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A workshop to improve Telugu Wikipedia articles on Nobel laureates
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by
Pavan Santhosh
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published
Aug 31, 2016
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last modified
Sep 12, 2016 03:01 PM
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filed under:
Telugu Wikisource,
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Telugu Wikipedia
Many articles about Nobel laureates are missing in the Telugu Wikipedia. Recently undergraduate students from four different disciplines of the Andhra Loyola College (ALC), Vijayawada gathered to create and improve articles related to Nobel laureates.
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Openness
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Campaign for relicensing copyrighted books under Creative Commons licenses
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by
Pavan Santhosh S. & Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Aug 30, 2016
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last modified
Sep 20, 2016 12:43 PM
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filed under:
Telugu Wikisource,
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Telugu Wikipedia
A campaign has been started to relicense Telugu-language books of several noted authors from "all rights reserved" to Creative Commons Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA) license.
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Openness
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WikiConference India 2016 Submission: Gender Gap in Indian Language Wikipedias – Projects, Outreach and Outcome
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Aug 17, 2016
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
India is not much different from the global statistics when it comes to gender gap issues in Wikipedia. Indian language Wikipedias are known to have similar ratio of male to female editors.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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WikiConference India 2016 Submission: We, Men, Women: Collective Learning in Bridging Indic Wikipedia Gender Gaps
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by
Elisachang
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published
Aug 17, 2016
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
There is no denying that non-English Wikipedias are disproportionally underrepresented in scholarly focus despite the significant role of an open knowledge society can play in smaller linguistic groups – local collaboration and communication, knowledge dissemination, as well as preservation of local language resources.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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WikiConference India 2016 Submission: How to better tell your Wikimedia Community Story using Media as a Tool
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Aug 17, 2016
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
The Wikimedia community has constantly struggled to a) reach out to masses and tell them about their contribution, and motivate people to contribute to the Wikimedia projects. Media plays a very important role in spreading the word about Wikimedia projects and the contributor community, and at times, encouraging the audience to contribute.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Wikipedia WikiMeetup at Bangalore
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 11, 2016
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last modified
Aug 12, 2016 01:31 PM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Event
Bangalore based Wikipedians will gather for a meeting at the Centre for Internet and Society on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 3.00 p.m.
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Access to Knowledge
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Events
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South Asia's Largest Wikimedia Conference Kicks Off in India
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Aug 08, 2016
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Wiki Conference India 2016, the largest gathering of the contributors of Wikipedia (the multilingual online encyclopaedia) and its sister projects called Wikimedia projects, begins August 5 in Landran, in the Indian state of Punjab.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite by Wikipedia; news in brief
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Aug 07, 2016
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Konkani Wikipedia
Konkani-language Wikipedians on what they think of Wikipedia as a binding factor for native speakers who speak in different variations of the same language and write in different scripts.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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WikiConference India 2016
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 07, 2016
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
WikiConference India 2016 is an event to provide a common platform for all Wikimedians in India to meet and share their views, discuss challenges and exchange useful tips, best practices and other information. The Conference is open for participation of Wikimedians from all nations, and will be taking place on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of August 2016 at Chandigarh.
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Access to Knowledge
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News & Media
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The largest Wikipedia gathering in South Asia kicks off
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Aug 05, 2016
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last modified
Aug 06, 2016 05:11 PM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Wikimedia Conference 2016Wiki Conference India 2016 (WCI), the largest gathering of contributors to Wikipedia and its sister projects in South Asia, will be held during August 5-7 this year in Chandigarh, India.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs