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Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 3.)
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-3
<b>Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries in Wikipedia gender gap narrowing on both local (India) and global scales.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is the third
(last) part of the blog series, please see <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-1">Part 1 </a>and <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-2">Part 2</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Responding to the
Wikipedia gender gap problem, former WMF Executive Director Sue Gardner set a
target in 2011 to raise the female editor percentage <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/business/media/31link.html">to 25%</a> by 2015. In an <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28701772">interview</a> in August 2014, Jimmy Wales declared that “<em>we’ve completely failed,</em>” Gardner also
noted that the solutions should come from local Wikipedian communities rather
than from the Foundation on a macro scale.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Although the
target was not met, initiatives and reforms taken places globally and locally in
the past five years are not fruitless. And as mentioned in Part 2, we should
not define this movement as merely pursuing a goal towards certain percentage
or number. As for now dialogue has been created to include the issue into more strategic
plans; collectives are established to cumulate and share resources across
communities. There has been abundance of learning (and definitely much more to
learn) in the issue.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>What has been done?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Be it ongoing or spontaneous, international or local, there have been
many interventions trying to address the gender gap in Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Intervention events<em></em></u></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In July 2015, WikiProject
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red">Women in Red</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> (WiR)</span> was launched to <em>“turn "<a title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Redlist index" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Redlist_indexhttps:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Redlist_index">redlinks</a>
(non-existing pages) into <a title="Wikilink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikilink">blue ones</a> (existing pages).” </em> The project encourages editors worldwide to
create (or expand) female-related pages (biographies, women’s work,
contribution, issues, etc.) that fit the notability criteria of Wikipedia. WiR
also picks monthly and annual topics to feature. Currently in September, 2016,
edit-a-thons on Women in nursing and women labour activists are happening
online. And “Women scientists” edit-a-thon is a year-long featured topic for
2016. Although WiR is still primarily an English-WP project, some communities
have expanded and localized it to local initiatives.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Coincidentally, in
2013, Indian Wikipedian communities have carried out one of the biggest and
most well-known gender gap intervention – <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%27s_Daughters_Edit-a-thon">Lilavatis’
Daughters</a>. “Lilavati’s Daughters” is <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/forgotten-daughters/article662225.ece">a
book</a> of essay collections featuring nearly one hundred women scientists in Indian
since the Victorian Era. The 2013 edit-a-thon was hence to create Wikipedia
pages for these biographies in different Indian languages. Collaborating with
institutions and colleges, the event was greeted with high popularity and
success. Similar events were also carried out afterwards, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Indian_Women_in_Science_Edit-a-thon">Indian
Women in Science Edit-a-thon</a> which has been held annually since 2014; the
last event was held in July, 2016 at the Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another
significant initiative across the globe and in Indian communities is the annual
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen%27s_History_Month">Wikiwomen’s history
month</a> in March along with the celebration of International Women’s Day on March
8<sup>th</sup>. The initiative started in 2012, edit-a-thons, photo-thons
(updating photos onto Wikimedia Commons), and meetups have been held to raise
the awareness of the gender gap online, create female-related content available
on Wikipedia, and to strengthen the bonding between local Wikiwomen.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Recently,
Wikimedia Foundation collaborated with the United Nations to launch the one-day
<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/UN_Women_Her_Story">Her Story project</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> Edit-a-thon</span> on August 12<sup>th</sup>, 2016 to celebrate International Youth Day
globally. Cities in India like <a href="https://www.empowerwomen.org/en/campaigns/herstory">Chennai and Delhi
also held local edit-a-thons</a> on the day of in response to the event. With
the opportunity to work alongside the UN, it is a good sign that the Wikipedia
gender gap issue is drawing global attention, not just in the Wikipedian
community level, but also in global institution level.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Collaborative</u></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen%27s_Collaborative">Wikiwomen’s
Collaborative</a> is a global platform for female Wikipedians to share
projects, insights, and support. The Collaborative also encourages participants
to write blog post on the <a href="https://blog.wikimedia.org/c/community/wikiwomen/">Wikiwomen’s Blog</a>
to spread more words about the gender gap issue and initiatives. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias/Gender_gap_task_force">Gender
Gap Task Force (GGTF)</a> was founded in 2013 aiming to challenge the
patriarchal culture of knowledge and Wikipedia. GGTF tries to fix the
encyclopedia’s imbalance power structure by initiating discussion and
examination on its policies and editor interaction. It has also been a place to
cumulate research studies and resources on the gender gap topic. A (global) <a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap">gender gap
mailing list</a> is also created to spread the news and words with more
communities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Improvement in the
Interface</u></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Aside from events and
collectives organized by respective communities, the Wikipedia platform itself
has also been under constant transition in the last few years, trying to create
a friendlier place for women and newcomers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Since June 2012,
the new prototype <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor">Visual
Editor</a> has become available in more and more language versions of Wikimedia
projects – including most Indian languages. Visual Editor enables editor to
contribute without learning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_markup">Wiki markups</a>, as it
creates the “write-as-how-you-will-see-it” feature requiring only basic typing
skills. Nevertheless, Visual Editor does have several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor#Limitations">limitations</a>
comparing to the traditional edit source option, including slower speed, unavailable
in talk and discussion namespaces, limited template editing options, and so on.
