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Emphasis on developing vernacular encyclopaedias
https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-30-2014-emphasis-on-developing-vernacular-encyclopaedias
<b>emphasis-on-developing-vernacular-encyclopaedias.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This article <a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/emphasis-on-developing-vernacular-encyclopaedias/article5850462.ece">published in the Hindu</a> on March 30, 2014 quotes Rehmanuddin Sheikh.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">It is imperative to make efforts to develop encyclopaedias in all vernacular languages, S. Rehmanuddin, programme officer, Centre of Internet Society - Access To Knowledge, said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In a guest lecture on Telugu Wikipedia organised by the Computer Science department in JNTU College of Engineering, Pulivendula, he explained the way Wikipedia works - the wiki model and the Wiki mark-up language.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Students were also told about the workings of the media wiki framework, which forms the backend of Wikipedia and several similar projects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Head of Computer Science, A. Suresh Babu, explained that the guest lecture was organised to enlighten CSE students about Wikipedia, the largest encyclopaedia ever.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It is the biggest multilingual textual source with over three crore articles in 287 languages including Telugu, students were told.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It has over four million articles on various topics ranging from arts to mythology and science to advanced computing, he added.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">He explained to the participants about Media wiki API that would help them understand web services and create applications based on the API data.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">IT will help them to create data-driven projects in future, he said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Automation of tasks in the form of running bot scripts were also demonstrated during the lecture.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-30-2014-emphasis-on-developing-vernacular-encyclopaedias'>https://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-30-2014-emphasis-on-developing-vernacular-encyclopaedias</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2014-04-15T10:22:04ZNews ItemTelugu Wikipedia at JNTUACEP
https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wiki-jntuacep
<b>CIS along with the Department of Computer Science, JNTUACEP invite you to a Telugu Wikipedia workshop on March 28, 2014.</b>
<p>Rahmanuddin Shaik, Program Officer from CIS-A2K participates in the event as a speaker.</p>
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<td>10.00 <br />10.30</td>
<td>సుస్వాగతం మరియు పరిచయం</td>
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<td>10.30 <br />15.00</td>
<td>వికీపీడియా ఒక అవగాహన, వికీపీడియా ఎలాపనిచేస్తుంది ?</td>
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<td>15.00<br />15.30</td>
<td>వికీపీడియా ప్రదర్శన+ వికీలో రాయడం (hands on activity)</td>
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<td>15.30<br />15.45</td>
<td>తేనీటి విరామం</td>
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<td>15.45<br />18.15</td>
<td>Basics of Wikipedia Editing (Hands on activity) – LAB SESSION- వికీలో రాయడం ఎలా మొదలుపెట్టాలి, వనరుల ఉపయోగం</td>
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<td>18.15<br />18.30</td>
<td>Feedback and Closing Session</td>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wiki-jntuacep'>https://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wiki-jntuacep</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaEvent2014-04-15T11:13:00ZEventTewiki 10th Anniversary
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/tewiki-10-anniversary
<b>Tewiki 10th anniversary celebration 2014, started on February 15 in Vijayawada at Kakaraparti Bhavanarayana College. It was co-organized by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team and the Telugu Wikipedia community. Ch.Arjuna Rao expressed his happiness on Telugu Wikipedias completion of 10 years and 55000 articles in Telugu on the inauguration of decade celebrations. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The <a class="external-link" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Tewiki10/Documentation">full details are captured in the report published on the meta page</a>. The following is an abridged version of the same in English.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The founding president of the Wikimedia India Chapter CH.Arjunarao , T.Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, CIS-A2K, President of the decade ceremonial committee BK Viswanath. K.B.N.college officials Sambasiva Rao, Rajith Kumar and Krishnamurthy inaugurated the function by Jyothi Prajwalana.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Talking on the occasion the chairman of Andhra Pradesh official languages commission Buddha Prasad said that 2014-15 must be declared as the year of the Telugu Wikipedia and to make the most of it by more exciting activities. Telugu Wikipedia has put in more efforts than governments and universities to the culture of the Telugu language. Many great personalities served Telugu language and culture were remembered in this occasion including Lakshmanrao, Mallampalli.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Telugu Computer: Past, Present, Future of the Convention</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Komarraju Laxmana Rao Visishta Wikipedian award-winner Veeven organised an awareness seminar. Veeven talked about how in 2004, a decade ago, the Internet Telugu writing, and reading had many problems, and how by the year 2014 they got eliminated in the sequence. He also touched upon the future development of the technology used in the Telugu language. He said that Microsoft Office, Libre Office, Adobe In Design, Adobe Photoshop, etc., will be used as the applications in Telugu. Today Telugu is expected to be used in mobile phones, i. Pods, and this justifies the use of Android in Telugu.</p>
