చేసేందుకు వివిధ  కార్యక్రమాల నిర్వహణకు అవసరమైన నాయకత్వ శిక్షణ, వికీపీడియాలో పనికొచ్చే  ఉపకరణాల గురించి రెండు రోజుల శిక్షణ కార్యక్రమాన్ని ఆయన శనివారం  ప్రారంభించారు. తెలుగు వికీపీడియాను అభివృద్ధి చేయడం ద్వారా తెలుగు  భాషాభివృద్ధితో పాటు ప్రపంచవ్యాప్తంగా ఉన్న తెలుగు వారికి తెలుగు విశేషాలు  అందించిన వారమవుతామని, దీంతో సరికొత్త విజ్ఞాన విప్లవం వస్తుందని ఆయన  పేర్కొన్నారు. వికీపీడియాను అభివృద్ధి చేయడానికి కాలేజీల్లో కార్యశాల,  ఫోటోవాక్, ఎడిట్ ఆ థాన్ తదితర కార్యక్రమాలను నిర్వహించవచ్చని చెప్పారు.  చరిత్రకారుడు, రచయిత, తెలుగు వికీపీడియన్ కట్టా శ్రీనివాసరావు మాట్లాడుతూ  గోల్కొండ వంటి ప్రదేశాల్లో కూడా ప్రజలకు తెలియని చారిత్రక, సాంకేతిక  ప్రదేశాలు అంశాలు ఉంటాయని అన్నారు. వాటి ఫోటోలు తీసి వికీమీడియా కామన్స్‌లో  చేర్చవచ్చని తెలిపారు. ఈ కార్యక్రమాన్ని సిఐఎస్-ఎ2కె ప్రతినిధి పవన్  సంతోష్, వికీపీడియన్ ప్రణయ్ రాజ్ వంగరి నిర్వహించారు. కార్యక్రమంలో తెలుగు  వికీపీడియన్లు కశ్యప్, నాగేశ్వరరావు, మీనా గాయత్రీ, వౌర్య వంటి వారితో పాటు  కొత్తగా వికీపీడియాలో చేరిన వారు కూడా పాల్గొన్నారు.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Read the &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://andhrabhoomi.net/content/state-5330"&gt;original published by Andhra Bhoomi&lt;/a&gt; on December 11, 2016&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/andhra-bhoomi-december-11-2016-article-on-wikipedia'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/andhra-bhoomi-december-11-2016-article-on-wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
    </description>
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>
    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights></dc:rights>

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

   <dc:date>2016-12-20T16:36:06Z</dc:date>
   <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>
   </item>


    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/partnership-discussions-with-misimi-telugu-monthly-magazine">
    <title>వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాదు/మిసిమి పత్రిక భాగస్వామ్య సమావేశం, జూలై 2018</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/partnership-discussions-with-misimi-telugu-monthly-magazine</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;On 24 July 2018, CIS-A2K team held partnership discussions with Misimi Telugu monthly magazine.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Full details on Wikipedia page &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2018#July"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;వికీపీడియా నుండి				&amp;lt; &lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82" title="వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం"&gt;వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం&lt;/a&gt;‎ | &lt;a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81" title="వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాదు"&gt;హైదరాబాదు&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-jump-link" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82,_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%88_2018#mw-head"&gt;Jump to navigation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="mw-jump-link" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82,_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%88_2018#p-search"&gt;Jump to search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;2018 జూలై 24న మిసిమి కార్యాలయ గ్రంథాలయంలో తెలుగు వికీపీడియా అభివృద్ధి కోసం భాగస్వామ్య అవకాశాలను గురించి జరిపిన చర్చల సారాంశం.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;వివరాలు&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;li&gt;తేదీ-సమయం: 2018 జూలై 24న మధ్యాహ్నం 12 నుంచి 2.30 వరకూ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ప్రదేశం: మిసిమి కార్యాలయ గ్రంథాలయం, ఆర్టీసీ క్రాస్ రోడ్స్ వద్ద, ముషీరాబాద్, హైదరాబాద్&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;పాల్గొన్న వ్యక్తులు&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;li&gt;వల్లభనేని అశ్వినీ కుమార్, సంపాదకుడు, మిసిమి పత్రిక&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;కాండ్రేగుల నాగేశ్వరరావు, సహ సంపాదకుడు, మిసిమి పత్రిక&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;పవన్ సంతోష్, సీఐఎస్-ఎ2కె.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify; "&gt;చర్చించిన అంశాలు&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; "&gt;
&lt;li&gt;హైదరాబాద్  ఆర్టీసీ క్రాస్ రోడ్స్ వద్ద ఉన్న మిసిమి కార్యాలయ గ్రంథాలయంలో మన నెలవారీ  సమావేశాలు నిర్వహించుకోవచ్చనీ, అక్కడే పుస్తకాలు తీసుకుని చదివి సమాచారం  అభివృద్ధి చేసేలాంటి ఎడిటథాన్లు నిర్వహించుకోవచ్చని వారు అవకాశం ఇచ్చారు.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;వచ్చే నెల అటువంటి కార్యక్రమం నిర్వహించుకుంటే పత్రిక రచయితలను  ఆహ్వానిస్తానని పేర్కొన్నారు. తెలుగు వికీపీడియాలో అభివృద్ధి చేయదలిచిన  కొన్ని ప్రధానమైన అంశాలు (తెలుగు ప్రముఖులు, తెలుగు గ్రామాలు, భారతదేశ  చరిత్ర, వగైరా) తీసుకుని తెవికీపీడియన్లు, మిసిమి రచయితలూ కలిసి ఆయా  అంశాల్లో అత్యంత ప్రామాణికమని ఎంచే పుస్తకాలను (ఓ 50-100) జాబితా వేస్తే ఆ  జాబితా భవిష్యత్తులో మనం తెలుగు వికీపీడియన్లకు అందుబాటులోకి తీసుకురావడం,  వికీసోర్సు పునర్విడుదలలో ప్రాధాన్యత ఇవ్వడం వంటి కార్యక్రమాలకు  స్వీకరించేందుకు వీలుంటుంది.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;మిసిమి పత్రికలో తెలుగు వికీపీడియా నిర్మాణం, అది ఎదుర్కొంటున్న  సమస్యలు, సభ్యులు దాన్ని అధిగమించడానికి చేస్తున్న ప్రయత్నాలు వంటి అంశాలను  కలిపి తెవికీపీడియన్లు వ్యాసం రాయవచ్చు, తద్వారా అత్యంత సీరియస్,  పాండిత్య, పరిశోధన ప్రధానమైన మిసిమి పత్రికను చదివే పాఠకులకు తెవికీపీడియా  గురించి విజ్ఞప్తి చేసినట్టవుతుంది.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;పత్రికను కేవలం లాభాపేక్ష కోసం కాక ఉన్నతమైన లక్ష్యాల కోసం  నడుపుతున్నట్టు కాబట్టి కాపీహక్కుల మీద తమకు పట్టింపులేదనీ, పత్రికలోని  నాణ్యమైన సాహిత్యం ప్రజలకు చేరువ కావడం ముఖ్యమనీ వారు తెలిపారు. పత్రికలోని  పలు వ్యాసాలను కానీ, సంచికలను కానీ ప్రస్తుతం పత్రికల కాపీహక్కుల  పునర్విడుదల విషయమై ఉన్న సాంకేతిక సమస్యలు అధిగమించి ఎలా సీసీ-బై-ఎస్‌ఎలోకి  తీసుకురావచ్చన్నది ఆలోచించాలి.&lt;/li&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/partnership-discussions-with-misimi-telugu-monthly-magazine'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/partnership-discussions-with-misimi-telugu-monthly-magazine&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-08-11T00:37:13Z</dc:date>
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    <title>విజ్ఞాన నిధి వికీపీడియా..</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/namaste-telangana-december-11-2016-article-on-wikipedia</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;The article about Telugu Wikipedia appeared in Namaste Telangana on December 11, 2016.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="i-boxlist-Home" id="ContentPlaceHolder1_dlNews"&gt;&lt;span&gt;సిటీబ్యూరో:ప్రాపంచిక  విషయాలను, చారిత్రక ఘట్టాలను, శాస్త్రీయ విషయాలను ప్రపంచానికి చేరువ  చేస్తున్న విజ్ఞాన నిధి వికీపీడియా. ఆధునిక సాంకేతిక పద్ధతుల ఆధారంగా  ఆన్‌లైన్‌తో ప్రపంచంలోని పలు ఆసక్తికరమైన విషయాలన్నింటనీ ప్రజలందరికీ చేరువ  చేసే నేస్తం ఇది. అందరికీ ప్రవేశం, అందరికీ ఉచితంగా అందుబాటులో ఉండే ఈ  ఎన్‌సైక్లోపెడియాలో మన చరిత్ర, మన సంస్కృతి మరెన్నో విషయాలను జోడించేందుకు  సమాచార సైనికులతో వికీపీడియా డేను పురస్కరించుకొని  గోల్డెన్ త్రెషోల్డ్‌లో  శనివారం  ఓ కార్యశాలను నిర్వహించింది. విజ్ఞాన సమాచారం,భౌగోళిక, చారిత్రక  అంశాలు, సాంస్కృతిక విషయాలను వికీపీడియాలో చొప్పించేందుకు చేపట్టాల్సిన  కార్యక్రమాలను ఈ కార్యశాలలో చర్చించారు. వికీపీడియాలో అందరూ తమకు తెలిసిన  ఆసక్తికరమైన అంశాలపై వ్యాసాలు రాయవచ్చని, ప్రపంచానికి కొత్త విషయాలను  పరిచయం చేయవచ్చని ఆంగ్ల వికీపీడియన్ టిటో దత్తా అన్నారు. వికీ ట్రైనర్,  ట్రైనర్ ద ట్రైనర్ కార్యక్రమంలో వికీపీడీయన్లు కశ్యప్, ప్రణయ్ పలు సాంకేతిక  అంశాలను తెలుగు వికిపీడియన్లకు వివరించారు. చరిత్రకారుడు, కవి కట్టా  శ్రీనివాస్ మాట్లాడుతూ గోల్కొండ వంటి పలు చారిత్రక ప్రదేశాల్లో ప్రజలకు  తెలియని చారిత్రక, సాంకేతిక ప్రదేశాలు, ఆసక్తికరమైన అంశాలు ఉన్నాయని  వాటన్నింటినీ సేకరించి, ప్రపంచానికి చేరవేయాల్సిన అవసరం ఉందన్నారు. ఈ  కార్యక్రమాన్ని వికీపీడియన్లు చేపట్టి విజయవంతం చేయాలన్నారు. సీనియర్  జర్నలిస్ట్ బీవీ ప్రసాద్, మౌర్య, మీనా గాయత్రి పాల్గొన్నారు. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="i-boxlist-Home"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Link to the original in &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.namasthetelangaana.com/district/hyderabad/article.aspx?contentid=650572"&gt;Namaste Telangana &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&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/news/namaste-telangana-december-11-2016-article-on-wikipedia'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/namaste-telangana-december-11-2016-article-on-wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>CIS-A2K</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-12-20T16:38:48Z</dc:date>
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    <title>వాట్సాప్ సాహిత్య వేదిక నుంచి వికీసోర్సుకు</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/c35c3ec1fc4dc38c3ec2ac4d-c38c3ec39c3fc24c4dc2f-c35c47c26c3fc15-c28c41c02c1ac3f-c35c3fc15c40c38c4bc30c4dc38c41c15c41</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;పద్యసౌందర్యం గ్రూపు సభ్యులకు వికీసోర్సు పరిచయం&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;తెలుగు స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన ఉద్యమ సహచరులకు,&lt;br /&gt;నమస్కారం.  ఓ వాట్సాప్ సముదాయం గురించి ఇంతగా చెప్పడమేంటని, దాని నుంచి స్వేచ్ఛా  విజ్ఞాన ఉద్యమానికి జరిగే మేలేమిటనీ మీకు ఆశ్చర్యం కలగవచ్చు.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;అదేమీ  సాధారణమైన వాట్సాప్ సముదాయం కాదు, గుడ్‌మార్నింగుతో ఓ దారీపోయే ఫోటో,  గుడ్‌నైట్‌తో సంబంధంలేని వీడియో పంపేసి రోజును ముగించే పద్ధతి అక్కడ  నిషిద్ధం. ఆ వేదిక మీద వారానికి ఐదురోజుల పాటు రోజుకొక కావ్యంలో కనీసం 20  పద్యాల విశ్లేషణ జరుగుతూంటుంది, ఆది, సోమవారాల్లో పద్యరచనలో శిక్షణ, తోచిన  పద్యాలను గురించి చర్చ సాగుతుంది. ఎక్కడా ఎవరూ అనవసరమైన అంశాల ప్రస్తావన  చేయడానికో, ప్రచారాలు సాగించుకోవడానికో వీలు లేదు. అలా వారు  వ్యాఖ్యానించుకున్న శివభారతం పద్యకావ్యాన్ని వ్యాఖ్యాన సహితంగా సీడీల్లో  అందుబాటులోకి తీసుకువస్తున్నారు. ప్రతీ ఏటా గురుపౌర్ణమి తర్వాత వచ్చే శని  ఆదివారాలు విశాఖపట్టణంలో సమావేశమై పద్యాలను వారి రసజ్ఞ హృదయానికి  నివేదిస్తారు, ఒకరికొకరు సన్నిహితులవుతూంటారు. అటువంటి అత్యంత అరుదైన  సముదాయం పేరు పద్యసౌందర్యం, వారి కార్యక్రమం పేరు సారస్వత జ్యోత్స్న.&lt;br /&gt;నేను  వ్యక్తిగతంగా ఆ సముదాయంలో సభ్యుడిని, వారి క్రమశిక్షణ, సాహిత్య వ్యాఖ్యానం  పట్ల, రసజ్ఞత లోతులు చూడడం పట్ల నిబద్ధత చూశాకా ఆశ్చర్యం కలిగింది. 2017లో  జరిగిన సారస్వత జ్యోత్స్నలో పాల్గొన్నప్పుడు, వేదిక మీద నాకు ఇచ్చిన  కొద్దిపాటి అవకాశాన్ని పురస్కరించుకుని తెలుగు వికీసోర్సు ద్వారా  కాపీహక్కులు చెల్లిపోయినవి, సీసీ-బై-ఎస్‌ఎ లైసెన్సులో విడుదలైనవి అయిన పలు  పుస్తకాలు ఎలా భావి తరాలకు అందేలా డిజిటైజ్ చేస్తున్నామో చెప్పాను.  వెనువెంటనే సంప్రదించిన ఇద్దరు సభ్యులు - గుంటుపల్లి రామేశం,  జి.ఎస్.వి.ఎస్.మూర్తి గార్లు అదే నెలలో జరిగిన వికీసోర్సు కార్యశాలలో  పాల్గొని ఈనాటికీ వికీసోర్సులో వందలాది పుటలు మెరుగుపరుస్తూ, పుస్తకాలను  పూర్తిచేస్తూ కొనసాగుతున్నారు. వీరిలో Ramesam54 కట్టా వరదరాజ కవి రామాయణ &lt;a href="https://te.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95:Sri_Ramayanamu_Yuddakanda_Katta_Varadaraju_1953_616_P_2030020024696.pdf"&gt;పద్యకావ్యాన్ని &lt;/a&gt;వికీసోర్సులో  డిజిటైజ్ చేస్తూనే, ఆ పాఠ్యానికి తమ వ్యాఖ్యానం జోడిస్తూ అదే  పద్యకావ్యాన్ని పద్యసౌందర్యం వాట్సాప్ గ్రూపులో వ్యాఖ్యానిస్తూ  అలరిస్తూన్నారు. స్వామికార్యం స్వకార్యంలాగా అన్నమాట. Gsvsmurthy ఆంగ్ల  వికీసోర్సులోకి వెళ్ళి &lt;a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Convocation_Addresses_of_the_Universities_of_Bombay_and_Madras.djvu"&gt;Convocation Addresses of the Universities of Bombay and Madras&lt;/a&gt; అన్న పుస్తకం మీద పనిచేస్తున్నారు.&lt;br /&gt;ఈ  నేపథ్యంలో 2018 జూలై 28, 29 తేదీల్లో విశాఖపట్టణంలో జరిగిన రెండవ  వార్షికోత్సవం - సారస్వత జ్యోత్స్నకు కూడా హాజరయ్యాను. కార్యక్రమం  మొదటిరోజున భాగవతోద్యాన కోకిల అన్న బిరుదు పొందిన పౌరాణికులు జటావల్లభుల  జగన్నాథం గారిని సత్కరించి, ఆయన ప్రసంగం ఏర్పాటుచేశారు. వేదికలోని  పండితుడు, ఛందోగురువు సాంప్రతి సురేంద్రనాథ్‌, పద్యవిద్య ఛందోగ్రంథకర్త,  అవధాని పేరి రవికుమార్ ప్రసంగించారు. తర్వాతిరోజు సాంప్రతి సురేంద్రనాథ్‌,  పేరి రవికుమార్‌ల ఆధ్వర్యంలో పద్యసౌందర్య వేదిక సభ్యుల్లో ఆసక్తి కలవారు  చెరొక మూడు పద్యాలూ సమర్పించి, వాటిపై తమ అవగాహన మేరకు వ్యాఖ్యానించగా,  గురువులు విశేష వ్యాఖ్యానం చేశారు. రాంప్రసాద్‌ గారి ఆధ్వర్యంలో హంస అకాడమీ  కార్యక్రమాన్ని నిర్వహించింది.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ఈ  కార్యక్రమంలో రెండవ రోజున నేను (పవన్ సంతోష్‌) సభ్యుల్లో ఆసక్తి కల  కొద్దిమందికి వికీసోర్సులో పద్యసాహిత్యాన్ని భద్రపరచడంలో ఉన్న  ప్రయోజనాన్ని, ఆవశ్యకతను వివరించాను. అందులో ప్రత్యేకించి అవధానం  చంద్రశేఖరశర్మ కుమారులు అవధానం &lt;a href="https://te.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%95:%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81/Avadhanam_viswanatha_sarma"&gt;అవధానం విశ్వనాథ శర్మ&lt;/a&gt;తో తండ్రి రచించిన శ్రీ &lt;a href="https://te.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95:Sri_Devi_Suvarnamala,_Avadhanam_Chandrasekhara_Sarma.pdf"&gt;దేవీసువర్ణమాల పుస్తకాన్ని&lt;/a&gt; సీసీ-బై-ఎస్‌ఎ లైసెన్సులో పునర్విడుదల చేయించి, వారే టైపు చేసేలా  శిక్షణనిచ్చాను, అయితే వారిది మొబైల్ మాధ్యమం కావడం వల్ల వికీసోర్సులో టైపు  చేయడంలో ఇబ్బందులు ఎదుర్కొని వాటిని కొంతమేరకు పరిష్కరించుకున్నాం. &lt;a href="https://te.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%95:%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81/Y_V_S_N_Murthy"&gt;వై.వి.ఎస్.ఎన్.మూర్తి&lt;/a&gt; గారికీ తెలుగు వికీసోర్సులో మౌలిక శిక్షణను ఇచ్చి, తర్వాత వారు టైపు  చేయడంలో, మార్కప్‌కోడ్ నేర్వడం వంటివి ఫాలో-అప్ చేస్తున్నాను. ఈ  ప్రయత్నాలలో పద్యసౌందర్య సభ్యులు, తెలుగు వికీసోర్సు వాడుకరి గుంటుపల్లి  రామేశం చక్కని సహకారం అందించారు. ఇతర సభ్యులు మరికొందరు కూడా వికీసోర్సు  వేదిక ద్వారా కృషిచేయడానికి ఆసక్తి చూపిస్తూండడంతో ఒక కార్యశాలను  ప్రత్యేకించి వీరికోసమే చేయవచ్చన్న నిర్ణయానికి నేనూ, రామేశం గారూ వచ్చాం.&lt;br /&gt;కమనీయమైన  సారస్వత జ్యోత్స్న గంభీరమైన వికీసోర్సు మీద కాచి, తెలుగు సాహితీ లోకానికి  పద్యసౌందర్యాన్ని పంచిపెడుతుందనే నమ్ముతూ ముగిస్తున్నాను.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;విశాఖపట్టణం,&lt;br /&gt;2018 జూలై 31&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/c35c3ec1fc4dc38c3ec2ac4d-c38c3ec39c3fc24c4dc2f-c35c47c26c3fc15-c28c41c02c1ac3f-c35c3fc15c40c38c4bc30c4dc38c41c15c41'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/c35c3ec1fc4dc38c3ec2ac4d-c38c3ec39c3fc24c4dc2f-c35c47c26c3fc15-c28c41c02c1ac3f-c35c3fc15c40c38c4bc30c4dc38c41c15c41&lt;/a&gt;
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    <title>వంద రోజులు.. వంద వ్యాసాలు - తెలుగు వికీపీడియాలో మోత్కూరు యువకుని రికార్డు (100 Days...100 Articles: Wikipedian from Motkur created record in Telugu Wikipedia)</title>
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        &lt;b&gt;Pranay Raj Vangari of Motkur Padmashali colony created record in Telugu Wikipedia. "100 Days- 100 Articles" is already going on in many languages worldwide and Pranay Raj took challenge in Telugu Wikipedia, completed it successfully. Pranay is theatre scholor. He started first article in this challenge on september 8 and continued to write articles on every day till December 16 to complete 100 articles. Pranay said that two other Telugu Wikipedians (Pavan and Meena) successfully completed the challenge and explained that he inspired from them to complete it. Telangana state language &amp; cultural department director Mamidi Harikrishna felicitated Pranay in His chamber on this occasion and appreciated for his work.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;Clipping of the article in Andhra Jyoti:&lt;/h3&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/100-days-100-articles-wikipedian-from-motkur-created-record-in-telugu-wikipedia'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/100-days-100-articles-wikipedian-from-motkur-created-record-in-telugu-wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
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        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
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   <dc:date>2016-12-18T15:09:54Z</dc:date>
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        &lt;b&gt;తెలుగు నాట లలిత కళలపై రసజ్ఞత పెంపొందించేందుకు దశాబ్దాలుగా పనిచేస్తున్న పత్రికల్లో మిసిమి విశిష్టమైనది. &lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;ప్రపంచ ప్రఖ్యాతి చెందిన కళాకారుల గురించి కావచ్చు, తెలుగునాట  మరుగునపడ్డ చిత్రకారుని గురించి కావచ్చు - తెలుగులో లోటుగా ఉన్న  ఆసక్తిదాయకమైన. విజ్ఞానదాయకమైన అంశాలపై &lt;a href="http://www.misimimonthly.com/"&gt;మిసిమి&lt;/a&gt; వెలుగుపరచడం తెలిసిందే. అలాంటి మిసిమి పత్రిక తమ గ్రంథాలయంలో గత దశాబ్ది  పాటు అంతర్జాలంలో తెలుగులో స్వేచ్ఛా విజ్ఞాన సృష్టి చేస్తున్న తెలుగు  వికీపీడియా హైదరాబాద్ సమావేశానికి, వికీడేటా లేబుల్‌-అ-థాన్‌కి  ఆతిథ్యమిచ్చారు. కార్యక్రమాన్ని తెలుగు వికీపీడియా, సీఐఎస్‌-ఎ2కెల తరఫు  నుంచి పవన్‌ సంతోష్‌ నిర్వహించగా, మిసిమి వైపు నుంచి సంపాదక మండలి సభ్యుడు  కాండ్రేగుల నాగేశ్వరరావు, ప్రధాన సంపాదకుడు వల్లభనేని అశ్వనీకుమార్  సమన్వయపరిచారు. నిర్వహించిన పవన్‌ సంతోష్‌తో పాటు తెలుగు వికీడియన్‌లు  ప్రణయ్‌రాజ్‌, రహ్మానుద్దీన్, వీవెన్, అజయ్‌ పాల్గొన్నారు. మిసిమి  సంపాదకులు వల్లభనేని అశ్వినీకుమార్, కాండ్రేగుల నాగేశ్వరరావు, మిసిమి  రచయితల్లో ఒకరు, ప్రముఖ తెలుగు అనువాదకులు ముక్తవరం పార్థసారధి ఈ సమావేశంలో  పాలుపంచుకున్నారు.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/HyderabadLabelathon1.jpg/@@images/9d0b9f20-4b3a-457b-b75b-e73ea043b3b2.jpeg" alt="Hyderabad Labelathon" class="image-inline" title="Hyderabad Labelathon" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;మాట్లాడుతున్న పవన్ సంతోష్, చిత్రంలో వీవెన్, వల్లభనేని అశ్వినీకుమార్, అజయ్ బండి, ముక్తవరం పార్ధసారధిలను చూడవచ్చు.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;భారత స్వాతంత్ర్య దినోత్సవానికి సంబంధించిన &lt;a&gt;వికీడేటా లేబుల్‌-అ-థాన్‌&lt;/a&gt;లో  (మారథాన్, ఎడిటథాన్‌లా లేబుల్స్ చేర్చుకుంటూ వెళ్ళడం లేబులథాన్) భాగంగా  ఉదయం 10.30 నుంచి సాయంత్రం 5.30 వరకు పాల్గొన్న వికీపీడియన్లు ఐటంలకు  లేబుల్స్ చేర్చారు. లేబులథాన్ థీమ్ ప్రకారం - పలు భాషల కేంద్ర సాహిత్య  అకాడమీ పురస్కార గ్రహీతలు, భారత స్వాతంత్ర్యోద్యమం గురించి సంఘటనలు,  పరిణామాలు, వ్యక్తులు, సంస్థలు, వగైరా ఐటంలకు తెలుగులో లేబుళ్ళు, వివరణలు  చేర్చారు. స్వేచ్ఛగా ఉపయోగించుకుని, అభివృద్ధి చేయగల జ్ఞాన గని. వికీపీడియా  వాక్యాలు మనుషులు చదవడానికి తేలికైతే వికీడేటా కంప్యూటర్లు చకచకా  విశ్లేషించగల స్ట్రక్చర్డ్ డేటా ప్రాజెక్టు. దీనిలో ఒక్కో అంశానికి  తెలుగులో పేరును, వివరణను చేరుస్తూ పోవడం అన్నది భావి తెలుగు  భాషాభివృద్ధికి ఉపయోగకరం. సాయంత్రం అయ్యేసరికి &lt;a href="https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/CIS-A2K/Indian_Independece_Day_Label-a-thon_Hyderabad_Event/home"&gt;280 పైచిలుకు ఐటంలలో&lt;/a&gt; వీవెన్, ప్రణయ్, అజయ్, పవన్ సంతోష్‌లు తెలుగు లేబుల్, వివరణలు అభివృద్ధి చేశారు.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/HyderabadLabelathon2.jpg/@@images/3f9d821c-14fe-4cc0-9c12-9485a23e5dcc.jpeg" alt="Hyderabad Labelathon" class="image-inline" title="Hyderabad Labelathon" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;వికీడేటా లేబులథాన్లో నిమగ్నమైన సభ్యులు&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;కార్యక్రమంలో  భాగంగా వికీపీడియన్లతో వల్లభనేని అశ్వినీ కుమార్, ముక్తవరం పార్థసారధి పలు  అంశాలు చర్చించారు. పవన్ సంతోష్‌ ఈ సందర్భంగా వికీపీడియా నిర్మాణం వెనుక  మూలస్తంభాలు, వాటి అమలు, తెలుగు వికీపీడియా స్థితిగతులు వగైరా వివరించారు.  ప్రారంభంలో తెలుగు వికీపీడియాలో నెలనెలా ఇరవై నుంచి ముప్పై మిలియన్ల వరకూ  పేజీ వ్యూలు ఉంటున్నాయని పవన్, రహ్మాన్ వివరించారు. ప్రధానంగా మొబైల్‌  వేదికగా చదువుతున్న తెలుగువారు తెలుగులోనే సమాచారాన్ని ఆశిస్తున్నారని  వివరించారు. (ఇతర బాధ్యతల కారణంగా ఆపైన సమావేశం నుంచి రహ్మాన్  నిష్క్రమించారు) తెలుగు రచయితలు ఎక్కువమంది వివరాలు తెలుగు వికీపీడియాలో  దొరకాలని, అందుకు అవసరమైతే డేటా స్థాయిలో తాము సహకరించగలమని వల్లభనేని  అశ్వినీకుమార్ పేర్కొనగా తెలుగు వికీపీడియా విషయ ప్రాధాన్యత పరిధిలోని  వారికి తెవికీలో వ్యాసాలు సృష్టించడం, మిగిలిన అందరి వివరాలను వేరే వేదికలో  సమాచారం అందుబాటులోకి తేవడం చేయవచ్చని వీవెన్ సమాధానమిచ్చారు. ముక్తవరం  పార్థసారధి ఉదాహరణ కోసం రచయిత త్రిపుర వ్యాసాన్ని తెరిచి అందులోని  సమాచారాన్ని పరిశీలించి ప్రారంభ స్థాయిలో ఉన్నా ఇలా ఎందరో రచయితలు, ఇతర  అంశాల గురించి విజ్ఞానాన్ని అందించడం చాలా కీలకమని పేర్కొన్నారు.  పార్థసారధి మాట్లాడుతూ ఏ విషయంలోనైనా అత్యున్నత నాణ్యత కోసం అంటూ అసలు  పనిచేయకపోవడం కన్నా సాధ్యమైనంత ఉత్తమ నాణ్యతతో పని జరుగుతూండడం మంచిదని తన  దృక్పథాన్ని వెల్లడించారు. పవన్ సంతోష్‌ ఒక మంచి వ్యాసాన్ని చూపించి, ఈ  స్థాయికి నాణ్యత అభివృద్ధి చేయాలన్న లక్ష్యంతో పనిచేస్తున్న వికీపీడియన్లూ  ఉన్నారని తెలిపారు. పవన్ సంతోష్‌ మాట్లాడుతూ మిసిమి వారు నాణ్యమైన వనరులు  రూపొందించినవైన చిత్రకళ, సాహిత్యం, సంగీతం, నాట్యం అన్న నాలుగు అంశాలు  తీసుకుని, ఈ రంగాల్లో తెలుగువారి గురించి తెలుగు వికీపీడియాలో నాణ్యమైన  సమాచారం రూపొందించేందుకు ప్రామాణిక మూలాలను జాబితా వేయడం అందరికీ  ఉపయుక్తమని సూచించారు. చర్చల్లో భాగంగా తెలుగు వికీపీడియా గురించి, తెలుగు  వికీపీడియాలో అసలు రాయవచ్చన్న సంగతినీ విస్తృతమైన తెలుగు సముదాయానికి  ఎలాగోలా తెలియజేయడం వల్ల వాలంటీర్ల సమస్య తీరుతుందని అభిప్రాయాలు  వెల్లడయ్యాయి. ప్రణయ్‌రాజ్ వికీపీడియాలో రాయడం వల్ల ఆత్మతృప్తి, నైపుణ్యం  లభిస్తుందని అయితే ఇతర మాధ్యమాల్లా వెనువెంటనే పేరు ప్రఖ్యాతులు రావడం  సాధ్యం కాదని, అయినా సిద్ధపడి సేవచేస్తున్న వికీపీడియా సముదాయ సభ్యుల  సమున్నత వ్యక్తిత్వం కొనియాడారు. అందరికీ తెలుగులో విజ్ఞానం అన్న తెలుగు  వికీపీడియా ఉద్దేశాన్ని ప్రతిధ్వనిస్తూ తమ గ్రంథాలయాన్ని వేదికగా ఇచ్చి,  చర్చలో పాల్గొన్నందుకు నిర్వాహకుడు పవన్ సంతోష్‌, వికీపీడియా సభ్యులు  కృతజ్ఞతలు తెలిపారు. మిసిమి తరఫున విచ్చేసిన సభ్యులు ప్రతిగా ఒకేలాంటి  లక్ష్యాలు ఉన్నందున తెలుగు వికీపీడియన్లు చేసే కృషి పట్ల తమకున్న ఉన్నత  భావాన్ని వెల్లడించారు.&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/c2ec3fc38c3fc2ec3f-c2ac24c4dc30c3fc15-c17c4dc30c02c25c3ec32c2fc02c32c4b-c24c46c32c41c17c41-c35c3fc15c40c2ac40c21c3fc2fc28c4dc32-c15c3ec30c4dc2fc15c4dc30c2ec02'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/c2ec3fc38c3fc2ec3f-c2ac24c4dc30c3fc15-c17c4dc30c02c25c3ec32c2fc02c32c4b-c24c46c32c41c17c41-c35c3fc15c40c2ac40c21c3fc2fc28c4dc32-c15c3ec30c4dc2fc15c4dc30c2ec02&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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    <dc:creator>pavan</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-08-22T15:11:03Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/news/building-knowledge-bases-and-platforms</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;T.Vishnu Vardhan delivered a lecture at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in the Digital Humanities class to students of Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University on  September 23, 2013.&lt;/b&gt;
        
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/news/building-knowledge-bases-and-platforms'&gt;https://cis-india.org/news/building-knowledge-bases-and-platforms&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/p&gt;
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    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Openness</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2013-10-14T01:44:56Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Broadcasters Eager For Global Signal Protection; Others Warn Of Major Players Sneaking In</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/broadcasters-eager-for-global-signal-protection-others-warn-of-major-players-sneaking-in</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;Anubha Sinha was recently part of a panel discussion on broadcast treaty. &lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The article by Catherine Saez was &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://www.ip-watch.org/2018/10/09/broadcasters-eager-global-signal-protection-others-warn-major-players-sneaking/"&gt;published in Intellectual Property Watch&lt;/a&gt; on October 9, 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The so-called broadcasting treaty being negotiated at the World  Intellectual Property Organization is supported by broadcasters’  organisations in the hope that it will stanch signal piracy. Some voices  however, warn about creating a right that might be captured by large  internet corporations such as Facebook, Google and Netflix, which can be  a stone’s throw away from acquiring radio or television channels to  qualify for the protection of the potential treaty. They also challenge  the duration and scope of the protection. A seminar gathering  stakeholders last week looked at implications of the treaty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Knowledge Ecology International organised &lt;a href="https://www.keionline.org/29025"&gt;a seminar&lt;/a&gt; on 3-4 October gathering civil society speakers, international  organisation representatives, and a representative of the broadcaster  community.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Discussions were based on a &lt;a href="http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_27/sccr_27_2_rev.pdf"&gt;working document&lt;/a&gt; [pdf] for a treaty on the protection of broadcasting organisations, and a &lt;a href="http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_36/sccr_36_6.pdf"&gt;revised consolidated text&lt;/a&gt; [pdf] on definitions, object of protection, rights to be granted and  other issues, prepared by the SCCR Chair Daren Tang of Singapore, to be  discussed at the &lt;a href="http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=46444"&gt;next session&lt;/a&gt; of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, from 26-30 November.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Broadcasters: Current Protection not Sufficient&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Heijo Ruijsenaars, head of intellectual property law at the European  Broadcasting Union, explained the need for broadcasters to have  additional rights going beyond the 1961 &lt;a href="http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/text.jsp?file_id=289795"&gt;Rome Convention&lt;/a&gt; for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Key reasons for a treaty include the need for broadcasting to protect  their investment in programming and dissemination, he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The current protection in view of the technology is not sufficient in  a time where viewers want to access content whenever and wherever they  want, which means it has to be delivered in a different way than  traditional broadcasting, according to Ruijsenaars. This shift in  technology also gave way to increasing piracy, he said, adding that  signal piracy is a global issue and it is important to have a treaty  covering everybody on the planet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Ruijsenaars said there is evidence of ever-growing piracy and WIPO  does not discuss enough the reasons underlining broadcasters’  neighbouring rights. For broadcasters it is not the delivery of signal  that matters, he said, but that the public is provided with programmes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Benefits for the public of those programmes include the provision of  diversified information on national and local matters; educational  content; special programming for niche or minority audiences;  enhancement of public awareness and media literacy; supporting of  independent audiovisual production; promotion of local authors, actors  and artists; and the creation of new services on multiple platforms, his  presentation listed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;If the focus of the discussion remains merely about the signal, he  said, then it misses the broadcasters’ activity. Broadcasters make a  programme, then embed it in a signal, which is then broadcast. The  broadcast is the tool by which programmes are delivered to the public  but producing the signal is just a necessary technical activity, he  added.