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Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021/Report
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by
Nitesh Gill and Tito Dutta
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published
Aug 20, 2021
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Malayalam Wikipedia
In March 2020, the whole world came to a standstill. What many deemed as a regular ‘flu’ turned out to be the pandemic that brought everyone to their knees. The things that we always did, we could no longer do them. We were all confined to our homes with no choice but to work online. Hanging out with friends, attending weddings, and being a part of the conferences and seminars suddenly became a part of the past. We started using the word unprecedented a lot.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Wikimedia Workshop on Rivers under Project Jalbodh
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Jul 30, 2019
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last modified
Aug 05, 2019 03:28 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
The Indian National Trust for Art & Heritage Pune Chapter is working with various organisations to preserve the natural heritage places like rivers in Pune district of Maharashtra, India. After the presentation of 'Project Jalbodh' by CIS-A2K in River Dialogue organised by INTACH in April 2018, several organisations shown keen interest in collaboration.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Wikiorientation at Dr.GR Damodaran College of Science
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by
Bhuvana Meenakshi
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published
Dec 23, 2019
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last modified
Jan 18, 2020 08:11 AM
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filed under:
Wikimedia Education,
CIS-A2K,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikipedia Education Program,
women and internet,
Wikipedia gender gap,
teaching
An orientation session on Wikimedia projects was held on 6-7 December 2019 at Dr. GR Damodaran College of Science. This talk was part of the “Hour of Code” event, which is an International event celebrated across the globe to encourage students to develop their knowledge on Computer Science. This event was supported by Open Knowledge movements like Wikimedia, Mozilla, etc.which would help students to share their knowledge in the form of volunteerships and contributions. The highlights of gender gap research and women based projects such as Women in Red were covered as part of a focussed group discussion.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon workshop & Talks on Gender Gap in Wikipedia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 04, 2014
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Event,
Access to Knowledge
Open Minds (a student group advocating free and open movement) in association with the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team is holding a workshop at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Science and Technology, Gandipet, Serilingampalle, Andhra Pradesh on March 8, 10.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
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Events
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Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad
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by
Syed Muzammiluddin
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published
Mar 08, 2014
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last modified
Apr 07, 2014 01:32 AM
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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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Openness
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Blog
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Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS Hyderabad
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 25, 2012
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last modified
Oct 25, 2012 08:42 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event Type
CIS - A2K team and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus are organizing a hackathon for their tech fest — ATMOS on October 26 - 27, 2012, from 6.00 p.m. on October 26 to 6.00 a.m. on October 27.
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Openness
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Events
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Wikipedia in the Classroom: A Study of the Wikimedia in Education at CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
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by
Ananth Subray
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
May 15, 2021 12:33 PM
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filed under:
A2K Research,
Access to Knowledge
This is a short study on the Wikimedia in Education (WIE) at Christ University, Bengaluru, which aims to offer an overview of the key objectives and challenges of this project and map its impact on teaching-learning practices in multilingual classrooms. The report has been authored by Ananth Subray, with editorial oversight and support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and external review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay. This is part of a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019–2020.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Wikipedia Introductory Session organized for Data and India portal consultants
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
May 30, 2013
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last modified
Jul 17, 2013 06:33 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Digital Governance,
Digital Access,
Open Data,
Open Content,
Open Access,
Openness,
Open Innovation
On May 13, 2013, the Access to Knowledge team led by Subhashish Panigrahi conducted a Wikipedia Introductory Session at the National Informatics Centre in New Delhi for the consultants working for Data and India portal. This session was aimed to emphasize how these portals and their useful data could be used on Wikipedia to create good quality articles.
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Openness
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Blog
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Wikipedia Training in Telugu for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 06, 2013
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness,
Event
CIS-A2K is conducting a Wikipedia training programme in Telugu for the faculty of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University (Dr. BRAOU) in Hyderabad on September 5 and 6, 2013.
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Openness
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Events
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Wikipedia turns 11 today
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2012
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filed under:
Openness
The world's largest free encyclopaedia turns 11 on Sunday. To mark the occasion, the Wikipedia community will host events in seven cities across the country. The community is also celebrating the first anniversary of the Wikimedia India chapter.
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News & Media