<h3>Convention on Wikidata</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Rahmanuddin spoke about wikidata. He explained in detail how linking an article in all languages is the first step and linking diagrams and figures is the second step and showed participants that in the third stage classification is included. He explained it with examples of the mango tree and the word 'mother'. After this he showed how the link the particular article to the word. Thereafter he spoke about the app developed by Tamil students to link a particular word to the article and urged that people should start using these apps early on in their life as then only development in this field would be possible.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Experiences of Other Language Wikipedians</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Some Tamilians shared their experience in developing Tamil wiki. They said that government and other organisations have helped a lot in developing Tamil wiki. Government organisations helped a lot in filing data in digital form. Many educational institutions have take part in this project. Some even proposed that Tamil wiki might be made a part of the education for students. They said that they shared this info about Tamil wiki to various friends and organisations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Odia wikipedian Mrutunjay said that they attached the voice app feature to help with pronounciation. They attached the Odiya files to English words so that it will be useful for easy search. He also mentioned that there is a lack of creative writers in Odisha and that they are trying to overcome this problem.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Malayalam wikipedian K.Manoj said that from wikisource Malayalam remains the topmost Indian language for obtaining various data from a specific language. He said that over 200 books and 800 articles were included in the Malayalam wiki. They organised the structure in such a way that students will be able to use it from a very early age. These books in wikisource were used by many students.Konkani wiki. Darsan said that in 2007 they started the Konkani wiki. Goa students made a significant contribution to the development of this project. They uploaded 290 articles till now and they are trying to digitalise konkani wiki and other projects to help them develop.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Making a substantial contribution to the Telugu Wikipedia Nisar Ahmed also spoke about the developments in Urdu Wikipedia. He came to share his experience with others. He said that Urdu language was born in India and in the globalized Urdu wikipedia there are only 2 or 3 Urdu wikipedians from India. He also spoke of the experiences of an article on national anthem and about the views of the Pakistani community.He further discussed about the difficulties in work caused by different countries, the available options and how to solve those problems and gain experiences.</p>
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<p>More pictures of the event can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tewiki_10">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/tewiki-10-anniversary'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/tewiki-10-anniversary</a>
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No publisherrahimAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2014-03-19T11:01:01ZBlog EntryTelugu Wikipedia completes 10 years
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dna-december-16-2013-rahmanuddin-shaikh-telugu-wikipedia-completes-10-years
<b>Telugu Wikipedia completed 10 years on December 10, 2013. Several training sessions, aka Wiki Academies, were planned by the Telugu Wikipedia community to mark the occasion. </b>
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<p>The article by <i>Rahmanuddin Shaikh </i>was<a class="external-link" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post-telugu-wikipedia-completes-10-years-1932667"> published by DNA</a> on December 16, 2013. It was <i>edited by Rohini Lakshané.</i></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Telugu Wikipedia completed 10 years on December 10, 2013. Several training sessions, aka Wiki Academies, were planned by the Telugu Wikipedia community to mark the occasion. One such session, the Te-Wiki Shikshana Shibir was organised at Hyderabad on December 8. It was the fifth Wiki Academy ever held in the city.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Wiki Academy saw a turnout of around 21 people coming from various teaching backgrounds, right from a professor of Telugu from Osmania University to a teacher at a private school. Teachers, professors, student-teachers, and instructors participated in the event. It has carved the way for organising Te-Wiki Dasabdi (Telugu Wikipedia decennial celebrations) with more enthusiasm.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Telugu teaching community has affirmed that it would make use of the Telugu Wikipedia in and out of the classroom. Many of the participants have already turned into Wikipedia editors. "A few of the difficulties the Telugu teaching fraternity faces have been solved by the Telugu Wikipedia," said one of the participants hailing from Mysore CIIL. "I've been horrified by the mere touch of keyboard and mouse, this Telugu Wikipedia seems promising to deal with my Computerophobia," said HoD, Telugu Osmania University, Prof S.V. Satyanarayana. The professor also urged the organisers to conduct one such workshop for his students in the coming days.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Resources:</p>
