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You Too Can Write on Wikipedia! — Training workshop
http://editors.cis-india.org/events/you-too-can-write-on-wikipedia-2014-training-workshop
<b>The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation and National Institute of Tourims and Hospitality Management is organizing a two-days training workshop (December 5-6, 2013) in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">As you may know, Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, and is the 5th most-visited website in the world! It's completely free to use and re-use, it has no advertising, and is available in more than 280 different languages - including 20+ Indian languages. Wikipedia articles are written by ordinary people who volunteer to share their knowledge with the world.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">What will you gain from Wikipedia editing?</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">It improves <b>writing skills</b>. Wikipedia provides students/professionals/researchers a platform to hone their writing skills. Writing on Wikipedia enhances <b>critical thinking</b> and the ability<b> to </b>see all sides of a story. Students will find this incredibility useful in both their personal and professional lives while evaluating the pros and cons of different situations, projects, assignments etc. Wikipedia editing also strengthens <b>research skills</b>. A Wikipedia editor has to provide credible references by looking up books, journals and online materials. Writing on Wikipedia is a good practice for those who will also work on a thesis or a research project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Your articles will be read by thousands of people across the globe</b>. If you edit a Wikipedia article, it is there *forever* and the audience can be any number from the 500 million who read Wikipedia every month!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>It'll boost your chances in admissions or scholarships or placements</b>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>It teaches students how to collaborate!</b> Editing Wikipedia is magical. You add some content and someone from some other part of the class or school or town or country or somewhere else in the world adds a little bit more and makes the contribution that much better. Wikipedia helps one learn how to work productively with other people, even those you don’t know and may never actually meet.</p>
<p>The workshop will cover the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>What exactly is Wikipedia and how does it work?</li>
<li>Who edits Wikipedia?</li>
<li>How do I edit Wikipedia? </li>
<li>What can I edit?</li>
<li>How can I input text in Indian languages?</li>
<li>How do I insert images?</li>
<li>How do I find and add references?</li>
<li>Do’s and Don’ts</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; ">Schedule</h2>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">December 5, 2013</span> (Day 1)</p>
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<th>Timing</th><th>Activity</th>
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<td>09.30 to 10.00 a.m.</td>
<td>Welcome and Introduction</td>
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<td>10.00 to 11.15 a.m.</td>
<td>Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet</td>
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<td>11.15 to 11.30 a.m.</td>
<td>Tea/Coffee Break</td>
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<td>11.30 to 01.00 p.m.</td>
<td>Wikipedia demonstration + Basics of Wikipedia Editing (hands on activity)</td>
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<td>01.00 to 02.00 p.m.</td>
<td>Lunch Break</td>
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<td>02.00 to 02.15 p.m.</td>
<td>Energizer</td>
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<td>02.15 to 03.45 p.m.</td>
<td>Basics of Wikipedia Editing (Hands on activity)</td>
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<td>03.45 to 04.00 p.m.</td>
<td>Tea/Coffee Break</td>
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<td>04.00 to 05.30 p.m.</td>
<td>NPOV on Wikipedia (Spectrogram activity)</td>
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<td>05.30 to 05.45 p.m.</td>
<td>Look back on what has worked and what has not</td>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">December 6, 2013</span> (Day 2)</p>
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<th>Timing</th><th>Activity</th>
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<td>09.30 to 11.15 a.m.</td>
<td>Advanced Wikipedia Editing (Hands on activity)</td>
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<td>11.15 to 11.30 a.m.</td>
<td>Tea/Coffee Break<br /></td>
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<td>11.30 to 01.00 p.m.</td>
<td>On Wiki activity</td>
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<td>01.00 to 02.00 p.m.</td>
<td>Lunch Break<br /></td>
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<td>02.00 to 02.15 p.m.</td>
<td>Energizer</td>
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<td>02.15 to 03.45 p.m.</td>
<td>Wikimedia projects and Tourism</td>
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<td>03.45 to 04.00 p.m.</td>
<td>Tea/Coffee Break<br /></td>
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<td>04.00 to 05.30 p.m.</td>
<td>Group Activity – Wiki projects on Tourism</td>
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<td>05.30 to 05.45 p.m.</td>
<td>Feedback and Closing session</td>
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<li>For map of the venue: click this link: <a class="external-link" href="http://sh.st/r90j">http://sh.st/r90j</a></li>
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<li>For venue: click this link: <a class="external-link" href="http://sh.st/r889">http://sh.st/r889</a></li>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/events/you-too-can-write-on-wikipedia-2014-training-workshop'>http://editors.cis-india.org/events/you-too-can-write-on-wikipedia-2014-training-workshop</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessEvent2013-12-06T07:55:38ZEventWriting skills improve with Wikipedia editing
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/eenadu-december-3-2016-writing-skills-improve-with-wikipedia-editing
<b>Pavan Santhosh said that contributing to Wikipedia and working in Wikimedia community improves our leadership qualities and writing skills. In an awareness session conducted about "You can edit Wikipedia" in JKC college, Guntur, Santhosh explained how to create and improve articles about Wikipedia in this program. Principal I.Nageswara Rao presided over this meeting.</b>
<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/WikipediaawarenesssessioninJKCcollegeGuntur.jpg/@@images/5b616c90-c0d5-482c-988a-650d3fbd4083.jpeg" alt="Writing Skills with Wikipedia" class="image-inline" title="Writing Skills with Wikipedia" /></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/eenadu-december-3-2016-writing-skills-improve-with-wikipedia-editing'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/eenadu-december-3-2016-writing-skills-improve-with-wikipedia-editing</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaWikimediaCIS-A2KWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-12-15T02:21:23ZNews ItemWorld Book Day (Coverage in Vijayavani)
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/vijayavani-april-23-2014-world-book-day
<b>Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the event as a speaker. A scanned version of the report is below:</b>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/vijayavani-april-23-2014-world-book-day'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/vijayavani-april-23-2014-world-book-day</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-05-05T09:40:16ZNews ItemWorld Book Day
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/world-book-day
<b>Dr. U.B.Pavanaja was one of the speakers on the program arranged on account of World Book Day by Karnataka Publishers’ Association at the Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">He spoke about the importance of giving info about Kannada books in Kannada Wikipedia, about digitization of books, ebooks and audio books.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Click to read the media coverage in <a class="external-link" href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/international-book-day/article5932673.ece">the Hindu</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/world-book-day'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/world-book-day</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2014-05-05T09:33:11ZNews ItemWorkshop on e-Content Development
http://editors.cis-india.org/news/workshop-on-e-content-development
<b>T. Vishnu Vardhan, A2K Programme Director at CIS will be teaching at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad from September 4 to 6, 2013.</b>
<p>Vishnu Vardhan will give guest lecture for the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open Source to Open Knowledge</li>
<li>Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet</li>
<li>e-Content in Indian languages – History, Challenges and Opportunities</li>
<li>Wikipedia Users to Wikipedia Authors – Exploring Wikipedia as an OER Tool</li>
<li>e-Content, e-Student, e-Faculty – Reimagining classroom in the digital Age</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/e-content-development" class="internal-link">Click to download the programme brochure</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/news/workshop-on-e-content-development'>http://editors.cis-india.org/news/workshop-on-e-content-development</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWikimedia2013-09-04T05:56:16ZNews ItemWorkshop of River activists for building Jal Bodh - Knowledge resource on Water
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-river-activists-for-building-jal-bodh-knowledge-resource-on-water
<b>To build knowledge resource on rivers in Pune district, CIS-A2K team organized a workshop in Pune on July 25, 2018.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">After the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Exploring_Wikimedia_platforms_in_Dialogue_on_the_Urban_Rivers_of_Maharashtra" title="Exploring Wikimedia platforms in Dialogue on the Urban Rivers of Maharashtra">River Dialogue</a>, Jeevit nadi organisation has taken initiative to train their team of activists in open knowledge and Wikimedia Projects. Activists and researchers from <a class="text external" href="http://www.jeevitnadi.org/" rel="nofollow">Jeevit Nadi</a>, <a class="text external" href="http://ecouniv.in/" rel="nofollow">EcoUniv</a>, Jal Biradari, <a class="text external" href="https://www.ecological-society.org/" rel="nofollow">Ecological Society</a>, <a class="text external" href="http://sagarmitra.org/" rel="nofollow">Sagarmitra</a> organisations participated in the workshop. The groups presented their work, the database and the resources with them. These include photographs, videos, training material and data collected on site. Extensive discussion was made for evolving methodology to integrate in Wikimedia Projects. This was the first iteration in the series of workshops.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The second iteration of building content on rivers in Pune district was organised on 25th July by Jeevit Nadi organisation. In this 4 hour session, 5 participants worked on category tree and structure of article on river. The editing skills for this were imparted. The images and videos available in the repository were analysed for uploading. The categorisation of media was also planned. The issues like maps of rivers and heritage places on the banks were also discussed. This team will prepare the database and organise the media files available for uploading in respective categories. The next iteration is planned in September.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Read the full details on <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop_of_River_activists_for_building_Jal_Bodh_-_Knowledge_resource_on_Water">Wikimedia Blog</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-river-activists-for-building-jal-bodh-knowledge-resource-on-water'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-river-activists-for-building-jal-bodh-knowledge-resource-on-water</a>
