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Odia waits for Google Translate debut - Nine Indian languages available

praskrishna — 2015-05-08T01:27:21Z

Odia getting the "classical" status last year was certainly a proud moment for the people of the state, but, it is yet to feature among the languages available in Google's popular translation service.

The article by Anwesha Ambaly was published in the Telegraph on April 6, 2015. Subhashish Panigrahi was quoted.

Over 90 languages, including nine from India (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu) are part of the service.

Odia, which is spoken by over 45 million people globally, is yet to debut here.

Techies working in the field attribute the reason to the lack of web presence of the language.

"Google has set parameters on the basis of which translations are available. Only those languages that have a wide use on the Internet and have enough online content are included in the list. The online presence of Odia is quite insignificant," said Subhashish Panigrahi, programme officer at Centre for Internet and Society and a regular contributor to Odia Wikipedia.

Among the limited data in Odia available online, Odia Wikipedia and Odia Wikisource have emerged as important reference sources for all kinds of information.

The Odia Wikipedia serves as an online encyclopaedia that was initiated in 2002 and hosts over 8,000 articles in Odia. The Odia Wikisource was launched in the state last year and is run by volunteers and communities. It is a sister concern of Odia Wikipedia that makes rare Odia books available on the Internet.

However, a Google spokesperson said: "We value all Indic languages and search and Gmail are available in 16 Indian languages with more languages to follow"

Recently, the entire Odia Bhagbata by Jagannath Das was made available on Wikisource. Also, Bhubaneswar-based organisation Srujanika, in collaboration with NIT, Rourkela, has digitized over 750 books. But these apart, there are no major online portals available in Odia.

Panigrahi and his contributor friends are presently working at promoting the Google Translate community, which is a platform for language enthusiasts and volunteers interested in improving translation quality for their language or help Google add it to translate.

"To ensure more availability of online content, people should be encouraged to share information on the web. More Odia content on the web will get a wider reach," said the techie.

"We are quite hopeful that the translator would be available in Odia soon."

The universal web-compatible Unicode font for Odia language was developed in 2000. Despite the Unicode standard having been made available over a decade ago, Odia language is not used actively on the Internet.

"We are still stuck to using outdated fonts such as Akruti and Sreelipi for typing text in Odia and most of these are not compatible for using on the Internet. There are thousands of book and articles available in these fonts. Most of the important content available on the government portals also uses the older fonts. Unless content is available in Unicode, it will not be searchable, sharable and reusable on the Internet," said Panigrahi.

One of the earliest websites in Odia was developed by Ganesh Mishra in 1999 for a popular Odia daily. But the website was shut down after six years when the concept of e-paper came into being.

"These days, most of the publishers of Odia newspapers and magazines have come up with e-papers which are nothing but the scanned images of the original pages. But an online search won't display them as results. Online content in Unicode is accessible through search engines," said the website developer.

He said that people have so many alternatives on the Internet that the absence of Odia language is not felt. "Customers often initiate commercial websites in Odia but soon request us to change it to English because it was inconvenient for users," said Mishra.

Some youngsters in the state are coming up with online portals to promote Odia literature. Jyoti Prasad Patnaik, a doctor by profession, has been running an online Odia literary magazine since 2006.

"The Internet is the most powerful medium of communication these days and there could be no better way to popularise our language other than this. When I started out, there were hardly any readers. Today my website has around 5,000 visitors every month. The number is growing slowly and I hope it will increase in the future," said Patnaik.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-telepgrah-april-6-2015-anwesha-ambaly-odia-waits-for-google-translate-debut-nine-indian-languages-available

[OpenGLAM] Nominate an OpenGLAM project today for the 2015 Muse Awards

praskrishna — 2015-05-27T14:08:55Z

It's that time of the year again to nominate projects for the Muse Awards! This is like the Oscar of GLAM awards in the USA and welcomes international submissions.

Our esteemed jury comprises of:

Glen Barnes, Founder/CEO of MyTours and co-founder of Open New Zealand
Dominic McDevitt-Parks, Digital Content Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration
Subhashish Panigrahi, Programme Officer, Centre for Internet and Society
Jane Park, Project Manager, Creative Commons
Lieke Ploeger, Community Manager, Open Knowledge Foundation
Merete Sanderhoff, Curator, National Gallery of Denmark

Submissions are due Feb 23.

Please submit your OpenGLAM projects!!! This is a volunteer driven process, and we throw a big award ceremony with lots of champagne at the annual AAM conference.

More details here.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-glam-nominate-open-glam-project-today-for-2015-muse-awards

Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its Expressions

soni — 2024-02-13T02:57:29Z

This report identifies some broad patterns that have materialized in the Open Movement in the country in the last decade. The report is based on a reading of the available literature on selected projects and conversations with academicians and advocates of the Open. The rough outline of the Open initiatives is accompanied by reflections on the nature of the Open here and the need to envision it differently from what it currently is.

The report was prepared by Soni Wadhwa, and the visual elements of this study have been sourced by Joseph Francis. CIS’s Access to Knowledge team is grateful to Soni for embarking on the study and making the recommendations. The full report can be read here.

Open, as an idea, has not received systematic attention in India. Openness as a philosophy is rooted in the belief that sharing ideas and resources is healthy for the knowledge economy, especially in contemporary times. This sharing does not take anything away from any entity; rather, it enables collaboration and innovation for the larger social good. With the Internet and digital technology, one can see the faster spread of such innovation across the globe while also allowing for plenty of room for its adaptation to regional contexts. Anchored in the thought and efforts of individuals such as Richard Stallman (1992; 2002; 2006; 2009) and Tim Berners-Lee (Berners Lee, 2004; Berners-Lee, Hendler and Lassila, 2001; Berners-Lee et al 1992; Berners-Lee and Tim, 2010; Berners-Lee, Tim and Hendler, 2001; Berners-Lee, Tim and Shadbollt, 2011; Bizer, Heath and Berners-Lee 2011) who take a view contrary to that of keeping public funded research and innovation locked away under copyright and patent laws, the Open Movement originated in the Global North.

In the West, specifically in the USA, with the support from the institutions such as the Hewlett Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the manifestation of the Open Movement through the push for OER (Open Educational Resources) translated into a greater uptake from educational institutions such as Rice University and the MIT (through MIT OCW – Open CourseWare)(Bliss and Smith, 2017). With prestigious universities offering MOOCs (massive open online courses) through platforms such as edX and Coursera, educational resources have come to be seen as a social good: keeping them available for mass access has been an intentional move towards equal access to quality educational materials. In addition to OER, Open Access (the idea that research funded by public funds need to be made available publicly rather than behind a paywall erected by commercial publishers), as an expression of the Open Movement, has also been present in institutional funding mechanisms in the West, again, especially in the USA. A lot of research emerging out of grants extended to individuals and institutions have space for allocation of funds towards the cost of Open Access publishing for dissemination of results. Several other initiatives such as the Creative Commons, and the Wikimedia Foundation have been working towards making Openness a reality by charting out various projects, pathways, and initiatives to keep knowledge accessible to all for learning as well as collaboration.

In India, the state of the Open Movement is thrown into stark relief by the much longer and much more engaged Western imagination and practice of Openness. Indeed, studying its contours here is equivalent to studying its absences and is therefore very challenging. Here, Open, as an idea, has come via the West and still seems to be struggling to be defined and accepted as an ideal to strive towards. It is an alien concept, deeply misunderstood by the stakeholders who control sharing of knowledge resources: policy makers, legislators, leaders of research and institutions, and researchers and academicians in general.

To suggest another example, a pilot survey of Indian faculty members’ attitudes towards use of Open Knowledge sources such as Wikipedia in Indian classrooms reveals that faculty members are very suspicious and skeptical of such sources. They see it as a source of misinformation and therefore, as unreliable.What gets missed is the idea that the content on these sources is not merely for consumption of information and knowledge but are also platforms for knowledge creation and collaboration. In contrast to the two scenarios of OER and Open Access mentioned above, India does not show a long history of organized effort towards making information and knowledge accessible to all, not just through earmarking funds or mechanisms for making publicly funded research available in the public domain via Open Access, but through nurturing a culture of the Open as the default mode of dissemination.

What, then, are we to make of the direction in which the Open Movement is headed in India? Is it possible to shape its trajectory in India? Is it possible to ascertain the ways in which the ideas or benefits of the Open can be made to resonate with the Indian educational and research scenario? Can Indian educators and researchers afford to stay out of the Open ecosystem? What alternative modes of innovation do they champion? These are the questions that this study of the Open Movement in India in the last decade (2013-2023) seeks to explore.

The study is not an exhaustive one: it looks at only some examples that engage with the idea of the Open. The selective nature of the study is informed by two rationales. One, an all-encompassing review would be impossible given the constraints on time and resources: indeed, such a review would be the task of a full-fledged tracking project (which is one of the futures that this report suggests at the end). Two, given that Open does not have a clear pathway or a central, strategic vision to drive it as a movement, the selection of projects themselves is a symptom of the disjointed ways in which the idea of Open struggles to take shape or survive in India.

The year 2013 has been chosen as a starting point for this exploration because it was the year the Wikimedia Foundation extended a grant to the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, to work with various Wikipedia communities in India towards the growth of the Open ecosystem in India. This last decade then is of grave importance to the CIS because it helps the organization reflect on their own work vis-a-vis that of other Open advocates CIS’s work, since then, is available on its website through details of its initiatives via its Access to Knowledge and Openness Programmes (see, for instance, their work on bridging gender gap on Indian Wikimedia communities, apart from a host of other training and advocacy initiatives here). This study is an aid to survey the idea and expressions of the Open as a broader movement and thus help CIS reflect on new directions and strategies to be pursued in the near future, to begin with.

However, there is more to the year 2013 than the happenstance of the grant to CIS per se: indeed, one can spot other organized efforts emerging in the Indian ecosystem since then. NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning), which was established in 2003, began to offer MOOCs on its platform in 2014. Coincidentally, 2013 was also the year the Bichitra Project (an online variorum of the work of the Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore), funded by the Ministry of Culture, went live. Together, the international foray into the Indian Open Movement and the governmental gravitas to strive towards making education and the literature of a great Indian author) accessible provide the rationale for this study’s focus on the examination of the nature of championing for the cause of the Open, its successes, failures, and potential for its growth in the next decade.

The approach or methodology to explore answers to these questions involved: analysis of primary as well as secondary research available on the different initiatives in India; interactions with experts working in the Open domain in India including some Indian academicians, especially on the discussion of Open Access which impacts their publishing record, and in turn, impacts their career advancement. The reading and the conversations supplemented each other in the process of investigation: the existing literature provided facts through texts (blogs, papers, documentation on websites and so on) while the interactions opened up more nuances of intersections through perspectives that do not always make it to the static texts.

Any study on the Open Movement in India owes a huge debt to Arul George Scaria’s gargantuan Open Science India Report (2019). At over 350 pages, it is a detailed study of Open Access projects and also includes a survey conducted among academic fraternity. It also offers concrete suggestions to strengthen access in research. It is remarkable for the larger view it takes of access to include access for persons with disabilities and access in terms of language, suggesting that research should also be accessible in Indian languages, and also in jargon-free English for wider audiences. Apart from Scaria’s study, there are journalistic pieces about Open Data in India, given the relevance it has for governance.

This current study does not aspire to be monumental like Scaria’s. However, it is hoped that its relevance to the ongoing conversations about openness would be noted at at least two levels. One, between 2019 (when Scaria’s report was published) and 2023 (the end point of this study), socioeconomic changes such as COVID-19 and the resulting remote work, one expects, have highlighted the significance of openness. For instance, given the serious constraints it posed for travel, a lot of commercial publishers kept their resources open so that further research, within medicine and outside, could keep happening. Thus, it becomes imperative to understand if the Indian ecosystem displayed any stronger endeavor towards openness. To anticipate a couple of suggestions discussed in the report below, certain things such as Indian researchers’ apathy or disdain for Open Access has not quite changed in the span of these four years. However, Government of India’s open initiatives such as Anuvadini and Bhashini around tools for navigating and producing content in Indian languages have started to appear.

Two, Scaria’s study subsumed all knowledge under “science”: in other words, science, in his report, is a metonym for knowledge. This current study, in being inclusive of humanities and the arts, especially as relevant to Open GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums), engages with knowledge or movement in general irrespective of its disciplinary boundaries.

With that statement on where this report is situated, some notes about its structure are in order. This study begins with an overview of the legal and policy environment in India. It then moves on to explore the nature of Open projects in India. There are many ways to organize the narrative around Openness, with the domain wise bifurcation of the different aspects of the Open (The OPEN Movements, 2023). In contrast, this goes on to organize the projects around positionalities, rather than the domains. That is, the different projects and initiatives are narrativised as:

Public funded projects: These are endeavors emerging from funds provided by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture and distributed via grants to Higher Education Institutes in India, especially the IITs. They stand out as one category in that they are characterized by:

The vision to provide basic infrastructure of education and archival material in the public domain
The capacity to think and execute in terms of massive impact and scale
A wide scope for aiming higher in terms of innovation, approach, and access

Volunteer undertakings: These are projects undertaken by non governmental organizations such as the Sanchaya Foundation, SFLC (Software Freedom Law Centre) and FOSSUnited characterized by:

A niche focus on a language or a domain or an audience
A preoccupation with developing a community rather than delivering an output
A qualitative aspect to engagement and documentation, as opposed to impact in terms of numbers

Within volunteer undertakings, the role of philanthropic foundations is very briefly touched upon. There are entities such as the SRTT (Sir Ratan Tata Trust) and SDTT (Sir Dorabji Tata Trust) that supported the cause of the Open in the initial stages via their investment in the larger educational and cultural cause. These foundations also seem to have discontinued their efforts in the long term perhaps given the scope of work involved. In addition to philanthropic foundations, mention is also made of international projects. The international Open Knowledge projects in India involve the Wikimedia Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation that have funded various initiatives in India and have continued to stay invested in the larger vision as well as execution of Openness through their grants.