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<li><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%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%A3-%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%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%8D/%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%8D_5">Event page </a>on Telugu Wikipedia</li>
<li><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%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%A3-%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%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%8D/%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%8D_5#.E0.B0.9A.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.A4.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.B0.E0.B0.AE.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B2.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.95">Photos</a> of the WikiAcademy</li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="http://blog.wikimedia.in/2013/12/16/10-years-of-telugu-wikipedia/">Cross-posted</a> at Wikimedia India Chapter blog</li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dna-december-16-2013-rahmanuddin-shaikh-telugu-wikipedia-completes-10-years'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dna-december-16-2013-rahmanuddin-shaikh-telugu-wikipedia-completes-10-years</a>
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No publisherrahimAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2013-12-31T04:40:40ZBlog EntryWikipedia Training Session @ Tiruvur
https://cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-training-session-tiruvur
<b>A Wikipedia training session was conducted by T. Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik at Srivahini College in Tiruvur on December 19, 2013. </b>
<p>About 150 - 200 people attended in each of the two sessions. The event was co-organised by CIS-A2K and the Telugu Wikipedia community.</p>
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<th><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/VishnuAddressingstudents5.png" alt="Vishnu at Tiruvur" class="image-inline" title="Vishnu at Tiruvur" /></th>
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<td>Above: T. Vishnu Vardhan addressing students at the Srivahini college in Tiruvur.</td>
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<p>The following newspapers covered the event on December 19, 2013:</p>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/home-images/AndhraprabhaAwarenessonWikipedia.png" class="internal-link">Awareness on Wikipedia, Andhraprabha</a>, December 19, 2013 </li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/home-images/EEnaduWikipediaHelpsspreadKnowledge.png" class="internal-link">Wikipedia Helps Spread Knowledge</a>, Eenadu, December 19, 2013</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/home-images/SakshiThemanyusesofWikipedia.png" class="internal-link">The Many Uses of Wikipedia</a>, Sakshi, December 19, 2013</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/home-images/PrajasakthiAwarenessonWikipedia.png" class="internal-link">Awareness on Wikipedia</a>, Prajasakthi, December 19, 2013</li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-training-session-tiruvur'>https://cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-training-session-tiruvur</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2014-01-09T09:52:42ZNews ItemA Feature on Telugu Wikipedia
https://cis-india.org/news/feature-on-telugu-wikipedia
<b>Namaste Telangana newspaper has done a Sunday magazine feature on Telugu Wikipedia on the occasion of the 10th anniversary.</b>
<p><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/telangana.pdf" class="internal-link">Click to download the file</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/feature-on-telugu-wikipedia'>https://cis-india.org/news/feature-on-telugu-wikipedia</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2013-12-30T06:01:59ZNews ItemWikipedia reaches Classrooms in Hyderabad
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-classrooms-hyderabad
<b>The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Hyderabad organised a one-day workshop on editing Wikipedia in Indian languages. It was attended by participants who formed a small but proactive group of students who eagerly tried to register the first edits on four different Indian language wikipedias.</b>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>A Mela for a Mélange of Learners</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As a run-up to the TISS Indian Languages Mela (scheduled for September 20 – 21, 2013), the Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education on August 24 conducted a workshop in Hyderabad. CIS-A2K in collaboration with the Wikipedia Hyderabad community had organized this workshop. The objective of the workshop was to inform and educate students on creating articles in any of the Indian languages on Wikipedia. Participants were encouraged to edit in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, and Marathi, Kannada or any other language of their choice.