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<b>ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರಾದ ವಿಕಾಸ್ ಹೆಗಡೆ ಅವರು Wiki Advanced Training 2018ರ ತಮ್ಮ ಅನುಭವ ಮತ್ತು ಕಲಿತ ವಿಚಾರಗಳನ್ನು ಈ ಬ್ಲಾಗಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.</b>
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<p>ಈ ಬಾರಿ ಜಾರ್ಖಂಡ್ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ’ರಾಂಚಿ’ ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದ ’ಮುಂದುವರೆದ ತರಬೇತಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರ’ವನ್ನು (Wikipedia Advanced Training, 2018) ಆಯೋಜಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ ಒಂದು ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶವಾಗಿದ್ದು ನಾನು ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ತುಂಬುವ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಹಲವು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾ ಬಂದಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ವಿಕಿಗೆ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ತುಂಬಿಸಲು ಬೇಸಿಕ್ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಎಡಿಟಿಂಗ್ ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆ ಸಾಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಹಾಗೇ ಮುಂದುವರೆಯುತ್ತಾ ಹೋದಂತೆ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲಿಯಲು ಮತ್ತು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಬಹಳಷ್ಟಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಉತ್ತಮ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದ ಲೇಖನಗಳನ್ನು, ಪುಟಗಳನ್ನು ತಯಾರಿಸಲು ಹಲವು ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡು ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕುದಾಗಿ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಳನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅನೇಕ ವಿಷಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಮಟ್ಟದ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಅಥವಾ ಅದನ್ನು ಅರ್ಥಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಅಗತ್ಯ.</p>
<p>ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದಂತೆ ತರಬೇತಿ, ಸಮುದಾಯ ಕಟ್ಟುವಿಕೆ ಮುಂತಾದ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸೆಂಟರ್ ಫಾರ್ ಇಂಟರ್ನೆಟ್ ಅಂಡ್ ಸೊಸೈಟಿ-A2K ವಿಭಾಗವು ಈ ಮುಂದುವರೆದ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ತರಬೇತಿ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹಿಂದಿನ ತಿಂಗಳು ಘೋಷಣೆ ಮಾಡಿತ್ತು. ಇದು ಮೂರು ದಿನಗಳ ಕಾಲ ನಡೆಯುವ ತರಬೇತಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಭಾಷೆಗಳ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯರನ್ನ ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಹಿಂದೆ ಕೆಲಬಾರಿ ಬೇರೆಬೇರೆ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಮುಂದುವರೆದ ತರಬೇತಿಗಳು ನಡೆದಿದ್ದರೂ ಸಹ ನನಗೆ ಹೋಗಲು ಆಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಈ ಬಾರಿ ತಾರೀಖುಗಳು ಹೊಂದಾಣಿಕೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದುದರಿಂದ ನಾನು ಕೂಡ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದೆ. ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಆಯ್ಕೆಗೆ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ ನಾವು ಮಾಡಿದ ಕೆಲಸಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದಂತೆ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾನದಂಡಗಳಿದ್ದವು. ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಮುದಾಯದಿಂದ ನಾನು ಮತ್ತು ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾಗಿರುವುದಾಗಿ ಕೆಲದಿನಗಳ ನಂತರ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.</p>
<p>ಈ ಬಾರಿ ಈ ತರಬೇತಿಯನ್ನು ’ರಾಂಚಿ’ಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಸಲು ಕಾರಣವಿತ್ತು. ಮೊದಲನೆಯದಾಗಿ, ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿ, ಭಾರತದ ಉತ್ತಮ ವಿಕಿಮೀಡಿಯನ್ ಎಂದು ಗುರುತಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದ ’ಗಂಗಾಧರ ಭದಾನಿ’ಯವರು ರಾಂಚಿಯವರಾಗಿದ್ದು ಈ ವರ್ಷ ಜನವರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಧನರಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಅವರ ಗೌರವಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ರಾಂಚಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಯೋಜನೆಯಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಎರಡನೆಯದಾಗಿ ಭಾರತದ ಪೂರ್ವಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಕಿಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶವೂ ಇತ್ತು. ಜೂನ್ ೨೮ನೇ ತಾರೀಖು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಂದ ಹೊರಟು ರಾಂಚಿಯನ್ನು ತಲುಪಿದೆವು. ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಎಂಟು ಕಿಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ’ಲೇ ಲ್ಯಾಕ್ ಸರೋವರ್ ಪೋರ್ಟಿಕೊ’ ಹೋಟೆಲ್ ತಲುಪಿದೆವು. ತಮಿಳು, ತೆಲುಗು, ಮಲಯಾಳಂ, ಬೆಂಗಾಳಿ, ಹಿಂದಿ, ಮರಾಠಿ, ಪಂಜಾಬಿ, ಗುಜರಾತಿ, ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ, ಒಡಿಯಾ, ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರೂ ಸೇರಿ ಒಟ್ಟು ಮೂವತ್ತು ಜನ ಬಂದಿದ್ದರು. ಅಂದು ಸಂಜೆ ಪೂರ್ವಭಾವಿ ಸೆಶನ್ ಇತ್ತು. ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಪರಿಚಯ, ತರಬೇತಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿ, ಕಾರ್ಯಸೂಚಿ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಕೊಡಲಾಯಿತು.</p>
