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Wikipedia edit-a-thons to add content on LGBTs
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 07, 2014
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last modified
Jul 28, 2014 06:41 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
From Monday, Wikipedia will hold a series of “edit-a-thons” to encourage people to add content to the site about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
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Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad
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by
Syed Muzammiluddin
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published
Mar 08, 2014
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last modified
Apr 07, 2014 01:32 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
“Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History” and “Work-Life Balance: Women in Engineering” were organized parallelly at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad on March 8, 2014. These events had a common session during the morning and a separate sessions in the afternoon.
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Blog
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Wikipedia Editing as Assessment Tool in the Indian Higher Education Classroom
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by
Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana, Ashwin Kumar A.P. and T. Vishnu Vardhan
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published
Jan 30, 2014
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last modified
Jan 30, 2014 10:06 AM
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Social Media,
Higher Education,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness
Getting students to create and edit Wikipedia entries in English and Indian languages can be a comprehensive assessment tool at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Both levels of higher education require the demonstration of the ability to present knowledge in encyclopaedic form, which can be done by a good review of relevant literature and the showcasing of key arguments in the field.
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Blog
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Wikipedia Gains Massive Traffic Thanks To Vernacular Languages
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 01, 2013
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last modified
Aug 19, 2013 04:18 AM
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Wikimedia
The blog post was published in Before It's News on August 1, 2013. T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.
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Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS Hyderabad
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 25, 2012
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last modified
Oct 25, 2012 08:42 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event Type
CIS - A2K team and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus are organizing a hackathon for their tech fest — ATMOS on October 26 - 27, 2012, from 6.00 p.m. on October 26 to 6.00 a.m. on October 27.
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Wikipedia in Indian Languages on Mobile Phones
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 25, 2013
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Wikipedia in India's regional languages and accessible over mobile phones is revolutionising the way Internet content is used in this multi-lingual country, say information technology (IT) experts.
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Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa
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by
Nitika Tandon
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published
Jan 19, 2013
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last modified
Jul 26, 2013 11:33 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness
A three hour Wikipedia workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi, in the morning of December 14, 2012 at St. Xavier's College in Mapusa, Goa. Over 30 participants attended the session.
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Blog
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Wikipedia in UG Education program at Christ University
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 15, 2014
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May 27, 2014 10:19 AM
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On May 15, 2014, Prajavani published an article about Wikipedia in UG Education program in Christ University.
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Wikipedia Indian Languages Workshop at IIT, Bombay
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by
Noopur Raval
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published
Mar 28, 2013
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
This is a brief report on the Wikipedia Indian languages workshop held on March 9, 2013 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in partnership with Vaani, the Hindi bloggers' club at IIT, Bombay.
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Blog
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Wikipedia initiative - Celebrating legacy of Bangalore Blue grapes online
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 29, 2016
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last modified
Jan 29, 2016 03:44 PM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Black is beautiful, and it can go places if it is well researched. When HL Omshivaprakash wrote a Wikipedia article about Karnataka's bidriware, the metal handicraft where gleaming black bowls and hookahs are dotted with delicate silver strips, he didn't expect it to be picked up by the French and Swedes.
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