While a <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:VisualEditor%27s_effect_on_newly_registered_editors/June_2013_study">research</a>
in 2013 on Visual Editor’s use in English Wikipedia showed low effectiveness of
the new feature in attracting and encouraging new editors, more research should
also be done in the non-English (especially Global South) context. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Marathi_Wikipedia_Tutorials">Online
tutorial resources</a> about editing are also becoming available in Indian
communities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimarkup.png/image_large" alt="Traditional wiki markup editing screenshot" class="image-inline" title="Traditional wiki markup editing screenshot" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Traditional Wiki
markup editing screenshot</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/visualeditor.png/image_large" alt="visual editor of wikipedia screenshot" class="image-inline" title="visual editor of wikipedia screenshot" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Visual Editor
screenshot</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand,
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_on_mobile_devices">mobile
apps of Wikipedia</a> has been improved in its editing function. Although the
apps are still in constant development to make the function smoother and easier
for mobile users, it is a great breakthrough for those who do not have personal
computers to contribute in small ways (or even in great ways – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cullen328/Smartphone_editing#Why_I_edit_by_smartphone">some</a>
have created pages and denied the statement that mobile editing is
impractical). </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>What’s more to be learned?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There is no
denying that our Indian language communities have been putting efforts to
highlight and address the gender gap issue on Wikipedia. The <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016">Wikiconference
India 2016</a> in August also had a panel responding to this topic where
panelists from both outreach and research threads proposed localized
perspective and strategies to fix the problem.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">However, there are
still much more to be learned. First of all, we need a more organized feedback
loop (a cycle of planning-executing-evaluating-sharing learning) for local
interventions to learn from our success and mistakes. Secondly, the issue has
to become more “public” in a sense that we are not just promoting within our
own circles. Awareness-building through media coverage and institutional
collaboration can bring in greater public opinions and volunteers to help the
online encyclopedia become a more inclusive place. The third point is a change
of mindset: women's feeling and experience should be put forward into the
central of our initiatives and interventions.</p>
<blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>“We made it clear
that we were focusing on the (female) participants and their experience, the
content they created online are of course important too, but that’s just the
by-product.</em>” -<span style="text-align: right;">Wikiconference Indian 2016 Gender Gap panel presenter</span></p>
</blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In other words, as
we are engaging more and more women, the focus should not be numbers but the
humans. At the same time, we should always encourage women to stand out and
speak out. As mentioned in the previous part, gender discrimination cases have
not yet been reported in our communities, but we also have to ensure if it does
happen both the female editors and the community should have a certain level of
awareness (what constitutes harassment/discrimination/sexism; when and how to
call out) and a report and support mechanism to the problem.</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The road to a real
equalized knowledge system is not easy. As many have noticed and pointed out
“This is not just a Wikipedia problem!” Indeed, similar gender imbalance exists
in our academies, IT industries, free and open-source software (FOSS) workplace,
to name a few. Nonetheless, with the flexibility and the strong bond that Indian
Wikipedian communities possess, we can be one of the pioneers in positive
changes. After all, the knowledge created and action taken today will shape
what our tomorrow can be like.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-3'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-3</a>
</p>
No publishertingCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeGenderWikipediaWikipedia gender gapWikimedia2016-09-22T07:54:47ZBlog EntryAnother 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 2)
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-2
<b>Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries about Wikipedia gender gap on both local (India) and global scales.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In the <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-1">last part</a> of the blog series, we examined the
definition and danger of the Wikipedia gender gap. This issue has been puzzling
for many – why is there such a wide gap globally?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Why is there a gender gap?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The
reasons behind the Wikipedia gender gap are complex and culturally-sensitive. Two
main types of barriers are discussed as “inside of Wikipedia (internal)” and
“outside of Wikipedia (external).” </p>
<table class="plain">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Internal</th>
<th>External</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> Challenges using Wiki mark-up and its interface</td>
<td>Limited access to internet and facilities</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>(rare in India) Challenges in getting help from community members</td>
<td>Lack of skills</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>(rare in India) Being discriminated as a newcomer</td>
<td>Lack of confidence</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>(rare in India) Experience of discriminative behavior/conflicts</td>
<td>Limited time</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The fear of becoming “visible” as one of the few female in the community</td>
<td>Preference to more socially interactive online activities (Lack of interest)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><br /></td>
<td>Awareness - not knowing Wikipedia is editable</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">(From
Jadine Lannon (2013), <em>Same Gaps Different Experience</em>)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><u>India
v.s. the World</u></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately,
most studies have been done in English Wikipedia and rarely in other smaller
language communities, despite the fact that these barriers can vary a lot in
different cultural, political, and economic context. In India, practitioners
and researchers have identified a few potential causes of low female participation
rate on Wikipedia. Contrary to what was discovered in the English Wikipedia,
researchers have found that Indian female Wikipedians are generally more active
and willing to participate in both online and offline interactions compared to
those in the English Wikipedia community. Reports of gender discrimination
cases are also fewer than those in the Western context. A possible explanation
to both phenomena is that Indian Wikipedian communities are rather small and
close-knitted which encourage more interpersonal networking and prevent
anonymous attacks<a name="_ftnref1" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[1]</span></span></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><u>Awareness</u></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">However,
recruiting and keeping female Wikipedians in India do have its own barriers to
overcome. “Awareness” is discovered as one of the very primary barriers for most
to start editing Wikipedia. Many did not know that the online encyclopedia is easily
editable, and even more have not heard of (or are unfamiliar with the use of)
Wikipedia. Outreach events are important portals for both men and women to
discover and join local Wikipedia communities. And this is where weakness can
be turned into strength; as most newcomers are brought in through community
outreach events or personal connection, it creates a strong bond within the members
and a more welcoming culture featuring collectivism rather than individualism.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><u>On the
societal level?</u></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Although
the binary categorization of inside and outside of Wikipedia is widely used, it
can easily lead us to believe that we can draw a clear line in between
Wikipedia and the offline world, but neglect the big picture which shapes both
sides of the table. Ignoring the fundamental (societal) level of the issue and
its linkage to other factors poses the risk of nurturing a symptom-fixing
solution instead of a system-questioning culture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For
example, societal factors such as expectation on women’s/girls’ role and priority
in her family can prevent them from the access to required facilities,
internet, training, and personal leisure time for joining (or continuing
editing) Wikipedia. On the psychological experience side, some women reported
that they do not feel comfortable when being so “visible” online and in the
community<a name="_ftnref2" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[2]</span></span></a>; and this has a lot to do
with how our online (and offline) society has been constructed and
conceptualized as an “unsafe” space for women.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In
fact, Wagner et al. (2015)<a name="_ftnref3" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[3]</span></span></a> have found that a nation’s
Gender Inequality Index (GII) is associated to the country’s editor gender bias
on Wikipedia. Although it was a study focusing on Global North samples, the
logic behind is most likely applicable in India (which ranked <a href="http://hdr.undp.org/en/2015-report">130 out of 188 countries’ GII in 2014</a>)
– as the more unequally women is treated in the society, the less likely that
she can reach the pre-requisite to be a Wikipedian, or even be online. For
example, in India there is a much lower literacy rate for female than male – 53.7%
to 75.3% as reported in the <a href="http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/glance.aspx">2011
Census</a>. At the same time, population (above the age of 25) with at least
some secondary education is 56.6% for male and only 27% for female in India
based on the <a href="http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/GII#c">UN Human
Development Report</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">All
these societal factors and nuances feed into the gaps we see today – in higher
academic positions, in industries, and eventually in Wikipedia. It is
definitely not easy to address the macro-scale problems, but what we can do is
to change it from the community level to influence individuals and the society.
