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Wikipedia Workshop @ BITS Goa
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-bits-goa
<b>The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet & Society is organising a workshop at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus on March 7, 2013, from 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop aims to spread awareness about Wikipedia, who edits Wikipedia and how to edit Wikipedia. Some of you might be curious to learn more about Wikipedia and contribute to this pool of knowledge in your own special ways. We'd like to encourage such students and provide them all the information and support they need. Several colleges and universities across the world have already successfully participated in similar Wikipedia workshops.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Below are some more details about the Wikipedia session:</p>
<p><b>Purpose:</b></p>
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<li><b><span>Understand what is Wikipedia</span></b></li>
<li>Explore how Wikipedia works</li>
<li>Learn how they can contribute (i.e., writing) to Wikipedia</li>
<li><b><span>Discover what they (students / faculty / institutes) can gain by editing </span></b></li>
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<div><b>Logistics:</b></div>
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<li>A room big enough to accommodate all the students comfortably</li>
<li>If possible, laptops or computers for everyone</li>
<li>Stable internet connection</li>
<li>Projector facility</li>
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<p><b> Duration:</b></p>
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<li>2-3 hour workshop</li>
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<p><b>Participants</b></p>
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<li>Maximum 40-50</li>
<li>Students, faculty & staff</li>
<li>Please do convey to everyone that it is totally voluntary and should not be in lieu of attendance, etc.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Our experience has shown that Wikipedia for students (and, indeed faculty) is invaluable in supporting better writing skills, stronger research abilities, richer critical thinking, improved collaboration as well as providing a massive global audience to students (which drives academic excellence).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Feel free to get in touch with Nitika Tandon (<a class="mail-link" href="mailto:nitika@cis-india.org">nitika@cis-india.org)</a> if you have any queries.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-bits-goa'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-bits-goa</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaEventWikimedia2013-03-05T08:29:13ZEventWikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-womens-workshop-in-mumbai
<b>The Wiki Women Workshop was organized at the Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Wadala in Mumbai on November 4, 2012. It was attended by over 60 women participants who were taught how to contribute to Wikipedia articles and briefed about the knowledge gaps in Wikipedia — the free encyclopedia. Noopur Raval has prepared a report of the event.</b>
<p align="JUSTIFY">It is a well known fact that over 91 per cent of the contributors on Wikipedia are men. Women contribution comes to around 9 per cent only. As illustrated by this infographic, the articles edited by women also significantly differ from those edited by men or users who do not identify themselves. The major articles are on people, philosophy and arts. The month of November was celebrated by wikipedians across the globe to promote women editors and do women related outreach in different parts of the world. I was part of a similar initiative organized by the Wikipedia community of Mumbai in India on November 4, 2012.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">The workshop was planned on e-mail more than a month in advance with inputs from various volunteers of the community as well as members of the Wikimedia India chapter. Once the logistics were taken care of, it was also suggested that the workshop be kept exclusively for women to provide them an uninhibited space to express themselves and learn editing. Although the initial response was huge (over a hundred registrations), eventually about 65 women turned up for the event.</p>
<h3 align="JUSTIFY">Agenda of the workshop</h3>
<p align="JUSTIFY">The community members conducted this workshop differently to how it is usually done — they started with hands-on editing straightaway instead of giving an introduction to the Wikimedia movement and Wikipedia policies. After an hour of teaching the basics of wiki editing the participants were shown a presentation on making user accounts and start contributing articles of their choice. I helped a participant create an article on her village: Vempadu.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY">In the post-lunch session, participants were asked about the problems they faced and were shown how to contribute images to Commons — the free repository. The winners of the Indian leg of Wiki Loves Monuments were also announced at the workshop. The workshop ended with feedback, Wikipedia quiz and group photographs with the participants.</p>
<h3 align="JUSTIFY">Feedback</h3>
