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A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara
https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-at-sagara
<b>On Sunday, July 28, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Sagara, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. In this post, I share with you the happenings from the workshop.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Some months ago, I got a phone call from <a class="external-link" href="http://www.chinmayamrao.com/">Chinmaya M Rao</a> from <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagara,_Shimoga_district">Sagara, Shimoga District</a> requesting me to conduct a Kannada Wikipedia workshop at Sagara. He informed me that there are quite a good number of writers in that area who are interested in adding content to Kannada Wikipedia but don't know how to. Many telephonic discussions followed, many dates were considered, changed, iterated and finally the workshop was organised on Sunday, July 28, 2013. The programme was inaugurated by <a class="external-link" href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AA">Shri Kagodu Thimmappa</a>, Speaker of the current <a class="external-link" href="http://kla.kar.nic.in/">Legislative Assembly of Karnataka</a>. Famous Kannada writer <a class="external-link" href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE_%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%9C">Naa D'Souza</a> was the chief guest. Shri G.T. Shridhar Sharma, President of <a class="external-link" href="http://www.kannadatimes.com/kannada-times-media-world-r">Kannada Times Media World</a>, presided over the function. The programme was jointly organised by CIS and <a class="external-link" href="http://www.kannadatimes.com/">Kannada Times Media World</a>, Sagara.</p>
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<p><img src="https://cis-india.org/KannadaWikipediaWorkshopSagaraJuly282013008.jpg/image_preview" alt="Shri Kagodu Thimmappa inaugurating the workshop" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Shri Kagodu Thimmappa inaugurating the workshop" /></p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">Speaking after inaugurating the workshop, Shri Kagodu Thimmappa said "the basic knowledge of technology has become important as one could get ample, accurate information on various topics, and current affairs of the world in a minute all languages, including Kannada. It is the onus of the people of the sate to preserve and promote the use of Kannada language." (Deccan Herald, Shimaga edition, July 30, 2013). Naa D'Souza mentioned how earlier knowledge was the monopoly of some particular sections of the society and how technology has transformed knowledge into an asset of all the people irrespective of caste, race, religion, region and financial status.</td>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; "><i>Seen above is a picture of Shri Kagodu Thimmappa inagurating the workshop</i><br /></td>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">I then gave a brief introduction to <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikipedia</a> and <a class="external-link" href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%96%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F">Kannada Wikipedia</a>. There are many encylopaedias in <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada_language">Kannada</a> but very few are regularly updated. They are seldom digitised. People who add content to Kannada Wikipedia are in search of authentic information. These are available in many encylopaedias brought in by various academies, associations and universities funded by the Government of Karnataka. People of the state have a right on these content. I requested Shri Kagodu Thimmappa to bring them under the <a class="external-link" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/">Creative Commons License</a> so that the active Kannada Wikipedians can make use of them to add content into Kannada Wikipedia. Shri Kagodu Thimmappa promised to look into this.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">After the inauguration, the actual presentation by me started at a cybercafe run by Istam Computers. It was raining heavily. Participants walked for 5 minutes in heavy rain to reach the venue. The presentation went on till lunch time. The place was very congested. One participant, B. V. Ravindranath, who is a practicing Chartered Accountant at Sagara, offered his place to conduct the hands-on workshop. Hence, all participants went to the new venue which was quite comfortable. Participants did the hands-on editing of Wikipedia till 7.30 p.m. Eleven persons participated in the workshop and edited actively. Some were seen editing Kannada Wikipedia regularly after the workshop.</p>
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<p><img src="https://cis-india.org/KannadaWikipediaWorkshopSagaraJuly282013027.jpg/image_preview" alt="Kannada Wikipedia workshop at Sagara" class="image-inline image-inline" title="Kannada Wikipedia workshop at Sagara" /></p>
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<td colspan="2"><i>Dr. U.B. Pavanaja is seen sharing a light moment with participants from the workshop in the above picture</i>.</td>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">An active Kannada Wikipedian, <a class="external-link" href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF:Bschandrasgr/%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%AF">B S Chandrashekhar</a> from Sagara, who has more than <a class="external-link" href="http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/sulinfo/Bschandrasgr">4500 edits on Kannada Wikipedia</a> to his credit was felicitated during the inauguration function. He is 79 years old. Despite his old age, he actively paticipated in the workshop till the end and learnt many intricacies which he was otherwise unaware of.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>In the end, I would like to personally thank Chinmay Rao and G. T. Shridhar Sharma of Kannada Times who toiled a lot in organising the wokrshop. Also thanks to B. V. Ravindranath, CA, who provided the venue for the hands-on workshop</i>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-at-sagara'>https://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-at-sagara</a>
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No publisherpavanajaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopVideoOpenness2014-03-25T08:51:36ZBlog EntryA Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Krishnarajapet
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/a-kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-krishnarajapet
