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Meet Telugu Wikipedian Surampudi Meena Gayathri – the first South Indian Wikiwoman completing 100Wikidays Challenge
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<b>In December 2016, Ms. Meena Gayathri and her fellow Telugu Wikipedians celebrated the Telugu Wikipedia Day and her accomplishment in the 100Wikidays Challenge – a challenge that requires Wikipedians to create one new article per day for one hundred days in a row. When asked about how it feels to take up the challenge and to become the first South Indian Wikiwoman who completed it, she replied “Like exericing, you would think it is hard to do it every day but if you try, it is really satisfying.” Ms. Meena Gayathri has been one of the few active female Telugu Wikipedians since 2014. Her contribution and passion towards her language and culture have transcended into what she called a “knowledge revolution.”</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Ms. Meena
Gayathri is an active Telugu Wikipedian who started her <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays">100Wikidays challenge</a> at the end of August 2016. Her
motivation came from the support of her family, the satisfaction of creating
articles, and her determination to be an inspiration for her fellow Wikipedians. Ms. Meena Gayathri had chosen topics
from her interests, including freedom fighters from Andhra Pradesh, wherein articles were present on English Wikipedia but not in Telugu. “I think those
are really basic things that Telugu Wikipedia should have but somehow there
isn’t” she said. Meena Gayathri reached out to the Telugu community
for assistance with MediaWiki’s content translation tools. She also had the support of CIS A2K for books and reference resources. Drawing inspiration from current events and Indian culture, Meena Gayathri also wrote articles on Hindu Goddesses on each the ten days of Dussehra in coordination with the <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayadashami">worshiping of a different Goddess on each day </a>of the festival.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The creation of articles on Hindu Goddesses also mark Meena Gayathri’s effort and passion in bridging
the <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia">Wikipedia gender gap</a> in content coverage. Half way through her challenge, in
coordination with the <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Asian_Month">Wikipedia Asian Month</a> in November 2016, she started writing
on biographies of Asian women, including female politicians in Sri Lanka and
Pakistan. “It’s very interesting” she said, while mentioning her experience in
researching and writing about these female figures, “(how) these women, under hard
situations… are still securing their positions in the government and in the
politics… I want to let people see how they gain and sustain their power as
women.” Additionally, Meena Gayathri pioneered a
new challenge called “100Women Wikidays Challenge” in which participants would
write a woman-related article each day in an endeavor to balance the content
gender gap on Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">“People
said to me that I am the first South India female Wikipedian to complete the
100WikiDays, and the first in the whole world to take up the 100Women Wikidays.”</p>
</blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her
attempt to complete the 100Women Wikidays challenge, however, stopped a few
days ago due to the lack of internet connection and time. In fact, this is not
the first time that she has faced such difficulty during the completion of her
challenges. She described how during a family tour outside of the city, she used
to bring a laptop and ensure stable internet connection just so she can wake up
as early as possible each day to finish her daily articles for the 100Wikidays.
She agrees that women usually seem to be occupied by different
responsibilities and activities – family, work, and socializing. She was glad
that her family and community have given her full support, materially and
mentally, to complete the challenge. When asked about tips on sparing some
time for Wikipedia every day, she answered, “The first thing I do in a day… (is
to) plan each and every moment of what I need to do in my day. And I maintain a
task list in my mind. I will say, just remind yourself twice or thrice a day,
remind yourself what you really want to do and you can make some time for Wiki(pedia)
too.”</p>
<p>At the end of our conversation, we asked Gayathri to share
some advice and encouragement to those who want to take up or are completing
the 100Wikidays (or the 100Women Wikidays) Challenge. She answered without
hesitation, “I will say, don’t feel afraid, that work you want to do is not
that tough after all… It will be satisfying. You are contributing to the
knowledge revolution... I think for Telugu, for the online knowledge in our
linguistic background, this is going to be history. I will tell them ‘We’re
creating a history.’”</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/meet-telugu-wikipedian-surampudi-meena-gayathri-2013-the-first-south-indian-wikiwoman-completing-100wikidays-challenge'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/meet-telugu-wikipedian-surampudi-meena-gayathri-2013-the-first-south-indian-wikiwoman-completing-100wikidays-challenge</a>
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No publishertingAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia100wikidaysWikipediaWikipedia gender gapTelugu Wikipedia2017-01-23T11:53:32ZBlog EntryWikiSangamotsavam 2016
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikisangamotsavam-2016
<b>The Malayalam Wikipedia community jointly held its anniversary celebrations and annual gathering in Kasaragod district, Kerala from 26 to 28 December, 2016. The Centre for Internet and Society was invited to partake in the event.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-85891707-6de5-4c20-912b-1f4bcd542741">The <a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BE">Malayalam Wikipedia</a> community held its fifth annual gathering, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSangamotsavam-2016">WikiSangamotsavam</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasaragod_district">Kasaragod</a>, the northernmost district of the state of Kerala. The culturally diverse district is a melting pot of seven actively spoken languages- Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu, the Beary dialect, Tamil, Marathi and Konkani. It was a three day affair from the 26th to 28th December 2016, with the third day’s WikiVoyage incubator session fittingly held on a houseboat out in the Bekal lake! The event commemorated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam_Wikipedia">regional Wikipedia’s</a> completion of 14 years which fell on the 21st of the month. The community aims to build advanced technical support for its members in the next year. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">The first day was marked by a seminar by Mr. Sathyaseelan, a differently abled Wikipedian who demonstrated(video from previous meetup <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr1T3HeBTvU">here</a>) how to convert voice to text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) methods for visually challenged Wikipedians. This was followed by a session on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap">Open Street Mapping</a> by the newly elected Malayalam Wikipedia administrator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ranjithsiji">Ranjith Siji</a>. In a one-on-one sit down, Ranjit candidly spoke about the technical challenges that the Malayalam Wikipedia and the wider Wikipedia community faces today. He opines that the existing mobile support for editing wikis is proving insufficient and more robust apps need to be developed to make Wikipedia more mobile ready for on-the-go editors. He’s taking this up as his personal mission for the upcoming year. In light of using freely reusable data, Ranjit says, “collaborative editing must also be enabled as groups can work together to improve local knowledge.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">The second day began with a formal opening ceremony by P. Karunakaran, Member of Parliament for the Kasaragod constituency. He spoke on the importance of furthering the cause of knowledge in India’s most literate state. Then, the Malayalam Wikipedia community sat down for a transparent round table discussion on progress made and targets to be set for 2017. The community noted the success of programs and activities like Ente Gramam (which encouraged members to detail information regarding their village/ ancestral village), Olympics month, Wikipedia Asian Month, Wiki 100 Days, etc. The <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Malayalam-Wikipedia-leaps-forward-with-100-day-challenge/articleshow/55171206.cms">Wiki 100 Days</a> in particular led to the creation of close to 80 articles a day in Malayalam Wikipedia. The number of articles also saw a surge post the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016">Wiki Conference India 2016</a> held in Punjab. The discussion mulled on the aspects that need to be improved upon such as selected articles and selected photos on the Main Page which see unenthusiastic voting numbers amongst the community members. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Manojk">Manoj K</a>, an active community member, proposed the strategy of targeting groups of editors(old/new) with niche knowledge of a specific subject or focus area. He related his own experience in this regard: “I’m part of many bird watching and environmental clubs and I talk to them about Wikipedia so that they can use their knowledge about conservation or birds to edit or create those specific wikis.” He also identified challenges that were administrative in nature. “When offline events increase, online participation tends to decrease due to the leg work involved”, he observes. In addition, he feels grant writing and documentation training would also benefit the community. He added that religious vandalism of articles on monuments by fringe groups is also an issue faced by the community.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anilankv">Anil Kumar</a>, another long time Wikipedian, spoke of the general increase in awareness regarding editing Wikipedia in smaller towns and districts in Kerala. He pointed out that reviving <a href="http://schoolwiki.in/">School Wiki</a> would further increase awareness and, subsequently, participation. The Kerala government’s <a href="https://www.itschool.gov.in/">IT@School project</a> is now leading the efforts behind reviving School Wiki which aims to document (in Malayalam) details of all the schools in the state. <a href="https://itschool.gov.in/ictschoolscheme.php">K. Anvar Sadat</a>, the Executive Director of IT@School spoke to the Malayalam Wikipedia community in a video message enumerating the benefits of a detailed statewide school database. The community also aims to complete their target of 50, 000 Wikipedia articles by the end of the year. The second day came to a close with a seminar on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalamkali">mangalamkali</a>, a local folk dance in the district by Master Ramachandran.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Ranjit Siji further outlined the agenda for 2017 saying that data scraping of public records onto Wikipedia and a tool to maintain edit-a-thons will be a key focus for the community this year. He said, “when data can flow from public record to a wiki, it makes editing much easier and accessible even for new editors.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">When asked Manoj added that the community plans to conduct more online and offline events for community bonding. He said, “monthly meetings and edit-a-thons will keep the community active.” 2017 will also see Wikipedians in the community being rewarded through recognition of their pioneering efforts, he said. However, he emphasised the need for public and social media branding of future events. The final day of the annual gathering was held on a houseboat in Nileshwar. Wikipedian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karikkan">Sajal Karikkan</a> gave a presentation on the <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wy/ml">Malayalam WikiVoyage project</a>, still in incubation, where users could provide travel guidance about areas they are most familiar with. It was enthusiastically received by the community members. While the event was timed between Christmas and New Year, it did see some enthusiastic participation. However, the community did lack significant participation of women to bridge the gender divide(see chart below). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%3AChiyami">Smitha</a>, a long time Wikipedian and oceanographer feels that working women find it harder. She says, “they simply don’t have the time with their work and family commitments.” With the community planning to create mobile apps for editing in Malayalam, this could be sufficiently addressed through focused efforts to involve more women.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><img title="Points scored" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/cHVQSOPZcNvt7BznXD-eaCy0dspur6ZP862K23ujbmhPTOP6myXZKPUATzUWi86_EPNE4uCJ3ccLJDoa2bNeZwUGXxQNnlGfIH-YSroK2eU2sEZTQeStJBFrf3nAS9-jJVEH7Dw" alt="null" height="317" width="512" /></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikisangamotsavam-2016'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikisangamotsavam-2016</a>
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No publishermanasa@cis-india.orgCIS-A2KTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2017-02-06T12:47:54ZBlog EntryTelugu Wikipedia Stall at Hyderabad Book Fair
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-hyderabad-book-fair
<b>Telugu Wikipedia community put up a stall at the Hyderabad Book Fair in December welcoming members of the public to join as editors on the regional encyclopaedia. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://te.wikipedia.org">Telugu Wikipedia</a> community put up a stall at the 30th edition of the Hyderabad Book Fair from 15th to 26th December, 2016 at the NTR Stadium. Supported by <a href="http://cis-india.org/">The Centre for Internet and Society</a>, the volunteers were long time Telugu Wikipedia community members. They helped visitors <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Wikipedia-Account">set up Wikipedia accounts</a> and become editors on the free access encyclopedia. They also spoke to the visitors and explained how Wikipedia works and the collaborative efforts undertaken by various language communities in maintaining the regional language wiki pages. Additionally, a survey was conducted to find out what topics of interest are currently trending among the public. The Telugu Wikipedia community aims to take this feedback into consideration in order to update the topics they frequently edit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">Some visitors seemed interested in attending upcoming Wikipedia events and workshops. The organisers welcomed interested members of the public to attend the Hyderabad Wikipedia Monthly meetup on 22nd January, 2017.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-hyderabad-book-fair'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-hyderabad-book-fair</a>
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No publishermanasa@cis-india.orgCIS-A2KTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2017-02-06T12:48:09ZBlog Entry Telugu Wikipedia Stall at Rajahmundry Book Fair
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-rajahmundry-book-fair-1
<b>Telugu Wikipedia community put up a stall at the three day Rajahmundry Book Fair from 20 - 23 November 2016. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The initi<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">at</span>ive was supported by <a href="http://cis-india.org/">The Centre for Internet and Society </a>and <a href="http://ntrtrust.org/">NTR Trust</a>. The <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">stall</span> was run by long time community advoc<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">at</span>es and editors of <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">Telugu</span> <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">Wikipedia</span>. The volunteers distributed pamphlets and explained to the visitors the basics of editing <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">Wikipedia</span>. They distributed a survey to understand current topics of interest in order to upd<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">at</span>e the <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">Telugu</span> wiki pages. Some visitors utilized the expertise of the volunteers and set up <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">Wikipedia</span> accounts <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">at</span> the <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">stall</span>s.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">book</span> <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">fair</span> in the river side city didn’t see many takers this time round considering the move to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation">demonetise</a> was announced the previous week. The organizers had not made altern<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">at</span>ive payment arrangements <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">at</span> such short notice. Volunteer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pranayraj1985">Pranay Raj</a> said, “although there were uncontrollable factors <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">at</span> play, the city has gre<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">at</span> potential and <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">Telugu</span> <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">Wikipedia</span> plans to expand its editor base in the city through institutional partnerships from schools and colleges.”</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-rajahmundry-book-fair-1'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-rajahmundry-book-fair-1</a>
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No publishermanasa@cis-india.orgCIS-A2KTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2017-02-06T12:48:36ZBlog EntryMini Workshop on Tools: Wikipedia Monthly Meetup, Hyderabad
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-workshop-on-tools-wikipedia-monthly-meetup-hyderabad
<b>Telugu Wikipedia community held its monthly meet-up in Hyderabad on 28 August 2016. </b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The event was marked by a presentati<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">on</span> <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">on</span> quick tools by <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:Pavan_santhosh.s">Pavan Santhosh</a>, Community Advocate and l<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">on</span>g time member of the Telugu <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">Wikipedia</span> community. He dem<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">on</span>strated the use of <a href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/magnustools/prepbio.php">PrepBio</a>, a tool that helps create infoboxes <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">on</span> biographical articles. “This make the process of editing and updating edits easier,” he said. He also spoke about <a href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/wiki-todo/">Wiki ToDo</a>, a tool that helps find articles with specific edits or improvements required. “This ensures that even new editors can c<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">on</span>tribute to quality improvement <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">on</span> wikis,” he pointed out. At the end of the sessi<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">on</span>, the community members engaged in an activity that gave them a hands <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">on</span> insight into using these tools.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-workshop-on-tools-wikipedia-monthly-meetup-hyderabad'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-workshop-on-tools-wikipedia-monthly-meetup-hyderabad</a>
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No publisherManasa Rao and Pavan SanthoshCIS-A2KTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2017-02-06T12:49:00ZBlog EntryTelugu Wikipedia stall at Vijayawada Book Festival
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-vijayawada-book-festival
<b>The Telugu Wikipedia community put up a stall at the Vijayawada Book Festival in January, in order to increase reach of the regional language encyclopaedia.</b>
