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Access to Knowledge Report — September to December 2012
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Noopur Raval
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Jan 31, 2013
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
This post provides an overview of the activities done by the Access to Knowledge team under the grant provided by the Wikimedia Foundation from September 2012 to December 2012.
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Celebrating Odia Wikipedia's Ninth Anniversary
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 19, 2013
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Feb 28, 2013 04:32 AM
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Openness,
Featured,
Wikipedia,
Wikimedia
Odia Wikipedia saw its first edit on January 29, 2004. After a dormancy of many years it got revived in 2011. To commemorate the effort of many volunteer wikipedians, a celebratory event was organized on January 29, 2013 in Bhubaneswar. Subhashish Panigrahi participated in this event.
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Wikimedia Bangalore Meetup @ Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
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Prasad Krishna
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Feb 14, 2013
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event
The Access to Knowledge team of the Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Wikispeed and NASSCOM is organizing meetup at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore on February 25, 2013 at 2.00 p.m. Vishnu Vardhan will speak on the Access to Knowledge program.
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Report of Aaron Swartz Memorial Hacknight
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Zainab Bawa
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Feb 06, 2013
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Mar 02, 2013 01:32 PM
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Openness,
Video
On 19th and 20th January, HasGeek organized a hacknight to commemorate the life and works of Aaron Swartz. Zainab Bawa from HasGeek shares with us the developments.
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Odia Wikipedia Community Brings Wikipedia Education Program to IIMC, Dhenkanal
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 28, 2013
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last modified
Aug 23, 2013 02:01 PM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness
The Odia Wikipedia community collaborated with the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal and hosted a pilot Odia Wikipedia Education Program. The program began in November 2012 and got over by January 2013. Sixteen student wikipedians signed up and took part in editing more than a dozen articles on Odia Wikipedia.
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Digital Literacy Workshop at Department of Arts, Delhi University
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Nitika Tandon
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Feb 05, 2013
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Mar 05, 2013 01:03 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
A digital literacy workshop was organised at the Department of Arts, Delhi University for students pursuing their masters in Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies on February 5, 2013. Nitika Tandon shares the developments.
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FOSS, Wikimedia and Mozilla Under One Roof at GNUnify 2013, Pune
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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Feb 28, 2013
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last modified
Jul 17, 2013 06:55 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
GNUnify 2013 organized in the campus in Pune from February 15 to 17, 2013. The event was organized by Pune Linux/Unix User Group (PLUG) and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research (SICSR). Subhashish Panigrahi reports the outcomes in this blog post.
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Fifty-fourth Bangalore Wikimedia Meet-up at IIM, Bangalore
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by
Noopur Raval
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Feb 28, 2013
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Mar 06, 2013 09:09 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The 54th Wikimedia meet-up in Bangalore was held at the Indian Institute of Management on February 25, 2013. The event was planned and organized by Radhakrishna Arvapally, SIG (Special Interest Group) Chair, Bangalore (a part of the Wikimedia India Chapter) with support from Solutions IQ, Wikimedia India Chapter and CIS.
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Creative Commons comes to India
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 28, 2013
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last modified
Jul 17, 2013 06:49 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Video,
Openness
Creative Commons team visited four Indian cities to spread the word about CC free licenses and CC affiliate program. Wikimedia India chapter was approached to join hands with Creative Commons for research and community building.
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Ahmednagar — Marathi Wikipedia Workshop
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by
Tanveer Hasan
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published
Mar 18, 2013
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last modified
Jul 26, 2013 09:34 AM
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Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Wikipedia Community members helped the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications Programme (HEIRA), CSCS Bangalore organize a day-long workshop on ‘Digital Literacy’ at Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar, Maharasthra on January 17, 2013. Tanveer Hasan of HEIRA shares with us the developments in this report.
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