<b>On Sunday, August 11, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Shyam Computers, Krishnarajapet, Karnataka. The workshop was co-organized by the CIS-A2K team along with Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet. This report summarizes the proceedings of that workshop and subsequent research into relevant questions flowing from the discussions.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The CIS-A2K team has been getting requests to conduct Kannada Wikipedia workshops from various parts of Karnataka. One such request came from ISRO technician Akash B., who is originally from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnarajpet">Krishnarajapet</a>, popularly known as K R Pet, in <a href="http://www.mandya.nic.in/">Mandya Dist</a> of Karnataka. . Shyamesh of Shyam Computers sponsored the venue by lending his cyber centre. The workshop was scheduled for 10.00 a.m. and began a little late at 10.45 a.m.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">About 20 participants came together to learn Wikipedia editing. The inauguration was followed by the hands-on workshop. We had some discussions with Akash about the IP address restrictions for registering new users. Usually only 6 persons can register on a day from one IP address. Fortunately, the cyber centre had a dynamic IP. After 6 registrations, we reset the modem so that the remaining participants could register. Akash helped some participants to register the previous day itself.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The participants were quite enthusiastic. We gave a presentation about <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikipedia</a> and <a class="external-link" href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%96%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F">Kannada Wikipedia</a> and then gave a demonstration about editing the Wikipedia. After that the participants tried their hands on editing Kannada Wikipedia. Some of the participants who attended the workshop are now editing the Kannada Wikipedia on a daily basis. We hope that they sustain their interest and enhance the quality of Kannada Wikipedia.</p>
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<td>A group picture of the participants from the Krishnarajapet workshop. (Picture by Dr. U.B.Pavanaja, CC-BY-SA 3.0)</td>
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<p>A special thanks to Kannada Sahitya Parishat, K R Pet, Akash B and Shyam Computers.</p>
<h3>Media Coverage</h3>
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<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-august-12-2013-krishnarajapet-workshop" class="external-link">Prajavani,</a> (August 12, 2013)</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/suvarna-times-of-karnataka-august-12-2013-krishnarajapet-workshop" class="external-link">Suvarna Times of Karnataka</a> (August 12, 2013)</li>
<li><a href="https://cis-india.org/news/vijaya-vani-august-12-2013-krishnarajapet-wikipedia-workshop" class="external-link">Vijaya Vani</a> (August 12, 2013)</li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/a-kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-krishnarajapet'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/a-kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-krishnarajapet</a>
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No publisherpavanajaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpenness2013-09-05T06:46:39ZBlog EntryA Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hubli
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-hubli
<b>On Sunday, July 21, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Hubli by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post throws more light on the workshop.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">On June 13, 2013, a Kannada news channel, <a href="https://cis-india.org/news/suvarna-news-june-13-2013-wiki-rahasya-panel-discussion" class="external-link">Suvarna News 24x7, telecasted a panel discussion on Kannada Wikipedia</a>. I participated as a panelist in the programme along with <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:M_G_Harish">M.G. Harish</a>, who is an admin of Kannada Wikipedia. In the panel discussion, the anchor Shetty asked us whether we conduct workshops to help people edit Wikipedia? I said yes, and also confirmed that if people (from whichever place they may hail from) want training on editing Wikipedia then I am willing to travel to that place and do a workshop.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">One week after the programme was telecasted, one V S Hiremath called me from Hubli and requested me to conduct a Kannada Wikipedia workshop at Hubli. Many rounds of discussions took place. One condition that I had put forward was that participants should come with their own laptops and internet connections like data cards, dongles, etc., for the workshop. Unfortunately, majority of the people willing to participate in the workshop didn't have laptops albeit having desktops and internet connections in their homes. So we had to make alternative arrangements and the workshop was conducted at the computer lab of <a class="external-link" href="http://www.kleimsrhubli.org/">KLE Society's Institute of Management Studies and Research</a>. The logistics were arranged by V. S. Hiremath of UNV Associates.</p>
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<p><i>Above is a picture of Dr. U.B. Pavanaja at the inauguration of the workshop</i>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The programme was scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Due to the monsoon season, it was raining heavily. People started to come in a bit late. Hiremath had scheduled an inauguration and media briefing for the workshop. <a class="external-link" href="http://www.kleimsrhubli.org/Prppdagi.pdf">Dr. Prasad B.Roodagi, Director of IMSR</a>, presided over the function. The inauguration was done by Sheelavantar of <a class="external-link" href="http://www.hosadigantha.in/epaper.php?edition=hubli">Hosa Digantha</a>. Since Dr. Prasad B.Roodagi came almost one hour late, the workshop began late.</p>
<p>The actual hands-on workshop started after the tea-break at 11.30 a.m. People were very eager to learn about editing Wikipedia. There were 22 participants.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">So the rest registered using my laptop during lunch break. I taught them the features of Wikipedia, searching for a topic, posting new articles, formatting, inserting links, images, references, etc. Participants got to know all of these by using their respective sandboxes. Towards the end, I also showed them Kannada Wiktionary, Kannada Wikiquote and Kannada Wikisource.</p>
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<td style="text-align: center; "><i>Above is a group picture of the participants from the workshop</i>.</td>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The results have been positive. About 1-2 persons are adding new content to Kannada Wikipedia. Hope that the remaining participants will also add content over a period of time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>A special thanks to V.S. Hiremath for doing all local arrangements and giving wider publicity. Without his active interest and participation, the workshop wouldn't have happened</i>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><br /><a class="external-link" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kannada_Wikipedia_workshop_Hubli_21-7-2013">Click here</a> for more pictures from the workshop. Press coverage from leading newspapers like Times of India, Deccan Herald, VijayaVani, HosaDiganta, Vijaya Karnataka, Prajavani, and Samyukta Karnataka can be dowloaded from the zip file below:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/hubli-workshop-press-coverage.zip" class="internal-link"><b>Press Coverage</b></a> (Zip folder, 4.5 Mb)</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-hubli'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-hubli</a>
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No publisherpavanajaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-07-31T09:28:26ZBlog EntryA Feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians on HMTV
https://cis-india.org/news/hmtv-may-30-2013-wikipedia-and-telugu-wikipedians