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No publisherAdminWikimediaCIS-A2KWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2018-08-11T01:45:18ZBlog EntryWorkshop of Publishers and Writers on Unicode, Open Source and Wikimedia Projects
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-publishers-and-writers-on-unicode-open-source-and-wikimedia-projects
<b>CIS-A2K team organized a workshop on unicode, open source and wikimedia projects at Pune on July 25, 2018.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">CIS-A2K has started dialogue with the publishers for the last 6 months regarding FOSS, Open knowledge and content donation to Wikimedia Projects. As a result, various publishers and writers associated with social sector have taken initiative to organise workshops. Parisar, NGO working on environmental issues organised this orientation session for 4 activists, 5 publishers and 6 writers.</p>
<p>The following issues were discussed with demonstrations -</p>
<ol>
<li>Adoption of Unicode and open source softwares</li>
<li>Make available old reference books, out of print books on web using new technology</li>
<li>Strengthening of Marathi Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary etc.</li>
<li>Social marketing of literary books</li>
<li>Explore the new medium of e books</li>
<li>To establish a company on lines of Amazon for e-selling of marathi books</li>
</ol>
<p>Read the event details on <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop_of_Publishers_and_Writers_on_Unicode,_Open_Source_and_Wikimedia_Projects">Wikimedia Blog</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-publishers-and-writers-on-unicode-open-source-and-wikimedia-projects'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/workshop-of-publishers-and-writers-on-unicode-open-source-and-wikimedia-projects</a>
</p>
No publisherAdminWikimediaCIS-A2KWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2018-08-11T02:08:53ZBlog EntryWomen's History Month, India-2015
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/womens-history-month-india-2015
<b>CIS-A2K is supporting the Indian Wikimedia volunteers organize Wikipedia Women's History Month, India- 2015. </b>
<p>See the event <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2015">meta page here</a></p>
<hr />
<p style="text-align: justify; ">8th March is <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:International_Women%27s_Day" title="w:en:International Women's Day">International Women's Day</a> and to celebrate, women in India are organizing edit-a-thons and meetups to create and expand articles of importance to women in Wikipedia in English and various Indian languages. The goal of the month-long event is to encourage more women and transwomen to contribute to Wikipedia and increase the quality of articles related to women in Wikipedia. The event aims at creating new articles, expanding the existing stubs and translating English articles to various <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Indo-Aryan_languages" title="w:en:Indo-Aryan languages">Indic languages</a>. Everyone is welcome to <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2015/Participants" title="Women's History Month, India-2015/Participants">join the event</a> as enthusiasts, editors, translators, bloggers or event managers. Anyone who identify themselves as women are particularly encouraged to participate.</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify; ">
<li><b>Events: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2015/Events" title="Women's History Month, India-2015/Events">Click here to see the list of online and offline events</a></b>.</li>
<li><b>Participants: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2015/Participants" title="Women's History Month, India-2015/Participants">Sign up as a participant!</a></b></li>
<li><b>List of articles : <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2015/To_do_list" title="Women's History Month, India-2015/To do list">Click here to see the list of languages and articles</a></b>.</li>
<li><b>Resources: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2015/Resources" title="Women's History Month, India-2015/Resources">Organize an event!</a></b></li>
</ul>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/womens-history-month-india-2015'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/womens-history-month-india-2015</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaWikimedia2015-03-08T09:18:19ZNews ItemWomen's Day Edit-a-thon at Jnana Prabodhini
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/womens-day-edit-a-thon-at-jnana-prabodhini
<b>A Marathi Wikipedia Women's Day edit-a-thon was conducted in collaboration with Jnana Prabodhini to commemorate the celebration of International Women's Day.</b>
<p>A Marathi
Wikipedia Women's Day edit-a-thon was conducted in collaboration with Jnana
Prabodhini in Pune on 9 March, 2017 to commemorate the celebration of
International Women's Day. Jnana Prabodhini is an organisation that is active
in the field of social work. The organisation enabled the bringing together of women working
in the culture and Indology sectors for this edit-a-thon.</p>
<p>The aim of
the two-hour-long edit-a-thon was to help build resources in the field of Culture, Indology and women
empowerment on Marathi Wikipedia. The edit-a-thon also introduced the
participants to editing Wikipedia and contributing to Wiki projects. In
addition to this, the workshop attempted to add references to existing articles
in order to improve their credibility.</p>
<p>The all-women event was attended by
seven women from different walks of life. The participants edited five articles
on women related to culture and Indology. Dr. Aaryaa Joshi, research scholar at
Jnana Prabodhini was one of the expert trainers at the event.</p>
<p>Link to event page on meta can be found <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Day_Edit-a-thon_at_Jnana_Prabodhini,_Pune_on_9th_March_2017">here</a>.</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/womens-day-edit-a-thon-at-jnana-prabodhini'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/womens-day-edit-a-thon-at-jnana-prabodhini</a>
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No publisherSubodh KulkarniCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaOpenness2017-04-15T07:31:38ZBlog EntryWomen's Day Edit-a-thon at Jeewan Jyoti Women's Empowerment Centre, Pune
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/womens-day-edit-a-thon-in-pune
<b>Sterlite Tech Foundation and Jnana Prabodhini joined hands with the Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team to hold a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at Jeewan Jyoti Women's Empowerment Centre, Ambawane in Pune on March 10, 2017. Subodh Kulkarni was one of the trainers. The edit-a-thon was attended by 28 students.</b>
<h3><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/PuneEditathon.jpg" alt="Pune Editathon" class="image-inline" title="Pune Editathon" /></h3>
<h3>Background</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Sterlite Tech Foundation and Jnana Prabodhini are the organisations working for Women's Empowerment in Velhe Block of Pune District Maharashtra. Jeewan Jyoti - Sterlite’s flagship initiative aims to address these issues by empowering the under privileged sections of society, especially rural women with equal learning opportunities and with professional training courses in their formative years; thereby providing them with sustainable income opportunities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">On the occasion of World Women's Day, Women's Wikipedia edit-a-thon week is arranged across the world. The organisers collaborated with The Centre for Internet & Society-Access to Knowledge Program to conduct this workshop for rural women.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Project Goal</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The goal of this Wikipedia Workshop is to build resources in the field of rural development & women empowerment on Marathi Wikipedia and equip its participants with the process of contributing to Wikipedia, and to introduce it as a concept to them. Another focus of the workshop will be on village articles.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Primary Goals</b></p>
<ul>
<li>To introduce Wikipedia as an encyclopedia for research and a concept to new editors.</li>
<li>To Promote Marathi Wikipedia Community & promote the use of regional languages in Wikipedia.</li>
<li>To have an open interaction within the editors, existing as well as new.</li>
<li>To spread the awareness of Wikipedia as a powerful tool.</li>
<li>To develop articles on gender & environment related issues</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Day_Edit-a-thon_at_Jeewan_Jyoti_Women%27s_Empowerment_Centre,_Ambawane,Dist.Pune">More info on Wikimedia Blog</a></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/womens-day-edit-a-thon-in-pune'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/womens-day-edit-a-thon-in-pune</a>
</p>
No publishersubodhCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaOpenness2017-04-10T16:04:03ZBlog EntryWinners of the Opensource.com 2015 Community Awards
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/opensource-2015-award-winners
<b>Every year, Opensource.com awards people from our community who have excelled in contributing and sharing stories about open source.</b>
<p>These stories are about open source as we use it in our everyday lives as well as how it helps to build a better world and future in technology. This year, we present to you the 2015 Opensource.com Community Awards in the following categories.</p>
<h3>People's Choice Awards</h3>
<p><b><a class="external-link" href="http://opensource.com/users/psubhashish" target="_blank">Subhashish Panigrahi</a></b></p>
<p><b><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_Subhashish.jpg" alt="Subhashish" class="image-inline" title="Subhashish" /></b></p>
<p>An educator and open source activist, based in Bangalore, India.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left; "><i>Reader's Choice Awards</i></h2>
<p style="text-align: left; "><i>Recognizes the community's favorite articles from 2014. Voted on by the community.</i></p>
<p><b><br /></b></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/opensource-2015-award-winners'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/opensource-2015-award-winners</a>
</p>
No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessWikipediaOdia WikipediaWikimedia2015-02-12T01:23:44ZNews ItemWikisource:Internship Project at New Law College, Pune
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikisource-internship-project-at-new-law-college-pune