<p align="JUSTIFY">For me, the feedback was particularly interesting because not many women-centric workshops have been conducted in the past. It was good to know that most of the women participants were not feeling left out or grappling with the Wiki interface. There was a diverse age range — from young school girls to retired professionals. Wireless internet access was irregular and not all could connect, which caused a lot of time to be wasted. We (community members and A2K team) would be keeping the participants updated on more events and hope they become an active part of the Wikipedia community as well. This workshop has also opened up avenues for more outreach events in other institutions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A special thanks and acknowledgement to Vidyalankar Institute (VIT), Wadala for hosting us and to Bishakha Dutta, Moksh Juneja, Aditi Vashisht, Pranav, Krutika, Rohini, Netra, Pradeep, Samir, Netha, Nikita, and everyone else who put this event together.</p>
<p><i>Here is the blog post written by community members who attended the workshop: <a class="external-link" href="http://bit.ly/S78z93">http://bit.ly/S78z93</a><br /></i></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-womens-workshop-in-mumbai'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-womens-workshop-in-mumbai</a>
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No publishernoopurAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpenness2012-12-03T06:01:18ZBlog EntryWikipedia Women's Workshop Bangalore 2013
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-womens-workshop-bangalore-2013
<b>The Wikipedia Women's Workshop Bangalore 2013 was held on March 8, 2013 at Servelots Infotech, Jayanagar in Bangalore. It was organized by Wikimedia India. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the event. The news was covered by Kannada Prabha on March 9, 2013. </b>
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<th><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/KannadaPrabha.png" alt="Wikipedia Women's Meetup" class="image-inline" title="Wikipedia Women's Meetup" /></th>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-womens-workshop-bangalore-2013'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-womens-workshop-bangalore-2013</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-03-13T05:09:48ZNews ItemWikipedia Visual Editor
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/visual-editor.pdf
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/visual-editor.pdf'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/visual-editor.pdf</a>
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No publishernitikaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-07-11T06:14:00ZFileWikipedia turns 11 today
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-turns-11-today
<b>The world's largest free encyclopaedia turns 11 on Sunday. To mark the occasion, the Wikipedia community will host events in seven cities across the country. The community is also celebrating the first anniversary of the Wikimedia India chapter. </b>
<p>On this occasion, the India chapter will launch a new portal (www.wikimedia.in) for easy access to Wikimedia sites in the Indian languages. Wikipedia is currently available in 21 Indian languages.</p>
<p>The India chapter is focussed on creating greater awareness of Wikipedia in Indian languages and to increase the volunteer editor base and Indian content through its initiatives. “The portal will make it easier to locate Indian language Wikipedias and other projects,” said Arun Ram, executive committee member of Wikimedia India.</p>
<p>The Bangalore event, open to all Wikipedia users, contributors and enthusiasts, is being held at the Centre for Internet and Society at Domlur (Bangalore).</p>
<p>Besides Bangalore, events are being held in Ahmedabad, Cuttack, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune, all centres where Wikipedia editors or contributors are present in sizeable numbers.</p>
<p>‘Deepen engagement with students'</p>
<p>In order to address the complaint raised by the industry about students' “poor employability”, the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce organised a seminar in Bangalore on Wednesday.</p>
<p>A recent survey by the World Bank indicated that there was a “severe mismatch” between the skill sets required by the IT-ITES industry and what was available in graduates from Indian institutions.</p>
<p>S. Sadagopan, director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, said the level of engagement of the academic institutions with the students needed to be “reoriented and deepened”. “Equally important is the responsibility of the recruiters in changing their recruitment processes,” said Prof. Sadagopan. He added, “The question is, are you giving the recruits a challenging job?”</p>
<h3>Award for networking major</h3>
<p>Cisco announced that its Networking Academy has won the prestigious eINDIA 2011 jury choice award for the ‘Best ICT Enabled Skills Development Initiative'.</p>
<p>The award was conferred on Cisco Networking Academy in recognition of its efforts toward enabling students to develop valuable information, communications and technology skills for increased access to opportunities in the global economy, a release from the networking major said.</p>
<p>Speaking on the occasion, Bina Raj-Debur, regional head, Social Innovation Group, India and South Asia, said: “We are proud to receive this prestigious award. It is testimony to the continued efforts of the Networking Academy programme to make a positive difference to the skills-building efforts of the nation and the communities in which we live and operate. At Cisco, we aim to enhance the employability of youth through technology, enabling them to harness the enormous opportunities in the ICT domain. We are very pleased that our efforts have been recognised by industry and society alike.” </p>
<h3>Help with transition to IPv6 <br /></h3>
<p>Global IT major Hewlett Packard (HP) has signed a partnership agreement with the Government of Karnataka and the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, to conduct a pilot project that will help organisations in Karnataka through a smooth transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).</p>
<p>The current version of IP addressing, IPv4, is reaching its theoretical maximum of about four billion Internet addresses. IPv6 is the new Internet addressing protocol with the capacity to support 340 trillion addresses, a press release from HP said. This allows for the dramatic expansion of connected devices from computers and smart phones, to household electronics, industrial appliances, vehicles and commercial systems.</p>
<p>IPv6 also provides for improved quality and new applications like IP TV, telephony and ecommerce. The pilot project aims at identifying major challenges in IPV6 adoption, developing solutions to meet these challenges and actively promoting IPV6 adoption. </p>
<p><a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/article2801684.ece">The news was published in the Hindu on 15 January 2012</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-turns-11-today'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-turns-11-today</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpenness2012-01-16T09:41:30ZNews ItemWikipedia Training Session @ Tiruvur
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-training-session-tiruvur
<b>A Wikipedia training session was conducted by T. Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik at Srivahini College in Tiruvur on December 19, 2013. </b>
<p>About 150 - 200 people attended in each of the two sessions. The event was co-organised by CIS-A2K and the Telugu Wikipedia community.</p>
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<td>Above: T. Vishnu Vardhan addressing students at the Srivahini college in Tiruvur.</td>
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<p>The following newspapers covered the event on December 19, 2013:</p>
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<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/AndhraprabhaAwarenessonWikipedia.png" class="internal-link">Awareness on Wikipedia, Andhraprabha</a>, December 19, 2013 </li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/EEnaduWikipediaHelpsspreadKnowledge.png" class="internal-link">Wikipedia Helps Spread Knowledge</a>, Eenadu, December 19, 2013</li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/SakshiThemanyusesofWikipedia.png" class="internal-link">The Many Uses of Wikipedia</a>, Sakshi, December 19, 2013</li>
<li><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/PrajasakthiAwarenessonWikipedia.png" class="internal-link">Awareness on Wikipedia</a>, Prajasakthi, December 19, 2013</li>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-training-session-tiruvur'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-training-session-tiruvur</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2014-01-09T09:52:42ZNews ItemWikipedia Training in Telugu for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-training-in-telugu-for-b-r-ambedkar-open-university
<b>CIS-A2K is conducting a Wikipedia training programme in Telugu for the faculty of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University (Dr. BRAOU) in Hyderabad on September 5 and 6, 2013. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This is done as part of the "ICT and eContent" workshop organized by the Centre for Staff Training and Development of Dr. BRAOU for their faculty. T. Vishnu Vardhan Program Director, CIS-A2K has been invited to teach a module on "Knowledge and Openness in the Digital Era" as part of which this Wikipedia training programme was also organized.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Details in <a class="external-link" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%A3_%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82/%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D/%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D2">Telugu originally published in the metapage on Wikipedia</a> is reproduced below:</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">వికీపీడియా:శిక్షణ శిబిరం/హైదరాబాద్/హైదరాబాద్2</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%95:Contributions/14.139.86.130" title="ప్రత్యేక:Contributions/14.139.86.130">14.139.86.130</a> 05:32, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)పరాంకుశం వెంకట రమణ==తేదీ - స్థలం== సెప్టెంబరు, 5 2013; <a class="text external" href="http://www.braou.ac.in/%7C" rel="nofollow">డాక్టర్ బి.ఆర్. అంబేద్కర్ సార్వత్రిక విశ్వవిద్యాలయం</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>సమయం<br /></b>పొ. 10.00 నుండి మ. 1.00 వరకు</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">నిర్వహణ సంస్థ/లు</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><a class="extiw" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge" title="m:India Access To Knowledge">CISA2K</a> డాక్టర్ బి.ఆర్. అంబేద్కర్ సార్వత్రిక విశ్వవిద్యాలయం, హైదరబాద్ వారి సంస్థాగత భాగస్వామ్యంతో. ఈ శిబిరం Centre for Staff Training and Development (Dr. BRAOU) వారు 10 రోజులపాటు విశ్వవిద్యాలయం యొక్క ఉపాధ్యాయుల కొరకు నిర్వహించిన ‘ICT and e-Content Development’ Workshop లో భాగంగా నిర్వహించబడినది.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">నిర్వాహకులు</p>
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<li><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Visdaviva" title="వాడుకరి:Visdaviva">విష్ణు</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Visdaviva" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Visdaviva">చర్చ</a>)</li>
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<p>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Elkasudharani" title="వాడుకరి:Elkasudharani">Elkasudharani</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Elkasudharani" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Elkasudharani">చర్చ</a>) 05:37, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)==Dr.BRAOU లోని కార్యక్రమ సంధానకర్తలు==</p>