<b>Based on the Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam, HMTV (one of the leading Telugu News channels in Andhra Pradesh) has produced a half an hour feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This feature gives a concise history of the growth of Wikipedia and the efforts being put in developing Indian Language Wikipedias. Done in collaboration with Telugu Wikipeidans, this feature also showcases some of the key Telugu Wikipedians who have attended Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam — a community event supported by CIS-A2K and WMI Chapter. This feature was broadcast on May 30 and was repeated on May 31.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/hmtv-may-30-2013-wikipedia-and-telugu-wikipedians'>https://cis-india.org/news/hmtv-may-30-2013-wikipedia-and-telugu-wikipedians</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-08-21T04:46:47ZNews ItemA Feature on Telugu Wikipedia
https://cis-india.org/news/feature-on-telugu-wikipedia
<b>Namaste Telangana newspaper has done a Sunday magazine feature on Telugu Wikipedia on the occasion of the 10th anniversary.</b>
<p><a href="https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/telangana.pdf" class="internal-link">Click to download the file</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/feature-on-telugu-wikipedia'>https://cis-india.org/news/feature-on-telugu-wikipedia</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2013-12-30T06:01:59ZNews ItemA 'Kannada' Wikipedia Workshop for Bloggers
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-bloggers
<b>On Sunday, June 23, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Suchitra, Bengaluru for Kannada bloggers by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post gives a report on the workshop. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There was a demand from Kannada bloggers that they need some orientation on editing Kannada Wikipedia. There were informal talks on this since the last 2-3 months on when and how the event should be organised. <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge">CIS-A2K</a> collaborated with Suchitra Film and Cultural Society, Bengaluru and Avadhi. G N Mohan of Avadhi and Prakash Belavadi of Suchitra helped in getting the conference room of Suchitra available for the workshop.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Announcement was made in the KannadaWikipedia group of Facebook. This group has more than 2000 members. One member even sent a message questioning the wisdom of inviting everyone for the workshop. He asked, "can we accommodate all the people if they turn up?" However, I was quite sure that not more than 25 will turn up. The reason being the condition that participants should come with their own laptops and internet connections. As the workshop date neared, more and more people began registering for participation. The number reached 56 on the previous night. I sent a message requesting people to reconfirm the participation as the conference room could accommodate 25 people only. Few people withdrew and only 13 persons reconfirmed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">June 23, being a Sunday, the personnel at Suchitra came to open the room only at 9.50 a.m. Myself and some participants were there at 9.20 a.m. itself. Once everyone settled down, there was an issue with the projector. My ultrabook has only a mini HDMI port. I keep an HDMI-to-VGA converter and have been using it from the last 2-3 workshops. It worked well at those places. But on June 23, it refused to work. I then exchanged my ultrabook with another participant and the presentation and workshop begun. I had sent some tutorial files to all those who confirmed participation. All of them came and surprisingly, there were two more participants, who hadn't confirmed their participation. That accelerated the participation by them. This itself was very encouraging. That means the participants who came that day were really serious of editing Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop was conducted intermixing presentation and hands-on. By evening everyone had learnt how to edit Wikipedia, how to create headings, sub-headings, bulleted lists, text, numbered text, how to insert Wiki links as well as external links, etc. People picked up inserting reference as well quite quickly. Since majority of them were bloggers, they already knew the concepts but wanted to know the Wiki syntax which they picked up by the end of the workshop.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Harish M G, who is an admin with Kannada Wikipedia joined the workshop and helped in clearing many advanced doubts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The result of the workshop is quite encouraging. Most of them have added contents and edited some existing pages as well. Thanks are due to Suchitra for sponsoring the venue and to Avadhi for co-organising this event.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; "><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span>Additional photos are here - </span></a><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kannada_Wikipedia_workshop_for_bloggers_at_Suchitra">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kannada_Wikipedia_workshop_for_bloggers_at_Suchitra</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-bloggers'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-bloggers</a>
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No publisherpavanajaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpenness2013-07-03T10:19:56ZBlog Entry[OpenGLAM] Nominate an OpenGLAM project today for the 2015 Muse Awards
https://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-glam-nominate-open-glam-project-today-for-2015-muse-awards
<b>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. </b>
<div style="text-align: justify; ">Our esteemed jury comprises of:</div>
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<li>Glen Barnes, Founder/CEO of MyTours and co-founder of Open New Zealand</li>
<li>Dominic McDevitt-Parks, Digital Content Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration</li>
<li>Subhashish Panigrahi, Programme Officer, Centre for Internet and Society</li>
<li>Jane Park, Project Manager, Creative Commons</li>
<li>Lieke Ploeger, Community Manager, Open Knowledge Foundation</li>
<li>Merete Sanderhoff, Curator, National Gallery of Denmark</li>
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<div><b>Submissions are due Feb 23</b>.</div>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">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.</p>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://aam-us.org/about-us/grants-awards-and-competitions/muse-awards">More details here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-glam-nominate-open-glam-project-today-for-2015-muse-awards'>https://cis-india.org/openness/news/open-glam-nominate-open-glam-project-today-for-2015-muse-awards</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2015-05-27T14:08:55ZNews Itemकोंकणी विश्वकोश ‘विकिपीडिया’वर
https://cis-india.org/news/navprabha-sameer-janty-october-22-2013-konkani-vishwakosh-wikipedia