Hence, we are not just battling against an online phenomenon created by
individuals’ unwillingness to participate, but challenging and redressing the patriarchal
power while transforming the traditions of how knowledge flows. After all, bridging
the gender gap should not be merely a target of “We will reach X% female
participation rate by Y years,” it has much greater potential and
responsibility in the long run for our generations and societies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/pyramid.png/image_large" alt="pyramid graph of statements and explanations on wpgg" class="image-inline" title="pyramid graph of statements and explanations on wpgg" /><br /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In the
next part of the blog series, we talk about: <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-3"><strong>What has been
done? </strong>& <strong>What’s more to be
learned?</strong></a></p>
<p> </p>
<div><br clear="all" />
<hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" />
<div id="ftn1">
<p><a name="_ftn1" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftnref1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[1]</span></span></a> From
Jadine Lannon (2013), <em>Same Gaps Different Experience</em> and from WCI 2016
presentation:</p>
</div>
<div id="ftn2">
<p><a name="_ftn2" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftnref2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[2]</span></span></a> Jadine, L., (2013). <em>Same Gaps
Different Experience</em></p>
</div>
<div id="ftn3">
<p><a name="_ftn3" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftnref3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[3]</span></span></a>
Wagner, Garcia, Jadidi,
& Strohmaier, (2015). It’s a man’s Wikipedia? Assessing gender inequality
in an online encyclopedia. From the Wikipedia editor community is sensible to
gender in Proceedings of the Ninth International AAAI Conference on Web and
Social Media 454. URL:
https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM15/paper/viewFile/10585/10528 </p>
<p> </p>
</div>
</div>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-2'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-2</a>
</p>
No publishertingCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeGenderWikipediaWikipedia gender gapWikimedia2016-09-22T07:55:39ZBlog EntryAnother 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? (Part 1)
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-1
<b>Five years after Wikimedia Foundation’s 2011 editor survey was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries about Wikipedia gender gap on both local (India) and global scales.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>“Our editing community continues to suffer
from a lack of women editors…. only 8.5% of editors are women.</em>”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Probably
the most cited statement for Wikipedia gender gap studies, the <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Editor_Survey_Report_-_April_2011.pdf">editor
survey</a> conducted by Wikimedia Foundation in April 2011 revealed
the alarming imbalance within the online encyclopedia community(s). In the same
survey, the percentage of female Wikipedians in India is reported as only 3%. When
we have repeatedly emphasized on the development and changes the internet can
bring to our societies, how do we ensure that behind our computer screen it is
not just another mirror reflecting what has been silenced and forgotten?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>What is the Wikipedia gender gap?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There
are two main focus on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia">gender
gap within Wikipedia</a> – the editor demographic and the coverage of
topics – which are essentially flip sides of a coin. With fewer female
contributors, we are losing a more diverse knowledge platform for all. But the
issue is far more complex than simply having less information about “friendship
bracelets” than “baseball cards.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Looking
at the biography pages on Wikipedia, researchers found that not only is the number of
female biographies much lower than males’ (due to historical factors, availability
of firsthand sources, and editors’ interest), but the linguistic and topical
bias within also presents <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_about_women#cite_note-1">a male-centered discourse</a>. For example, on women’s
biography pages, words related to one’s gender such as “women,” “female,”
“lady” will be used more commonly than the counterpart words in men’s pages;
and that a women’s biography will have more information about her marriage and
family life than her male counterpart’s. Studies also found that female-related
articles are more likely to be linked to male-related ones but not the other
way around<a name="_ftnref1" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[1]</span></span></a>. This
demonstrates that the editing preference, styles, and content
are closely related to the editors’ genders and how they see the world. In
other words, language and knowledge cannot be separated from one’s gender – the
Internet may be bodiless but it can never become genderless<a name="_ftnref2" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[2]</span></span></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Wagner et al.’s paper<a name="_ftnref3" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[3]</span></span></a> in early
2016 also confirmed the existence of a “glass ceiling” for female figures to be
considered “notable” enough to have a Wikipedia bio page (or for the page not
to be deleted). Who gets to decide what is “notable enough” becomes
questionable when we understand the gender bias. As a matter of fact, while the
difference in male and female biography numbers is narrower for globally known
figures, a larger gender gap exists for “local hero(ine)s” because of the
notability threshold applied. That is to say, many women and female-related
topics are underrepresented (and underappreciated) on Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The danger and why it matters</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><u>Low awareness</u></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The
Wikipedia gender gap is problematic and deserves more attention than ever not
only because gender imbalance should be tackled both online and offline, but
also that this imbalance is so prevalent and has been taken for granted by most.
Little do people consider, that with every single “click” on one’s google
search, we can be provided with an answer from a single-gender narration. This
imbalance and its problems are behind the scene – the share of male and female
editors are never on the surface without a holistic survey. While gender
balance has been pushed in our business, education, and government sectors, the
online encyclopedia feeding <a href="http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/">billions</a> of
internet users (and <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/PIRReport/Documents/Indicator_Reports.pdf">over
300 million in India</a> itself) is
still constructed in a male-dominant culture with little questioning from the
public.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><u>Legacy
and influence</u></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There
is the saying that Internet is changing the human default from “forgetting”
into “remembering.” Wikipedia can serve as a great tool for digitization of
knowledge and the preservation of languages. What is to be recorded now will
become parts of (perhaps the most accessible) history in the future, and we
cannot afford a history without women’s voices and knowledge. Hence, to include
more women editors and women-related content is not simply out of a concern of
diversity, it is to ensure that this time we can pass on the legacy in a better
and more equitable fashion for the whole population.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><u>The vicious
circle</u></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>“We’ve to participate in meet ups
and workshops, then question (from family members) arises like how many guys
are there, is there any girl or not. In one sentence we're discouraged by our
surrounding</em>.”</p>
<p align="right" style="text-align: right;">– Female editor from local community</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The urgency of this problem is that
the lesser women are presented in the communities, the harder a motivation can
be established for new female editors to join. Now that we have made this issue
visible, the core mission we have is to ensure a change in the system and
environment that helps women feel more welcomed and comfortable – even when
they are aware that they are the minority.</p>
<div>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In the next part
of this blog series:<a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-2"> <strong>Why is
there a Gender Gap?</strong></a></p>
</div>
<p> </p>
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Garcia, & Menczer, (2016). Women through the glass ceiling: gender
asymmetries in Wikipedia. <em>EPJ Data Science</em>. (5)1. Pp 1-24.</p>
<p>Graells-Garrido,
Lalmas, & Menczer, (2015). First women second sex: gender bias in Wikipedia.
In <em>Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext & Social Media </em>(pp165)<em>.</em></p>
<p>Wagner, Garcia, Jadidi, & Strohmaier, (2015). It’s a man’s
Wikipedia? Assessing
gender inequality in an online encyclopedia. From the Wikipedia editor
community is sensible to gender in <em>Proceedings of the Ninth International
AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 454.</em> URL: https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM15/paper/viewFile/10585/10528</p>
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<p><a name="_ftn2" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftnref2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[2]</span></span></a> Code, L. (2000). Encyclopedia
of feminist theories. London: Routledge</p>
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<p><a name="_ftn3" href="file:///C:/Users/Ting-Yi/Desktop/coop/Blog%20post/BP2_Gender%20Gap%20summary.docx#_ftnref3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[3]</span></span></a> Wagner, Graells-Garrido,
Garcia, & Menczer, (2016). Women through the glass ceiling: gender
asymmetries in Wikipedia. <em>EPJ Data Science</em>. (5)1. Pp 1-24.</p>
</div>
</div>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-1'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-the-wikipedia-gender-gap-and-what-has-been-done-part-1</a>
</p>
No publishertingCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeGenderWikipediaWikimedia2016-09-21T10:13:59ZBlog EntryAnalysis on the strategies of Mozilla and Wiki communities on gender gap aspects
https://cis-india.org/a2k/analysis-on-the-strategies-of-mozilla-and-wiki-communities-on-gender-gap-aspects-1
<b>There is a need for research on how Open Source communities are trying to balance the gender ratio and how they provide the safe space environment to its contributors. With this in mind I have come up with this blog as I am an active contributor of Mozilla since 5 years and also got myself recently introduced to Wikimedia and its sister projects, have interacted with few Indian women contributors in both of these communities and came out with a few observations on how I see them in India and what could be improved in both communities.</b>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Opening note</strong></p>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Wikipedia community</strong></p>
</li></ul>
<p dir="ltr">Wikipedia is an encyclopedia of articles where many users can edit it freely and it has become so large that you run across it all the time in Google. It is so popular that it is now one of the <a href="http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url">Top </a>5 websites in the world! The reason behind the growth is because the articles are simple and useful. </p>
<p>Wikipedians are the contributors who do a communal work to improve the content by editing bits of text and cluster them to the large database. Beyond this there are other sister projects of Wikimedia which interest the audience on whichever they are expertise about. The main motivation for these contributors is their freedom to contribute in their own native language which they are more passionate about. This is a great social cause they are contributing towards.</p>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Mozilla community</strong></p>
</li></ul>
<p dir="ltr">Mozilla makes browsers, apps, code and tools that put people before profit. In fact, there’s a non-profit Foundation at the heart of the enterprise.Their mission is to keep the internet open and accessible to all. Hope everyone uses or had at least at some point seen Firefox browser/logo, so this is the prime product of Mozilla. There are various projects to support the Firefox browser and they are mostly Open Source.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mozillians are the volunteers who contribute in the improvement of these projects thus helping the world to access the internet and the Open web.Mozilla Volunteers are passionate to learn,collaborate and knowledge share among a large world-wide community and the crew is a mix of coder, non-coders, policy makers and anyone who supports Open Web. The point that drives everyone to contribute is that the community creates a vibe to contribute and to create a safe and better experience in accessing the digital world.</p>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians">WikiProject Women</a></p>
</li></ul>
<p dir="ltr">This a group of editors who aim to improve Wikipedia's coverage of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women">women</a>'s topics. It brings Wikipedia users of all genders, sexual orientations, geographic locations, and personal backgrounds together to discuss and collaborate on coverage of women's content across Wikipedia.There are various streams in which women can be part of the larger mission for instance:</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.artandfeminism.org/">Art and Feminism</a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red">Women in Red</a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.wikiloveswomen.org/">Wiki loves women</a></p>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.womoz.org/">Womoz</a></p>
</li></ul>
<p dir="ltr">Women & Mozilla ("WoMoz") a community composed of members from different Open Source projects.It is mainly dedicated to improving women's visibility and involvement in Free/Open Source and Mozilla, and to increase the number of women contributors. Anyone can participate in this project, regardless of sex, age, job, etc. We are united by the common goal of promoting women's visibility and involvement in open source communities. They also believe that the Internet, FLOSS projects and computing must remain open and participatory. This also means accessible in the same way to all - women and men alike. </p>
<p dir="ltr">It also believe solutions should continuously be proposed in order to improve the visibility of all minorities, who for various reasons might not have equal access to computers or the Internet. This project is an example of this, as it aims at ameliorating women's presence and participation in Mozilla and open source. But currently this group is not very active, except for a few regional contributors where they find massive necessity to focus on the women participation.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Overview of the strategies used for increasing women participation</strong></p>
<ol><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Methodologies used</strong></p>
</li></ol>
<p dir="ltr">Both the communities are great supporters of the Free Softwares and licenses and so the methods that is used in addressing the gender gap issues is as follows: </p>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Conduct gender neutral events like hack-a-thons/ edit-a-thons where the tutor is a woman or there is a large ratio of under represented community in the event.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Host monthly offline/online meetups.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Work on projects which are gender neutral based.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Following up special protocols like CoCs strictly at these events.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Days like “International Women’s Day” and on similar significant occasions some unique events will be hosted and contributors will be appreciated.<br /><br /></p>
</li></ul>
<ol start="2"><li style="list-style-type: decimal;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Impact on Indian communities</strong></p>
</li></ol>
<p dir="ltr">The WikiProject woman and WoMoz programs play a very important role among the Indian communities. Although I do not see a single or uniform progress there is always a good scale-up among the regional communities. For a country like India where there is still necessity for uplifting the presence and awareness of these type of FOSS programs I feel that most of these programs are extensively hosted in urban or developed phases of the country. Recently, the internet access has spread across but then the basic knowledge of contributing to Open Source is still abandoned. The end result and the what the contributors shall get on contributing to these communities must be emphasised more.</p>
<p><strong>Closing note</strong></p>
<p>My study and analysis on these two communities is drawn from personal interest and engagement with these communities since I have been contributing and interacting with the contributors for the last few years. The objective of this post is basically to bring about an awareness on the accessible resources on bridging the digital divide , and how these resources can be modified and taken further for a country like India. The efforts taken to improve the gender neutrality by the above communities is laudable but more light has to be thrown on improving the measures taken to sustain women contributors</p>
<p><strong><br /></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><br />References:</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians</a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/contribute/">https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/contribute/</a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.womoz.org/">http://www.womoz.org/</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/analysis-on-the-strategies-of-mozilla-and-wiki-communities-on-gender-gap-aspects-1'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/analysis-on-the-strategies-of-mozilla-and-wiki-communities-on-gender-gap-aspects-1</a>
</p>
No publisherbhuvanaWikimediawomen and internetCIS-A2KAccess to Knowledge2019-10-03T11:56:37ZBlog EntryAnalysis of Institutional Partnerships: University of Mysore and Guru G Learning Labs
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/analysis-of-institutional-partnerships-university-of-mysore-and-guru-g-learning-lab
<b>University of Mysore considered to be one of the most prestigious institutions in the country has been famous for its innovative pedagogic techniques and opening up for students various avenues of knowledge acquisition.</b>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">The Kannada Encyclopedia project that was taken up by the Kuvempu Kannada Adhyana Samsthe, (KIKS), Manasagangothri, Mysore was one of its kind during its inception. It is safe to say that though Kannda has seen many other projects and attempts towards compiling encyclopedias, to this day the Vishwakoshas produced by University of Mysore are among the top picks regarding quality of the content, scope of the information and its reach with the general public. Many other encyclopedia projects such as “Bala Vignana Kosha” compiled by Shivaram Karanth, “Jnana Gangothri” by Niranjana, the “Kananda Sahitya Vishwakosha” from the Kannada University, Hampi have provided encyclopedic content to the Kannada readers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">The idea of the University of Mysore complied Vishwakoshas was simple. It seeked to provide basic and elemenatry information about key topics all around the universe (physical, spiritual, material, cultural, social, behavioural, political and many other domains of knowledge) to the general public. The intention was to make information accessible and easily understandable. It was not expected to educate or assist people in gaining profieciency regarding a certain topic but was expected to provide salient features, brief history and concise introduction.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard"><strong>Rationale for Institutional partnership:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">The compilation of topics that were to be part of the Vishwakosha was done alphabetically and till date 13 Vishwakoshas have been produced along with one Kannada Vishaya Vishwakosha which exclusively deals with matters pertaining to Kannada land, language, literature, politics, culture, entertainment and other aspects of Kannada life. The Vishwakosha project was a method to democratise the process of production of knowledge. People from all walks of life were invited to contribute to the Vishwakosha along with the academicians and researchers. The submissions were then scrutinised by the review committee and was edited, information added as per the requirements. As this was not a text only Vishwakosha many attempts were made to source images as well. These were not used as ornamental or page filling purpose but was also informative in its own way with adequate meta data.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">These encyclopedias have been extremely popular with the Kannada audience both for the content and for its competitive pricing. Prasaranga, the publication division of University of Mysore had also offered an discount for people who would purchase the entire set of Vishwakoshas at a special rate. The Vishwakosha project faced many problems and the last volume of the Vishwakosha was released in the year , while the first volume was released in . University of Mysore has also digitised the Vishwakoshas and made it avaialable for general public on a CD.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard"><strong>Plan of Action:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">Access to Knowledge team sought to bring these treasure troves of Knowledge onto the digital platform and update the information available on these Vishwakoshas. It was a shot in the arm for the activities being conducted by CIS-A2K when University of Mysore agreed to re-release all of its encyclopedias under free licence for the benefit of larger Kannada community. University of Mysore also agreed to handover soft copies of the few encyclopedias (that were already digitised) to create and redirect content towards Kannada Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">A2K team has conducted three skill building and Wikipedia orientation workshops with the students of University of Mysore in order to kick start the content generation activities. These workshops were received very positively by the students. However due to lack of an active community and serious infrastructural issues the students could not continue with the activities that had been planned. Due to the inactivity of these new volunteers we have witnessed a decrease in the activity of content generation effort as aimed earlier.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Textbody">CIS-A2K facilitated extracting the legacy text from the soft-copies, converting them to Unicode, distributing the files among volunteers and Christ University interns and uploading them to Kannada Wikisource. These articles will serve as primary material for new content generation on Kannada Wikipedia. CIS-A2K celeberated Open Knowledge Day in collaboration with University of Mysore.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">The non availability of infrastructual requirement, administrative difficulties such as scheduling of academic calendar offered the A2K team many invaluable lessons towards fostering an institutional partnership. A2K team adopted corrective measures and has been using the encyclopedias donated by University of Mysore as a primary reference for the subsequent edit-a-thons. A2K has also created a project page on Meta to attract Kannada Wikimedians towards content generation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard"><strong>Outcome and Output:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">A2K team utilised its institutional partnership with Christ University in the initial stages and digitised volumes of Kannada Encyclopedias. These were used both as references for the edit-a-thons conducted by CIS-A2K and as a primary reference material that was curated into an independent article on Kannada Wikipedia. Many Kannada Wikimedians have joined hands with A2K in acheiving this. This is an on-going activity.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard"><strong>Plans for Future:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">As University of Mysore has rich archival collection particulalry in Indian Languages, A2K team intends to talk to individual departments to bring this content to Open Knowledge repositiries.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">A2K team would like to involve various Departments to dedicate some staff on an hourly basis towards speedy completion of the project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">The existing MoU is understood as a one time activity of content donation (print and e copy of Vishwakosha) where as A2K would like to continue this activity as a long term engagement that will facilitate in building research skills and writing skills.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">A2K team intends to request to University of Mysore should select/suggest some student volunteers for the digitisation project. With the inclusion of Kannada PA A2K team would collaborate with key Departments at the University of Mysore to conduct digitisation and translation sprints that will be facilitated by and other Wikimedians.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="Standard">A2K team would like to collate all the new articles created with the help of the content donated by University of Mysore and circulate it as a newsletter on a monthly basis and sent to the Kannada community and University of Mysore.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/analysis-of-institutional-partnerships-university-of-mysore-and-guru-g-learning-lab'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/analysis-of-institutional-partnerships-university-of-mysore-and-guru-g-learning-lab</a>
</p>
No publisherhasanOpen Educational ResourcesCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipedia2015-12-15T07:39:15ZBlog EntryAfter eight years, Tulu Wikipedia goes live
https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/hindu-raviprasad-kamila-august-7-2016-after-eight-years-tulu-wikipedia-goes-live
<b>Around eight years after its launch and in incubation, the Tulu Wikipedia has gone live with over 1,000 articles. It can be accessed at http://tcy.wikipedia.org</b>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">The article by Raviprasad Kamila was <a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/after-eight-years-tulu-wikipedia-goes-live/article8953527.ece">published in the Hindu</a> on August 7, 2016</p>
<hr />
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">Katherine Maher, executive director, Wikimedia Foundation, USA, made the announcement at the three-day Wikiconference India 2016, which began at Chandigarh on Friday.</p>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">U.B. Pavanaja, program manager, Indian Languages, The Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru, one of the mentors of the Tulu Wikipedia told <i>The Hindu</i> that the page has about 1,100 articles.</p>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">“There are about 200 registered users (editors), out of which around 100 have more than 10 edits. On an average, there are about 8 to 10 active editors,” he said, adding that Vishwanatha Badikana, a Kannada professor, followed by Bharatesha Alasandemajalu, an engineer, are the highest contributors.</p>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">Mr. Pavanaja said that a series of workshops and editathons in Mangaluru and Udupi helped its growth. “A live Tulu Wikipedia will help bring pressure on the government to include Tulu in the Eighth Schedule of Indian Constitution,” he said. If the page is to be active, between five and 10 articles would have to be uploaded and at least 15 editors will have to edit it on a monthly basis, he added.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/hindu-raviprasad-kamila-august-7-2016-after-eight-years-tulu-wikipedia-goes-live'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/hindu-raviprasad-kamila-august-7-2016-after-eight-years-tulu-wikipedia-goes-live</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeTulu Wikipedia2016-08-07T10:34:21ZNews ItemAditya 365
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/aditya-365
<b>Telugu Wikimedian Aditya Pakide successfully completed 365 Wiki Commons Days. Aditya started contributing to project after a Facebook comment by A2K community advocate suggesting that the same picture would get more utilization in Commons and a brief training followed.</b>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Aditya365.jpg/@@images/3076bc5e-519f-4bf3-868f-c782088da581.jpeg" alt="Aditya 365" class="image-inline" title="Aditya 365" /></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/aditya-365'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/aditya-365</a>
</p>
No publisherpavanCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu Wikipedia2018-11-07T02:32:27ZBlog EntryAdikavi Nannaya University Telugu Wikipedia Workshop
https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/adikavi-nannaya-university-telugu-wikipedia-workshop-1
<b>A Telugu Wikipedia introductory workshop was conducted for the students of Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry between 6- 7 January, 2017. </b>
<p> </p>
<p>A two-day Telugu Wikipedia workshop was conducted for the
students of <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adikavi_Nannaya_University">Adikavi Nannaya University</a> in Rajahmundry between 6- 7 January,
2017. The participants were post-graduate students of the Telugu Department of
the University with a notable gender ratio of 13 male and 21 female
participants.</p>
<p>The aim of the workshop was to introduce students to
Wikipedia and contributing to Wikipedia projects. They were taught basic
Wikipedia editing and the usage of Google's advanced tools. This would also
help them create tertiary sources
using primary and secondary sources. The students improved articles about their villages using references available on the
Internet. The workshop,
conducted jointly by CIS-A2K and Telugu Wikipedia community members, was key to
increasing the base of Telugu Wikipedia across the Telugu-speaking region, to cities
like Rajahmundry. Says User:విశ్వనాధ్.బి.కె., "from initial days, Wikipedia offline activities
development is Hyderabad-centric and Wikipedia activities should be done in all
areas (of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh). As this event in Adikavi Nannaya
University helps in that aspect, I would like to offer all of my effort to
these kind of events."</p>
<p> Overall, the event saw the creation 32 new pages on Telugu
Wikipedia by 33 newly registered users with 99118 bytes being deleted/ added. </p>
<p>The link to event page on meta can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2017/Adikavi_Nannaya_University_Telugu_Wikipedia_Workshop">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/adikavi-nannaya-university-telugu-wikipedia-workshop-1'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/adikavi-nannaya-university-telugu-wikipedia-workshop-1</a>
</p>
No publisherPavan SanthoshCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T08:57:21ZBlog EntryA workshop to improve Telugu Wikipedia articles on Nobel laureates
https://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-nobel-laureates
<b>Many articles about Nobel laureates are missing in the Telugu Wikipedia. Recently undergraduate students from four different disciplines of the Andhra Loyola College (ALC), Vijayawada gathered to create and improve articles related to Nobel laureates.</b>
<p>Spanned for three days—from August 16 through 18—54 students from the department of Telugu, Botany, Statistics and Physics edited articles related to Nobel laureates, improved the content quality and inserted images that were already there in Wikimedia Commons. There was a great balance of equal participation in the number of female and male students. During this sprint 124 existing articles on Telugu Wikipedia were improved and 118 of them saw images being added. Though it was challenging for me to manage so many participants, I was partly successful in mentoring some of the students who in turn helped their friends with basic editing.</p>
<p>Apart from educating the students about editing Wikipedia, I demonstrated about digitising “Kavitvatattva Vicharam”, a book authored by by Kattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy in 1913 and is considered as the first modern literary criticism in Telugu literature, on Telugu Wikisource. Some of the students tried to proof-read the book for the first time.</p>
There is a plan laid out to work with a small subset of these participating students again for different kind of academic-centric projects like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRpedia">QRpedia</a> project. To keep the activity more regular, the students are are creating the missing Botany-related articles. We are hoping to work with remaining students at least once in every quarter.
A few recommendations for bettering the students’ understanding of Wikipedia and the community that Telugu Wikipedian <a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chaduvari">User:Chaduvari</a> had shared earlier came quite useful during this event. Based on his inputs I did my best elaborating the [Wikipedia] project structure and community dynamics to the new editors. Another long time Wikimedian <a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rajasekhar1961">Rajasekhar</a> followed up on the Wikisource activity remotely. B. Manikantha, a students from the Arts department shares, “Until now I always had a notion that Wikipedia might be some sort of entertainment website where we can listen to music and play games. But after attending this workshop I could understand how great it is as a learning platform. Also I learnt about one of our professors<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81"> Dr. Gumma Sambashivarao</a> who is a noted author, and how the articles about more such authors could be made available online in our language.” “It was fun translating articles in my favourite subject—war. I’m hoping to continue my contributions further”, he adds.
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More details in the <a href="http://goo.gl/8EjA1C">event page</a> on Telugu Wikipedia.
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-nobel-laureates'>https://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articles-on-nobel-laureates</a>
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No publisherPavan SanthoshTelugu WikisourceCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopTelugu Wikipedia2016-09-12T15:01:15ZBlog Entryशंभर वर्षांपूर्वीच्या पुस्तकांचे होणार डिजिटायझेशन
https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/93690292d930-93593094d93793e90292a94293094d93594091a94d92f93e-92a94193894d92491593e90291a947-93994b92393e930-92193f91c93f91f93e92f91d947936928
<b>Lokmat (newspaper) covered Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha's Project news.</b>
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<p>Read the original article in Lokmat <a class="external-link" href="http://epaper.lokmat.com/newsview.aspx?eddate=11/11/2015&pageno=2&edition=42&prntid=68910&bxid=158117868&pgno=2">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/93690292d930-93593094d93793e90292a94293094d93594091a94d92f93e-92a94193894d92491593e90291a947-93994b92393e930-92193f91c93f91f93e92f91d947936928'>https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/93690292d930-93593094d93793e90292a94293094d93594091a94d92f93e-92a94193894d92491593e90291a947-93994b92393e930-92193f91c93f91f93e92f91d947936928</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaMarathi WikipediaCIS-A2KAccess to Knowledge2015-12-15T07:47:20ZNews Itemशंभर वर्षापूर्वीचे ग्रंथ मराठी विकिपीडियावर
https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/maharashtra-times-june-15-cis-a2k-signs-mou-with-maharashtra-granthottejak-sanstha
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<p>The article was published in <a class="external-link" href="http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/old-marathi-books-wikipedia-pune-reader/articleshow/52753699.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral">Maharashtra Times</a> on June 15, 2016. Abhinav Garule and Tanveer Hasan have been quoted.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/maharashtra-times-june-15-cis-a2k-signs-mou-with-maharashtra-granthottejak-sanstha'>https://cis-india.org/a2k/news/maharashtra-times-june-15-cis-a2k-signs-mou-with-maharashtra-granthottejak-sanstha</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaMarathi WikipediaCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeMarathi Wikisource2016-06-22T14:53:03ZNews Itemतेसर फ्यूल कॉन्फरेंस आओर मोज़िला हैकाथन संपन्न
https://cis-india.org/openness/news/esamaad-november-19-2015-third-fuel-conference-completed-in-chennai
<b>तेसरा फ़्यूल ज़िल्ट कॉन्फरेंस 2015 23 तारिख कए चेन्नई मे संपन्न भेल ।</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The article was <a class="external-link" href="http://www.esamaad.com/regular/2015/11/13714-third-fuel-conference-completed-in-chennai">published by esamaad</a> on November 19, 2015.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">भाषाई कंप्यूटिंगक लेल मानक संसाधन बनेबा मे पिछला सात साल स लागल फ़्यूल परियोजना दिस स 2013 मे शुरू करल गेल एहि सम्मेलन क प्रायोजक आओर आयोजक दुनिया क जानल-मानल कंपनी मोज़िला, सी-डैक आओर रेड हैट छल। तीन दिवसीय इ सम्मेलन 20 नवंबर कए आरंभ भेल। एकर उद्घाटन सत्र कए मोज़िला क लोकलाइजेशन ड्राइवर एक्सेल हेच्ट, आईआईटी मद्रास क प्रोफ़ेसर हेमा मूर्ति, आईआईटी मद्रासे क हेमचंद्रण कराह आओर सीडैक क सहायक निदेशक जसजीत सिंह संबोधित केलथि। पहिल दिन क सांझक पैनल डिसक्शन मे मोज़िला क पेइंग मो आओर आर्की आ अवाया क जी. करूणाकर आओर फ्यूल प्रोजेक्ट क संस्थापक राजेश रंजन क मॉडरेशन मे खुजल परिचर्चा भेल। पहिल दिन क कार्यक्रम मे कैकटा जानल-मानल भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग पर काज करय बला विद्वान हिस्सा लेलथि ।