<b>This Wiki - internship project is being conducted for New Law College (Pune),under the guidance of Prof.Dr.Mukund Sarda, Dean and Principal of NLC by CIS A2K as part of this project at en wikisource; teams of students will acomplish proof reading, validation, compilation annotation etc. of Indian Laws and to begin with Copyright laws and Intellectual property laws at Portal:Copyright law/Copyright law of India.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Next /intermittant stages of a (internship) project, may be conducted on <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" title="w:">english wikipedia</a> for case studies part, and for questions answers, research etc on <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Main_Page" title="wikiversity:Main Page">english wikiversity</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject" title="Wikisource:WikiProject">WikiProject</a> is dedicated to posting and organizing pages for <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Category:Laws_of_India" title="Category:Laws of India">Acts of the Indian Parliament</a> and other Indian legislation. Present collaboration :<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:Copyright_law/Copyright_law_of_India" title="Portal:Copyright law/Copyright law of India">Intellectual Property Acts</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Indian_Copyright_Act_1957.djvu" title="Index:Indian Copyright Act 1957.djvu">Index:Indian Copyright Act 1957.djvu</a> (<a class="text external" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Index:Indian_Copyright_Act_1957.djvu">related Recent Changes</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Patents_Act_1970_%28India%29.pdf" title="Index:Patents Act 1970 (India).pdf">Index:Patents Act 1970 (India).pdf</a> (<a class="text external" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Index:Patents_Act_1970_%28India%29.pdf">related Recent Changes</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Trade_Marks_Act_%28India%29,_1999.djvu" title="Index:Trade Marks Act (India), 1999.djvu">Index:Trade Marks Act (India), 1999.djvu</a> (<a class="text external" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Index:Trade_Marks_Act_%28India%29,_1999.djvu">related Recent Changes</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Geographical_Indications_of_Goods_%28Registration_and_Protection%29_Act,_1999.djvu" title="Index:Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.djvu">Index:Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.djvu</a> (<a class="text external" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Index:Geographical_Indications_of_Goods_%28Registration_and_Protection%29_Act,_1999.djvu">related changes</a>)</li>
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<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/WikisourceCertificate.png" alt="Wikisource Certificate" class="image-inline" title="Wikisource Certificate" /></p>
<p>More information on <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Internship_project_at_New_Law_College,_Pune">Wikimedia Blog</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikisource-internship-project-at-new-law-college-pune'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikisource-internship-project-at-new-law-college-pune</a>
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No publishersubodhCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaWikisource2017-03-28T15:37:09ZBlog EntryWikisource Workshop at Vigyan Ashram, Pabal
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-may-26-2019-wikisource-workshop-at-vigyan-ashram
<b>The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) organized a workshop in collaboration with Vigyan Ashram, Pabal on May 25-26, 2019 at Pabal. Total 12 participants attended sessions during this two days workshop. The basic skills in digitisation, uploading on Commons and Wikisource process were imparted in the workshop. Jayanta Nath was the facilitator.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Active members of Wikisource at Vigyan Ashram have expressed their interest in learning advanced skills on VP. Previously, they have scanned & uploaded 50+ books on Commons, OCR'd 10,000+ pages and proofread few pages. This team wants to learn advanced skills in processing scanned books, metadata linking with Wikidata, Wikisource - proofreading & layout skills, tools etc. The institution has also planned to integrate proofreading activity with the Unicode/FOSS training courses, so that the students will be involved in next academic year. The primary objectives of the workshop were:</p>
<p>To impart :</p>
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<li>Basic orientation to Wikisource</li>
<li>Understanding of Wikisource work flow</li>
<li>Skills required from scanning to OCR of book</li>
<li>skills for Proof-reading, transclusion methods</li>
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<h3>Agenda</h3>
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<li>Introduction to Wikisource - features, scope and future potential</li>
<li>Wikisource work flow - explanation of different stages</li>
<li>Upload tools and Copyrights</li>
<li>OCR4Wikisource and Indic OCR</li>
<li>Proofreading methods and Tools required</li>
<li>Wikisource tools, gadgets</li>
<li>Transclusion methods</li>
<li>Wikidata linkage</li>
</ul>
<h3>Day 1</h3>