<b>News about digitalization of Konkani Vishwakosh, appeared in Navprabha daily on October 22, 2013 on front page.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="http://www.navprabha.com/navprabha/node/10567">Click to read</a> the original published in Navprabha on October 22, 2013.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">गोवा विद्यापीठाचा प्रकल्प असलेला कोंकणी विश्वकोश हा लवकरच विकिपीडिया या ऑनलाइन विश्वकोशावर संपूर्ण जगासाठी विनामूल्य उपलब्ध होणार आहे. कोंकणी विश्वकोशाच्या डिजिटलायझेशनची प्रक्रिया सुरू झाली असून ती येत्या दोन महिन्यात पूर्ण करण्याची योजना आहे.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">क्रिएटिव्ह कॉमन्स लायसन्सखाली कोंकणी विश्वकोशाचे पुन:प्रकाशन करण्याचे हल्लीच गोवा विद्यापीठातर्फे जाहीर करण्यात आले होते. अशाप्रकारचा हा देशातील अनोखा प्रयोग ठरेल. यामुळे विश्वकोशाचा अभ्यासकांना अधिक मुक्तपणे वापर करता येईल. क्रिएटिव्ह कॉमन्स लायसन्सखाली मूळ मालकाला हक्क राखता येतातच पण वापरकर्त्यांनाही माहितीत भर टाकण्याची, ती अधिक विकसित करण्याची मुभा मिळते.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">आता बंगळूरस्थित सीआयएस ही संस्था गोवा विद्यापीठाच्यावतीने कोंकणी विश्वकोशाचे चारही खंड डिजिटल माध्यमात परिवर्तीत करून विकिपीडियाद्वारे संपूर्ण विश्वात नेण्याचे काम करणार आहे. एकदा हा विश्वकोश डिजिटल होऊन विकिपीडिया या ऑनलाईन ज्ञानकोशावर गेल्यानंतर या विकिपीडियावर जगातील इतर भाषांप्रमाणेच कोंकणीतून ज्ञानात्मक मजकूर निर्माण करणे तसेच चटकन संदर्भ उपलब्ध करून देणे अधिक सोपे होणार आहे.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">गोवा विद्यापीठासाठी डिजिटलायझेशनचे काम करत असलेल्या सेंटर फॉर इंटरनेट ऍन्ड सोसायटीच्या नितीका टंडन यांनी माहिती देताना सांगितले की, येत्या दोन महिन्यांत विश्वकोशाच्या चारही खंडांचे डिजिटलायझेशन पूर्ण करण्याची योजना आहे. त्यासाठी गोवा विद्यापीठातील कोंकणी विभागाच्या विद्यार्थ्यांची तसेच अन्य इच्छुकांची मदत घेतली जाणार आहे.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">सीआयएस संस्था विकिपिडीयावर भारतीय भाषांतील मजकूर वाढविण्यासाठी काम करते, अशी माहितीही टंडन यांनी दिली. दिल्ली, पुणे, बेंगलोर येथे असे गट कार्यरत असल्याचे त्या म्हणाल्या. कोंकणी भाषेतून विकिपीडियावर फारच कमी मजकूर उपलब्ध असल्याचे त्यांनी सांगितले. तो वाढविण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करण्यात येत असल्याची माहिती त्यांनी दिली. त्यासाठी हल्लीच गोवा विद्यापीठाच्या कोंकणी विभागातील विद्यार्थ्यांना एक खास कार्यशाळाही घेण्यात आली होती. कोंकणी विश्वकोश एकुण चार छापील खंडांत असून या खंडांचे प्रकाशन गोवा विद्यापीठातर्फे ग्रंथरूपात १९९१,१९९७,१९९९ व २००० साली याप्रमाणे झाले होते. पहिल्या दोन खंडांचे संपादन मनोहरराय सरदेसाय यांनी तर खंड तीन व चारचे संपादन डॉ. तानाजी हळर्णकर यांनी केले होते. या चार छापील ग्रंथरूपातील खंडांची पृष्ठसंख्या ८६३, ९३४, ८२४ व १०११ अशी आहे.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">दरम्यान, विकिपीडिया संकेतस्थळ हे इंटरनेटवर सर्वाधिक भेट दिले जाणारे चौथ्या क्रमांकाचे संकेतस्थळ आहे.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/navprabha-sameer-janty-october-22-2013-konkani-vishwakosh-wikipedia'>https://cis-india.org/news/navprabha-sameer-janty-october-22-2013-konkani-vishwakosh-wikipedia</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaKonkani WikipediaOpenness2013-10-23T05:11:54ZNews Item‘With Internet in every pocket, power to the people’
https://cis-india.org/news/the-tribune-january-12-2014-shubhadeep-chaudhary-with-internet-in-every-pocket-power-to-the-people
<b>Social media is set to grow in India in a big way with Google and Facebook gearing up to tap the regional languages market.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The interview was <a class="external-link" href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140112/edit.htm#2">published in the Tribune</a> on January 12, 2014.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The programme director of Access to Knowledge at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, T Vishnu Vardhan is leading the growth of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects in Indian languages as part of grant from the Wikimedia Foundation. His experience spans across academics, industry (media) and not-for-profit sectors. He talks about the spread of the Internet and social media in India and their impact on the traditional media. Excerpts:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>How powerful are the Internet and social media today?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">One way to answer the question is to throw some data. There is 83 per cent of mobile connectivity, so and so per cent of Internet connectivity over computer in India, and so on. The data is important to understand the extent of penetration of digital technology in India, particularly through the mobile telephone rather than the PC-based or laptop-based access to the Internet.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>When you say mobile phones, are you talking about smartphones?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">These could be smartphones or feature-phones also. So many feature-phones are available in the market now. These phones do not cost much. Hardware, therefore, is not going to be anymore a deterrent for access to Internet. I have seen the elderly also getting accustomed to using computers so they can keep in touch with their children who live abroad.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>What about social media and its power in India?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It is very powerful. At least it is believed to be powerful because right from political parties and politicians to small vendors, all are trying to leverage it. During the last five years, there has been a tectonic shift in this regard. It will be very interesting to see how the story unfolds in India.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>What is unique about India?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Social media is set to become bigger and bigger in India with companies like Google and Facebook gearing up to tap the regional languages market.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Is English increasingly becoming strong and all pervasive in India?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">I would believe it and get worried on that score. But the Internet is bringing in a lot of changes. Font problem has been solved too. The ramification of what takes place when this new regional language enabled market comes on board in social media platforms is still not very clear. But it is certainly going to be huge.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Whatever is happening in India now must be an old story in developed countries?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In the US and Europe, Internet penetration took place in the PC age. But we have bypassed the PC. Internet access in India through phone is growing rapidly. India is taking a completely new path for this.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Some social media websites are also trying to get into the news domain. Have you come across instances where news has been first broken in the social media?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There are many such instances. One of the Wikipedians, Kartik Naga, took some pictures of the Mumbai terror attack and posted on commons. These were available to the world much before the traditional journalists could capture images of the incident. Real-time information about tsunami also came from people.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>In the West, some print publications — newspapers and magazines — have closed down because people have apparently switched over to the Internet.</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The real issue here is whether traditional media wants to stick to a particular technology or it is ready to embrace a new technology for the production and dissemination of news, which is its core activity. If traditional media is averse to embracing the new technology, there will be all kinds of problems like the paper will shut down or some completely new random players will come and corner an old veteran and so on. But if the new technology is embraced, there will be new ways and means of benefiting from it. It depends on how a traditional media entity is looking at Internet and social media. In the last two or three years, we have also seen so many news stories that got made by social media. There is a buzz about social media, and traditional media picks it up and makes it even a bigger story. I do not agree with this drawing of lines between social and traditional media. I think it is a mixed media.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>You mean to say there is no threat to traditional media from social media in the long run?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">There is no threat. At the end of the day, production of news is not the business of people active on social media portals. Traditional media could actually thrive by the clever use of Internet and social media.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>What about news that breaks in social media and is imaginary or based on rumours. What happens then?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">These things do happen. People are working on finding out ways to verify news contents on social media. There are already people whose mission in life is to prevent rumour mongering on the Internet.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/the-tribune-january-12-2014-shubhadeep-chaudhary-with-internet-in-every-pocket-power-to-the-people'>https://cis-india.org/news/the-tribune-january-12-2014-shubhadeep-chaudhary-with-internet-in-every-pocket-power-to-the-people</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-02-03T06:05:48ZNews Item‘Tulu Wikipedia’ in incubation stage, 600 articles uploaded, says U.B. Pavanaja
https://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hindu-november-26-2014-ravi-prasad-kamila-tulu-wikipedia-in-incubation-stage
<b>In all, 600 articles have been uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia which is still in its incubation stage, according to U.B. Pavanaja, Wikipedia representative and Programme Officer, The Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru. </b>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">The article by Ravi Prasad Kamila was <a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/tulu-wikipedia-in-incubation-stage-600-articles-uploaded-says-ub-pavanaja/article6636113.ece">published in the Hindu</a> on November 26, 2014. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja gave his inputs.</p>
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<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">Speaking at a workshop on writing articles in Tulu, using Kannada script, for Wikipedia at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management here on Wednesday, he said that since 2007 till this January there were 135 Tulu articles. The remaining 465 articles were added in the last over nine months.</p>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">Workshops on writing articles in Tulu for Wikipedia organised in Udupi and Mangaluru had helped in adding more articles.</p>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">Mr. Pavananja, originally hailing from Sullia in Dakshina Kannada, said that if Tulu Wikipedia was to be kept alive at least 50 to 60 articles would have to be uploaded a month and it required at least 10 dedicated writers.</p>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">If one wants to write articles in Tulu, he or she would have to log on to bilty.com/tuluwiki and later register there like registering while creating a new e-mail id. Later one can write, edit or read articles written in Tulu using Kannada script.</p>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy had organised the workshop as a prelude to the three-day ‘Vishwa Tuluvere Parba’ (Global Tulu Festival) scheduled at the college from December 12.</p>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">President of the academy M. Janaki Brahmavar requested the participants to write articles about Tulu language and culture and about the coming festival and upload.</p>
<p class="body" style="text-align: justify; ">One can contact Mr. Pavanaja through pavanaja@gmail.com.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hindu-november-26-2014-ravi-prasad-kamila-tulu-wikipedia-in-incubation-stage'>https://cis-india.org/openness/news/the-hindu-november-26-2014-ravi-prasad-kamila-tulu-wikipedia-in-incubation-stage</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessTulu Wikipedia2014-12-07T03:21:11ZNews Item‘Some Indian laws could be challenging’
https://cis-india.org/news/bangalore-mirror-article-kalyan-subramani-nov-15-2012-some-indian-laws-could-be-challenging
<b>Wikipedia’s founder member Erik Möller says their principle is not to decide the map of India, but to explain that there is a controversy.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">This article was <a class="external-link" href="http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/10/2012111520121115012325828c5530870/%E2%80%98Some-Indian-laws-could-be-challenging%E2%80%99.html">published in Bangalore Mirro</a>r on November 15, 2012.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>Erik Möller, vice-president engineering and product development, Wikimedia Foundation, is one of the founder members of Wikipedia, along with Jimmy Wales, since it started in 2001. Möller was in Bangalore over the weekend to speak at a technical seminar at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), a local chapter of Wikimedia. He spoke about India’s role in the growth of Wikipedia not just in the sub-continent, but globally.</span><span> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span><b>BM: How significant is India in the Wikipedia movement?</b></span><span><b><br />EM:</b> Very significant and growing. I don’t have the data on exact number of editors based in India. However currently, 2.4 per cent of all Wikipedia edits globally are made from India. As a comparison, the UK’s is 6.5 per cent. India has overtaken Australia and (narrowly) Brazil since last year. In the 2011 fundraiser, India reached the top 10 of countries giving to the Wikimedia Foundation, with 39,000 donors from India giving the equivalent of $360,468. The 2012 fundraiser will be launched in a few days. (Interestingly, India is the only developing nation in the Top 10 contributing nations).</span><span><b><br /><br />Does the financial support from India surprise you?</b></span><span><br />Of course not. You are a country of a billion people (laughs). I think Wikipedia appeals to a lot of cultural sensibilities, sharing of knowledge and culture. I think people here want to share.</span><span><b><br /><br />Where does India stand in the future of Wikipedia’s roadmap?</b></span><span><br />India was identified as one of three global priority areas in our 2010-15 strategic plan (alongside Brazil and Arabic language countries). While there are active Wikipedia communities in many Asian countries, India continues to be the Foundation’s main focus area in (non-Arabic) Asia through the “Access To Knowledge (A2K)” programme conducted by CIS as our local partner, funded via a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation.</span></p>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><span><b>From the standpoint of freedom to internet access, what do you think of Indian laws?</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><span>Depending on your interpretation, specific laws in India could be challenging, particularly in areas of mapping (geographically). We are concerned about those things, but have to run with it. We consider ourselves specifically (governed by) US laws from where we are legally published. But then, Wiki is not an advocacy organisation that goes around telling people which politician to vote for. As Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said, it’s very important all people become educated on the issues. It’s not up to us to decide what’s the correct map of India, of course, but it is up to us to explain there is a controversy.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><span><b><br />Are you constantly bombarded with litigation world over?</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><span>Surprisingly not. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; "><span><b><br />What are the big developments happening in Wikipedia?</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; "><span>We are currently running two pilot projects – Wikidata and Wikivoyage. For example, today you can find out the GDP of each country on Wikipedia but cannot query and arrange countries by GDP size. Wikidata will allow you to do that. Similarly, Wikivoyage will provide matter-of-fact information on local sites that are of interest to travellers.</span></div>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/bangalore-mirror-article-kalyan-subramani-nov-15-2012-some-indian-laws-could-be-challenging'>https://cis-india.org/news/bangalore-mirror-article-kalyan-subramani-nov-15-2012-some-indian-laws-could-be-challenging</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2012-11-19T04:40:46ZNews Item‘Digitisation only way to preserve valuable literature for posterity’
https://cis-india.org/news/odishasuntimes-march-29-2014-digitisation-only-way-to-preserve-valuable-literature-for-posterity
<b>Digitization is the only way to ensure preservation of valuable Odia books and old palm-leaf manuscripts for posterity, said eminent linguist Padmashri Dr Debiprasanna Pattanayak while inaugurating the two-day Odisha Day celebration organized by the Odia Wikimedia Community at Jayadev Bhawan here today.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The article was published in <a class="external-link" href="http://odishasuntimes.com/42293/digitisation-way-preserve-valuable-literature-posterity/">Odisha Sun Times</a> on March 29, 2014. Subhashish Panigrahi is quoted.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">“Collaborative effort and open access to knowledge repositories can help enrich our language and culture”, Dr. Pattanayak said while taking part in the deliberations. He lamented the fact that the majority of current Odia publications are not available on the net.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Among others, Prof Udayanath Sahu, the editor of Odisha Review Lenin Mohanty, editor, Odisha Bhaskar, Pradosh Pattnaik, language researcher, Subrat Prusty from Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS) and principal Dr Madan Mohan Sahu, Allhadmohini Mohanty, chairman, Manik-Biswanath Smrutinyasa along with the Trust’s secretary Brajamohan Patnaik, senior members Sarojkanta Choudhury and Shisira Ranjan Dash took part in the deliberations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">11 volumes of eminent Odia writer Dr Jagannath Mohanty were released in free Creative Commons licenses. Besides, a DVD containing a new Odia Unicode free font designed by <a href="http://www.odialanguage.com/" target="_blank">www.OdiaLanguage.com</a> a new Odia input tool, free software and offline Wikipedia were also released on the occasion.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">KISS will digitize these books by training its students, the organisers said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Odia Wikipedia admin Mrutyunjaya Kar gave the inaugural speech while Subhashish Panigrahi from the Centre for Internet and Society read out the annual report and the vision of Odia Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It was announced that the Odia WikiSource project will be activated soon.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/odishasuntimes-march-29-2014-digitisation-only-way-to-preserve-valuable-literature-for-posterity'>https://cis-india.org/news/odishasuntimes-march-29-2014-digitisation-only-way-to-preserve-valuable-literature-for-posterity</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-04-04T12:40:33ZNews Item‘ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ’ಕ್ಕೆ ಇನ್ನು ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್ ಹಂಗಿಲ್ಲ
https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-july-14-2014-four-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-digitised
<b>ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಇದೇ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಮೂರು ದಶಕಗಳಷ್ಟು ಹಳೆಯ ‘ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ’ದ ಮೊದಲ ಆರು ಸಂಪುಟಗಳನ್ನು ‘ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ್ ಲೈಸನ್ಸ್’ನಡಿ (ಮುಕ್ತ ಪರವಾನಗಿ) ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಲಿದೆ</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಇದಕ್ಕೆಂದೇ ಕಳೆದ ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯವು ಸಿಐಎಸ್ (ಸೆಂಟರ್ ಫಾರ್ ಇಂಟರ್ನೆಂಟ್ ಅಂಡ್ ಸೊಸೈಟಿ) ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒಪ್ಪಂದ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು, ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶದ ಆರು ಸಂಪುಟಗಳು ಇದೀಗ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಉಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲ ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ ಲಭ್ಯವಾಗುತ್ತಿವೆ.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಇದೇ ರೀತಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯವು ಕೂಡ ತನ್ನ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶಗಳನ್ನು ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ ಸಮೂಹವು ಕೋರಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ವಿ.ವಿ ಇನ್ನೂ ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಿಲ್ಲ. ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿ.ವಿ., ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ, ಪರಿಷತ್ತು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತುಗಳು ತಯಾರಿಸಿದ ಮತ್ತು ಸರಕಾರದಿಂದ ಅನುದಾನ ಪಡೆದು ತಯಾರಾದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ್ ಪರವಾನಗಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು ಎಂಬುದು ಬಹುತೇಕರ ಒತ್ತಾಯವಾಗಿದೆ.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಜುಲೈ 15ರಂದು ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಕುವೆಂಪು ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುವ ‘ಮುಕ್ತ ಜ್ಞಾನ ದಿನಾಚರಣೆ’ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಲಪತಿ ಡಾ.ಕೆ.ಎಸ್. ರಂಗಪ್ಪ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶವನ್ನು ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಲೋಕಾರ್ಪಣೆ ಮಾಡುವರು.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಏನಿದು ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ್ ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್?: ಜ್ಞಾನ ಯಾರ ಸ್ವತ್ತೂ ಅಲ್ಲ. ಅದೊಂದು ಮುಕ್ತ ಹಾಗೂ ಸುಲಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ದಕ್ಕುವಂಥದ್ದಾಗಿರಬೇಕು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆಂದೇ ಅವತಾರವೆತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲ ‘ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್’ ಎಂಬ ಯಮಪಾಶಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿ ನರಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಎಬೆನ್ ಮೊಗ್ಲೆನ್ ಎಂಬುವರು ‘ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಕಾಮನ್ಸ್ ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್’ ಎಂಬ ಹೊಸ ಚಳವಳಿಯನ್ನೇ ಜಾಗತಿಕವಾಗಿ ಹುಟ್ಟು ಹಾಕಿದ್ದು, ಲೈಸೆನ್ಸ್ ಎಂಬ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆಯನ್ನೇ ತೊಡೆದುಹಾಕಲು ಶ್ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಇದರಡಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಇದೇ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಆರು ಸಂಪುಟಗಳನ್ನು ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಶಿಷ್ಟತೆಯಾದ ಯೂನಿಕೋಡ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಕ್ತಗೊಳಿಸಲಿದೆ.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಏನಿದು ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ?: ದೃಶ್ಯ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳ ಹಾವಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶಗಳು ಎಂದರೆ ಏನು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳುವ ಯುವಜನರೂ ನಮ್ಮ ನಡುವೆ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ. ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ದೂಳು ತಿನ್ನುತ್ತಾ ಎತ್ತರದ ಕಪಾಟುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಇವುಗಳನ್ನು ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಜ್ಞಾನದ ವಿವಿಧ ಶಾಖೆಗಳ ವಿವೇಚನೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಬಿಡಿ ಲೇಖನಗಳನ್ನು ಅಕರಾದಿಯಾಗಿ ಒಳಗೊಂಡ ಭಂಡಾರವೇ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಭರತನ ನಾಟ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಬಹುಶಃ ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಮೊದಲ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ. ನಿಜಗುಣ ಶಿವಯೋಗಿಯ ವಿವೇಕ ಚಿಂತಾಮಣಿ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಮೊದಲ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ಎನಿಸಿದೆ. ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ನ ಬ್ರಿಟಾನಿಕಾ ಎನ್ಸೈಕ್ಲೋಪೀಡಿಯಾ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ಜಗತ್ತಿನಾದ್ಯಂತ ಹೆಸರುವಾಸಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. 1768–-1771ರ ನಡುವೆ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾದ ಅದು ವಿಶ್ವದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹಳೆಯ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ಕೂಡ ಹೌದು. 1931ರಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವರಾಮ ಕಾರಂತರು ‘ಬಾಲಪ್ರಪಂಚ’ ಕೋಶವನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಎನ್ಸೈಕ್ಲೋಪೀಡಿಯಾ ಬ್ರಿಟಾನಿಕ ಮಾದರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ರಚಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ1954ರಲ್ಲಿ ಆರಂಭವಾಯಿತು.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಕುವೆಂಪು ಅವರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿವಿಯು ಯೋಜನೆ ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸಿ, ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿತು. 1954ರಿಂದ 1968ರವರೆಗೆ ಈ ಯೋಜನೆ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಇಲಾಖೆಯ ಅಧೀನದಲ್ಲಿತ್ತು. ದೇಜಗೌ ಅವರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾಗಿದ್ದಾಗ ಅಂದಿನ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ವೀರೇಂದ್ರ ಪಾಟೀಲ, ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಚಿವ ಕೆ.ವಿ.ಶಂಕರಗೌಡ ಹಾಗೂ ಹಣಕಾಸು ಸಚಿವ ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ಹೆಗಡೆ ಅವರ ಮೂಲಕ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿವಿಯ ಶಾಶ್ವತ ಯೋಜನೆಯಾಗಿ ನೆಲೆಗೊಳ್ಳುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದರು.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಪ್ರೊ.ದೇಜಗೌ ಅವರ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ, ಪ್ರೊ.ಹಾ.ಮಾ. ನಾಯಕ ಅವರ ಸಾರಥ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಂಡಿತು. ಇದೀಗ ಇದನ್ನು ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ಹಂಚಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.ಕೆಲವು ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲ ಕೊಂಡಿಗಳು ಹೀಗಿವೆ, ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿ.ವಿ.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ ಯೋಜನೆ - <a href="http://bit.ly/mysoreunivwp%C2%A0">http://bit.ly/mysoreunivwp </a><br /> ವಿಕಿಸೋರ್ಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿ.ವಿ. ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ಲೇಖನಗಳು -<b> </b><a href="http://bit.ly/mysoreuniv">http://bit.ly/mysoreuniv</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-july-14-2014-four-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-digitised'>https://cis-india.org/news/prajavani-july-14-2014-four-volumes-of-kannada-encyclopaedia-digitised</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessKannada Wikipedia2014-07-14T07:55:12ZNews Item150 Rare Books Get New Lease of Life Online, Courtesy Students
https://cis-india.org/news/new-indian-express-july-15-2014-anila-backer-150-rare-books-get-new-lease-of-life-online-courtesy-students
<b>You might have heard about Samkshepa Vedartham by Clement Pianius, the first book printed in Malayalam but might not have got a chance to read it.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The article by Anila Backer was <a class="external-link" href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/150-Rare-Books-Get-New-Lease-of-Life-Online-Courtesy-Students/2014/07/15/article2331073.ece">published in the New Indian Express</a> on July 15, 2014. The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) supported this Malayalam community event.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Now, you can read the book published in 1772 online through the Malayalam Wiki library (Wiki grandhasala). More than 150 such rare books have been digitised and uploaded by the school students across the state and a few members of the public as part of the digitisation contest jointly hosted by Malayalam Wikipedia community, IT@School, Kerala Sahitya Akademi , Centre for Internet and Society and Swathanthra Malayalam computing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">More than 1,000 students from 137 schools and 234 participants from the public uploaded more than 13,000 pages of rare books such as Hasthalakshana Deepika (1892) by Kadathanattu Udayavarma Thampuran, Madamahee Shashathakam Manipravalam (1908) by Kottaratil Shankunni, Malayazhmayude Vyakaranam (1863) by Rev George Mathan and Divan Shankunni Menon (1922) by C Achutha Menon as part of the competition held during January and February.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Besides, you can also acquire information on the social scenario during different time periods, like the matrilineal system of inheritance, ‘Marumakkathayam’ through the various volumes of old magazines digitised by the students. Magazines such as Mangalodayam and Rasikaranjini are also available in the wiki library. “Books that were not available in Malayalam and those existed only in the German and French libraries were digitised with the contest. The contest was organised to provide the public access to these rare collections,” says IT@School Wayanad district coordinator V J Thomas.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“It also allows one to search for a particular word or topic as well as to copy the content of the book for a research work or other purposes that cannot be done with a scanned copy of a book,” he adds.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“Moreover, it also aims at developing an interest among the students towards Malayalam computing and to make them effectively utilise the scope of Internet, besides improving their reading habit,” he added.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">“It has also improved the typing speed of the students and they get familiar with the old fonts in the language also,” he added.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/news/new-indian-express-july-15-2014-anila-backer-150-rare-books-get-new-lease-of-life-online-courtesy-students'>https://cis-india.org/news/new-indian-express-july-15-2014-anila-backer-150-rare-books-get-new-lease-of-life-online-courtesy-students</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMalayalam WikipediaOpenness2014-07-18T06:12:31ZNews Item55 Works of Iconic Indian writer released under Free Licence to benefit Wikisource
