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Hindustani Language: We Are Wikipedia: by Syed Muzammiluddin — published Mar 27, 2015 — last modified Apr 10, 2015 04:20 PM — filed under: Openness, Hindi Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
In 2014, the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) embarked on a new social media-based initiative - WeAreWikipedia. The aim of the project was "One Wikimedian every week to tell untold community stories on Twitter".
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First Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad: by Syed Muzammiluddin — published Mar 04, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:06 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Urdu Wikipedia, Openness
During the second week of February, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore received a call from Dr Faheemuddin, Assistant Professor, Department of Translation Studies, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad requesting an Urdu Wikipedia Workshop in University. We were informed of special interest of Dr Zafaruddin , Head, Department of Translation studies in holding the event as any effort aimed at expanding the Urdu Wikipedia will benefit the Urdu language community across the world.
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Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad: by Syed Muzammiluddin — published Mar 08, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:32 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
“Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History” and “Work-Life Balance: Women in Engineering” were organized parallelly at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad on March 8, 2014. These events had a common session during the morning and a separate sessions in the afternoon.
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Wikipedia at Forefront in Christ University: by Syed Muzammiluddin — published Jan 29, 2014 — last modified Feb 04, 2014 05:08 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Wikipedia has entered Indian undergraduate language classroom in Christ University, Bangalore. Recently the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) organized a series of events in Christ University. This blog post provides a brief analysis of the outcome.
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Wikipedia reaches Classrooms in Hyderabad: by Syed Muzammiluddin — published Sep 20, 2013 — last modified Sep 20, 2013 07:20 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Openness
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Hyderabad organised a one-day workshop on editing Wikipedia in Indian languages. It was attended by participants who formed a small but proactive group of students who eagerly tried to register the first edits on four different Indian language wikipedias.
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