<p id="_mcePaste" style="text-align: justify; ">Day one started with training on Scanning and post processing methods. The expert trainer explained various programmes to clean files & make the pdf of book. He also reviewed the previous work done at Vigyan Ashram and gave important suggestions. All the participants scanned 20 pages and processed them for practise. Then copyright issues and various licenses were discussed with some examples on Commons. The big size books were uploaded by chunkedupload tool. This will be useful in future as it reduces time and space also. <span>After the uploading session, the basics of Wikisource project were explained by Jayanta Nath. He demonstrated proof-reading methods and the related tools, gadgets required. Some scripts for proof-reading are not imported in Marathi Wikisource. The need analysis was done to identify basic minimum templates and gadgets. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>The participants learned to make their common.js pages to install the scripts. The hands-on activity was done by distributing the pages of one book for all the members. </span><span>Day one started with training on Scanning and post processing methods. The expert trainer explained various programmes to clean files & make the pdf of book. He also reviewed the previous work done at Vigyan Ashram and gave important suggestions. All the participants scanned 20 pages and processed them for practise. Then copyright issues and various licenses were discussed with some examples on Commons. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><span>The big size books were uploaded by chunkedupload tool. This will be useful in future as it reduces time and space also.After the uploading session, the basics of Wikisource project were explained by Jayanta Nath. He demonstrated proof-reading methods and the related tools, gadgets required. Some scripts for proof-reading are not imported in Marathi Wikisource. The need analysis was done to identify basic minimum templates and gadgets. The participants learned to make their common.js pages to install the scripts. The hands-on activity was done by distributing the pages of one book for all the members.</span></p>
<h3><span>Day 2</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">On the second day, three active Wikimedians and one new member from Pune joined group at Vigyan Ashram. After the recap of first day activity, the review of status of Marathi Wikisource was taken. The practise session for proof-reading & layout of pages continued till lunch break. In the second half, final process of transclusion was explained in detail. The participants also learnt about the various methods for different forms of books. The final layout for reading the books on Wikisource and formats for downloading the books were also discussed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">In the last session, the future plan of Wikisource activity was discussed. The organisation has decided to involve all the trainees in this activity to enhance the skills as well as knowledge. The active community members have planned to spread the awareness about the Wikisource in the society for more content donation and increasing editor base.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Follow-up</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Consistent activity for the new trainees is planned with trained team at the institute. Scanning of rare and re-licensed books from libraries is in progress. This activity will be scaled up in near future.</p>
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<p><a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Wikisource_Workshop_at_Vigyan_Ashram,_Pabal_(25-26_May_2019)">The blog post was originally published on Wikimedia Blog</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-may-26-2019-wikisource-workshop-at-vigyan-ashram'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/subodh-kulkarni-may-26-2019-wikisource-workshop-at-vigyan-ashram</a>
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No publishersubodhWikimediaWikipediaAccess to Knowledge2019-06-23T03:26:53ZBlog EntryWikisource Handbook for Indian Communities
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wiki-source-handbook-for-indian-communities
<b>Wikisource is one of the trending Wikimedia projects. Many new editors and new books to Indic language Wikisource's get added over a period of time. However, new editors as well as existing editors face numerous problems while working with the content online. The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team, to help the editors, has created this Handbook. CIS invites feedback to the first draft of this Handbook. CIS-A2K will continue to work with the Wikipedia communities to improve their efforts towards developing Wikisource. </b>
<h2>Preface</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Currently, CIS-A2K is working with five Indian-languages Wikimedia communities (Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Odia, and Telugu) and one focus project area (Wikisource with punjabi community). While working with the above mentioned Indic Wikimedia communities, we noticed that there are many similarities between the issues and challenges faced by these communities. So, we decided to create this “Wikisource Handbook for Indian Communities”.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">At first, we went through the Wikisource of each language and noted the status. Then we talked to Indic Wikipedians to know more about the Wikisource related issues that they are facing. We also asked for the feedback on the first draft of this handbook. Our actual work will start after the release of this book, when we’ll work with the communities to improve their efforts towards developing Wikisource.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Click to download the <b><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/files/wikisource-handbook-for-indian-communities">Wikisource Handbook for Indian Communities</a></b> co-authored by Bodhisattwa Mandal and Ananth Subray P V. with graphics support from Saumya Naidu.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wiki-source-handbook-for-indian-communities'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wiki-source-handbook-for-indian-communities</a>