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The most important element of broadcasting is its independence from  the audience, according to Ruijsenaars, it does not matter how many  people are watching. It is also independent from the content since the  content is covered by copyright, and independent from transmission,  since each signal has its own protection.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;In the digital age, most people have hybrid television which can  receive both online and traditional signal from broadcasters at the same  time, without them being aware of, or caring about, the difference, he  said. In Europe, some 60 million households own an internet-connected TV  set, he added.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The treaty would not impede but foster freedom of expression, it  would stimulate innovation in consumer devices. would have no impact on  the public domain or on internet service providers’ liability, he  argued, adding, “If there is no treaty, everybody loses out.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beware of Large Internet Corporations Morphing &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Anubha Sinha of the Center for Internet and Society, said the issue  of signal piracy affects mostly sports broadcasters, and a potential  narrow treaty could address this particular problem. A treaty as the one  considered at the moment could have unintended adverse effects, she  said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The beneficiaries of the treaty appear to be only broadcasting  organisations, but today it is impossible to distinguish between  computer networks and wired or wireless means, she noted, asking about  the risk of accidentally creating rights that could be misused “by the  likes of Google, Facebook, Netflix…”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Facebook recently acquired the rights to broadcast La Liga games in  the Indian sub-continent, she noted, warning about the “weak treatment”  given to exceptions and limitations in the current treaty draft. She  added that the treaty would affect the existing commons and the methods  by which commons are being made accessible today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The 1961 Rome Convention is narrow and broadcasters are facing  competition from internet-based services that operate with fewer rights,  but provide services that the public wants, which is part of the  problem, according to James Love from Knowledge Ecology International.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Citing SCCR Chair Tang’s current proposed language, Love said that  the definition of a broadcaster stating that “entities that deliver  their programme-carrying signal exclusively by means of a computer  network do not fall under the definition of a ‘broadcasting  organization'” intends to exclude companies such as YouTube, Spotify,  and Netflix, but would include other companies being broadcasters and  also having internet platforms at the same time, such as the BBC.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;That is creating a special right. which might be challenged by other  companies arguing that those rights are contrary to a level playing  field, he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;It is also very easy for companies such as Facebook and Amazon to buy  a radio station somewhere on the planet, thinking otherwise is naive,  he said. This point was also made by Ryan Merkley of Creative Commons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Love produced a &lt;a href="http://media.ip-watch.org/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Selected-developments-in-technologies-KEI-Oct-2018.pdf?e4fccf"&gt;colour-coded document&lt;/a&gt; [pdf] showing developments in technologies to distribute, broadcast or stream audio and audiovisual content from 1887 to 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;In white, the document lists what concerns traditional broadcasting,  in yellow internet technologies, in blue technologies to make physical  copies of audio and audiovisual recordings, and in green norm-setting  activities. The vast majority of items listed belong to the yellow  sections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Players in the yellow fields will be the beneficiaries, he said. “You  will be transferring money” to large platforms, the biggest of which  are in the United States, he said, adding that the concentration will be  much larger than in the radio and television arena.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;To remedy those potential dangers, Love’s presentation suggested to  eliminate post-fixation rights, and install mandatory exceptions  including news of the day, public affairs, documentary films, education,  and quotations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Ruijsenaars argued that the European Union has legislation protecting  post-fixation rights, and that did not bring any issues either with  rights holders or the public interest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;50 Years Protection ‘Outrageous’&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Love also challenged the proposed 50 years of protection. “If you  were to keep a copy of something for 50 years,” the chances are that no  technology would still be able to read it, he said, adding that if the  treaty protects post-fixation rights, it is no longer protecting a  signal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Cristiana Gonzalez of the Centro: Tecnologia, Espaços, políticas  públicas, Brazil, also said the treaty should be confined to immediate  transmission without post-fixation rights. In Brazil, she said,  organisations may not acquire protection for any deferred transmission.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The proposed term of protection should be no more than a few seconds,  24 hours if one wants to be generous, she said. Extending it further  could have consequences for the public domain, impact cultural diversity  and democracy, by for example preventing access to historical  information, she said, adding that giving a monopoly over content could  be dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Merkley said the current draft of the treaty could have a number of  negative impacts. The world has and is changing, he said, and it is no  longer a matter of creating rules for industry alone. “Every one of you  is a copyright holder,” he said, adding that the draft treaty forgets  about the public.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;There have been many poor choices for the web, he argued, and the  treaty would yet be another wrong choice. Negotiators have to be careful  not to disturb the whole ecosystem to support an industry threatened by  improvements in technology, he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;He also called 50 years of protection “unreasonable” and said in the  most compelling case of protection for sports event broadcasting, should  be termed in hours. The most alarming in the proposed text, according  to Merkley is that it would give post-fixation rights for public domain  works. “This is outrageous,” he said, as broadcasters do not own this  content and did not create it so they should have no rights over it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Ruijsenaars commented that if the content is in the public domain,  like a film, it can be found somewhere else than in the broadcast, which  is protected.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Amalia Toledo of the Karisma Foundation said the rights awarded by  the treaty to broadcasters could impede or restrict the flow of  information that may not be protected by copyright, such as news of the  day, and speeches from public officials. In Latin America, she said,  there are various examples of how the political power has used copyright  protection to silence voices.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;This new right would be a direct attack on creators’ possibility to  share their works as they see fit, she said. It would also ignore the  public interest in having access to information, knowledge and culture,  she added.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;If a treaty is agreed against signal piracy, the protection should be  for hours after the transmission, not 20 or 50 years, she said.&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/broadcasters-eager-for-global-signal-protection-others-warn-of-major-players-sneaking-in'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/broadcasters-eager-for-global-signal-protection-others-warn-of-major-players-sneaking-in&lt;/a&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Intellectual Property Rights</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2018-10-16T13:55:10Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/broadcast-treaty-an-overview">
    <title>Broadcast Treaty: An Overview</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/broadcast-treaty-an-overview</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;In this blog post, CIS intern Varun Baliga, a third year law student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, presents an overview of the Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations, currently being deliberated by nations at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Negotiations on the Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations (“Broadcast Treaty”) (draft circulated for discussion at the 26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; SCCR available here- &lt;a href="http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_26/sccr_26_6.pdf"&gt;http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_26/sccr_26_6.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) were initiated for the purpose of protecting such organizations from signal piracy. For a broadcasting organization, their signal is the prime source of revenue. Therefore, state intervention at the international level was required to quell the transnational issue of signal piracy. Moves by a majority of nations indicated that the mood was in favour of drafting a treaty that would codify certain protections for broadcasting organizations in the form of rights. The obvious concerns that arose were the nature and scope of those rights. Overbroad rights often posed significant obstacles to the free flow of information. A number of developing nations were concerned that the latest move was a further entrenchment of the colonization of information and knowledge. It was in the common interest to balance the dire need to combat signal piracy in order to maintain the integrity of the business of broadcasting organizations while at the same time ensuring that it doesn’t come at the cost of the access to the information itself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;From the perspective of the Global South, the focus of the text was Article that protected possible action that states may take in the public interest. The South was interested in elevating the status of the public interest to that of an aspiration that states must seek to live up to. So, public interest must continue to guide even negotiations that seek to protect the interests of multinational corporations. The Broadcast Treaty also protects against the restriction of free flow of technology and access to the same in Article 4. One of the sticking points of negotiations has been the nature and scope of the protection that is to be offered to broadcasting organizations. India, among other countries, has advocated for a strict signal-based approach to the protection. It opines that protection should be offered to the signal alone and not the subject matter that is carried by the signal. Many nations of the developed world look at this as a distinction without a difference. There has also been a strong push from the South to limit protection only to transmission and not cover the retransmission of signals within the aegis of the treaty. Another cleavage of opinion has been on definitional concerns that have plagued the negotiations ever since they commenced. Institutions such as Knowledge Ecology International among others have noted with caution the wide meanings conferred on beneficiaries of protection. Understanding broadcasting organizations and cablecasting organizations in an all-encompassing way would result in not just the proliferation of rights, thereby harming the sanctity associated with the concept, but would also lead to the manifestation of those rights on contexts that harm free speech and access to information. For example, the protection of the rights of broadcasting organizations on the internet could play out in a pernicious fashion, particularly since the internet space has long been one of open and free access.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Many countries, including India, Brazil and South Africa, have questioned the need for the treaty in the first place. Adopting this position doesn’t mean a devaluation of the harms of signal piracy. On the other hand, questions have been raised as to whether the creation of rights is the most effective, or even the right, solution. The harms of this problem-solution mismatch mean that the stakes are high; therefore, subjecting this treaty to critical scrutiny assumes great importance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;India, South Africa and the entire bloc has also argued against the inclusion of webcasts and netcasts in the spectrum of rights being conferred on broadcasting organizations. Broadcasting and webcasting work on completely different investment models and don’t work on the same kind of infrastructure. For that and other speech and access reasons, protection should be given, it was argued, only for traditional transmission of the signal. Consensus was ultimately achieved with the US agreeing that the focus of the treaty should be “true signal piracy, real-time transmission of the signal to the public without authorization".&lt;a href="#fn1" name="fr1"&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;The Centre for Internet and Society has expressed its reservations about the treaty in no uncertain terms in the past. The underlying philosophy has consistently been a robust signal-based approach to the treaty. A consequence of this would be no term of protection for signals since the rights would exist only for infinitesimal amount of time that the signal does. The absence of a term of protection would also preclude concerns about harm to free flow of information from creeping up. CIS noted that there was a need for greater clarity on the meaning of ‘mere retransmissions’ which would not be granted any rights in the April 2007 Non-Paper circulated for the delegates. When the transmission is over a computer networks, there should be inkling of doubt as to the exclusion of both transmission and retransmission from the ambit of protection. Finally, it has called for a different structure of limitations and exceptions to be conceptualized for the treaty. A simplistic transplantation of the Berne Convention provisions would be ignorant of the particular needs of broadcasting. It is critical that the limitations and exceptions be actualized in a manner that is enabling and empowering for the most vulnerable stakeholders.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="#fr1" name="fn1"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;]. &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://keionline.org/node/1701"&gt;http://keionline.org/node/1701&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/broadcast-treaty-an-overview'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/broadcast-treaty-an-overview&lt;/a&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Intellectual Property Rights</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>WIPO</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2014-03-20T09:55:45Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/bringing-konkani-encyclopedia-in-public-domain">
