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‘Tulu Wikipedia’ in incubation stage, 600 articles uploaded, says U.B. Pavanaja
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 07, 2014 03:21 AMIn all, 600 articles have been uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia which is still in its incubation stage, according to U.B. Pavanaja, Wikipedia representative and Programme Officer, The Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru.
Nineteen Books Published by Ama Odisha Relicensed under CC-by-SA 4.0
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 07, 2014 03:35 AMOdisha's most circulated newspaper Sambad has collaborated with CIS-A2K to relicense 19 books published by its sister concern "Ama Odisha".
ಭಾಷಣದಿಂದ ಭಾಷೆ ಉಳಿಯಲ್ಲ, ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲೇ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಸಿಗುವುದು ಅಗತ್ಯ: ಪವನಜ
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 06, 2014 02:30 AMMedia coverage of Kannada Wikipedia presentation at Mysuru on November 23, 2014.
Technology and Gender Based Violence
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 09, 2014 04:32 PMRohini Lakshane was a speaker at this event organized by the Bachchao Project on November 24, 2014. Rohini spoke about various strategies that women use to respond to online harassment, such as reporting the abuser, and enlisting support from online followers, or friends or family in order to deal with the abuser.
Now, Tulu set to be promoted through Wikipedia articles
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 06, 2014 01:23 AMWith the dream of including Tulu in the list of official languages of the country (eighth schedule of the Constitution) remaining far from being realised, enthusiasts seem to be keen to promote the language through Wikipedia.
Kannada Wikipedia Presentation in Mysuru: Coverage in Prajavani
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 06, 2014 02:40 AMMedia coverage of Kannada Wikipedia presentation at Mysuru on November 23, 2014.
Teaching in the Age of Wikipedia
— by T. Vishnu Vardhan — last modified Dec 28, 2014 04:04 AMThis course is conceived by CIS-A2K. It is currently envisaged as an add-on Certificate Course jointly offered by CIS-A2K and the Nirmala Institute of Education (NIE)-a premier teacher training establishment in Goa, India.
Odia Wikisource, its Potential
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 05, 2014 01:47 AMI wrote an editorial in Odia newspaper the "Samaja" on November 17, 2014. I have written about Odia Wikisource, its potential and how people can get involved in it with a short note about the digitization done already. I have also highlighted the authors and copyright holders who kindly have donated their work under CC-by-SA license.
Odia author Nirmala Kumari Mohapatra's 21 books relicensed under CC-by-SA 4.0
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Dec 06, 2014 02:49 AMTwenty one books of renowned Odia author Nirmala Kumari Mohapatra will now be available under the Creative Commons License.
Content co-ordination for the Panel Discussion on Crypto-Currencies
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 05, 2014 01:35 AMSharath Chandra Ram was a panelist at this event organized by the Law and Technology Society on November 15, 2014 at the National Law School of India in Bangalore. His presentation was titled Scalability and Security Issues in Distributed Trust based Cryto-Currency Systems like BITCOIN.
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