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No publisherBodhisattwa Mandal and Ananth Subray P. V.CIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaFeaturedHomepage2018-09-19T02:18:40ZBlog EntryWikiSangamotsavam 2013 brings Indian Wikimedians together
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dna-january-14-2014-netha-hussain-subhashish-panigrahi-wikisangamotsavam-2013-brings-indian-wikimedians-together
<b>WikiSangamotsavam, the annual conference of Malayalam Wikimedians, took place in Alappuzha, Kerala from December 21 to 23, 2013. The conference brought together around 200 Wikimedians and well-wishers from all over India.</b>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The blog post originally <a class="external-link" href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/01/06/wikisangamotsavam-2013/">published on Wikimedia Foundation's website</a> was copy edited by Rohini Lakshane and published as an <a class="external-link" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/blogs/post-wikisangamotsavam-2013-brings-indian-wikimedians-together-1950971">article in DNA</a> on January 14, 2014.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The host town, Alappuzha is popularly known as the Venice of the East owing to its picturesque backwaters and canals. Alappuzha was chosen as the location for the conference in an attempt to draw attention to the region's diversity and touristic appeal, thereby increasing the town's representation on Wikipedia. A few pre-conference events including a bicycle rally, a meetup for young Wikimedians and several edit-a-thons were held.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Day 1</b><br />The first day of WikiSangamotsavam started with Wiki-Vidyarthi-Sangamam, a meetup of student Wikimedians. The digitisation of "Sri-Mahabharatham", a seven volume Malayalam epic was flagged off during the Wiki-Vidyarthi-Sangamam. Around 100 students from all over Kerala interacted with each other and learnt about Wikimedia projects in Malayalam. A Wikipedia workshop was conducted for physically impaired delegates. They were introduced to various means of accessibility by the <a href="http://www.daisy.org/" target="_blank">DAISY Consortium</a>. This session helped them learn about self-education tools, accessing knowledge platforms such as Wikipedia, and contributing in Malayalam online.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">During a panel discussion on "Malayalam and Wikipedia" language and computing experts discussed the role of Wikipedia in the growth of the Malayalam language. Talks and presentations about topics relevant to Wikimedia were held in three parallel sessions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The first day of the event also marked the Malayalam Wikipedia’s eleventh anniversary. The occasion was celebrated by cutting a cake. At the end of the day, Wikimedians entertained themselves by singing Malayalam folk songs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Day 2</b><br />The second day started with the inaugural session. The event was inaugurated by Sashi Kumar, a media analyst and founder of India’s first regional satellite television channel.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Dr. Thomas Isaac, a former minister in Kerala, was the chief guest at the function. Mementos were given away to active Wikimedians who organised various Wikimedia events throughout 2013.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The QRpedia project was launched by Dr. Thomas Isaac at the Alappuzha lighthouse. QRpedia aims to make QR codes for tourist locations, which link to Wikipedia articles pertaining to the locations and monuments. By the start of the next year, all historical monuments and tourist destinations are set to be marked with QR codes. If successfully completed, Alappuzha would be the first town in India to be fully digitised with QR codes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A Non-Malayalam Indic Wikimedia meetup was held for Wikimedians who contribute to Wikimedia projects in other Indic languages and English. There was a track to discuss how various collaborative projects could be built to have content creation drives for enriching Wikipedia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Day 3</b><br />The third and final day of WikiSangamotsavam was devoted to taking Wikimedians on a boat trip amidst the flora of the Vembanad lake to experience its unique biodiversity. Experienced Wikimedians who have done extensive research on the region's biodiversity provided a guided tour onboard the boat.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The 126 acres of reclaimed wetland around the lake and its rare plant species serves as the location for a rich discussion and collaboration among bio-enthusiasts on Wikipedia. Wikimedians also discussed how to go about protecting the biodiversity of the R. Block of Vembanad lake.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The three-day long WikiSangamotsavam brought together many of the Malayalam Wikimedians under one roof and enabled them to share their best practices, ideas and visions for the future.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dna-january-14-2014-netha-hussain-subhashish-panigrahi-wikisangamotsavam-2013-brings-indian-wikimedians-together'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/dna-january-14-2014-netha-hussain-subhashish-panigrahi-wikisangamotsavam-2013-brings-indian-wikimedians-together</a>
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No publisherNetha Hussain and Subhashish PanigrahiAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMalayalam WikipediaOpenness2014-02-03T06:57:04ZBlog Entry