</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">तमिलनाडु क स्थानीय भाषाई तकनीकी विशेषज्ञ क अलावा एहि सम्मेलन मे भारत आओर नेपाल क विभिन्न भाषा-भाषाई हिस्सा क करीब पचास स बेसी लोग उपस्थित छलाह। तीन दिवसीय एहि सम्मेलन क पहिल दिन सभ लेल खुलल छल जखनकि अगिला दू दिन मोज़िला लोकलाइजेशन हैकाथन क कार्यक्रम चलल जेकरा लेल सहभागी ख़ास तौर पर आमंत्रित कैल गेल छलाह। लोकलाइजेशन कोनो स्रोत भाषा से स्थानीय भाषा मे कोनो उत्पाद कए बदलबा क पूरा प्रक्रिया कए कहल जाएत छल। एहिक अंतर्गत मोज़िलाक विभिन्न उत्पाद क लोकलाइजेशन यानी स्थानीयकरण क प्रक्रिया, ओहि मे सुधार आओर भविष्य क कार्ययोजना पर विस्तार स चर्चा भेल। पूरा कार्यक्रम क संचालन सी-डैक क तकनीकी अधिकारी चंद्रकांत धूताडमल केलथि।</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">उद्घाटन सत्र क आरंभ करैत फ़्यूल प्रोजेक्ट क संस्थापक राजेश रंजन फ़्यूल प्रोजेक्ट क बारे मे उपस्थित श्रोता क बतेलथि – ओ बतेलथि कि खालि सामुदायिक योगदान आओर किछु संगठनक मदति क बदौलत भाषाई संसाधन क इ प्रोजेक्ट दुनिया क सबसे पैघ खुलल परियोजना बनि गेल छल। मानक तकनीकी शब्दावली, स्टाइल गाइड, ट्रांसलेशन एसेसमेंट मैट्रिक्स सहित कैकटा महत्वपूर्ण संसाधन स लैस इ प्रोजेक्ट विश्वव्यापी भाषाई संदर्भ क बड़का अभिलेख बनि गेल छल। गौरतलब अछि कि दुनिया क क़रीब 60 भाषा क भाषा समुदाय अखैन एहि परिजोयना स जुड़ल छल। मोज़िला क एक्सेल भारत मे बढ़ि रहल इंटरनेट उपयोगकर्ताओं क महत्व कए रेखांकित करैत बतेलथि कि मोज़िला आओर एकर खुलल मूल्य क उपस्थिति कतेक महत्वपूर्ण अछि। हेमा मू्र्ति कहलथि कि अखनो भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग क स्थिति बेसी नीक नहि भेल है आओर एहि क्षेत्र मे आरो काज केनाय बाकी अछि। जसजीत सिंह कहलथि कि किछु आओर पैघ कंपनी क संग फ़्यूल क जुड़ाव भेनाय जरूरी अछि आओर उ कंपनी सब कए सामुदायिक रूप से तैयार कैल गेल संसाधन क महत्व कए बुझनाय चाही। समानता क चिह्न आओर डिजिटल मानविकी क विकास पर हेमचंद्रण क वक्तव्य बहुत उम्दा छल। ओ कहलथि कि डिजिटल मानविकी पारंपरिक मानविकी कए हैक कए लेने अछि । ओ कहलथि कि हमरा खाली इंटरफेस स्तरीय लोकलाइजेशन स ऊपर उठबा चाही।</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">कार्यक्रम मे लिब्रेऑफिस क इटालो विग्नोली, हमारा लिनक्स क विकास तारा, इतिहासकार रविकांत आओर जानल-मानल ब्लॉगर रवि रतलामी सेहो अपन वक्तव्य देलथि। भाषाई तकनीक विशेषज्ञ बिराज कर्माकर, प्रवीण ए, शुभाशीष पाणिग्रही, वीथिका मिश्रा, प्रवीण सतपुते, चंदन कुमार, राजू विंदाने सहित कैकटा लोग सेहो अपन वक्तव्य देलथि।</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">मोज़िलाक एक्सेल हेच्ट, पेइंग मो आओर आर्की क दिशा-निर्देश मे अंतिम दू दिन तक विभिन्न भाषा मे काज करय बला लोगक व्यापक परिचर्चा क दौरान कैकटा विषय पर बात भेल आओर उपस्थित लोग मोज़िला क स्वयंसेवी गतिविधियों क भविष्यक कार्ययोजना बनेलथि।</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/news/esamaad-november-19-2015-third-fuel-conference-completed-in-chennai'>https://cis-india.org/openness/news/esamaad-november-19-2015-third-fuel-conference-completed-in-chennai</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaCIS-A2KOdia WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2015-12-15T07:59:47ZNews Itemतीसरा फ्यूल कॉन्फ्रेंस और मोज़िला हैकाथन संपन्न
https://cis-india.org/openness/news/surkhiyan-november-23-2015-fuel-gilt-conference
<b>तीसरा फ़्यूल ज़िल्ट कॉन्फ्रेंस 2015, 22 नवंबर को चेन्नई में संपन्न हुआ. भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग के लिए मानक संसाधन बनाने में पिछले सात सालों से जुटी फ़्यूल परियोजना के द्वारा 2013 में आरंभ किए गए इस सम्मेलन के प्रायोजक और आयोजक दुनिया की जानी-मानी कंपनिया मोज़िला, सी-डैक और रेड हैट हैं.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The article was <a class="external-link" href="http://surkhiyan.com/fuel-gilt-conference/">published by Surkhiyan</a> on November 23, 2015.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">तीन दिवसीय यह सम्मेलन 20 नवंबर को आरंभ हुआ. इसके उद्घाटन सत्र को मोज़िला के लोकलाइजेशन ड्राइवर एक्सेल हेच्ट, आईआईटी मद्रास की प्रोफ़ेसर हेमा मूर्ति, आईआईटी मद्रास के ही हेमचंद्रण कराह और सीडैक के सहायक निदेशक जसजीत सिंह ने संबोधित किया.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">पहले दिन के शाम के पैनल डिसक्शन में मोज़िला की पेइंग मो और आर्की तथा अवाया के जी. करूणाकर और फ्यूल प्रोजेक्ट के संस्थापक राजेश रंजन के मॉडरेशन में खुली परिचर्चा हुई. पहले दिन के कार्यक्रम में कई जाने-माने भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग पर काम करने वाले विद्वानों ने हिस्सा लिया.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">तमिलनाडु के स्थानीय भाषाई तकनीक विशेषज्ञों के अलावा इस सम्मेलन में भारत और नेपाल के विभिन्न भाषा-भाषाई हिस्से के करीब पचास से अधिक लोग उपस्थित हुए. तीन दिवसीय इस सम्मेलन का पहला दिन सभी लोगों के लिए खुला था जबकि अगला दो दिन मोज़िला लोकलाइजेशन हैकाथन का कार्यक्रम चला जिसके लिए सहभागी ख़ास तौर पर आमंत्रित किए गए थे.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">लोकलाइजेशन किसी स्रोत भाषा से स्थानीय भाषा में किसी उत्पाद को बदलने की पूरी प्रक्रिया को कहा जाता है. इसके अंतर्गत मोज़िला के विभिन्न उत्पादों के लोकलाइजेशन यानी स्थानीयकरण की प्रक्रिया, उसमें सुधार और भविष्य की कार्ययोजना पर विस्तार से चर्चा हुई. पूरे कार्यक्रम का संचालन सी-डैक के तकनीकी अधिकारी चंद्रकांत धूताडमल ने किया.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">उद्घाटन सत्र का आरंभ करते हुए फ़्यूल प्रोजेक्ट के संस्थापक राजेश रंजन ने फ़्यूल प्रोजेक्ट के बारे में उपस्थित श्रोताओं को बताया. उन्होंने बताया कि महज सामुदायिक योगदान और कुछ संगठनों की मदद के बदौलत भाषाई संसाधन का यह प्रोजेक्ट दुनिया का सबसे बड़ी खुली परियोजना बन गई है. मानक तकनीकी शब्दावली, स्टाइल गाइड, ट्रांसलेशन एसेसमेंट मैट्रिक्स सहित कई महत्वपूर्ण संसाधनों से लैस यह प्रोजेक्ट विश्वव्यापी भाषाई संदर्भ का बड़ा अभिलेख बन गया है.