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>A Weekend for the Cause of Knowledge</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A total of 20 participants came over for the weekend workshop. Nine participants had Malayalam as their native language. Five people had Telugu as their mother tongue. Four participants were Maharashtrians, and the remaining two were Kannadigas.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>Two Sessions</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop was divided in two sessions. In the introductory session, participants were introduced to Wikipedia and its unique nature as an editable online encyclopaedia. Participants learnt about adding, modifying and deleting content on the Wikipedia, the various styles of formatting the content including creation of the heading level, sub-headings, etc. In the hands-on-session the participants were exposed to a hands-on practice about the editing features of Wikipedia, Wikimedia syntax, quality articles, new article creation, and Wikipedia’s transliteration tools for Indian languages.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>End of the Day Gains</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The students got a first-hand exposure to Indian languages wiki editing. Many students were thrilled at the novelty of the universal licensing system application and how it could switch between English and Indian languages. The use of shift key and multiple keys for certain consonants, diphthongs and special characters were particularly quite exciting for students. Students were eager to explore more about creating headings, sub-headings, bold, italics, underlining, bullet formats on Wikipedia. They also tested the online appearance of the Wikipedia code.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The participants were all thrilled on attending this workshop. Anand Kumar said that he was happy to get exposure about Wikipedia. Manomi Nair said that she was glad to be part of this workshop. Haseeb said it was very educative, and finally to sum up in the words of Dheeraj Kumar, an enthusiastic participant from the workshop, “this was an exciting way to explore a new world of knowledge.”</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-classrooms-hyderabad'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-classrooms-hyderabad</a>
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No publishersyedAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2013-09-20T07:20:54ZBlog Entryవికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాద్/ఆగష్టు
https://cis-india.org/news/telugu-wiki-meet-up-hyderabad-august-2013
<b>T.Vishnu participated in the Telugu meet-up held in Hyderabad on August 25, 2013, via Skype.</b>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://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%8D/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%81_25,_2013_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82">Click to read the original published by Telugu Wikipedia here</a></p>
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<p>తెలుగు వికీపీడియా నెలవారీ ముఖాముఖీ సమావేశం. సమావేశానంతరం/ముందు మినీ వికీపీడియా వర్కుషాపు ఉంటుంది.</p>
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<li>ప్రదేశం : <a href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%94%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D_%28%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%93.%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%81%29" title="థియేటర్ ఔట్రీచ్ యూనిట్ (టి.ఓ.యు)">థియేటర్ ఔట్రీచ్ యూనిట్ (టి.ఓ.యు)</a>, <a href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81#.E0.B0.97.E0.B1.8B.E0.B0.B2.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.A1.E0.B1.86.E0.B0.A8.E0.B1.8D_.E0.B0.A4.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.B0.E0.B1.86.E0.B0.B7.E0.B1.8B.E0.B0.B2.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.A1.E0.B1.8D" title="సరోజినీ నాయుడు">గోల్డెన్ త్రెషోల్డ్ అబిడ్స్</a>, హైదరాబాద్</li>
<li>తేదీ : 25:08:2013; సమయం : 3 p.m. నుండి 6 p.m. వరకూ.</li>
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<li>హాంక్కాంగ్ లో జరిగిన 2013 వికీమానియా విశేషాలు - <a href="http://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">విష్ణు</a></li>
<li>తెవికీ నాణ్యతకు వికీపీడియా ఉపకరణాలు - ECHO; AFT; VISUAL EDITOR - <a href="http://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">విష్ణు</a></li>
<li>తెలుగు రంగస్థలం - వికీపీడియా - <a href="http://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:Pranayraj1985" title="వాడుకరి:Pranayraj1985">ప్రణయ్ రాజ్</a>, రామారావు మరియు శేఖర్ బాబు.</li>
<li>తెలుగు ప్రముఖుల ప్రాజెక్టు సమీక్ష - <a href="http://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">రాజశేఖర్</a></li>
<li>వ్యాసరచన పోటీ సమీక్ష - పోటీలో విజేతలకు బహుమతుల ప్రదానం.</li>
<li>వికీసోర్సులో <a class="extiw" href="http://te.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A8_%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81" title="s:పోతన తెలుగు భాగవతము">s:పోతన తెలుగు భాగవతము</a> చేర్చే పని యొక్క ప్రస్తుత పరిస్థితి.</li>
<li>విక్షనరీలో నెలవారీ కార్యక్రమ ప్రణాలిక.</li>
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<ul>
<li>ఇంకా ఏమయినా విషయాలు దీని పైన చేర్చగలరు</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=".E0.B0.B8.E0.B0.AE.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B5.E0.B1.87.E0.B0.B6.E0.B0.82_.E0.B0.A8.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.B0.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.B5.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B9.E0.B0.95.E0.B1.81.E0.B0.B2.E0.B1.81">సమావేశం నిర్వాహకులు</span></h2>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://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">Rajasekhar1961</a> (<a href="http://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">చర్చ</a>) 13:12, 17 ఆగష్టు 2013 (UTC)</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>పైన మీ పేరు చేర్చండి</li>
</ul>
<h2><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">సమావేశానికి ముందస్తు నమోదు</span></h2>
<p>(నమోదు తప్పనిసరికాదు కాని నిర్వాహకులకు సహాయంగా మరియు ఇతరులకు ప్రోత్సాహంగా వుంటుంది. పైన <b>మార్చు</b> నొక్కి మీ పేరు చేర్చవచ్చు)</p>
<dl><dt>తప్పక</dt></dl> <ol>
<li><a class="new" href="http://te.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Maheshwar_Reddy&action=edit&redlink=1" title="వాడుకరి:Maheshwar Reddy (పుట లేదు)">వాడుకరి:Maheshwar Reddy</a> (<a href="http://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:Pranayraj1985" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Pranayraj1985">చర్చ</a>) 12:05, 22 జూలై 2013 (UTC)</li>
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<p><పై వరసలో పేరు చేర్చండి లేక సంతకం చేయండి></p>
<dl><dt>Skype ద్వారా చర్చలో పాల్గొనదలచినవారు</dt></dl> <ol>
<li><a href="http://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">విష్ణు</a> (<a href="http://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">చర్చ</a>) 14:33, 23 ఆగష్టు 2013 (UTC)</li>
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<p><పై వరసలో పేరు చేర్చండి లేక సంతకం చేయండి></p>
<dl><dt>బహుశా</dt></dl>
<p><పై వరసలో పేరు చేర్చండి లేక సంతకం చేయండి></p>
<dl><dt>పాల్గొనటానికి కుదరని</dt></dl>
<p><పై వరసలో పేరు చేర్చండి లేక సంతకం చేయండి></p>
<dl><dt>స్పందనలు</dt></dl> <ol>
<li><పై వరసలో స్పందించండి></li>
</ol>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=".E0.B0.A8.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.B5.E0.B1.87.E0.B0.A6.E0.B0.BF.E0.B0.95">నివేదిక</span></h2>
<ul>
<li>స్కైప్ ద్వారా విష్ణుగారు పాల్గొని హాంక్కాంగ్ లో జరిగిన 2013 వికీమానియా విశేషాలు, వికీపీడియా అభివృద్ధికోసం జరిగిన చర్చల గురించి తెలియజేశారు.</li>
</ul>
<p>అనంతరం ఈ క్రింది అంశాల గురించి వివరించారు.</p>
<ol>
<li>తెలుగు వికీపీడియాకు గ్లోబల్ లెవల్ లో గుర్తింపులేదు. తెవికీలో ఉన్న ప్రాజెక్టులలోని కొన్ని వ్యాసాలను (పల్లెవాసుల జీవన విధానం మొ.) ఆంగ్లంలోనికి అనువదించి, ఆంగ్ల వికీపీడియాలో చేర్చడంద్వారా గ్లోబల్ లెవల్ లో గుర్తింపు తీసుకురావడం. వచ్చే వికీమానియాలో తెలుగు వికీపీడియాకు ప్రముఖస్థానం వచ్చేలా కృషిచేయడం.</li>
<li>లీలావతి డాటర్స్ అనే పుస్తకంలోని 64 మంది మహిళా సైంటిస్టుల గురించి వ్యాసాలను రాయడం.</li>
<li>తెలుగు వికీపీడియాలో చురుగ్గా పనిచేస్తున్న ఇంజనీర్స్ ను తెలుగు వికీపీడియా మెంటర్స్ గా తయారుచేయడం.</li>
<li>తెలుగు భాషాభివృద్ధికి తోడ్పడే ప్రాజెక్టులను ఎంపికచేసుకొని, ఆ ప్రాజెక్టుల నిర్వాహణకు గ్రాంట్ వచ్చేలా చూడడం.</li>
<li>తెవికీ నాణ్యతకు వికీపీడియా ఉపకరణాల ఉపయోగాలు. 1. ECHO (Notification Tool, రాసిన వ్యాసాల గురించిన సవరణలను చూపించే ఉపకరణం). 2. AFT (Article Feedback Tool, వీక్షకులు, పాఠకులు తమ అభిప్రాయాలను రాసే ఉపకరణం). 3. VISUAL EDITOR (వ్యాసాన్ని వ్యాసపు పేజీలోనే సవరించేందుకు ఉపకరణం).</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>వచ్చే నెలలో తెలుగు రంగస్థలంపై ప్రాజెక్టు నిర్వహించదలచామని రాజశేఖర్ గారు ప్రతిపాదించగా, రంగస్థలానికి చెందినవారిని వాడుకరులుగా చేర్పించి వారితో వ్యాసాలను రాయించాలనీ, అందుకోసం రంగస్థల అధ్యాపకులైన పెద్ది రామారావు గారి సహయం తీసుకుందామని విష్ణుగారు సూచించారు.</li>
<li>వ్యాసరచన పోటీ విజేతలకు బహుమతుల ప్రధానంకోసం, ఎంపికైనవారు వారివారి చిరునామాను పంపించవలసిందిగా వారి వాడుకరి/వ్యాసపు పేజీలో రాయడం.</li>
<li>వికీసోర్సులో <a class="extiw" href="http://te.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A8_%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81" title="s:పోతన తెలుగు భాగవతము">s:పోతన తెలుగు భాగవతము</a> చేర్చే పనిలో భాగంగా 4 స్కంధాలు పూర్తయ్యాయని, మిగతావి మరో వారం రోజుల్లో పూర్తి చేస్తానని రాజశేఖర్ గారు చెప్పారు.</li>
<li><a href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9C" title="రావూరి భరద్వాజ">రావూరి భరద్వాజ</a> గారి గురించి, ఆయన రచనల గురించి తెవికీలో రాయడంపై బొగ్గుల శ్రీనివాస్ తో రాజశేఖర్ గారు చర్చించగా, తన వద్దవున్న సమగ్ర సమాచారాన్ని అందించగలనని శ్రీనివాస్ హమీ ఇచ్చారు.</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id=".E0.B0.B8.E0.B0.AE.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B5.E0.B1.87.E0.B0.B6.E0.B0.82.E0.B0.B2.E0.B1.8B_.E0.B0.AA.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B2.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.97.E0.B1.8A.E0.B0.A8.E0.B1.8D.E0.B0.A8.E0.B0.B5.E0.B0.BE.E0.B0.B0.E0.B1.81">సమావేశంలో పాల్గొన్నవారు</span></h2>
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<li><a href="http://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">విష్ణు</a> (Skype ద్వారా)</li>
<li><a href="http://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">Rajasekhar1961</a></li>
<li><a href="http://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:Nrgullapalli" title="వాడుకరి:Nrgullapalli">గుళ్లపల్లి నాగేశ్వరరావు</a></li>
<li><a href="http://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:Pranayraj1985" title="వాడుకరి:Pranayraj1985">Pranayraj1985</a></li>
<li>బొగ్గుల శ్రీనివాస్</li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/telugu-wiki-meet-up-hyderabad-august-2013'>https://cis-india.org/news/telugu-wiki-meet-up-hyderabad-august-2013</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2013-08-29T06:24:45ZNews ItemA Telegu Wiki Meetup @ CIS
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/telegu-wiki-meet-up-july-13-2013
<b>Telugu Wikipedians had their monthly meetup at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore on Saturday, July 13, 2013, 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Telugu Wikipedians <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arjunaraoc">Arjuna</a>, <a class="external-link" 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:Ravichandrae">Ravichandra</a>, <a class="external-link" 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">Sasi </a>and <a class="external-link" 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">Rahmanuddin </a>participated in the meetup. Telugu lecturer Gudipati Narayana and Haribabu on behalf of <a class="external-link" href="http://www.indiaforyou.in/magazine/index.php?mid=32145">Bengaluru Telugu Tejam</a> also attended the event. Dr. T. Ramakrishna, who translated <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savitri:_A_Legend_and_a_Symbol">Aurobindo Ghosh's "Savitri"</a> to Telugu was the chief guest for this meetup. This is the second monthly <a class="external-link" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%80">Telugu Wikipedia</a> workshop in Bangalore.</p>
<h3>An Introduction to Telugu Wiki</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The workshop began with the mutual introduction and thereafter the participants were briefed about content creation and editing of articles. A practical demonstration was given by creating an article on Bengaluru Telugu Tejam. Arjuna, Ravichandra, Rahmanuddin and Sasi responded to the queries from the participants and clarified their doubts.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Introduction to Savitri</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dr. T. Ramakrishna thereafter gave a presentation of Aurobindo's book "<a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savitri:_A_Legend_and_a_Symbol">Savitri</a>". He spoke in length about <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo">Aurobindo Ghosh</a>, his contributions to the freedom movement of India, and a brief background about Savitri, an epic poem in blank verse based upon a theology from the Mahabharata. Dr. Ramakrishna said that Sri Aurobindo who was a great spiritual leader and a yogi conveyed the message that religion and culture in India are not interlinked or interrelated. He also said that the characters in the present story tells to mankind how to increase spiritual energy.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Telugu Wikipedia Issues and Projects</h3>
<p>The following were some of the observations and decisions taken at this meetup:</p>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">It was decided to complete the "<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%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%81/%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%96%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81">Telugu Famous Personalities</a>" as soon as possible so that new projects could be taken up.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Narayana has promised to make a plan to train Telugu lecturers and students on <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language">Telugu Wikipedia</a> and to release it very soon to TE-Wikipedia</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Rahmanuddin proposed to increase participation in Telugu Writers Meetings and Internet Meetings which are held across the globe so that the awareness on <a class="external-link" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%80">TE-Wiki</a> can be increased</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Arjuna requested to look into the plans which would answer the issues raised in Telugu Wikipedian Meet</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Ramakrishna felt that more pressure should be brought on the Government of India to increase the usage of <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%A4%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81_%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%AE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82_2013">Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam</a>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">After completing the current priorities, projects related to Bangalore should be taken up.</li></ul>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/telegu-wiki-meet-up-july-13-2013'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/telegu-wiki-meet-up-july-13-2013</a>
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No publisherSJ Veera (Telugu Wikipedian)Access to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2013-09-01T11:30:18ZBlog EntryTelugu Wiki Academy at Centre for Good Governance
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<b>An account of the Telugu Wiki Academy organized for the staff of Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad on April 9, 2013 at their Jubilee Hills premises.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">This was planned as a pre-event to <i>Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013</i>. Senior Wikipedian and administrator on <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org">Telugu Wikipedia</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://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">Arjuna Rao Chavala</a> had built a useful contact with a staff at <a class="external-link" href="http://www.cgg.gov.in/">Centre for Good Governance (CGG)</a>, Hyderabad. Once Arjuna had planned to come for the Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam, he touch based with CGG and explored the possibility of organizing a Wiki Academy for their staff in Hyderabad. CGG primarily works with government departments and other stakeholders on issues of governance, identifying solutions, help government in developing actionable plans and support the implementation of these plans. CGG has majorly worked as a think tank for the