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<p>Last in a series of book stalls set up across the Telugu-speaking region, the Telugu community set up shop at the 27th Vijayawada Book Festival from 3 to 11 January 2017 at the PWD Grounds. The community had previously set up similar book stalls in <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-rajahmundry-book-fair-1">Rajahmundry </a>and <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-hyderabad-book-fair">Hyderabad</a>. Considered one of the largest book festivals in India with deep-rooted cultural significance in the Telugu literary circles, the Telugu community aims to increase the reach and visibility of Telugu Wikipedia through the setting up of this stall. </p>
<p>The book festival, open for the public from 11 am to 11 pm, was inaugurated by Kendra Sahitya Akademi winner <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachapalem_Chandrasekhara_Reddy">Rachapalem Chandrasekhar Reddy</a>, with a collection of 235 stalls to browse from. The festival was organised in partnership with the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.ap.gov.in/about-ap/language-culture/">Andhra Pradesh Department of Language and </a><a class="external-link" href="http://www.ap.gov.in/about-ap/language-culture/">Culture</a><a class="external-link" href="http://www.ap.gov.in/about-ap/language-culture/"> </a>and <a class="external-link" href="http://ntrtrust.org/">NTR Trust</a>. The stall was set up by Telugu Wikipedia community members with support from CIS-A2K and NTR Trust. </p>
<p> More than 150 individuals were engaged through this event. Interested members of public would receive follow-up through "Know-How" videos of Telugu Wikipedia. This provides basic information regarding editing and contributing to Wikipedia and its sister projects. They would also receive invitations to offline events taking place in Vijayawada in the future. </p>
<p> Telugu Wikipedia editor <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pranayraj1985">User:Pranayraj1985</a> said of his experience in talking to the public about Telugu Wikipedia, "I learnt a lot about what people know about Wikipedia and what they didn't know. In general, many of the visitors exclaim when they [come to] know, there is Wikipedia in Telugu language. But, in contrast, here in Vijayawada, we could at least find handful of people who knew there is something called Telugu Wikipedia.</p>
<p> <em>The link to the events page on meta can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2017/Stall_in_Vijayawada_Book_Festival">here</a>.</em></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-vijayawada-book-festival'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/telugu-wikipedia-stall-at-vijayawada-book-festival</a>
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No publisherPavan SanthoshCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2017-04-15T16:23:32ZBlog EntryGoogle-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise: January iteration
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/google-translated-telugu-articles-prioritisation-exercise-january-iteration
<b>The January iteration of the Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise took place online.</b>
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<p>The Google-translated Telugu articles prioritization is an online exercise intended to prioritize and improve over 1,900 machine-translated articles on Telugu Wikipedia. This project began from 2009- 2011 when Google translation project took place on Telugu Wikipedia in several rounds. Jointly organised by the Telugu Wikipedia community and CIS-A2K, this exercise saw the participation of 1 female Wikipedian and 4 male Wikipedians. </p>
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<p>12 machine translated articles were improved and 39 have been deleted due to their poor quality. In addition to this, 42 articles have been prioritised for further improvement. Says Telugu Wikipedian <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Meena_gayathri.s">User:Meena gayathri.s</a>, "people who wanted to improve Google-translated article waited [for a] long time to get a priority list of articles to be improved and in that aspect, this exercise is very useful."</p>
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<p>Several such iterations are planned for the coming months. The meta page for the event can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2017/Google_translated_Telugu_articles_prioritization">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/google-translated-telugu-articles-prioritisation-exercise-january-iteration'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/google-translated-telugu-articles-prioritisation-exercise-january-iteration</a>
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No publisherPavan SanthoshCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2017-04-15T17:47:50ZBlog EntryAdikavi Nannaya University Telugu Wikipedia Workshop
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/adikavi-nannaya-university-telugu-wikipedia-workshop-1
<b>A Telugu Wikipedia introductory workshop was conducted for the students of Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry between 6- 7 January, 2017. </b>
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<p>A two-day Telugu Wikipedia workshop was conducted for the
students of <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adikavi_Nannaya_University">Adikavi Nannaya University</a> in Rajahmundry between 6- 7 January,
