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Digitization of Books for Indic Language WikiSource
Aug 18, 2013 from 02:30 PM to 05:30 PM — The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, No. 194, 2nd 'C' Cross, Domlur IInd Stage, Bangalore 560071 (Opposite Domlur Club and near to TERI Regional Centre), — by Prasad KrishnaWikimedia India in collaboration with the Centre for Internet and Society is organising a workshop on "Digitization of books for Indic language WikiSource" on August 18, 2013, 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
వికీపీడియా:సమావేశం/హైదరాబాద్/ఆగష్టు
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 29, 2013 06:24 AMT.Vishnu participated in the Telugu meet-up held in Hyderabad on August 25, 2013, via Skype.
An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at Sambalpur
— by Gorvachove Pothal — last modified Aug 27, 2013 12:09 PMA training workshop for Odia Wikipedians was held in Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Sambalpur on July 26 and 27, 2013. The workshop was organized by Odia Wikipedian Gorvachove Pothal, with financial support from CIS-A2K programme. It was a part of the Access To Knowledge - Outreach Programs.
Voices from Goa: Rusita Paryekar, a MA student writes articles on Konkani Wikipedia
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 06, 2013 12:30 PMRusita Paryekar is one of the 38 students from the MA Konkani department of Goa University gathered at the State Central Library to learn writing and editing articles on Konkani Wikipedia. Currently Konkani Wikipedia is in incubation and needs more voluntary participation from enthusiasts who want their language, Konkani to strengthen its base in the digital knowledge domain.
Voices from Goa: Frania Pereira tells Why She Writes Articles on Konkani Wikipedia
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 05, 2013 09:24 AMKonkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. Recently the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Konkani department of Goa University organized a four-day Wikipedia workshop for MA, Konkani language students. This workshop involved 38 students creating 43 new articles on Konkani Wikipedia which is incubation. We’re hoping that these efforts will contribute towards bringing this 7 year old project out of incubation to a live Wikipedia project.
Wikimania 2013: The International Wikimedia Conference
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 29, 2013 06:30 AMWikimania is the annual international conference of the Wikimedia movement. It's organized by a different local team each year. In 2013 the conference took place in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Wikimania allows the community and the general public to learn about and share their experiences with free knowledge initiatives all over the world. T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi participated in the event.
Wikipedia writes a new script
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2013 06:27 AMWikipedia is available in over 30 Indian languages. Add Konkani to that list. The Centre for Internet and Society has just completed a programme of training students to write for Konkani Wikipedia.
Workshop on e-Content Development
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2013 05:56 AMT. Vishnu Vardhan, A2K Programme Director at CIS will be teaching at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad from September 4 to 6, 2013.
Konkani Wikipedia makes headway
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 17, 2013 06:07 AMThe first floor of the Krishnadas Central Library has been bustling with activity for the last four days. A closer look reveals the concentration, thought and precision that is put into each letter of the Devnagri script Konkani they type. Still further and you realise it’s a Wikipedia site that final year MA Konkani students of Goa University are busy with.
A Workshop on Editing Wikipedia in Mumbai
Aug 24, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 04:30 PM — Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, — by Prasad KrishnaThe Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) is holding a workshop on Wikipedia editing at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on August 24, 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
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