The discussion of the above mentioned types of projects is followed by an examination of the attitudes of academicians teaching at Higher Education Institutes towards Open Access as a specific niche within the Open Movement. Conversation with faculty members in different institutions reveals that Open as an idea is not quite clear to the academia, or at least occupies a space of dissonance: while it is desired as an ideal, it is very strongly constrained by the judgments of fellow peers and employing institutions. In contrast, conversations with experts in Open Access reveals that Open Access deserves a much stronger effort: not just to push for policy changes but also to decolonize Indian academia.

The study concludes with some threads that can be pursued from the projects the Open Movement in India has witnessed in the last decade. These points of engagement could become points of reflection for further initiatives in the next decade or two.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/open-movement-in-india-idea-and-its-expressions

Continuing community engagement: Communities of interest and Quarrying

Manasa Rao — 2017-05-19T15:23:28Z

In telling the stories of Indian Wikipedians, we bring to you the story of Dr. Diptanshu Das, a doctor and avid Wikipedian, working with WikiProject Medicine who recently approached CIS-A2K with a technical request.

CIS-A2K has always believed in continuing our engagement with the communities and individuals we work with. This year in particular has been special to us thanks to our Train The Trainer alumni steadily achieving the goals they set out to achieve and continuing their Wiki journeys with more vigour. It is especially significant to us when our alumni come back to our resource and idea exchange platform to help develop their pet projects. For the first time, one such alumnus, Dr. Diptanshu Das, a doctor by profession and avid Wikipedian approached us in April 2017 with a request to our technical team. He wanted to know the number of articles that were tagged in both Category:WikiProject Pharmacology and Category:All WikiProject Medicine.

To provide some context, WikiProjects are generally article development projects undertaken by groups of editors on Wikipedia whose aim it is to achieve goals on specific topics and subjects on Wikipedia. For example, WikiProject Medicine manages and helps curate medical articles on Wikipedia. Similarly, WikiProject Pharmacology states that it "coordinates the development of Wikipedia articles and lists relating to the pharmacology and science of medications and other pharmacology-related topics." Working to define clearer guidelines for WikiProject Medicine of which he is a member, Dr. Das intended to find out how many articles were listed under WikiProject Pharmacology that were also tagged under WikiProject Medicine. As these two are closely related topics, the former being a sub-specialty of the latter, he felt it could cause an overlap which would mean that most of the sub-specialty articles would get lost in the "parent" category i.e. WikiProject Medicine.

CIS-A2K ran Dr. Das' request on Quarry, a public querying interface that lets one raise queries regarding databases in addition to managing them as an SQL(Structured Query Language) software would. Dr. Das had begun discussions with fellow Wikipedians to get their thoughts on the matter and wanted to provide data-specific points but was unable to gather consensus on developing a guideline. However, when CIS-A2K reported back to him, he realized that the overlap was not as significant as he had feared. WikiProject Medicine had 34,475 articles, WikiProject Pharmacology had 10,721 articles; only 2002 of these were tagged in both. Dr. Das, while relieved, believes that sub-specialty tagging would go a long way in helping improve articles such as those of WikiProject Pharmacology, many of which are still in Start and Stub classes.

"While collaborating on wiki is always good, it is important that an organization like CIS contributes its expertize," he says. CIS-A2K's presence as an idea exchange platform hopes to generate debate and discussions in addition to the physical resources and support we provide to communities. Dr. Das is also of the opinion that domain knowledge experts could make a real difference to Wikipedia by engaging with or creating WikiProjects that are specific to their interests and collaborate with other free knowledge champions around the world. CIS-A2K has attempted to encourage such communities of interest in the past so as to find an easier way to engage members of the general public and educational institutions as they are more likely to edit Wikipedia articles based on their personal hobbies and interests.

If you have requests for us please post them here or email Tito Dutta at tito@cis-india.org.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/continuing-community-engagement-communities-of-interest-and-quarrying

Mini TTT and MWT held in Kolkata

tito — 2017-06-28T09:53:55Z

A regional version of Train The Trainer and MediaWiki Training was recently conducted in Kolkata.

CIS-A2K’s widely well-regarded flagship skill building program was conducted in Kolkata between 7- 8 January 2017, in partnership with the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group. The two-day event was held at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. There were 20 participants at the event, of which 18 were male and only two female.

There were three thematic sessions, each broadly dealing with: Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource. The participants were taught article enrichment and how to upgrade articles into good category articles on Wikipedia. The participants learnt reference resources in detail in addition to discussing the different types of syntax required to apply the references meaningfully. The participants were also exposed to advanced search techniques on Google in order to gather relevant references.

During the Commons session, the participants were taught the basics of creating categories and subcategories in order to help narrow down searches and hence, image utility on Commons. Facilitating easy identification of an image helps enrich articles in need of descriptive photos. Additionally, participants were encouraged to give specific file names to their images along with a detailed description of the same. This was followed by a technical session on the following popular tools and gadgets that help frequent uploaders on Commons:

Cat-a-lot is a JavaScript gadget that helps with moving images (or subcategories) between categories or adding categories to search results
Google Images tab: On File pages, adds a new tab to easily search for similar images on the Internet using Google Images
OTRS is a tool used by the Wikimedia projects, including Commons, to manage and archive email conversations. The main use of OTRS in relation to Commons is to verify and archive licensing permissions.
Flickr2Commons - Tool to easily upload single and multiple files from Flickr to Commons. This tool uses OAuth to upload files to Commons.

In addition to these on-wiki discussions, a broader discussion took place on photography tips such as the rule of thirds which helps enhance the effect and purpose of the image.

The final thematic session was on Wikisource. Participants had a hands on lesson in proofreading methodology in addition to learning about image formatting, formatting table of contents, table access page break, text divider, and tools and script of Wikisource.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-ttt-and-mwt-held-in-kolkata

MediaWiki Training 2017

Tito Dutta and Ananth Subray — 2017-06-07T08:43:57Z

MediaWiki Training 2017 conducted in Bangalore

The third iteration of the MediaWiki Training was conducted on 24-26 February at Bangalore, India (the first and second iterations of MWT was conducted in 2015 and 2016). 16 participants from 9 Indic Wikimedia communities attended the workshop. The following graph shows the participation from different Indic Wikimedia communities.

Malayalam Wikimedian User:Viswaprabha attended the workshop as a resource person. On behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society, User:Titodutta and User:Ananth_subray were the resource persons.