government of Andhra Pradesh, since its inception and has also worked with other state governments in India and brings together the power of knowledge, technology and people. Arjuna, <a class="external-link" href="http://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">Rahmanuddin Shaik </a>(Telugu SIG Chair) and <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Visdaviva">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a> (from <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge">CIS-A2K</a>) undertook this Academy and another Wikipedian <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pavithrans">Pavithran</a> joined the event</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Karthik Subramanian, Programme Officer at CGG had organized for meeting with the Assistant Director of the CGG. During the meeting with the Assistant Director, we explained to him about the many possibilities of using Wikipedia as an open knowledge and information platform in Indian languages and how even CGG can put up its work on it to share with larger public. He raised questions about the authenticity of information on Wikipedia and the wiki model was explained to him. Following this, the Wiki Academy began with 20 participants. The Academy was mainly lead by Arjuna and Rahmanuddin.</p>
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<td>Workshop in progress. Interactions with staff of CGG on their queries pertaining to Telugu Wikipedia.</td>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">As many people did not turn up with laptops it was not possible for all the participants to practically use Wikipedia. Rahmanuddin helped various participants in creating User names on Wikipedia. Simultaneously during the hands-on session a discussion on various aspects of Wikipedia was held with some of the participants, who were senior retired officers from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. This was anchored by Arjuna and Vishnu. Other than the usual questions of how to ensure authenticity of contributions and vandalism to articles, the group offered suggestions on collaborating with various government departments in putting out relevant information on various aspects on Telugu Wikipedia.</p>
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<td>Director General of CGG being presented with Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam T-Shirt by Arjuna Rao, T. Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik</td>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Further, a meeting was held with the Director General of CGG Mr. Sinha (see image above), who offered help in getting media held by the Department of Information and Public Relations, Andhra Pradesh in public domain and on Wiki Commons. Before concluding the Wiki Academy Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam T-shirt was presented to the Director General and Kartik Subramanain for hosting the Academy at CGG at such a short notice.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/telugu-wiki-academy-at-centre-for-good-governance'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/telugu-wiki-academy-at-centre-for-good-governance</a>
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No publishervishnuOpennessWikipediaTelugu WikipediaWikimedia2013-08-19T06:49:36ZBlog EntryMy First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad
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<b>On March 8, 2013, a day-long Telugu Wikipedia training workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team at the Golden Threshold, Nampally, Hyderabad in collaboration with Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad. This blog post gives a concise account of the event.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b><a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge">CIS-A2K</a></b> had planned a day long <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org">Telugu Wikipedia</a> training workshop in collaboration with Telugu Wikipedians at the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/">English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU)</a>, Hyderabad on March 8, 2013. The intention was to target research students at EFLU who are using Telugu material or working on topics related to Telugu and Andhra Pradesh. This event was also to be part of the Wiki Women’s month events across India. However, this event had to be cancelled in the last minute as a Research Student of EFLU committed suicide on the campus and there was major unrest. The faculty from EFLU though had informed of the possible cancellation of the event earlier, had only confirmed it on March 7, 2013. <b><a class="external-link" href="http://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">Rahmanuddin Shaik</a></b> (Telugu SIG, <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India_chapter">Wikimedia India Chapter</a>) and <a class="external-link" href="http://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"><b>Dr. Rajasekhar</b> </a>(Telugu Wikipedia Administrator) had already blocked an entire day for this training workshop. In fact a lot of background work was already done for the EFLU event.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">When I got the news of cancellation of the workshop, initially I was very dejected at the thought of informing the two active Telugu Wikipedians about it, which I had to do. As my tickets were anyhow booked to Hyderabad and there was no point cancelling them, as I was already on my way to catch the flight, I decided to go ahead with my journey. I made some couple of quick calls and with some effort managed to organize a Wikipedia Training Workshop in collaboration with the <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%94%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D_%28%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%93.%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%81%29">Theatre Outreach Unit (TOU)</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://www.uohyd.ac.in/">University of Hyderabad (UoH)</a>. I was anyhow planning on visiting them to explore an institutional collaboration. The Project Director of TOU Dr. Peddi Ramarao, though agreed to spread the word about the workshop, yet was not sure how many would turn up at such a short notice of one night.</p>
