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Blog Entry CIS-A2K Co-Facilitates Punjabi Wikimedians Wikimedia Strategy Meeting
by Tito Dutta — published Aug 01, 2017 — filed under: ,
On 15 July 2017, Punjabi Wikimedia User Group, conducted Punjabi Wikimedia Strategy Meeting at Patiala. CIS-A2K members Tanveer Hasan and Tito Dutta attended the event as co-facilitator and resource person. The event was followed by a meeting on the next day when active Punjabi Wikimedians and CIS-A2K representatives discussed different plans and strategies for the Punjabi Wikimedian projects in the coming months.
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Blog Entry Wikidata workshop (South India) conducted in Bangalore
by Tito Dutta — published Jun 28, 2017 — filed under: ,
Wikidata workshop (South India) has been conducted in Bangalore on 10 and 11 June 2017. 11 Wikimedians from 6 Indic Wikimedia communities participated in the workshop. Here is a report.
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Blog Entry Dalit History Month 2017 edit-a-thon in Delhi, India
by Tito Dutta — published Jun 21, 2017 — filed under: , ,
Dalit History Month edit-a-thon was conducted in Delhi on 20 May 2017. Here is a report.
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Blog Entry Mini TTT and MWT held in Kolkata
by Tito Dutta — published Jan 09, 2017 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 09:53 AM — filed under: , , , ,
A regional version of Train The Trainer and MediaWiki Training was recently conducted in Kolkata.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia workshop for Konkani students conducted in Mangaluru
by Tito Dutta — published Dec 19, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 09:57 AM — filed under: , ,
A two days Wikipedia workshop "introduction to Wikipedia" was conducted at Besant College, Mangaluru. 16 undergraduate and post-graduate students from 3 different colleges participated in the event. Here is a report.
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Blog Entry A Shortcut to Freedom
by Tito Dutta — published Dec 14, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 09:58 AM — filed under: , ,
In our everyday life we need access to knowledge and information, we need books (and magazines, newspapers), movies (and documentaries, animations), music for education and entertainment purposes. Now, a delighting fact is almost everything we need, from a 1965 book to the latest Bollywood movie’s MP3 song, is available on the web. You knock the door, and it opens. Why should we care for free knowledge then? We have a got “a shortcut to freedom”.
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Blog Entry Freedom in Feb — an awareness increasing campaign
by Tito Dutta — published Dec 08, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 09:59 AM — filed under: ,
You have heard about the Ice bucket challenge (and the rice bucket challenge). You may have heard about the 100happinessdays challenge (and its Wikipedia version 100wikidayschallenge). You may have heard and participated in the November no shaving challenge. Some of these campaigns are organized to increase awareness about different social issues. Now here the Centre for Internet and Society, India brings to you a campaign called Freedom In Feb.
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Blog Entry Free Knowledge and Indian Government Work
by Tito Dutta — published Nov 26, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:02 AM — filed under: , , ,
Indian Government works are not available under free and open licenses. On the other hand a large number countries such as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Macedonia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela etc. have adopted the Creative Commons and other free licenses. The works by the US Federal Government automatically go into public domain. This article promotes the idea that the Government works should be freely licensed, wherever possible and applicable.
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Blog Entry 100wikidays: the journey so far
by Tito Dutta — published Nov 23, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:04 AM — filed under: , ,
In this article we'll chat with Bulgarian Wikipedian Vassia Atanassova (User:Spiritia) on the journey of 100wikidays so far, initial difficulties, and participation of Indian Wikipedia communities in the challenge.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia Asian Month — 2016 iteration starts on 1 November
by Tito Dutta — published Oct 30, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:05 AM — filed under: , ,
The second iteration of Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM), a month-long edit-a-thon to create and improve Asia-related articles on Wikipedia, is going to start on 1 November 2016. In this blog post we'll revisit the stats of the 2015 iteration of the event. We'll also talk to Addis Wang, an organizer of WAM, to know more about their progress and preparation.
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