    <title>Bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in Public Domain</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/bringing-konkani-encyclopedia-in-public-domain</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;On December 14, 2012, a meeting was scheduled with the Vice Chancellor Dr. Satish R Shetye to discuss the possibility of bringing Konkani Encyclopedia in public domain. Nitika Tandon shares the development in this blog post.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;As for now the four volume Konkani Encyclopedia is under the copyright of the &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Goa"&gt;University of Goa&lt;/a&gt;. Dr. Shetye has gifted one whole set of Konkani Encyclopedia to the Centre for Internet and Society and is interested to relinquish the copyright to release it under creative common license and digitize it on Wikipedia.&lt;/span&gt; In the coming weeks we'll be working closely with Dr. Shetye and his team to bring this free encyclopedia on Wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;A Special thanks to Goa State Library, Goa University, Dr. Shetye, Prof. Alito Siqueira, and Prof. Gopakumar for such a wonderful gift. And a big thanks to Harriet Vidyasagar and Debanjan and all those who helped to pull this through.&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/bringing-konkani-encyclopedia-in-public-domain'&gt;https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/bringing-konkani-encyclopedia-in-public-domain&lt;/a&gt;
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        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Workshop</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Openness</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2013-07-26T11:35:29Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/bridging-the-gender-gap-in-indian-language-wikimedia-communities">
    <title>Bridging the Gender Gap: A Report on Indian Language Wikimedia Communities </title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/bridging-the-gender-gap-in-indian-language-wikimedia-communities</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;This research study documents the gender gap and bias in Indian language Wikimedia projects and communities, with a focus on participation by and content related to women contributors across diverse Wikimedia platforms.  The research was undertaken by Bhuvana Meenakshi Koteeswaran, with editorial oversight and support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and additional inputs from Ambika Tandon and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.&lt;/b&gt;
        
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;The full report can be read &lt;a href="https://cis-india.org/A2K_BGG_Report_2021" class="external-link"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Also read this report on Wikimedia Meta-Wiki &lt;a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Bridging_the_Gender_gap:_A_report_on_Indian_Language_Wikimedia_Communities"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This research project is a study of how various language communities in India perceive the gender gap in their own contexts, and how the understanding of this subject has varied over time. Wikimedia characterises ‘gender bias’ on its platforms as the fact&amp;nbsp; “that Wikipedia contributors are mostly male, the fact that relatively few biographies on Wikipedia are about women, and the concept that topics of interest to women are less well-covered.”[1] Studies done over the last several years have shown that ‘this gender gap’ results in not only a lesser number of women participants in Wikimedia events or number of edits by women, but also a range of such disparities in the active participation of men and women on various aspects of Wikimedia projects.These gaps vary depending on socio-cultural factors within diverse language communities, such as access to internet and digital technologies and public spaces by women, skill-building and training, labour and time available for voluntary work and development of friendly and accessible working environments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Context and Methods&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Previous research by Ting-Yi Chang (2018) and Eva Jadine Lannon (2013) undertaken with CIS-A2K indicate the existence of these disparities and knowledge gaps in Indian language Wikimedia communities, and emphasise that it is imperative to focus on not only representation but also quality of contributions on Wikimedia by individuals across the spectrum of gender and sexual identities. The research also offers incentives, possible outcomes and sustainable strategies needed to address this issue. In the last few years a lot more work has emerged on this issue in various language communities globally, and in India. Several Indian language communities have started to explore the need for focusing on gender gap and community health initiatives in their own contexts. Observations from these initiatives further reiterate&amp;nbsp; that this gap continues to exist and there is a need to study and better understand the reasons for its prevalence.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of this study, we interviewed 15 women respondents across 13 different Indian language Wikimedia communities (including English) who contribute to several Wikimedia projects, and conducted 2 Focus Group Discussions(FGDs). The FGDs were conducted with women students from two different arts and science colleges in Tamil Nadu. The interviews and FGDs primarily helped us understand their perceptions about gender gap, the challenges that they and/or their communities experience in terms of gender bias and also the interesting initiatives set up to address these problems, both in terms of content and participation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Key Research Areas&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The research focussed on three main thematic areas, namely:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Developing a better understanding of online participation - in terms of content created by women, content about women, and online engagement with communities.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As most of the engagement with Wikimedia projects is an online activity so an analysis of the accessibility of internet and other digital infrastructures, platforms and participation guidelines were discussed. Improvements on providing support and training to access platforms would help in furthering participation to contribute to Wikimedia projects and initiatives. Restrictions on offline meetings due to the COVID 19 pandemic has further spurred a lot of online meetings and engagement. Awareness and training on the use of virtual platforms along with friendly space policies could help in creating a structured online experience on Wikimedia for the women in the community.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Developing a better understanding of women’s offline community participation.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Offline participation by women contributors in Indian language Wikimedia communities is an ideal space for learning new skills, working on collaborative events like edit-a-thons or a general discussion among the members of the community. Preference for independent events, discussions such as women-only forums led by women leaders/mentors were suggested by the interviewees. The difficulty of managing voluntary work with professional and domestic responsibilities, and need for support with travel and participation in offline events are some of the challenges highlighted from the interviews.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enhancing sustained participation of women contributors - identifying challenges with retention, infrastructural issues etc, and possibilities and strategies to address the same, and creating awareness on how women can be involved with all Wikimedia projects.