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Tulu Wikipedia Conference in Mangaluru
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 15, 2016 last modified Sep 22, 2016 11:50 PM — filed under: , ,
A Tulu Wikipedia conference organized by the Times of Kudla (Tulu name for Mangaluru) newspaper was held at Malki, near Mangaluru on August 13 and 14, 2016. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a presentation on Tulu Wikipedia.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Tulu Wikipedia Editathon to Improve Quality of Articles in Tulu Wikipedia
by Prasad Krishna published May 07, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) organized a Wikipedia editathon for improving Tulu Wikipedia. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted the sessions.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Events
Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live'
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 07, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Tulu Wikipedia became live on August 5, 2016. CIS-A2K took making of Tulu Wikipedia live as one of its activity in 2014. The efforts bore fruit and Tulu Wikipedia is live now.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Tulu Wikipedia Goes 'Live' after 8 Years on Incubator
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 22, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Eight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Tulu Wikipedia Tutorial
by Prasad Krishna published Nov 26, 2015 last modified Dec 15, 2015 07:50 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja trained the people involved in the creation of the videos.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Typography Day 2016
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 24, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Typography Day was organized for the 9th time at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Unable to read Odia on your android device? Don’t fret!
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 30, 2015 last modified Dec 15, 2015 08:04 AM — filed under: , ,
If you get only boxes in place of Odia fonts in your Android device then it does not support the language. So you need to install Odia font in your smart phone; one way is to root it, but it’s not without cons.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Using Kannada in technology made easier with smartphones
by Prasad Krishna published Nov 01, 2016 — filed under: , ,
With the IT revolution, many believed that the younger generation would prefer to type and communicate in English than Kannada.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Using the Wikimedia sphere for the revitalization of small and underrepresented languages in India
by Subodh Kulkarni published Feb 10, 2024 — filed under: , , , ,
This report explores opportunities within the Wikimedia movement and projects to help revitalise small and underrepresented languages in India and provide recommendations to CIS’s Access to Knowledge team in furthering this effort. The report is mainly based on a roundtable conversation on Digital Access in Bhubaneswar with a diverse range of backgrounds and professions, including independent researchers, representatives from non-profit organizations, retired government officials, Wikimedia contributors (both Odia and Santali), ecological activists, directors of research institutes, consultants, and journalists. This was organized by the Access to Knowledge team of CIS in collaboration with Vasundhara, Bhubaneswar.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry UTF-8, Indic and Stub Length Article in Wikipedia
by U.B.Pavanaja published Oct 20, 2016 — filed under: , ,
One of the activities conducted as part of Wiki Conference India 2016 was the Punjab Editathon. It was about adding articles related to Punjab to Indian language Wikipedias and English Wikipedia. There was also an announcement made about some award for highest contribution.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs