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Writing skills improve with Wikipedia editing
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 15, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Pavan Santhosh said that contributing to Wikipedia and working in Wikimedia community improves our leadership qualities and writing skills. In an awareness session conducted about "You can edit Wikipedia" in JKC college, Guntur, Santhosh explained how to create and improve articles about Wikipedia in this program. Principal I.Nageswara Rao presided over this meeting.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Guru Gomke is a Stylish Ol Chiki Typeface for India’s Santali Speakers
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 01, 2016 — filed under: ,
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Odia Wikipedia: Sambalpur University Workshop
by Sailesh Patnaik — published Nov 28, 2016 — last modified Apr 17, 2017 06:44 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
An Odia Wikipedia orientation-cum-workshop program was organised for the students of Sambalpur University on 27 November, 2016.
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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 Improving Telugu Village Articles
by Pavan Santhosh — published Nov 26, 2016 — last modified Nov 26, 2016 02:27 AM — filed under: , , ,
Telugu wikipedians on 6 October 2016 held a discussion on improving the quality of Telugu articles. The event was organized by IIIT, Hyderabad, CIS-A2K and OpenGeo.
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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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CIIPC-NLUD Workshop on Wikipedia Editing and Open Source Knowledge Sources
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 21, 2016 — last modified Nov 23, 2016 08:04 AM — filed under: ,
Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Competition (CIIPC), National Law university, Delhi as part of its Open Science Project, had organised WikiEdit2016 a two day workshop regarding orientation on editing Wikipedia and hands-on-training session. The event was organized on November 11 and 12, 2016 at National Law University in New Delhi.
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Blog Entry Kannada Wikipedia Education Program at Christ university: Work so far
by Ananth Subray — published Oct 30, 2016 — last modified Nov 18, 2016 02:45 AM — filed under: , , , ,
As you know we are working closely with Christ university in Bengaluru for the Education Programs in Kannada Wikipedia and Kannada Wikisource, we worked on redesigning the programme for this academic year 2016-17 based on the lessons learned from the earlier intervention.
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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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Blog Entry How Open Access Content helps Fuel Growth in Indian-language Wikipedias
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Oct 25, 2016 — filed under: , , , ,
Mobile Internet connectivity is growing rapidly in rural India, and because most Internet users are more comfortable in their native languages, websites producing content in Indian languages are going to drive this growth. In a country like India in which only a handful of journals are available in Indian languages, open access to research and educational resources is hugely important for populating content for the various Indian language Wikipedias.
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