2017. The participants were post-graduate students of the Telugu Department of
the University with a notable gender ratio of 13 male and 21 female
participants.</p>
<p>The aim of the workshop was to introduce students to
Wikipedia and contributing to Wikipedia projects. They were taught basic
Wikipedia editing and the usage of Google's advanced tools. This would also
help them create tertiary sources
using primary and secondary sources. The students improved articles about their villages using references available on the
Internet. The workshop,
conducted jointly by CIS-A2K and Telugu Wikipedia community members, was key to
increasing the base of Telugu Wikipedia across the Telugu-speaking region, to cities
like Rajahmundry. Says User:విశ్వనాధ్.బి.కె., "from initial days, Wikipedia offline activities
development is Hyderabad-centric and Wikipedia activities should be done in all
areas (of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh). As this event in Adikavi Nannaya
University helps in that aspect, I would like to offer all of my effort to
these kind of events."</p>
<p> Overall, the event saw the creation 32 new pages on Telugu
Wikipedia by 33 newly registered users with 99118 bytes being deleted/ added. </p>
<p>The link to event page on meta can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2017/Adikavi_Nannaya_University_Telugu_Wikipedia_Workshop">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/adikavi-nannaya-university-telugu-wikipedia-workshop-1'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/adikavi-nannaya-university-telugu-wikipedia-workshop-1</a>
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No publisherPavan SanthoshCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T08:57:21ZBlog EntryOngoing Proof-reading Effort by ALC Student Wikimedians in Telugu Wikisource
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ongoing-proof-reading-effort-by-alc-student-wikimedians-in-telugu-wikisource
<b>Student Wikimedians at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada formatted and proof-read more than 1,900 folios in Telugu Wikisource during the last few weeks of November (2016). Each day, a group of twenty students uses the lab facility provided by the college after regular classes to make necessary formatting changes and fix spelling mistakes in the folios of books available in Telugu Wikisource. Till date, the student Wikipedians have proofread eight books.</b>
<p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr">The work was initiated and supported by CIS-A2K members who organized a proofreading workshop of the <a href="https://te.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95:Bible_Bhashya_Samputavali_Volume_02_Bible_Bodhanalu_P_Jojayya_2003_280_P.pdf">Bible Bhashya Samputavali Volume 06</a> on Telugu Wikisource in Andhra Loyola College during 18 to 20 November 2016. During the workshop, Telugu Wikimedian Gullapalli Nageswara Rao (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nrgullapalli">User:Nrgullapalli</a>), along with CIS-A2K community advocate Pavan Santhosh helped students to learn about the process of digitizing book in Telugu Wikisource and other formatting aspects involved. In this event, nearly twenty students picked up the skills required to proof-read a book as well as the formatting techniques in Telugu Wikisource. Some students had also started to proof-read three other books that are currently available in Telugu Wikisource.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/ALC_Wikisource_workshop_November_2016.jpg/image_preview" alt="ALC Wikisource Workshop" class="image-inline image-inline" title="ALC Wikisource Workshop" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-876383aa-4f4a-6ed7-5efb-e440c9687414">This event also marked great effort and accomplishment of promoting gender balance and diversity in local community events — as the organizers and institution successfully assured a minimum 50% female participation rate throughout the three days. CIS-A2K member Ting-Yi Chang also gave a short introduction to the participants about the issue in Wikipedia (media) Gender Gap. Students who had previous Wikipedia editing experience at the ALC were also invited to the session, rendering around thirty female audience. The presentation included small brainstorm activities for students to discuss reasons behind the gender asymmetry online and on Wikipedia/media projects, as well as how we as community members can make a difference to help women feel more welcomed.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" dir="ltr">A follow-up Wikisource session was conducted on 25 and 26 November 2016 for students to learn about the remaining steps in digitization and the OCR tool. Thanks to encouragement and motivation given by Principal Rev. Fr., Dr. Peter Kishore, staff members Prof. Siva Kumari, and Dr. K. Sekhar, the student Wikipedians had started to contribute to Wikisource after class for at least a couple of hours every day. These events and accomplishments show remarkable efforts and dedication from both student Wikimedians and the institutional partner.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;" dir="ltr"><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/Gender_gap_awareness_session_in_ALC_3.jpg/image_mini" alt="Gender Gap Awareness session in ALC" class="image-inline" title="Gender Gap Awareness session in ALC" /></p>