== Sessions ==

On the first day, the following topics were discussed

=== First day: technical audit ===

Introduction to MediaWiki Training: The first session of the day started with introducing the aims of objectives of MediaWiki Training 2017.

Introduction to MediaWiki software and platform: Following this User:Titodutta and User:Viswaprabha discused the MediaWiki software, different extensions, LocalSettings.php and some other important configurations related to MediaWiki.

Wikipedia technical audit: Wikipedia technical audit was the central theme of the day, and the phrase “Wikipedia technical audit” was coined by Rahul Desmukh of IIT Bombay. He suggested that once in a year a Wikimedia community should do its technical audit, when the community would solve issues like deadend pages, orphan pages, uncategorized pages, script errors, infobox errors, reference errors, and other errors and issues related to a Wikimedia project.

On the first day of the MWT workshop we discussed these issues and errors and how to solve these.

== Second day ==

On the second day of third iteration of MWT, we began with problems faced in different languages with respect to Templates and Imfoboxes. And continued with teaching how to create the basic info boxes. Each participant were thought how to add two digits in a single template and creation of LUA templates. Later we had thought them how to create a basic template by adding a label and data, and even localizing of some templates were also done.

After this use of Wikidata was thought and INfoboxes using wikidata.

Post lunch some of the tools and their uses and applications were thought Copyvio, Duplication detector, Google books citation, Citation generator and Hay's tool directory

== Third day ==

On the third day of MWT 2017, the first session started with a session where User:Viswaprabha discussed Wikimedia Labs Quarry (https://quarry.wmflabs.org/)

The major points of the session were:

Introduction to Quarry.
Importance of Quarry
Coding simple quarry.

User:Viswaprabha also showed how to integrate Google spreadsheet with Quarry. He showed a couple of examples where he had the most of it using the tricks.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mediawiki-training-2017

Wiki Loves Mayabazaar

Pavan Santhosh — 2017-06-07T09:24:35Z

On the 60th anniversary of the movie Mayabazar, Telugu Wikimedians celebrated Wiki Loves Mayabazar, an event to commemorate the cult Telugu film Mayabazar. As part of the celebrations, an edit-a-thon of the same name was held at Ravindra Bharathi in Hyderabad. Interestingly, the Cultural Department of Telangana Government sponsored the entire event.

In the Telugu speaking regions, there is a well-known appreciation of the cinematic arts. Mayabazar, released in 1957 captured the imagination of fans like no other film had before. Telugu Wikipedians decided to pay tribute to the movie by improving articles and content related to it on Telugu Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

The edit-a-thon was held on 30 April, 2017 at the monthly Wikimitra Vedika meetup of Telugu Wikipedians. A screening of the film took place followed by discussions on references, citations, film studies and articles related to the film. From 1 May 2017, the edit-a-thon took place online.

There were 15 participants of which only one member was female. Telugu Wikipedian, Kasyap hoped for more participation as this "is an interesting event."

However, the event was made popular by the wide ranging media coverage in print and electronic media.

Media pieces on the event:

1. ‘మాయాబజార్‌’కు వినూత్న షష్టిపూర్తి

(Eenadu Newspaper; 1 May, 2017)

2.‘మాయాబజార్’కు 60 ఏళ్లు.. వినూత్న షష్టిపూర్తి వేడుకకు సిద్ధమవుతున్న వికీపీడియన్లు! (Ap7am.com; 1 May 2017)Wiki Loves Mayabazaar

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wiki-loves-mayabazaar

Barcamp Bangalore

praskrishna — 2014-10-13T04:43:45Z

The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team participated in a Barcamp at SAP Labs, Bangalore on October 12, 2014. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja and Rahmanuddin Shaik participated in the event.

Dissecting Wikipedia

Wikipedia is the world’s most famous free and open encyclopaedia which anyone can edit. In this session we will explore various technical aspects of Wikipedia with demonstrations. Wikipedia has its own set of APIs using which we can retrieve information by using various queris and parameters. The output can be generated in various formats. These output can be used for processing by programming languages as input. These will be demonstrated.

Click to read the details on the Barcamp website.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/openness/news/barcamp-bangalore

ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನ/೧೦

praskrishna — 2013-06-11T06:21:31Z

This was organised by the Wikipedia community on May 7, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in this.

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ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನದ ಸಾರಾಂಶ

[20:48:59] * Topic set by techfiz on 2012-03-06 04:07:36 UTC

[20:48:59] [ChanServ] 'ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಐ.‌ಆರ್.ಸಿ ಚಾನೆಲ್‌ಗೆ ಸ್ವಾಗತ - #wikipeida-kn'

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[21:11:58] <cvg-89> hi

[21:14:30] <shankar> hi

[21:15:07] <cvg-89> You all experience ppl in Wiki; I am newbie

[21:15:10] <cvg-89> ?

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[21:16:47] <cvg-89> Can you tell me how to contribute to wikibooks?

[21:17:58] <shankar> I too haven't contributed any thing to wiki yet

[21:19:17] <kiranravikumar> @cvg-89: May be this 'll help you - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Contributing

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[21:20:45] <cvg-89> @kiranravikumar; Thanks for the info. But I have already gone through that page.

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[21:21:34] <cvg-89> I can type out the scanned pages of the copyleft books and help in contributing to wikibooks

[21:23:06] <kiranravikumar> Oh ok, may be someone with proper knowledge can help this out. Anyone?

[21:29:22] <Pavanaja> ನನ್ನ ಅಂತರಜಾಲ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಅಷ್ಟು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿಲ್ಲ. ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಕಡಿಯುತ್ತದೆ

[21:29:31] <techfiz> ನಮಸ್ತೆ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ

[21:29:40] <Pavanaja> ನಮಸ್ತೆ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ

[21:30:35] <shankar> ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ!

[21:30:36] <techfiz> cvg-89: ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹೆಸರು

[21:30:54] <techfiz> ನಾನು ಓಂಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ವಿಕಿ ಬಳಕೆದಾರ : Omshivaprakash

[21:32:18] <techfiz> ನನ್ನ ಉತ್ತರ ನಿಧಾನವಾಗಿ ಬಂದರೆ ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ... ಕೆಲಸದ ನಡುವಿನಲ್ಲಿದ್ದೇನೆ

[21:32:50] <cvg-89> Nanu Chaitanya

[21:33:00] <kiranravikumar> ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ , ನಾನು ಕಿರಣ್ ಸದಸ್ಯ: kiranravikumar

[21:34:01] <shankar> ನಾನು ಶಂಕರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್: ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ವಿಕಿ ಬಳಸುವವ, ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಖಾತೆಯನ್ನು ತೆರೆದಿದ್ದೇನೆ

[21:34:15] <kiranravikumar> ಇಂದಿನ agenda ಎನು?