https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/55-works-of-iconic-indian-writer-released-under-free-licence-to-benefit-wikisource
<b>Kannada is a language spoken by 40 million people in Karnataka – one of the four southern states of India.The Kannada Wikimedia community, in collaboration with CIS-A2K, are enthusiastic about having almost all of the works of Niranjana re-licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 on the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The original post was published on <a class="external-link" href="https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/11/works-iconic-indian-writer-released-wikisource-under-free-licence/">Wikimedia Blog</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Niranjana was a prolific Indian author and activist, and wrote more than 60 books over the course of his career. These works will be digitized and made available on <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/kn:%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%96%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F" title="s:kn:ಮುಖ್ಯ ಪುಟ">Kannada Wikisource</a>, allowing Kannada speakers to freely access the diverse set of works. Niranjana’s works give a rich glimpse into social, political, and cultural history of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka" title="w:Karnataka">Karnataka</a> from the 1940s to 1990s; they can be used as a potential resource for creating and improving articles on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kn:%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%96%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F" title="w:kn:ಮುಖ್ಯ ಪುಟ">Kannada Wikipedia</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Niranjana (1924-1992) was the pseudonym of Kulkund Shivarao, a prominent Kannada writer of the 20th century and a leading figure in the Progressive Writers’ Movement in Kannada. His prolific output, across nearly five decades, included novels, short stories, plays, biographies, political commentary, and translations. He was a regular columnist in the Kannada newspapers and magazines. Among his achievements as an editor are Jnana Gangotri, a 7-volume encyclopedia for young people, and a 25-volume compilation of the world’s greatest short stories.</p>
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<p>A total of 55 Kannada books by Niranjana are re-licensed. “This is the single largest and most comprehensive individual collection of a writer to be released under CC-BY-SA 4.0 in any of the Indian languages so far,” says Kannada Wikimedian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kn:User:Omshivaprakash" title="w:kn:User:Omshivaprakash">Omshivaprakash</a>. Kannada Wikimedians and CIS-A2K have organized a formal event to celebrate Creative Commons efforts to cultivate free and open knowledge online in Kannada; specifically, Kannada Wikisource. It is important to also acknowledge the great initiative shown by Niranjana’s daughter, Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana (also CIS-A2K Advisor), in getting these works released under CC-BY-SA 4.0 licensing.</p>
<p>Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana says, “[Kannada] Wikisource is an excellent free and open knowledge platform for books in Indian languages and I am happy that my father’s works can now be accessed by [all] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada_people" title="w:Kannada people">Kannadigas</a> across the world. Let these writings have innumerable readers. What more could any author want?”</p>
<p>She is determined to release more work under CC licensing, and says, “[I] will be more than glad to get as many Indian works as possible under a free license as this will ensure that a lot of knowledge produced over the past many decades in India can easily be made accessible to the next generation of seekers of knowledge, who are digital natives.”</p>
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<blockquote class="quoted" style="text-align: justify; ">“This is the the single largest and most comprehensive individual collection of a writer to be released under CC-BY-SA 4.0 in any of the Indian languages so far,” says Omshivaprakash.</blockquote>
<p style="text-align:left; "><small><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKannadaWikipediaWorkshop_010.jpg">“KannadaWikipediaWorkshop 010″</a> by <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pavanaja">Pavanaja</a>, under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0">CC-BY-SA-3.0</a></small></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kn:User:Teju2friends" title="w:kn:User:Teju2friends">Tejas Jain</a>, another Kannada Wikimedian, was quick to co-write a <a href="http://blog.shivu.in/2014/11/cc-by-sa-40.html">blog in Kannada</a> about this content donation. Jain says, “this is a bold step…and will act as motivation for other Kannada writers to release more content under CC-BY-SA 4.0.” He hopes to see “Kannda Wikisource grow as the comprehensive single digital resource for free Kannada books” and address “the fear of loosing the rich print heritage of Kannada to time.”</p>
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<td style="text-align: justify; ">Omshivaprakash was surprised to realize that there is no article on such a prominent Kannada writer like Niranjana on English Wikipedia.This led to a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vishnu.vardhan.50746/posts/10152570532922730" title="“w:Facebook">Facebook discussion</a>, and User <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Titodutta" title="w:User:Titodutta">Tito Dutta</a> responded swiftly, but needed help with verifiable resources. Omshivaprakash chipped in with resources and a page on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niranjana_%28writer%29" title="w:Niranjana (writer)">Niranjana</a> (needs your Wiki Love) has now been started on English Wikipedia. While this is not a big achievement, it is a simple example of how the (Indian) English Wikipedians could collaborate with Indic Wikimedians in creating India focused content on English Wikipeida and how social media could be used for off-wiki collaboration by Wikimedians. Incidentally Tito and Omshivaprakash became friends on FB during the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014" title="India Community Consultation 2014">WMF’s India Community Consultation 2014</a> which was held recently in Bangalore.</td>
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<p style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Tejas.png" title="Tejas Jain" height="170" width="157" alt="Tejas Jain" class="image-inline" /></p>
<blockquote class="quoted">Tejas Jain “This is a bold step[...]and will act as motivation for other Kannada writers to release more content under CC-BY-SA 4.0″</blockquote>
<p><small><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATejas_Jain_%28%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%29.jpg">“Tejas Jain”</a> by <a>Visdaviva </a>, under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">CC-BY-SA-4.0</a></small></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/55-works-of-iconic-indian-writer-released-under-free-licence-to-benefit-wikisource'>https://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/55-works-of-iconic-indian-writer-released-under-free-licence-to-benefit-wikisource</a>
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