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Wikimania 2013: Wikipedians represent Indian Languages in Hong Kong
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 13, 2013 06:03 AMThe 7th, 8th and 9th of August 2013 saw over 600 Wikipedians across the world participating Wikimania at Hong Kong. The three day annual international conference for users and contributors of Wikipedia brought many debates about open educational research, open source technologies, gender gap, documenting the history of mankind in a free and open platform like Wikipedia and its sister sites in collaboration with Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums and all of these in 286 world languages. More and more volunteers are joining this movement and it is expanding the media of accessing and disseminating knowledge.
Extending The Spectrum Of Openness To Include The Moral Right To Share
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2013 04:50 AMfrom the now-there's-a-thought dept.
A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Krishnarajapet
— by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:46 AMOn Sunday, August 11, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Shyam Computers, Krishnarajapet, Karnataka. The workshop was co-organized by the CIS-A2K team along with Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet. This report summarizes the proceedings of that workshop and subsequent research into relevant questions flowing from the discussions.
A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mysore
— by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Oct 04, 2013 04:40 AMOn Tuesday, August 6, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at the Centre for Proficiency Development and Placement Services (CPDPS), Manasa Gangotri campus, University of Mysore, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop.
Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani)
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 05:50 AMPrajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Times of Karnataka)
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:10 AMSuvarna Times of Karnataka covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Vijaya Vani)
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:45 AMPrajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
Wikimedia Asia Meeting
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 29, 2013 10:14 AMT.Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi from the Access to Knowledge team at CIS participated in the Wikimedia Asia meeting in Hong Kong on August 10, 2013.
India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 09, 2013 09:58 AMDespite accommodating the world’s second largest English-speaking population behind the United States, it is India’s indigenous language speakers that are creating and consuming the content that is driving Wikipedia’s growth on the subcontinent.
e-DIRAP Google+ Hangout on Open Government
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 08, 2013 04:20 AMThe e-DIRAP Hangout on Open Government was held on Thursday, July 25, 2013. The Hangout brought together nine professionals from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines to discuss open government initiatives in their respective countries, the challenges they face, and open source tools for open government.
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