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">गौरतलब है कि दुनिया की क़रीब 60 भाषाओं के भाषा समुदाय अभी इस परिजोयना से जुड़ी हुई है. मोज़िला के एक्सेल ने भारत में बढ़ रहे इंटरनेट उपयोगकर्ताओं के महत्व को रेखांकित करते हुए बताया कि मोज़िला और इसके खुले मूल्यों की उपस्थिति कितनी महत्वपूर्ण है. हेमा मू्र्ति ने कहा कि अभी भी भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग की स्थिति काफी अच्छी नहीं हुई है और इस क्षेत्र में काफी काम किए जाने बाकी हैं.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">जसजीत सिंह ने कहा कि कुछ और बड़ी कंपनियों के साथ फ़्यूल का जुड़ाव होना जरूरी है और उन कंपनियों को सामुदायिक रूप से तैयार किए गए संसाधन के महत्व को समझना चाहिए. समानता के चिह्न और डिजिटल मानविकी का विकास पर हेमचंद्रण का वक्तव्य बेहद उम्दा रहा. उन्होंने कहा कि डिजिटल मानविकी ने पारंपरिक मानविकी को हैक कर लिया है. उन्होंने कहा कि हमें महज इंटरफेस स्तरीय लोकलाइजेशन से ऊपर उठना चाहिए.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">कार्यक्रम में लिब्रेऑफिस के इटालो विग्नोली, हमारा लिनक्स के विकास तारा, इतिहासकार रविकांत और जाने-माने ब्लॉगर रवि रतलामी ने भी अपना वक्तव्य दिया. भाषाई तकनीक विशेषज्ञ बिराज कर्माकर, प्रवीण ए, शुभाशीष पाणिग्रही, वीथिका मिश्रा, प्रवीण सतपुते, चंदन कुमार, राजू विंदाने सहित कई लोगों ने अपना वक्तव्य दिया.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">मोज़िला के एक्सेल हेच्ट, पेइंग मो और आर्की के दिशा-निर्देश में अंतिम दो दिनों तक विभिन्न भाषाओं में काम करने वाले लोगों ने व्यापक परिचर्चा के दौरान कई विषयों पर बातें की और उपस्थित लोगों ने मोज़िला की स्वयंसेवी गतिविधियों के भविष्य की कार्ययोजना बनाई.</p>
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<b>तीसरा फ्यूल जिल्ट कॉन्फ्रेंस 2015 आज चेन्नई में संपन्न हुआ. भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग के लिए मानक भाषाई संसाधन और औज़ार बनाने में पिछले सात सालों से जुटी फ्यूल परियोजना के द्वारा 2013 में आरंभ किए गए इस सम्मेलन के प्रायोजक और आयोजक दुनिया की जानी-मानी कंपनियां मोज़िला, सी-डैक और रेड हैट हैं.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">तीन दिवसीय यह सम्मेलन 20 नवंबर को चेन्नई के अन्ना विश्वविद्यालय के टैग ऑडिटोरियम में आरंभ हुआ. इसके उद्घाटन सत्र को मोज़िला के लोकलाइजेशन ड्राइवर एक्सेल हेच्ट, आईआईटी मद्रास की प्रोफ़ेसर हेमा मूर्ति, आईआईटी मद्रास के ही हेमचंद्रण कराह और सीडैक के सहायक निदेशक जसजीत सिंह ने संबोधित किया. पहले दिन के शाम के पैनल डिसक्शन में मोज़िला की पेइंग मो और आर्की तथा अवाया के जी. करूणाकर और फ्यूल प्रोजेक्ट के संस्थापक राजेश रंजन के मॉडरेशन में खुली परिचर्चा हुई. पहले दिन के कार्यक्रम में भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग पर काम करने वाले कई जाने-माने विद्वानों ने हिस्सा लिया.<br /><br />तमिलनाडु के स्थानीय भाषाई तकनीक विशेषज्ञों के अलावा इस सम्मेलन में भारत और नेपाल के विभिन्न भाषा-भाषाई करीब पचास से अधिक लोग उपस्थित हुए. तीन दिवसीय इस सम्मेलन का पहला दिन सभी लोगों के लिए खुला था जबकि अगला दो दिन मोज़िला लोकलाइजेशन हैकाथन का कार्यक्रम चला जिसके लिए सहभागी ख़ास तौर पर आमंत्रित किए गए थे.<br /><br />लोकलाइजेशन स्रोत भाषा से स्थानीय भाषा में किसी उत्पाद को बदलने की पूरी तकनीकी प्रक्रिया को कहा जाता है. इसके अंतर्गत मोज़िला के विभिन्न उत्पादों के लोकलाइजेशन यानी स्थानीयकरण की प्रक्रिया, उसमें सुधार और भविष्य की कार्ययोजना पर विस्तार से चर्चा हुई. पूरे कार्यक्रम का संचालन सी-डैक के तकनीकी अधिकारी चंद्रकांत धूताडमल ने किया. <br /><br />उद्घाटन सत्र का आरंभ करते हुए फ़्यूल प्रोजेक्ट के संस्थापक राजेश रंजन ने फ़्यूल प्रोजेक्ट के बारे में उपस्थित श्रोताओं को बताया. उन्होंने बताया कि महज सामुदायिक योगदान और कुछ संगठनों की मदद के बदौलत भाषाई संसाधन का यह प्रोजेक्ट दुनिया की भाषाई संसाधन जैसे तकनीकी शब्दावली, स्टाइल गाइड आदि की सबसे बड़ी खुली परियोजना बन गई है. मानक तकनीकी शब्दावली, स्टाइल गाइड, ट्रांसलेशन एसेसमेंट मैट्रिक्स सहित कई महत्वपूर्ण संसाधनों से लैस यह प्रोजेक्ट विश्वव्यापी भाषाई संदर्भ का बड़ा अभिलेख बन गया है. <br /><br />गौरतलब है कि दुनिया की क़रीब 60 भाषाओं के भाषा समुदाय अभी इस परिजोयना से जुड़ी हुई है. मोज़िला के एक्सेल हेच्ट ने भारत में बढ़ रहे इंटरनेट उपयोगकर्ताओं के महत्व को रेखांकित करते हुए बताया कि मोज़िला और इसके खुले मूल्यों की उपस्थिति कितनी इनके लिए कितनी महत्वपूर्ण है. हेमा मूर्ति ने कहा कि अभी भी भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग की स्थिति काफी अच्छी नहीं हुई है और इस क्षेत्र में काफी काम होना बाकी हैं. जसजीत सिंह ने कहा कि कुछ और बड़ी कंपनियों के साथ फ़्यूल का जुड़ाव होना जरूरी है और उन कंपनियों को सामुदायिक रूप से तैयार किए गए संसाधन के महत्व को समझना चाहिए. ‘समानता के चिह्न और डिजिटल मानविकी का विकास’ विषय पर हेमचंद्रण का वक्तव्य बेहद उम्दा रहा. उन्होंने कहा कि डिजिटल मानविकी ने पारंपरिक मानविकी को हैक कर लिया है. उन्होंने कहा कि हमें महज इंटरफेस स्तरीय लोकलाइजेशन से ऊपर उठना चाहिए. <br /><br />कार्यक्रम में लिब्रेऑफिस के इटालो विग्नोली, हमारा लिनक्स के विकास तारा, इतिहासकार रविकांत और जाने-माने ब्लॉगर रवि रतलामी ने भी अपना वक्तव्य दिया. भाषाई तकनीक विशेषज्ञ बिराज कर्माकर, प्रवीण ए, शुभाशीष पाणिग्रही, वीथिका मिश्रा, प्रवीण सतपुते, चंदन कुमार, राजू विंदाने सहित कई लोगों ने अपना वक्तव्य दिया. मोज़िला के एक्सेल हेच्ट, पेइंग मो और आर्की के दिशा-निर्देश में अंतिम दो दिन विभिन्न भाषाओं में काम करने वाले लोगों ने व्यापक परिचर्चा के दौरान कई विषयों पर बातें की और उपस्थित लोगों ने मोज़िला की स्वयंसेवी गतिविधियों के भविष्य की कार्ययोजना बनाई.</p>
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