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[21:35:52] <Pavanaja> ನನ್ನ ಅಂತರಜಾಲ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಅಷ್ಟು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿಲ್ಲ. ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಕಡಿಯುತ್ತದೆ

[21:36:20] <techfiz> http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%A8/%E0%B3%A7%E0%B3%A6

[21:36:34] <techfiz> ಸಮ್ಮಿಲನದ ಉದ್ದೇಶ'

[21:36:34] <techfiz> ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಸುತ್ತ ನಾವು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದಾದ ಕೆಲಸಗಳು

[21:36:34] <techfiz> ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಇಂದಿನ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗತಿ

[21:36:34] <techfiz> ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಸುತ್ತಲಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳು

[21:36:34] <techfiz> ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದ ಹತ್ತನೆಯ ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವಕ್ಕೆ ತಯಾರಿ

[21:36:34] <techfiz> [ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ]

[21:39:17] <techfiz> http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/SummaryKN.htm ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ವರೆಗಿನ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಬಳಕೆಯ ದತ್ತಾಂಶ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ

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[21:39:41] <techfiz> ನಿಧಾನವಾಗಿ ಹೊಸ ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಹೊಸ ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತಿದೆ

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[21:40:33] <techfiz> ಒಂದರ ನಂತರ ಒಂದರಂತೆ ನೆಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರ/ಕಮ್ಮಟಗಳು ಬಳಕೆದಾರರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗುತ್ತಿವೆ

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[21:41:02] <techfiz> ಇವರನ್ನು ವಿಕಿ ಸಂಪಾದನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರವೀಣರನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಕೆಲಸ ಬಾಕಿ ಇದೆ

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[21:41:19] <cvg-89> Congratulations to the editors. What an awesome accomplishment

[21:41:35] <techfiz> 14,255 ಸಧ್ಯದ ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ

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[21:42:13] <mgharish> ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿಯು ೧೨,೯೯೩ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಕುರಿತಾದ ಪುಟಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ

[21:42:31] <techfiz> ಕಳೆದ ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಿದಂತೆ ಈ ವರ್ಷದ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ಶೇ ೧೮ ರಷ್ಟು

[21:42:31] <Pavanaja> ಅದನ್ನು ಬದಲಿಸಬೇಕು. ಹೇಗೆ?

[21:42:51] <techfiz> mgharish: ಅದು ತಾನಾಗೇ ಬದಲಾಗಬೇಕು ಅಲ್ವೇ?

[21:43:04] <mgharish> ಆಗುತ್ತೆ

[21:43:13] <mgharish> ನಿಮಗೆ ೧೪,೨೫೫ ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಸಿಕ್ತು?

[21:43:35] <mgharish> https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B7:Statistics

[21:44:12] <techfiz> http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/SummaryKN.htm

[21:44:13] <Pavanaja> http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/SummaryKN.htm

[21:44:42] <mgharish> ಓಕೆ.

[21:45:09] <Pavanaja> ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ಎಷ್ಟು ಜನ admins ಇದ್ದಾರೆ?

[21:45:57] <mgharish> https://kn.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B7:ListUsers&group=sysop

[21:48:21] <kiranravikumar> @pavanaja sir: https://kn.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B7:ListUsers&group=sysop

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[21:50:43] <techfiz> shankar: namaste

[21:50:54] <shreekant> ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ

[21:51:11] <Pavanaja> Shreekant: ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ

[21:51:27] <shreekant> ನೀವು ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ್ದು ಸಂತೋಷ :)

[21:51:28] <Pavanaja> ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದ ಹತ್ತನೆ ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವಕ್ಕೆ ಏನೇನು ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು?

[21:51:53] <techfiz> ಇದುವರೆಗೆ ವಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದ ಸುತ್ತ ಮಾಡಬಹುದಾದ ಕೆಲಸಗಳ ಯೋಜನಾ ಪಟ್ಟಿಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿವೆ.

[21:51:54] <techfiz> https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%86

[21:52:10] <techfiz> ಇದರ ಸುತ್ತ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುವವರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚ ಬೇಕು

[21:52:38] <techfiz> ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವದ ಆಚರಣೆ ಸರಳವಾಗಿ ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ ಒಂದು ಗುರಿಮುಟ್ಟುವ ಕೆಲಸವಾದರೆ ಸಮುದಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಉತ್ತಮ

[21:52:44] <shreekant> ನಾನು ಆಗಾಗ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷಿನಿಂದ ಅನುವಾದಿಸುತ್ತೀನಿ ಅಷ್ಟೇ

[21:53:10] <shreekant> ಅದೂ ಸುಲಭ / ಸರಳ ಇರುವಂತಹ ಬರಹಗಳು

[21:53:20] <techfiz> ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಆಚರಣೆಗೆ ಬದಲು ತಿಂಗಳು ಪೂರ ಒಂದಲ್ಲಾ ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯ ಸಂಪಾದನೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಆಚರಣೆಗೆ ಹೊಸ ಅರ್ಥ ನೀಡಬೇಕು

[21:53:35] <shreekant> ಸರಿ

[21:54:01] <techfiz> ಆ ತಿಂಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ, ವಾರ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ, ಮಾಸಿಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಬಳಸುವ, ಸಂಪಾದಿಸುವ ತರಬೇತಿಯನ್ನು ಎಲ್ಲ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವಂತಾಗಬೇಕು

[21:54:45] <techfiz> ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಉತ್ತಮ ಸಂಪಾದನೆಗೆ ತೊಡಗಿರುವವರಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ಹೊರಿಸಲು ಮೀಡಿಯವಿಕಿ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ತರಬೇತಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಬೇಕು

[21:55:00] <techfiz> ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ವಿವರಿಸುವ ಪುಟಗಳ ಬದಲಾವಣೆಯಾಗಬೇಕು

[21:55:28] <Pavanaja> ನಾನು ಅದನ್ನೇ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು -advanced user training ಎಂದು

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[21:56:00] <Pavanaja> ಒಂದು ಟ್ಯುಟೋರಿಯಲ್ ಕೈಪಿಡಿ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಹೇಗೆ?

[21:56:02] <techfiz> ಸಮುದಾಯ ಪುಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣದಿರುವ ಅನೇಕ ಮುರಿದ ಕೊಂಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸರಿಪಡಿಸಬೇಕು

[21:56:17] <kiranravikumar> Registered users: ೧೪,೯೪೮, ಅದರ ಶೇಕಡ ೧೦ ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿದರೆ ಸಾಕು, ನಮ್ಮ ಗುರಿ ಮುಟ್ಟ ಬಹುದು.

[21:56:33] <techfiz> ಕೈಪಿಡಿ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಿದೆ... ಆದರೆ ಸ್ವತ: ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸದ ವಿನ: ಅದರ ಪ್ರಯೋಜನವಿಲ್ಲ

[21:57:18] <Pavanaja> ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಶ್ ಕೈಪಿಡಿಯನ್ನೆ ಅಲ್ಪ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ ಕನ್ನಡೀಕರಿಸಬಹುದು

[21:57:28] <Pavanaja> ಒಂದು ಟ್ಯುಟೋರಿಯಲ್ ವೀಡಿಯೋ ಕೂಡ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು

[21:57:52] <techfiz> kiranravikumar: ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಗಳ ಬೆನ್ನ ಹಿಂದೆ ಓಡುವುದು ಅಷ್ಟೇನೂ ಸಮಂಜಸವಲ್ಲ...

[21:58:21] <techfiz> ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಸಂಪಾದನೆಗೆ ತೊಡಗಿರುವವರನ್ನು ಮಾತನಾಡಿಸಿ ಸಮುದಾಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ನೆಲೆಯೂರುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಬೇಕಾದಷ್ಟು ಸಮಯ ವ್ಯಯಿಸಬೇಕಿದೆ

[22:00:11] <kiranravikumar> ಖಂಡಿತ ...

[22:00:44] <techfiz> ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಅನುಭವೀ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಬಹಳ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಇರುವುದರಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನೂ ಒಟ್ಟುಗೂಡಿಸಿ ಎಡಿಟಥಾನ್ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಒಬ್ಬರನ್ನೊಬ್ಬರು ಅರಿಯುವ ತಂಡ ಕಟ್ಟುವ ಕೆಲಸವೂ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

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[22:02:09] <techfiz> ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದ ಲೇಖನಗಳಿಗೆ ಬೇಕಿರುವ ಭೂಪಟಗಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವುದು ಹೇಗೆ, ಓಪನ್‌ಸ್ಟ್ರೀಟ್ ಮ್ಯಾಪ್ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುವ ಬಗೆ ಕೂಡ ಅರಿತು ಅದನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಳಸಬಹುದು

[22:02:24] <Pavanaja> editathon ಯಾವ ವಿಷಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ?

[22:03:17] <techfiz> editathon ಗೆ ವಿಷಯಕ್ಕಿಂತಲೂ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತಮ ಸಂಪಾದನೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನು ವಿಚಾರವಾಗಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು

[22:03:25] <techfiz> ಮೇಲೆ ಹೇಳಿದ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನೂ ಸೇರಿಸಿ

[22:03:34] <techfiz> ಹ್ಯಾಕಥಾನ್ ಅಥವಾ ಎಡಿಟಥಾನ್

[22:03:40] <techfiz> ಏನಾದರೂ ಕರೆಯಿರಿ

[22:03:55] <Pavanaja> ವಿಕಿಥಾನ್ :-)

[22:04:02] <techfiz> ಮೀಡಿಯವಿಕಿ ಪ್ಲಗಿನ್‌ಗಳು (hotcat ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ)

[22:04:14] <techfiz> ಇತರರೂ ಈ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ತಮ್ಮ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿ :)

[22:04:24] <techfiz> ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವ ಎಲ್ಲರದ್ದೂ,

[22:04:37] <techfiz> ನನಗೆ ಅನಿಸಿದ ವಿಚಾರಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನಷ್ಟೇ

[22:04:37] <Pavanaja> ಅದೆಲ್ಲ ನಾನು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ advanced trainingನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರಿಸಬಹುದು

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[22:05:57] <Pavanaja> ಅಂದ ಹಾಗೆ ಕೆಲವು ಪಾಲಿಸಿಗಳನ್ನು ತೀರ್ಮಾನ ಮಾಡಲೂ ಒಂದು ಐಆರ್‌ಸಿ ಸಭೆ ಮಾಡೋಣವೇ?

[22:06:33] <kiranravikumar> ಏನು edit ಮಾಡುವುದು ಅಂತ ಹೇಳುವುದಕಿಂತ, ಏನನ್ನು - ಏತಕ್ಕೆ ಅಂತ ತಿಳಿಸಬೇಕು ...

[22:08:26] <kiranravikumar> ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವ ಎಂದು? ಯಾವ ದಿನಾಂಕ?

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[22:11:50] <techfiz> June 12

[22:12:11] <kiranravikumar> ok

[22:13:15] <techfiz> mgharish:

[22:13:19] <shankar> ಎಲ್ಲಿ?

[22:13:32] <mgharish> ?

[22:14:27] <techfiz> shankar: ಇನ್ನೂ ಏನನ್ನೂ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿಲ್ಲ... ಅದಕ್ಕೇ ಮೇಲೆ ಏನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು ಎಂದು ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ

[22:14:28] <techfiz> :)

[22:14:46] <techfiz> mgharish: ನಿಮ್ಮ ದನಿ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ.. ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ಕೂಡ :)

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[22:15:16] <mgharish> ನಿಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಮಾತು ನೋಡ್ತಾ ಇದೀನಿ.. ಹೇಳೋದೇನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ ಅನ್ನಿಸ್ತು.. ಸುಮ್ನಿದ್ದೆ :)

[22:15:53] <techfiz> :)

[22:16:21] <techfiz> mgharish: ವಿಕಿಸೋರ್ಸ್, ವಿಕಿಕೋಟ್ಸ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಟ್‌ಕ್ಯಾಟ್ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ಬೇಕಿತ್ತು

[22:16:29] <techfiz> ಸರಿಪಡಿಸುವಿರ?

[22:16:50] <mgharish> ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಅಡ್ಮಿನ್ ರೈಟ್ಸ್ ಬೇಕು

[22:16:55] <techfiz> ಹೌದು

[22:17:03] <mgharish> ನಿಮಗೆ ಕೊಡೋದಕ್ಕೆ ನನ್ನ ಸಮ್ಮತಿ ಇದೆ ಅಂತ ಹಾಕಿದ್ನಲ್ಲ..

[22:17:16] <techfiz> ಓ ನೋಡ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ್... ಚೆಕ್ ಮಾಡ್ತೀನಿ

[22:17:17] <mgharish> ನನಗೆ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಅಡ್ಮಿನ್ ರೈಟ್ ಇದೆ..

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[22:18:04] <techfiz> ವಿಕಿಬುಕ್ಸ್ ಪ್ರಾಜೆಕ್ಟ್‌ ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಅದರ ಮೀಡಿಯವಿಕಿ ಅನುವಾದ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಿದೆ.. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಹಕರಿಸುವವರು ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಇದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿ

[22:18:26] <techfiz> http://toolserver.org/~robin/?tool=codelookup&code=kn

[22:19:28] <techfiz> ೧೨೦೦ ಸಾಲುಗಳು ಇನ್ನೂ ಕನ್ನಡೀಕರಣ ಗೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಿದೆ ಮೀಡಿಯ ವಿಕಿಯಲ್ಲಿ...

[22:19:41] <techfiz> translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate?task=untranslated&limit=2000&language=kn&group=core

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[22:22:32] <mgharish> ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ಬಳಸಿದ್ದೇ ವಿಕಿಬುಕ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಡ ಉಪಯೋಗ ಆಗುತ್ತೆ ಅಲ್ವಾ?

[22:23:37] <techfiz> ಹೌದು

[22:23:48] <techfiz> ಆದರೆ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಇನ್ನೂ ಅನುವಾದಗೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲ

[22:24:13] <techfiz> ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಆ ೧೧೫೦ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಸಾಲುಗಳು ಅನುವಾದ ಗೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಿದೆ

[22:24:29] <techfiz> ನಂತರ ನಾನು ವಿಕಿಪುಸ್ತಕ ದ ಮರುಸ್ಥಾಪನೆಗೆ ಕೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು

[22:25:39] <Pavanaja> ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ .... ಏನೇನು ಮಾಡಬಹುದು?

[22:29:21] <mgharish> ಪ್ರಚಾರ

[22:38:31] <shankar> ಮುಂದೆ?

[22:38:49] <mgharish> ಇವತ್ತು ಯಾಕೋ ಚರ್ಚೆ ಪೂರ್ತಿ ಡಲ್ ಆಗಿದೆ..

[22:38:54] <mgharish> ನಿದ್ದೆ ಬರ್ತಾ ಇದೆ!

[22:39:03] <shankar> :)

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[22:41:07] <mgharish> techfiz: ಮುಂದೇನು?

[22:46:14] <techfiz> Zzzzz :)

[22:47:04] <techfiz> shreekant: ನಿಮ್ಮ ದಶಕಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ

[22:47:13] <techfiz> ಅದನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು

[22:47:31] <shreekant> ಟ್ಯುಟೋರಿಯಲ್ ಅಂದಿರಲ್ಲ .. ಅಂದರೇನು ಅಂತ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷಿನ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ನೋಡಿ /ಟ್ಯುಟೊರಿಯಲ್ ಪುಟ ಸೇರಿಸಿದ್ಎ ಇದೇ ಈಗ!

[22:48:02] <shreekant> ದಶಕಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ - ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು --- ಅಂದರೇನು ? ಹೇಗೆ?

[22:48:20] <techfiz> ಟ್ಯುಟೋರಿಯ ಇದೆ ಅನ್ಸುತ್ತೆ ಈಗಾಗ್ಲೇ

[22:48:30] <shreekant> ನನಗೆ ಸಿಗಲಿಲ್ಲ

[22:48:34] <shreekant> ಸೇರಿಸ್ದೆ

[22:48:54] <techfiz> http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF

[22:49:51] <techfiz> http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%86 - ಇಂತಹದ್ದೊಂದು ಪುಟವನ್ನು ನುರಿತ ಸಂಪಾದಕರಿಗೆ ಅನ್ವಯಿಸುವಂತೆ ಸಿದ್ದಪಡಿಸ್ಬೇಕು ಎಂದದ್ದು

[22:49:57] <shreekant> ದಶಕಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ - ಇನ್ನೂ ಏನಾಗಬೇಕು?

[22:50:35] <techfiz> ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಕೊಂಡಿಗಳೂ ಮುರಿದಿವೆ.. ಜೊತೆಗೆ, ಪ್ರತಿ ದಶಕಕ್ಕೂ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ವಿಕಿಪುಟಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಗುವಂತಾದರೆ ಚೆನ್ನ

[22:50:48] <techfiz> ವರ್ಗಗಳಿಗೆ ಈ ಪ್ರತಿ ಪುಟವನ್ನು ರೀಡೈರೆಕ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು

[22:50:52] <techfiz> mgharish: ಏನಂತೀರಿ

[22:51:46] <shreekant> ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಟ್ಯೂತೋರಿಯಲ್ ಸೇರಿಸಬೇಕು ನಿಜ ... ಆದರೆ ಟ್ಯುಟೋರಿಯಲ್ ಅಂದರೆ ಏನು ? ಬೇಕಲ್ಲವೇ? ಅದನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D

[22:52:22] <shreekant> ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಟ್ಯುಟೋರಿಯಲ್ ಪ್ರಯ್ಸ್ತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ

[22:53:18] <shreekant> ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಯಲಿಲ್ಲ . ಬೇರೆ ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಅದನ್ನು ಮಾಡಲಿ

[22:53:45] <techfiz> shreekant: ವಾರಾಂತ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಲ್ ಮಾಡ್ತೇನೆ.. ಬಹಳ ದಿನ ಆಯ್ತು ನಿಮ್ಮೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ

[22:53:47] <techfiz> :)

[22:53:54] <shreekant> ನೀವು ಹೇಳಿದ "ದಶಕಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ - ಇನ್ನೂ ಏನಾಗಬೇಕು?" ಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಉತ್ತರ . ಓಕೆ

[22:54:02] <shreekant> ಗುಡ್ ನೈಟ್

[22:54:32] <techfiz> ಶುಭರಾತ್ರಿ

[22:58:04] <kiranravikumar> GN

[23:03:42] <shreekant> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial ಇದರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅನುವಾದ ಬೇಕಿದೆಯೇ ?

[23:05:13] <shreekant> http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF ಇದು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಇದೆಯಲ್ಲ್?

[23:05:30] -*- shankar clicks

[23:06:14] <shankar> ಹೌದು.. ಇದರ ಅನುವಾದ ಹೊಸಬರಿಗೆ ನೆರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

[23:06:39] <shreekant> ಇದು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಇದೆಯಲ್ಲ ?

[23:07:17] <shreekant> ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ದಿಕ್ಸೂಚಿ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ

[23:07:44] <shankar> ಓಹ್.. ಹೌದು.. ಇದರ ಜೊತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ವೀಡಿಯೊ ಸೇರಿಸಿದರೆ ಇನ್ನೂ ಉತ್ತಮ

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[23:12:46] -*- shankar ತೆರಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನೆ... ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಶುಭರಾತ್ರಿ

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[23:24:48] <mgharish> techfiz: ದಶಕಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ

[23:24:55] <mgharish> bot run ಮಾಡಿ ಮಾಡ್ಬಹುದು

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/news/kannada-irc-meet-may-7-2013

CIS Celebrates 5 Years: A Report in Prajavani

praskrishna — 2013-06-12T11:46:48Z

Prajavani published a report on the Centre for Internet and Society's 5 year celebrations organised in Bangalore on the final day, May 23, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a talk on Kannada and IT.


Given below is the report published in Prajavani on May 24, 2013:

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-may-24-2013-report-on-cis-celebrates-5-years

CIS Celebrates 5 Years: A Report in Udayavani

praskrishna — 2013-06-12T11:48:23Z

Udayavani on May 25, 2013, published a report of the evening programme hosted as part of the Centre for Internet and Society's 5 year celebrations in its Bangalore edition.

Dr. Chandrashekhara was the chief guest for the event on May 23, 2013. He gave a talk on Kannada in modern era.


Above is the report published in Udayavani on May 25, 2013

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/news/udayavani-may-25-2013-cis-celebrates-5-years

Wiki Media Foundation keen on developing Urdu Wikipedia

praskrishna — 2014-11-01T13:29:32Z

The Wikipedia India Community Consultation 2014 was organized by the Wiki Media Foundation (WMF) and Wikipedia India Chapter in collaboration with Centre for Internet Society (CIS A2K) Bangalore on The venue was Movenpick Hotel and scheduled for October 4th and 5th here.

The article by Nisar Ahmed Syed was originally published on the website of Karnataka Muslims on October 22, 2014.

India Community Consultation 2014 held in Bangalore

The objectives of the meet up according to the organizers are “to share views and preferences on the most effective ways to pursue our shared vision of creating and sharing free knowledge in India and in the Indian languages, and to arrive at an agreement on a road map for a future where its resources are better utilized, its volunteers are better served and progress on its mission is more steadily attained. “

I reached Bangalore on 3rd October and invited Urdu speaking people and the Urdu media from Bangalore for a general meet up. Mr. Azeez Belgaumi a renowned Urdu Poet & writer and Mr. Syed Tanveer Ahmed, as senior Journalist heading “Karnataka Muslims” News portal approached me and we had a good conversation to know more about Urdu Wikipedia. They appreciated Wikipedia and promised to extend their support to the Urdu Wikipedia.

Mr. Syed Tanveer Ahmed and Mr. Azeez Belgaumi promised to take up the initiative to conduct some Wiki workshops in collaboration with Salam foundation and CIS A2K. Mr. Vishnu the Project Director CIS has also agreed to extend his best support to organize the outreach programmes in Bengaluru and other parts of India to develop Urdu Wikipedia.

An introductory meeting was held in the evening of 3rd October in which members of WMF and the Wikipedians representing languages viz. English, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Odia, Assamese, Kannada, Konkani, Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, and Gujarati attended.

On 4th October after noon the scheduled meet up was conducted wherein WMF Senior Director Grantmaking Mrs. Anasuya Sengupta from US, Head of Wikimedia Grants & Global South Partnerships Mr. Asaf Bartov from US, Chief Financial Officer Mr. Garfiled Byrd from France and Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees Mr. Petricio Lorente from Argentina Trustee Bishakha Datta participated. Mr. Gagan Sethi from Counterviews Gujarat facilitated the programme.

The Indic language bureaucrats, sysops and representatives participated actively and focused on the topic how to improve the Wikipedia in Indic languages. This session gone up to 7 p.m. and in the night too, the delegates had the get together to discuss on various issued related to Wikimedia programmes in India.

On the 5th October morning the work shop continued with dignified discussions. Various user groups from different languages took part and presented their views and successes. The discussions focused on wiki tools, various practical problems, do’s and don’ts. It’s a fabulous meet to take part, comprehend, and show the spirit of volunteerism towards Wikipedia.

During discussion on Urdu language, Mr. Asaf appreciated the contributions of Mr. Muhammad Shuaib. Mr. Nisar Ahmed Syed administrator in Telugu Wikipedia represented Urdu Wikipedia too as he is a contributor to Urdu Wikipedia. He discussed issues and stressed the need of outreach and developmental activities for Urdu Wikipedia in India. Mr. Muzammil Ahmed from Hindi and Urdu Wikipedia advocated its importance.

Ms. Anasuya and Mr. Asaf Bartov accepted the need of Urdu Wiki development programmes in India and they said they are ready to prepare a road map for the same.

Finally with the initiations of Mr. Nisar Ahmed Syed and with the kind cooperation of Mr. Asaf Bartov and Mrs. Anasuya Sengupta, an Urdu user group was set and introduced. The user group initially was gathered by backing of Mr. Asaf Bartov. The group has Mr. Syed Nisar Ahmed (Pune), Mr. Muzammil Ahmed (Hyderabad), Mr. Azeez Belgaumi (Bengaluru) and Mr. Satdeep Gil (Punjab).

The contributions of Muzammil Ahmed and Nisar Ahmed to Urdu Wikipedia were appreciated. The WMF team thanked all the Urdu users from India who rendered their best contributions.

Emphasis was laid to improve the Urdu Wikipedia India group.

As WMF intends to focus on the online encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA in the Indian languages Urdu users too expressed willingness to work for the mother tongue Urdu by enriching Urdu Wikipedia.

Mr. Nisar Ahmed said, “It is true that the awareness among the Urdu speaking community about Urdu Wikipedia is very less.” He emphasized the need to take a small step to lead to a large extent to bring awareness by means of outreach programmes, meet ups, seminars. It was accepted and appreciated to initiate outreach work among the Urdu speaking states and clusters in India.

In India about 450 newspapers and magazines are being published in Urdu language. And it is an amazing fact that many of the Urdu newspapers are using the Wikipedia as their source material from English Wikipedia as it has a large and authentic content, but they are not aware about the need to enrich Urdu Wikipedia. It should be known that everyone can edit, resource and enrich it. Hence it is decided to start a user group for Urdu Wikipedia India and to bring the same message to the masses.

“Bring Urdu Wikipedia from budding stage to a blooming stage.”

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/openness/news/karnataka-muslims-nisar-ahmed-syed-october-22-2014-wiki-media-foundation-keen-on-developing-urdu-wikipedia

WikiWars: Programme

nishant — 2010-01-05T17:37:43Z

The programme for Wikiwars, 12th, 13th January - MS Office document

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/research/conferences/conference-blogs/uploads/wikiwarsprog

Report of Wiki Workshop in Mangalore

praskrishna — 2013-04-16T06:14:42Z

A wikipedia workshop was organized in Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangalore on April 9, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the workshop. Prajavani's Mangalore edition published a report about the felicitation to K.P. Rao and about the wikipedia workshop.

Below is the report published in Prajavani on April 10, 2013.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-mangalore-edition-april-10-2013-report-of-wikipedia-workshop

Need to develop vernacular languages stressed

praskrishna — 2013-04-15T08:47:29Z

University of Hyderabad (UoH) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ramakrishna Rama Swamy said on Wednesday that everyone has a duty to contribute to the development of vernacular languages.

The article was published in Hans India on April 11, 2013.

He presided over the Telegu Wikipedia Mahotsavam 2013 being celebrated at the Golden Threshold in Abids. The two-day programme-cum-workshop is being organised in collaboration of the UoH, Theatre Outreach Unit (TOU), Indian wing of Wikipedia and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). While extending support to the Telegu Wikipedia (TW), the Vice-Chancellor said that he had been encouraging the university students to contribute to the site. He advised the organisers to explore opportunities to expose youth to TW.

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