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<li><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghanta_Chakrapani" title="w:Ghanta Chakrapani">ఘంటా చక్రపాణి</a> (డైరెక్టర్, Centre for Staff Training and Development, డాక్టర్ బి.ఆర్. అంబేద్కర్ సార్వత్రిక విశ్వవిద్యాలయం)</li>
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<p>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%95:Contributions/14.139.86.130" title="ప్రత్యేక:Contributions/14.139.86.130">14.139.86.130</a> 05:35, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</p>
<p>శిక్షణ శిబిరానికి హజరైన సభ్యులు</p>
<p>--<a class="new" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Pallavisudheer&action=edit&redlink=1" title="వాడుకరి:Pallavisudheer (పుట లేదు)">Pallavisudheer</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Pallavisudheer" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Pallavisudheer">చర్చ</a>) 05:31, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</p>
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<li>సరోజ --<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Drgsaroja" title="వాడుకరి:Drgsaroja">Drgsaroja</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Drgsaroja" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Drgsaroja">చర్చ</a>) 05:27, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Rajani_nellutla" title="వాడుకరి:Rajani nellutla">Rajani nellutla</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Rajani_nellutla" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Rajani nellutla">చర్చ</a>) 05:29, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Kiranmayi.ys" title="వాడుకరి:Kiranmayi.ys">Kiranmayi.ys</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Kiranmayi.ys" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Kiranmayi.ys">చర్చ</a>) 05:30, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a class="new" href="https://te.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Vasuvaddanam&action=edit&redlink=1" title="వాడుకరి:Vasuvaddanam (పుట లేదు)">Vasuvaddanam</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Vasuvaddanam" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Vasuvaddanam">చర్చ</a>) 05:31, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
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<p>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Gpushpa" title="వాడుకరి:Gpushpa">Gpushpa</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Gpushpa" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Gpushpa">చర్చ</a>) 05:32, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC) --<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Drgsaroja" title="వాడుకరి:Drgsaroja">Drgsaroja</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Drgsaroja" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Drgsaroja">చర్చ</a>) 05:34, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</p>
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<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Boju_srinivas" title="వాడుకరి:Boju srinivas">Boju srinivas</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Boju_srinivas" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Boju srinivas">చర్చ</a>) 05:36, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Shridhevie" title="వాడుకరి:Shridhevie">Shridhevie</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Shridhevie" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Shridhevie">చర్చ</a>) 05:37, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
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<p>పై వరసలో పేరు చేర్చండి లేక సంతకం చేయండి></p>
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<li>--[[--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%95:Contributions/14.139.86.130" title="ప్రత్యేక:Contributions/14.139.86.130">14.139.86.130</a> 05:35, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)]]</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Elkasudharani" title="వాడుకరి:Elkasudharani">Elkasudharani</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Elkasudharani" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Elkasudharani">చర్చ</a>) 05:37, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
<li>--<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF:Pvramana24" title="వాడుకరి:Pvramana24">Pvramana24</a> (<a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A:Pvramana24" title="వాడుకరి చర్చ:Pvramana24">చర్చ</a>) 05:37, 6 సెప్టెంబర్ 2013 (UTC)</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">నివేదిక</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">చిత్రమాలిక</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-training-in-telugu-for-b-r-ambedkar-open-university'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-training-in-telugu-for-b-r-ambedkar-open-university</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWorkshopOpennessEvent2013-09-06T05:51:49ZEventWikipedia taps students for Kannada content
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-24-2014-wikipedia-taps-students-for-kannada-content
