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Blog Entry Images and links matter quality
by Rahmanuddin Shaikh published May 04, 2016 last modified Jun 08, 2016 09:54 AM — filed under: ,
Wikipedia articles are considered of a higher quality when they have illustrations. An article without images is considered dull. Wikipedia is all about references. Any information on Wikipedia is encouraged to have verifiable citations. Hence images and external links form a criterion for quality of articles on Wikipedias. This blog post tries to analyse the current scenario of CIS-A2K's Focus language areas with respect to images and links.
Located in Openness
Blog Entry Shape of IPRs and Agriculture post the WTO Nairobi Ministerial
by Anubha Sinha published May 03, 2016 last modified May 05, 2016 07:11 AM — filed under: , , ,
CIS is running a series of meetups focused on intellectual property to bring folks interested in IP law to discuss developments in access to knowledge, climate change, health, trade, etc. At the first meet-up in February, Prof. Biswajit Dhar delivered a short talk on intellectual property rights and agriculture in a post-Nairobi Ministerial world. This post is a summary of his talk.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Comments on Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Discussion Paper on Standard Essential Patents and their Availability on Frand Terms
by Anubha Sinha, Nehaa Chaudhari and Rohini Lakshane published May 01, 2016 last modified May 03, 2016 02:30 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society gave its comments to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. The comments were prepared by Anubha Sinha, Nehaa Chaudhari and Rohini Lakshané.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
T’puram to host Wikipedia workshop on May 4, 5
by Prasad Krishna published May 01, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
The workshop will be led by Prof. Madav Gadgil and a team of experienced Wikipedia editors.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
April 2016 Newsletter
by Sunil Abraham published Apr 30, 2016 last modified May 10, 2016 06:26 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Welcome to the CIS newsletter for April 2016. The key issues we worked on this month included the Aadhaar Act 2016, Standard Essential Patents, cyber security of smart grids, and involvement of international agencies in the smart cities project in India.
Located in About Us / Newsletters
Blog Entry National IPR Policy Series : Sectoral Innovation Councils on Intellectual Property Rights – RTI Requests + DIPP Responses
by Nehaa Chaudhari and Saahil Dama published Apr 30, 2016 last modified May 03, 2016 05:32 AM — filed under:
CIS filed an RTI application on August 11, 2015, seeking information regarding the functioning of the Sectoral Innovation Council (SInC) on Intellectual Property Rights. This posts documents the responses received.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Eight Challenges Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Apr 30, 2016 last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:09 PM — filed under: ,
Even after a decade of existence, Indian language Wikipedias are not yet known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia, the largest available encyclopedia made in the human history, is what it is today because of the hundreds and thousands of volunteer editors.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Tulu Wiki may go live soon as writers work day and night
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 30, 2016 last modified May 03, 2016 02:17 AM — filed under: , ,
An article about Tulu Wikipedia progress was published in the Times of India, Mangaluru edition on April 30, 2016.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry CCI allowed to probe Ericsson: FAQs on Ericsson’s disputes with Micromax and Intex
by Nehaa Chaudhari published Apr 30, 2016 last modified May 01, 2016 01:46 PM — filed under: , , , ,
The blog post is an analysis of the recent decision of the Delhi High Court, clarifying that the Competition Commission of India could investigate Ericsson for a violation of competition law. A shorter version of this blog post was published in the Quint on April 30, 2016.
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Exercise to Correct articles in Tulu Wikipedia begins
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 28, 2016 last modified May 01, 2016 10:37 AM — filed under: , , , ,
It will go on till Saturday at the Ramakrishna pre-university college.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media