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No publisherPavan Santosh & Ting-Yi ChangTelugu WikisourceCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWikipedia gender gapWorkshopTelugu Wikipedia2016-12-30T11:00:09ZBlog Entryవికీపీడియాతో విజ్ఞాన విప్లవం
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/andhra-bhoomi-december-11-2016-article-on-wikipedia
<b>The article appeared in Andhra Bhoomi on December 11, 2016.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">హైదరాబాద్, డిసెంబర్ 10: అన్ని భారతీయ భాషల్లో వికీపీడియాను అభివృద్ధి చేసేందుకు అవసరమైన శిక్షణ అందిస్తున్నామని వికీ ట్రైనర్, ఆంగ్ల వికీపీడియన్ టిటో దత్తా పేర్కొన్నారు. వికీపీడియాను అభివృద్ధి చేసేందుకు వివిధ కార్యక్రమాల నిర్వహణకు అవసరమైన నాయకత్వ శిక్షణ, వికీపీడియాలో పనికొచ్చే ఉపకరణాల గురించి రెండు రోజుల శిక్షణ కార్యక్రమాన్ని ఆయన శనివారం ప్రారంభించారు. తెలుగు వికీపీడియాను అభివృద్ధి చేయడం ద్వారా తెలుగు భాషాభివృద్ధితో పాటు ప్రపంచవ్యాప్తంగా ఉన్న తెలుగు వారికి తెలుగు విశేషాలు అందించిన వారమవుతామని, దీంతో సరికొత్త విజ్ఞాన విప్లవం వస్తుందని ఆయన పేర్కొన్నారు. వికీపీడియాను అభివృద్ధి చేయడానికి కాలేజీల్లో కార్యశాల, ఫోటోవాక్, ఎడిట్ ఆ థాన్ తదితర కార్యక్రమాలను నిర్వహించవచ్చని చెప్పారు. చరిత్రకారుడు, రచయిత, తెలుగు వికీపీడియన్ కట్టా శ్రీనివాసరావు మాట్లాడుతూ గోల్కొండ వంటి ప్రదేశాల్లో కూడా ప్రజలకు తెలియని చారిత్రక, సాంకేతిక ప్రదేశాలు అంశాలు ఉంటాయని అన్నారు. వాటి ఫోటోలు తీసి వికీమీడియా కామన్స్లో చేర్చవచ్చని తెలిపారు. ఈ కార్యక్రమాన్ని సిఐఎస్-ఎ2కె ప్రతినిధి పవన్ సంతోష్, వికీపీడియన్ ప్రణయ్ రాజ్ వంగరి నిర్వహించారు. కార్యక్రమంలో తెలుగు వికీపీడియన్లు కశ్యప్, నాగేశ్వరరావు, మీనా గాయత్రీ, వౌర్య వంటి వారితో పాటు కొత్తగా వికీపీడియాలో చేరిన వారు కూడా పాల్గొన్నారు.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Read the <a class="external-link" href="http://andhrabhoomi.net/content/state-5330">original published by Andhra Bhoomi</a> on December 11, 2016</p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaCIS-A2KTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-12-20T16:36:06ZNews ItemWikipedian Pavan Santhosh says Telugu Wikipedians are creating Knowledge revolution (in Telugu)
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/andhra-jyoti-december-12-2016-telugu-wikipedians-are-creating-knowledge-revolution
<b>Pavan Santhosh said that Telugu Wikipedians are creating a knowledge revolution in Telugu. On Sunday, December 12, 2016, in Golden Threshold, Abids, Telugu Wikipedians celebrated Telugu Wikipedia day. Telugu Wikipedians Pranay Raj and Meena Gayathri who successfully completed 100 Wikidays challenge successfully were given mementos and cut a cake on this occassion.
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<p>Clipping of the article that appeared in Andhra Jyoti on December 12, 2016:<br /><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/AndhraJyothi12thDec.jpg/@@images/9a570cf6-a8b7-4717-89cb-a331525cab3d.jpeg" alt="Andhra Jyoti" class="image-inline" title="Andhra Jyoti" /></p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaCIS-A2KTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-12-17T01:35:04ZNews ItemWikipedia is a Newspaper
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/namaste-telangana-december-11-2016-wikipedia-is-a-newspaper
<b>Coverage about Mini MWT and TTT first day. News item also explains about Telugu Wikipedia and its growth. Mentioned some of the participants and organizers Pranay, Katta Srinivasa Rao, Kasyap, etc.</b>
<p>Clipping of the article as it appeared in Namaste Telangana on December 11, 2016:</p>
<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/NamasteTelangana11thDec.jpg/@@images/8bd4be5c-67be-496d-bbab-d7fea4d2ad39.jpeg" alt="Namaste Telangana" class="image-inline" title="Namaste Telangana" /></p>
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No publisherpraskrishnaTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-12-17T01:27:21ZNews ItemMini TTT and MWT conducted in Hyderabad, India
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mini-ttt-and-mwt-conducted-in-hyderabad-india
<b>Mini Train-the-Trainer and MediaWiki Trainer program was conducted on 10 and 11 December 2016 in Hyderabad. 15 Wikipedians from 4 cities of Andhra pradesh and Telangana 2 Indic Wikimedia communities participated in the event. Here is a report.</b>
<p>The 2016 iteration of mini Train-the-Trainer (TTT) and MediaWiki training (MWT) was conducted on 10 and 11 December 2016 at Golden Threshold, Hyderabad. Train-the-Trainer and MediaWiki training are two of the biggest annual national events conducted by CIS-A2K. The first program attempts to groom leadership skills among Indian Wikimedians, and in the second event Indian Wikimedians are taught about MediaWiki, Wikipedia tools, scripts, gadgets and technical things. Following the national-level annual event state-level or city level iterations of the program are conducted.</p>
<p>In this year’s Hyderabad mini TTT and MWT, 15 Wikimedians from 4 cities of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana - Hyderabad, Vijayawada, West Godavari, and Visakhapatnam participated. It is unfortunate that only 1 among the 15 participants was female. 14 of the participants were Telugu Wikimedians, and 1 was from Bengali Wikimedia community. CIS-A2K representative Tito Dutta, from Bangalore, participated in the event as a resource person. Rahmanuddin Shaik, a Telugu Wikimedia administrator Rahmanuddin Shaik attended as a technical resource person. Another CIS-A2K representative Pavan Santhosh was the co-ordinator and also a trainer during the event. 3 student Wikipedians from Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada participated in the training.</p>