<b>Conducts workshops in Ujire, Moodbidri for training in vernacular editing.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The article by Renuka Phadnis was <a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/wikipedia-taps-students-for-kannada-content/article5824580.ece">published in the Hindu</a> on March 24, 2014. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja is quoted.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Wikipedia is tapping college students in tier II and III cities in India to increase vernacular content on the web-based encyclopaedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">U.B. Pavanaja, Programme Officer – Indian Language, Access to Knowledge, Centre for Internet Studies (CIS), Bangalore, says there is adequate content on Kannada, Kannadiga, Karnataka on Kannada Wikipedia but on science and technology, the content is a little less.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">To fill this gap, he is conducting workshops to teach students to turn volunteers for Wikipedia in far-flung places like Ujire and Moodbidri.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">On Sunday, 47 students attended a workshop at Shri Dharmasthala Manunatheshwara (SDM) College in Ujire. And most of them immediately donned the volunteer’s cap. “More people who write Kannada should contribute to Wikipedia in Kannada,” says Shalini, a student of M.A. in Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) at SDM College, after the workshop.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Murali Krishna, also a journalism student of SDM College, says typing in the language was “a bit difficult” but some practice will make it simpler. “I had no idea about (editing) Kannada Wikipedia,” he says.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">On Saturday Mr. Pavanaja — who has been editing the Kannada Wikipedia for the past 10 years — conducted a similar workshop for 30 students at Alva’s College, Moodbidri.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Mr. Pavanaja says contributions peaked in between 2006 and 2008, then declined “due to many reasons” and “picked up last year”. There was a significant increase in the number of editors after 500 students of Christ University, Bangalore, were trained in editing at a workshop held in January this year.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">He says Kannada Wikipedia has very few women editors. Of the 557 editors of Kannada Wikipedia, who have contributed 16,670 articles till now, 226 are active editors and, of them, five men and three women editors are “very active”.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Bhaskar Hegde, Head of the Department, MCJ, SDM College, said he got the workshops organised at the college after hearing about them from friend Niranjan Vanalli (Chairman, Department of MCJ, Mysore University). He said, “This is the second workshop here. The students are enthusiastic and it sharpens their writing skills.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Mangalore will host a workshop to get people to contribute to Tulu Wikipedia. U.B. Pavanaja, Programme Officer – Indian Language, Access to Knowledge, Centre for Internet Studies (CIS), Bangalore, said a workshop will be held in Theosophical College, Balmatta, on April 6.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-24-2014-wikipedia-taps-students-for-kannada-content'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-24-2014-wikipedia-taps-students-for-kannada-content</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessKannada Wikipedia2014-04-03T10:01:27ZNews ItemWikipedia Session for Trainee Journos of Prajavani
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wiki-session-for-prajavani-journalists
<b>Dr. U.B.Pavanaja took a session for the trainee journalists of Prajavani Kannada daily on Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia for the media persons.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Dr. Pavanaja explained how they can use Wikipedia in their daily work for reference. He also explained the necessity to add content to Kannada Wikipedia, correct the articles if they find any factual errors, enhance the existing articles, especially stubs, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The event was organized by Prajavani on April 28, 2014.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wiki-session-for-prajavani-journalists'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wiki-session-for-prajavani-journalists</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-05-06T07:50:44ZNews ItemWikipedia reaches Classrooms in Hyderabad
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-classrooms-hyderabad
<b>The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Hyderabad organised a one-day workshop on editing Wikipedia in Indian languages. It was attended by participants who formed a small but proactive group of students who eagerly tried to register the first edits on four different Indian language wikipedias.</b>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>A Mela for a Mélange of Learners</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As a run-up to the TISS Indian Languages Mela (scheduled for September 20 – 21, 2013), the Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education on August 24 conducted a workshop in Hyderabad. CIS-A2K in collaboration with the Wikipedia Hyderabad community had organized this workshop. The objective of the workshop was to inform and educate students on creating articles in any of the Indian languages on Wikipedia. Participants were encouraged to edit in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, and Marathi, Kannada or any other language of their choice.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>A Weekend for the Cause of Knowledge</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A total of 20 participants came over for the weekend workshop. Nine participants had Malayalam as their native language. Five people had Telugu as their mother tongue. Four participants were Maharashtrians, and the remaining two were Kannadigas.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>Two Sessions</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop was divided in two sessions. In the introductory session, participants were introduced to Wikipedia and its unique nature as an editable online encyclopaedia. Participants learnt about adding, modifying and deleting content on the Wikipedia, the various styles of formatting the content including creation of the heading level, sub-headings, etc. In the hands-on-session the participants were exposed to a hands-on practice about the editing features of Wikipedia, Wikimedia syntax, quality articles, new article creation, and Wikipedia’s transliteration tools for Indian languages.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; "><b>End of the Day Gains</b></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The students got a first-hand exposure to Indian languages wiki editing. Many students were thrilled at the novelty of the universal licensing system application and how it could switch between English and Indian languages. The use of shift key and multiple keys for certain consonants, diphthongs and special characters were particularly quite exciting for students. Students were eager to explore more about creating headings, sub-headings, bold, italics, underlining, bullet formats on Wikipedia. They also tested the online appearance of the Wikipedia code.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The participants were all thrilled on attending this workshop. Anand Kumar said that he was happy to get exposure about Wikipedia. Manomi Nair said that she was glad to be part of this workshop. Haseeb said it was very educative, and finally to sum up in the words of Dheeraj Kumar, an enthusiastic participant from the workshop, “this was an exciting way to explore a new world of knowledge.”</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-classrooms-hyderabad'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-classrooms-hyderabad</a>
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No publishersyedAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2013-09-20T07:20:54ZBlog EntryWikipedia Orientation Programme for the Second Language Students of Christ University
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/events/wikipedia-orientation-programme-for-second-language-students
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team will organize an Orientation Workshop entitled on Wikipedia for the undergraduate language students of the Christ University, Bangalore on November 16, 2013. </b>
<h3>Trainers</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Visdaviva" title="User:Visdaviva">T. Vishnu Vardhan</a>, Programme Director, <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Programme_Plan" title="India Access To Knowledge/Programme Plan">Access to Knowledge</a>, Centre for Internet Society</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hindustanilanguage" title="User:Hindustanilanguage">Syed Muzammiluddin</a>, Programme Officer, <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Programme_Plan" title="India Access To Knowledge/Programme Plan">Access to Knowledge</a>, Centre for Internet Society</li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pavanaja" title="User:Pavanaja">Dr Pavanaja</a>,Programme Officer, <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Programme_Plan" title="India Access To Knowledge/Programme Plan">Access to Knowledge</a>, Centre for Internet Society</li>
</ul>
<h3>Interested Participants</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The three days of the orientation programme will cover 1200 second language students of the Christ University, Bangalore.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/events/wikipedia-orientation-programme-for-second-language-students'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/events/wikipedia-orientation-programme-for-second-language-students</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessEvent2013-11-14T05:16:07ZEventWikipedia Orientation Program at Rotary Club of Salem
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-orientation-program-at-rotary-club-of-salem
<b>CIS-A2K in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Salem, Tamil Nadu conducted a two-day Wikipedia orientation workshop for student members of the club.</b>
<p>Over the December 9- 10 weekend, CIS-A2K, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Salem, Tamil Nadu conducted a two-day Wikipedia orientation workshop. This workshop focussed on teaching the basics of Wikipedia to all the student members of the club. The overwhelming participation of women volunteers was the highlight of the event. The workshop was organised by the Rotary Club while Salem Tamil Sangam also lent its support to the program. The President of the Rotary Club of Salem implored the students to contribute to the Tamil language by involving themselves more deeply with the Wikimedia projects. </p>
<p>With 13 female participants and 10 male participants, the participants were upbeat throughout both days. Veteran Tamil Wikipedian, Tamil Parithi acted as resource person along with CIS-A2K. Mr. Parithi explained the philosophy and history of the free knowledge movement which he felt was essential to the understanding of the wider Wikimedia movement. Usha Sanghamitra, a participant, reflects, "I previously thought some company was doing this but I am glad to note that it is people like you and me that are editing this information and creating such knowledge resources. I will surely take this up and continue to engage with Wikipedia."</p>
<p>A follow-up workshop is on the cards in December 2017.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-orientation-program-at-rotary-club-of-salem'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-orientation-program-at-rotary-club-of-salem</a>
</p>
No publishermanasaraoCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpenness2017-12-11T15:52:12ZBlog EntryWikipedia Meet-up in TERI
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-meet-up-bangalore