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We tried to understand what are impediments to sustaining Wikimedia contributions by and about women, and possible strategies to address the same. These include the need to encourage more efforts in areas such as detailed documentation of metrics on gender and diversity, building more awareness within communities about gender gap/bias and building relevant technological and communication skills, and addressing community health and conflict management as an important area of work and engagement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Learnings&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The learnings from the study offered insights into several key aspects of the problem of gender gap on Wikimedia, such as the need to encourage sustainable contributions through multiple strategies addressing challenges faced by women and other marginalised groups engaging with Wikimedia projects. This includes efforts to build awareness about gender gap and bias in Indian language communities, undertaking training to address technological and communication gaps and skills, understanding and accommodating the different demands that women editors have on their time and labour with respect to professional, domestic and care work, and according more visibility and recognition towards their efforts on Wikimedia. In addition to this, recognising and actively working towards addressing systemic power asymmetries in online platforms, by creating friendly working environments and encouraging women participants to take ownership and lead initiatives would be imperative to foster long-term and productive engagement with Wikimedia. Based on these observations, the report also offers a set of recommendations, which&amp;nbsp; may also inform existing and emerging efforts to address the problem of gender bias and gender gap on Wikimedia platforms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;References&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[1] “Gender Bias on Wikipedia”, Wikipedia, accessed November 29, 2020.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia&amp;amp;oldid=991093125"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia&amp;amp;oldid=991093125&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/bridging-the-gender-gap-in-indian-language-wikimedia-communities'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/bridging-the-gender-gap-in-indian-language-wikimedia-communities&lt;/a&gt;
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   <dc:date>2021-05-15T12:26:52Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Bridging Gender Gap in Pune: WikiWomenDay 2012 Celebrated with Success!</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wiki-women-day-2012-pune</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;A2K team members Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval participated in the "WikiWomenDay" organized by Wikipedia Club Pune at PAI International Learning Solutions, Azam Campus on October 28, 2012. Subhashish unfolds the happenings of this full day free fun workshop.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Globally participation of women on Wikipedia is less than 10 per cent. Women wikipedians across the world have joined hands to boost women's contribution to Wikipedia. Recently the A2K team was in Pune for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Club_Pune/WikiWomenDay"&gt;WikiWomenDay 2012&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Club_Pune"&gt;Wikipedia Club Pune&lt;/a&gt;, the first Wikipedia club in India, to encourage women's participation on Wikipedia, had organized a full day fun event on October 28, 2012 at &lt;a href="http://www.pai-ils.com/"&gt;PAI International Learning Solutions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Abhishek Suryavanshi, founder of Wikipedia Club Pune briefed about the agenda of the event. Noopur spoke about the global contribution on Wikipedia in terms of various topics and how male-centered topics were well covered. Few of the male centric articles were taken up for comparison with those of women to make the audience understand the gap of contribution. A good majority of articles which were of interest to men were well written whereas women centric articles were of bad shape due to lack of contribution from women. A visual &lt;a href="http://visual.ly/wikipedias-gender-gap"&gt;representation&lt;/a&gt; was shown to the participants to explain the statistical information about gender gap on Wikipedia. Apart from article contribution, male editors were found to be more social and discussed more on talk pages which also  bring more male editors on Wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Participants were introduced to the basics of Wikipedia editing (five pillars, notability, importance of source of references, vandalism) before they were explained about actual editing. Each of the participants were provided with a computer and one of them was invited to create her user account.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Thereafter Abhishek demonstrated searching an article on Wikipedia and    how logging in to Wikipedia allows editors to edit articles which are    protected from editing by anyone. One of the logged in editors was  asked  to make a small edit on an  article which surprised many of the   participants. They realized that  even they can make changes to the   articles, for the first time in their  life. Then there was a buzz about   the credibility of the articles as  they all saw that anyone can edit  the  articles. So the Wikipedia article on Pune was vandalized and Pune  was  made the  capital of India for a few minutes! The page was  refreshed  after a  while and reverted. This was clear enough to  demonstrate how  active the  editor community is on Wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/WikiLearning.png" alt="Wiki Learning" class="image-inline" title="Wiki Learning" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Abhishek Suryavanshi demonstrates wiki editing on WikiWomenDay 2012&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Most of the errors and typos get corrected quickly as someone or the  other notices that there is a mistake and correct it. However, there are  many articles, especially articles of Indian context which still have  wrong information because the number of Indian editors are less. A  series of editing for various favourite articles chosen by new  wikipedians opened up the window for them to understand how important  their participation could be. Abhishek, Nikita, Noopur and Subhashish  helped the editors with editing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;After engaging the editors for quite sometime with editing there was a  fun quiz session to brush up what was taught. The participants were  asked questions based on the previous session.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Winners of the quiz were awarded with Wikipedia stickers and badges.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/WP.png" alt="Pune Wikipedia Session" class="image-inline" title="Pune Wikipedia Session" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center; "&gt;A picture of participants learning wiki editing on WikiWomenDay 2012 in Pune&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;Some of the participants left after the lunch break. Those who came back then gathered for a Indian language Wikipedia session. Out of the whole audience there were Bengali, Hindi, Marathi and Odia speakers. They all were showed their respective language wikipedias. A demonstration was given to show the typing tool. As the editors were completely new to the Indian language typing, some of them started typing using default &lt;a href="http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Narayam"&gt;Narayam&lt;/a&gt; transliteration tool and some took the help of &lt;a href="http://www.bhashaindia.com/ilit"&gt;Microsoft ILIT&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.google.co.in/transliterate"&gt;Google Transliterate&lt;/a&gt; as well. During this session new wikipedians edited many articles on &lt;a href="http://mr.wikipedia.org/"&gt;Marathi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://hi.wikipedia.org/"&gt;Hindi&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://bn.wikipedia.org/"&gt;Bengali&lt;/a&gt; Wikiepdia. After the whole day session there was still some time left for acclaim and fun. The participants were awarded with participation and contribution certificate by the Wikipedia Club Pune. All the new wikipedians registered on Wikipedia Club Pune.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;There was a special announcement for Wikipedia Summit India, Anniversary Celebration of Wikipedia Club Pune. Club members celebrated with cutting a special Wikipedia cake. Rishi Aacharya and Ketaki Pole from PAI International Learning Solutions extended their support for this event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Meeting with Wikipedia Club Pune members&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; "&gt;There was a meeting with some of the Wikipedia Club Pune members on October 27, 2012 at PAI International Learning Solutions. It was attended by Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval. Abhishek Suryavanshi, founder of the club brought a proposal about the Wikipedia India Summit, anniversary celebration of Wikipedia Club Pune which is planned in the first quarter of 2013. Importance of a India level summit, plans and agenda, logistics and partnership and sponsorship options were discussed during this meeting. There will be public announcement regarding this summit.&lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wiki-women-day-2012-pune'&gt;https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wiki-women-day-2012-pune&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:creator>subha</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikimedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Workshop</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Openness</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2012-11-10T08:30:09Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/brainstorming-workshop-on-pg-programme-on-media-studies-for-ugc-e-pathshala-programme">
    <title>Brainstorming Workshop on PG Programme on Media Studies for UGC E-Pathshala Programme</title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/brainstorming-workshop-on-pg-programme-on-media-studies-for-ugc-e-pathshala-programme</link>
    <description>
        &lt;b&gt;Nehaa Chaudhari will be speaking at this conference to be organized by Jamia Milla Islamia on April 5, 2016 in New Delhi.&lt;/b&gt;
        &lt;h3&gt;Session I&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div&gt;11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;Introducing the programme: Prof. Biswajit Das&lt;br /&gt;Chair: Prof. G. Ravindran &lt;br /&gt;Issues and areas in communication&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Panelists&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Prof Biswajit Das&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dr. Durgesh Tripathi&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Lunch&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Session II&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div&gt;2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;Chair: Vibodh Parthasarathi&lt;br /&gt;Indentifying course curriculum for Moocs programme,UGC&lt;br /&gt;Panelists:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Merajur Baruah&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nehaa Chaudhari&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Tea&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Session III&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div&gt;3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;Chair: Vibodh Parthasarathi&lt;br /&gt;Finalization of contributors/topics for Moocs programme, UGC&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Vote of Thanks – Dishanka Gogoi, Project Fellow, UGC-DRS&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/brainstorming-workshop-on-pg-programme-on-media-studies-for-ugc-e-pathshala-programme'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/brainstorming-workshop-on-pg-programme-on-media-studies-for-ugc-e-pathshala-programme&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
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        <dc:subject>Access to Knowledge</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-04-02T07:00:42Z</dc:date>
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    <item rdf:about="https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-january-9-2016-diana-sahu-books-at-a-click">
    <title>Books at a Click </title>
    <link>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-january-9-2016-diana-sahu-books-at-a-click</link>
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        &lt;b&gt;The OdiaWikimedia community and Bhubaneswar-based Srujanika have come together to make rare science books available online for readers, students &amp; science educators.
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The article by Diana Sahu was &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/m/687837/The-New-Indian-Express-Bhubaneswar/09012016#issue/18/1"&gt;published in the New Indian Express&lt;/a&gt; on January 9, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Readers can now access rare science books in Odia language at Odia Wikisource, an online library of popular books in the language. The Odia Wikimedia community and Bhubaneswar-based Srujanika have come together to make these books available online for readers, students and science educators. This apart, books of Sahitya Akademi award winning writer Jagannath Prasad Das have been added to the library. Srujanika's co-founder Puspashree Pattnaik recently provided 700 popular science books that were published by the organisation to the Wikimedia community for digitisation. “These books were appreciated by many and even in demand after going out of print. Hence, we thought if these can be shared under free licence then they can reach a wider population. Wikipedia contributors can use these as resources and enhance science content in Odia Wikipedia as well", says Puspashree, a former teacher. She along with her husband Nikhil Pattnaik, a former scientist with the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, had published several science books as part of their project to popularise the subject among children. With support from Vigyan Prasar in New Delhi, the couple had also documented rare works of science published in books, magazines, periodicals and newspapers from 1850 to 1950 in electronic format, a few years back. Around science 765 articles written over a century have been put on CDs and DVDs according to the names of authors and year of publication. The science books have been digitised by volunteers of the Odia Wikimedia community and the Centre for Internet and Society, a non-profit working for supporting Indian language Wikipedia projects and the communities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pushpashree Pattnaik&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Similarly, the Wikimedia community has re-licensed 30 books of Das under a free license CC-by-SA 4.0. His books can now be accessed at https://orwikisource.org and anyone can use them for academic or research work. “My tryst with internet started very late. I was introduced to digital books through Srujanika's online version of Purnachandra Odia Bhashakosha - comprising 9,500 pages in seven volumes- which was impossible to handle on the writing table. That made me think how convenient it would be to have Odia books avail. able on the internet. As a beginning. I decided to put my own writings on the internet", said Das. Prior to Das, eminent writers and litterateurs Debi Prasanna Pattanayak, Manoj Panda, Subrat Prusty, Bharat Majhi and organisations like 'Manik Biswanath Smrutinyasa' and Aama Odisha' had come forward to make their books available online for free using Odia Wikisource as a platform. At present, Odia Wikisource has 280 Odia books and all are either under Public Domain or Creative Commons Share Alike licences. A team of 10 active contributors, known as "Uikiali' in Odia, are digitising books of various genres ranging from science writing, fiction to 0dia classics. “Apart from the science writ. ings, we are also working on digitising the biography of Nandini Satpathy which has been published by Ashisa Ranjan Mohapatra of Srimati Nandini Satpathy Memorial Trust,” says Mrutyunjaya Kar, administrator of Odia Wikisource and Odia Wikipedia who has been contributing to the Wikimedia projects in Odia, Hindi, Sanskrit and English for the last four years. Odia Wikisource is a sister project of Odia Wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="callout"&gt;These books were appreciated by many and going out of print. If these can be shared under free licence then they can reach a wider population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pushpashree Pattnaik&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;
        For more details visit &lt;a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-january-9-2016-diana-sahu-books-at-a-click'&gt;https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-january-9-2016-diana-sahu-books-at-a-click&lt;/a&gt;
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    <dc:creator>praskrishna</dc:creator>
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        <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>Odia Wikisource</dc:subject>
    
    
        <dc:subject>Odia Wikipedia</dc:subject>
    

   <dc:date>2016-06-18T17:52:06Z</dc:date>
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