<p>On 10 December, the first day of the event, these topics were discussed:</p>
<ol><li>Editing Wikipedia with Visual editor (mainly for new editors)</li><li>Enablings different options in the Wikipedia preference page, including Wikipedia skins, gadgets such as HotCat, Navigation pop up; (mainly for new editors)</li><li>Conducting a program: group discussion: pre-event activities, conducting an event, post-event activities, preparing report, reimbursement process, Global Metrics;</li><li>General discussion and knowledge sharing on topics like Wikimeetup, education program.</li></ol>
<p>On 11 December, the second day of the event, these topics were discussed:</p>
<ol><li>Wikipedia articles structure, and different Manual of Style topics</li><li>Wikipedia tools, gadgets;</li><li>Wikimedia Foundation new grant structure and different grant options</li><li>Introduction to Wikidata and Wikidata tools such as Wikidata game</li><li>Discussion on Telugu Wikipedia’s workplan</li></ol>
At the end of the event two Telugu Wikipedians a) <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pranayraj1985">User:Pranayraj1985</a> and b) <a class="external-link" 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:Meena_gayathri.s">User:Meena_gayathri.s</a>, who completed 100wikidays challenge recently, were congratulated and felicitated.
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<ul><li>Source:<a class="external-link" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Telugu_Wikipedia_Mini_Wiki_Trainer_(TTT)_03.jpg"> Wikimedia Commons</a>. author: <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pranayraj1985">User:Pranayraj1985</a>, license: CC SA 4.0 International<br /></li></ul>
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No publisherduttaTrainingTrain-the-trainer (TTT)Mediawiki training (MWT)WikipediaTelugu Wikipedia2016-12-15T05:28:44ZBlog EntryImproving Telugu Village Articles
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/improving-telugu-village-articles
<b>Telugu wikipedians on 6 October 2016 held a discussion on improving the quality of Telugu articles. The event was organized by IIIT, Hyderabad, CIS-A2K and OpenGeo.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A possible collaboration between Wikipedia and free and open source enthusiasts and environmental groups was explored at the meeting. Subodh Kulkarni and Pavan Santhosh made a presentation about Wikipedia. The participants were from different groups such as SOUL (Save Our Urban Lakes), OpenGeo.org (organization that works for open source mapping) and Sweccha (organization working to expand free software movement in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Prof. Madhav Gadgil moderated a discussion on how these organizations could collaborate for different Wikimedia projects. The discussion primarily revolved around improving ongoing Telugu village articles.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Prof. Gadgil stressed on compiling articles using reliable and verifiable sources. He also urged the participants to upload geo-tagged photos to Commons especially photos of lakes of which the authorities have denied existence. The discussion also focused on the synergy between OpenGeo and Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Post-lunch, Prof. Gadgil delivered a lecture on “Human Knowledge: An Evolutionary Perspective in IIT”. Prof. Gadgil explained that the next big leap in evolution of human knowledge is free knowledge in which everyone can contribute and utilize which was Wikipedia. He urged the scholars and students to contribute to Wikipedia which is the future for knowledge society.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Telugu and English wikipedians including Vinay, Lubna Sarwath, Undavalli Ravikumar, Raju and many more participated in the event.<br /><br /></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/improving-telugu-village-articles'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/improving-telugu-village-articles</a>
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No publisherPavan SanthoshWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-11-26T02:27:39ZBlog EntryMaking Telugu Suitable for Internet
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ammanudi-september-6-2016-making-telugu-suitable-for-internet
<b>In brief, the article speaks of steps in making a language other than English suitable for Internet and computers, what input methods, fonts and content are available in Telugu as on date and what challenges are ahead in making language fully available on Internet and in computers.</b>
<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/Article.jpg" alt="Telugu Article" class="image-inline" title="Telugu Article" /></p>
<p>Click to download the <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/Ammanudi%20my%20article.pdf" class="internal-link">file here</a></p>
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No publisherrahimCIS-A2KTelugu WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-09-06T14:21:49ZBlog Entry