<b>The Wikipedia Bangalore meet-up is a monthly get-together of Wikipedians (contributors and users) to meet, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for Wikipedia and Wikimedia. Danese Cooper, Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation, Alolita Sharma, Engineering Programs Manager, Wikimedia Foundation, Erik Möller, Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation and Achal Prabhala, Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board Member attended the meeting. The Centre for Internet and Society made arrangements for this event.</b>
<p>The Indian wiki community is dedicated to mainly improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Republic of India and the history and culture of the Indian subcontinent.The efforts of Indian Wikipedians in English wikipedia is coordinated through Wikiproject India.</p>
<p>This meeting was held at <a class="external-link" href="http://www.teriin.org/index.php">The Energy & Resources Institute</a> (TERI),
near to Domlur Club in Bangalore on Saturday, 18 December 2010 and was
attended by about 41 participants. There was good attendance from
various professional fields – wildlife photographers, journalists,
techies, students from Rajasthan (who were in Bangalore to attend <a class="external-link" href="http://foss.in/">FOSS.in</a>) and many who were interested in Indic versions of Wikipedia. </p>
<p>Wikipedia has 250 language versions. Their main data center is in Tampa (Florida). Most surfers from India would be hitting their caching servers in Amsterdam. The primary data however, will always reside in the United States of America as Wikipedia appreciates the freedom of speech provided by the US govt.</p>
<p>Wikimedia Foundation officials have met many important government departments in Delhi for promoting the <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indic_scripts">Indic versions</a> of Wiki. But the Government of India is not willing to open-source the fonts that are developed by the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.cdac.in/">Centre for Development of Advanced Computing</a>. There are <a class="external-link" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias">278 wikipedias</a> including one wikipedia each for English and Simple English and there are more than 79,000 articles related to India on English Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation wants to promote Indic versions on mobile in a big way and is keen to work with Indian mobile handset makers to have the offline version of Wikipedia shipped with handsets. English has about 3.5 million articles. Indic has far lesser but can catch up with English provided people start contributing content. Indic editors can set up their own rules for content contribution and it need not be as tight as they have for English. Examples were cited from other countries. For example, Russia has been doing exceptionally well in adding Russian content and nobody in the world can beat the Germans for perfection. They pay a lot of attention to quality. Indians should also do so, it was felt.</p>
<p>Also see</p>
<ul><li>The <a class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Bangalore23#Summary">Wikipedia</a> page</li><li><a class="external-link" href="http://www.mahesh.com/2010/12/18/wikipedia-meetup-in-bangalore-my-first-one">Mahesh's Blog Post</a></li></ul>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-meet-up-bangalore'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/wikipedia-meet-up-bangalore</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessMeeting2011-09-22T12:21:53ZBlog EntryWikipedia Mangalore Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani)
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-workshop-mangalore-coverage-prajavani-february-27-2014
<b>Dr. U.B.Pavanaja gave a presentation on Wikipedia with a special focus on students and women at Roshini Nilaya, Mangalore on February 26, 2014. An event report was published in Prajavani the following day.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Scanned version of the report published by Prajavani on February 27 is below. The event was organised by Roshini Nilaya and co-sponsored by CS-A2K.</p>
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<th><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy2_of_Prajavani.png" alt="Prajavani" class="image-inline" title="Prajavani" /></th>
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<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-workshop-mangalore-coverage-prajavani-february-27-2014'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-workshop-mangalore-coverage-prajavani-february-27-2014</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessKannada Wikipedia2014-03-05T11:04:24ZNews ItemWikipedia Live Phone-in Programme on HMTV
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/wikipedia-live-phone-in-programme
<b>Vishnu Vardhan took part in a one hour live phone-in programme on Wikipedia. This was telecasted in HMTV on June 1, 2013.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Dr. Rajasekar, Administrator on Telugu Wikipedia; Malladi Kameshwararao, Journalist and Telugu Wikipedian; Rahimanuddin Shaik, Telugu SIG, Wikimedia India Chapter; and T. Vishnu Vardhan Programme Director, CIS-A2K participated in a one-hour live phone-in programme on Telugu Wikipedia broadcast by HMTV (a Telugu News Channel) on June 1, 2013. This is probably for the first time a television news channel in India has done a live phone-in programme on Wikipedia. HMTV had also done a half-an-hour feature on Wikipedia which was broadcast on May 30 and May 31, 2013.</p>
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<h2>Videos</h2>
<h3>Part 1</h3>
<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oVNJtsURl2A" width="320"></iframe></p>
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<h3>Part 2</h3>
<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mr1Tk82EdKE" width="320"></iframe></p>
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