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Tulu Wikipedia Editathon
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Prasad Krishna
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Apr 19, 2014
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May 06, 2014 05:12 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Event
The Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore is organizing a Tulu Wikipedia Editathon on April 19, 2014 at Balmatta Computer Centre, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja is conducting the workshop.
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Report from India: Relicensing books under CC
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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Apr 19, 2014
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May 05, 2014 09:13 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
My name is Subhashish Panigrahi. I am an educator currently working in the community and communication front at The Centre for Internet and Society’s Access To Knowledge program (CIS-A2K), an India-based catalyst program to grow Indic language communities for Wikipedia and its sister projects. Prior to my work at CIS, I worked for the Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program, a predecessor to the current CIS-A2K project.
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CIS Signs MoU with Mysore University
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Apr 16, 2014
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May 05, 2014 06:29 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
CIS-A2K signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Mysore for converting to Unicode and re-releasing their encyclopaedia under Creative Commons License. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja on behalf of the CIS-A2K team signed the MoU.
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Odisha Dibasa 2014: 14 Books Re-released under CC License
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Apr 14, 2014
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Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Odisha became a separate state in British India on April 1, 1936. Odia, a 2,500 year old language recently gained the status of an Indian classical language. The Odia Wikimedia community celebrated these two occasions on March 29 in Bhubaneswar with a gathering of 70 people.
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M'lore: Wikipedia Workshop held for Konkani writers
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Prasad Krishna
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Apr 14, 2014
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Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Kannada Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
A Wikipedia Workshop for Konkani writers writing in the Kannada script, was organised by All India Konkani Writers’ Organisation (AIKWO) in association with Wikipedia, on Apr 6, 2014, at Kalaangann, Mangalore.
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Odia Loves Wikipedia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Apr 14, 2014
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Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Odia is a 2,500 year old language native to the area of Odisha (formerly known as Orissa). The language has recently gained the status of an Indian classical language.
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El idioma oriya ama a Wikipedia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 12, 2014
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May 05, 2014 05:14 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness
Este post es de Rising Voices, un proyecto de Global Voices que ayuda a difundir los medios ciudadanos en lugares que normalmente no tienen acceso a ellos.
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App Developers Series: Products-Services Dichotomy & IP (Part I)
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by
Samantha Cassar
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Apr 10, 2014
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Jul 21, 2014 01:43 AM
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Featured,
Access to Knowledge
Recently, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) held a series of interviews in attempts to better understand the ecosystem in which India's mobile app industry is emerging, how it is governed by India's current laws, and how mobile app developers are affected as a result. The following written series maps out the given responses and presents our findings from these interviews and accompanying conversations.
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Online Survey for Indian Mobile App Developer Startups & Enterprises
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by
Samantha Cassar
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Apr 09, 2014
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Apr 15, 2014 08:33 AM
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Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) recently released an online survey for mobile app developers to respond on their legal practices within their work, as well as their business models and familiarity with India's laws. Through this research initiative, CIS hopes to better understand the dynamics of India's mobile app ecosystem amongst stakeholders, and how developers are directly or indirectly affected by the laws in place governing this ecosystem.
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ଓଡ଼ିଅା ଭାଷାର ବିକାଶ ଓ କମ୍ପ୍ୟୁଟର
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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Apr 08, 2014
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last modified
May 06, 2014 06:50 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
This article was published in Odia magazine "The Kadambini". It covers a brief history of the book digitization initiatives in Odia language, problems with access available content in ISCII standard, scope of Unicode content and Open Access, Odia Wikipedia's further use for public and contribution.
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