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<p>Rahmanuddin and Dr. Rajasekhar giving hands-on training to edit Telugu Wikipedia at Golden Threshold, Hyderabad</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">So on March 8, 2013 Rahmanuddin, Dr. Rajasekhar and I landed at the <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8D">Golden Threshold</a> hoping against hope to see at least 3 or 4 participants. But alas there were only 2 people when we reached the venue by 10 a.m.. By 10.25 a.m. we had 9 participants, which excited us all. The training workshop began with an introduction of all the participants. Following this a presentation was made on the significance of Wikipedia in the digital era and how Indian language-Wikipedias are pivotal in preserving the vernacular language and culture. This session was interactive with participants asking many questions. Dr. Peddi Ramarao, later, spoke about his experience of using Wikipedia as a reference tool and how he got introduced to contributing Wikipedia. Further, the discussion went on to the poor quality of articles on Telugu Wikipedia and how the participants can take part in improving the existing articles and contribute new articles. Rahmanuddin and Rajasekhar practically demonstrated the process of editing on <a class="external-link" href="http://te.wikipedia.org">Telugu Wikipedia</a>. This was followed by a hands-on session where the participants actively participated in creating their Wikipedia User name on Telugu Wikipedia and did editing of few articles. The training programme was to officially end at Lunch time but even post lunch some of the participants were enthusiastic about learning more nuances of contributing on Telugu Wikipedia. The hands-on session thus continued until 4 p.m.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Post the Wikipedia training programme, I have had interactions with the Project Director of TOU to explore possible future collaborations. TOU, UoH agreed to offer space to host all Telugu Wikipedia meet-ups. As the Golden Threshold space was in the central part of the city, having this infrastructure accessible was a major boost for the Telugu Wikipedia community in Hyderabad. Further, in the discussions we have agreed to collaborate with TOU, UoH in hosting the first mega Telugu Wikipedia community event <i>Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013</i>.</p>
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<td><b>Telugu Wikipedia Orientation in progress</b></td>
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<h3><b>Outcomes and Impact:</b></h3>
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<li style="text-align: justify; ">Out of the 9 new Users, who were trained during this workshop, 5 people have done more than 5 edits.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">One person has become a very active editor on Telugu Wikipedia with more than 1000 edits in 3 months. A detailed account of this event was put up by this user on Telugu Wikipedia here <a href="#fn*" name="fr*">[*]</a></li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Because of CIS-A2K’s efforts, Telugu Wikipedians in Hyderabad now have a good meeting space.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">The availability of this space has also encouraged the Telugu Wikipedians to meet more often than before. Since March 8, 2013 Telugu Wikipedians had a total of 6 meet-ups, and all these were held at Golden Threshold.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">Golden Threshold also became a venue for hosting <i>Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013</i>.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">This visit to Hyderabad triggered a discussion about organizing <i>Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam</i>, which was successfully organized in a month’s time.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Looking back, though this event was done as a last minute measure without many expectations, yet it turned out to be a lucky break! Especially, because this was my first ever event as the CIS-A2K Programme Director. It will remain a very memorable one. More so because it was done in collaboration with two of the active Telugu Wikipedians. Even more so because it has created some positive energy for the Telugu Wikipedia community, which has since then become a home turf.</p>
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<p>[<a href="#fr*" name="fn*">*</a>]. <a class="external-link" href="http://bit.ly/17WYq7X">http://bit.ly/17WYq7X</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/my-first-wikipedia-training-workshop'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/my-first-wikipedia-training-workshop</a>
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No publishervishnuDigital ActivismArtAccess to KnowledgeDigital AccessWikimediaWikipediaCyberculturesTelugu WikipediaOpen ContentCommunitiesOpennessMeetingEvent2013-08-19T06:51:16ZBlog Entry