<p>ಮಾರನೆಯ ದಿನ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ಹತ್ತು ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ಶುರುವಾದ ತರಬೇತಿಯು ನಡುವಿನ ಚಹಾ ವಿರಾಮ ಮತ್ತು ಊಟದ ವಿರಾಮದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಜೆಯವರೆಗೂ ನಡೆಯಿತು. ವಿಕಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವು ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ, ಟೂಲ್ ಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿಕೊಡಲಾಯಿತು. ಬೇರೆ ಬೇರೆ ಭಾಷೆಯ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರು ಅವರ ಭಾಷೆಯ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ, ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿ, ಅನುಭವಗಳನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡರು. ಹಿರಿಯ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರಾಗಿದ್ದ ಗಂಗಾಧರ ಬದಾನಿಯವರ ಕುಟುಂಬವನ್ನು ಸಂಜೆ ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಭದಾನಿಯವರ ಸ್ಮರಣಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಒಂದು ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಸಿ ಗೌರವ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಮಾಡಿದ ಎಡಿಟ್ ಎಣಿಕೆ ಎರಡೂವರೆ ಲಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೂ ಮೀರಿದ್ದು ಆ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಕಾಣಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅನೇಕ ಕಿರಿಯ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರಿಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಗಳನ್ನು ನೆನಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಯಿತು. </p>
<p>ಮೊದಲ ದಿನದ ತರಬೇತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮಯದ ಅಭಾವದಿಂದ ಎರಡ್ಮೂರು ವಿಷಯಗಳು ಬಿಟ್ಟುಹೋದದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅನಂತರದ ದಿನ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂಬತ್ತು ಗಂಟೆಗೇ ಸೇರಿದೆವು. ಅಂದು ಕೂಡ ಹಲವು ತರಬೇತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಸೆಶನ್ ಗಳು ನಡೆದವು. ಆಯಾ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರು ತಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆಯ ವಿಕಿಗಾಗಿ ಮುಂದೆ ಯಾವ ರೀತಿ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತಾರೆ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟ್ ಮಾಡಲು ಹೇಳಲಾಯಿತು. ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದಾದ ಯೋಜನೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಾವು ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟ್ ಮಾಡಿದೆವು. ಕೆಲವು hands on activityಗಳು ನಡೆದವು.</p>
<p>ಕೊನೆಯ ದಿನದ ತರಬೇತಿ ಅರ್ಧ ದಿನಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಸೀಮಿತವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಒಂದೆರಡು ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಹಂಚಿಕೆ ನಡೆಯಿತು. ಎರಡು ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ತರಬೇತಿಯ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮೆಲುಕು, ಬೇಕಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಮಾಹಿತಿ, ಮುಂದಿನ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾತುಕತೆ, ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ, ಹಿನ್ನುಣಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಯಿತು.</p>
<p>ಬೇರೆ ಬೇರೆ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಬಂದಿದ್ದ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರು ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ ವಾಪಸ್ ಹೊರಟರು. ನಾವು ಕೂಡ ಎರಡು ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಹೊರಟು ನಾಲ್ಕೂ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತರ ವಿಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಜೆ ಆರೂವರೆ ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ ತಲುಪಿದೆವು. ಭಾರತದ ವಿವಿಧ ಭಾಗಗಳ, ಬೇರೆ ಬೇರೆ ಭಾಷೆಗಳ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯರೊಡನೆ ಸಂವಾದ, ಹಲವು ಹೊಸ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು, ಕಲಿತುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು, ತೆಲುಗು, ತಮಿಳಿನ ಹಿರಿಯ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯನ್ನರ ಭೇಟಿಗಳು ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಅನುಭವ, ಖುಷಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿತು. ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಮೀಡಿಯ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಲು ಈ ತರಬೇತಿ ಶಿಬಿರವು ಉತ್ಸಾಹ ತುಂಬಿತು.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a class="external-link" href="http://vikasavada.blogspot.com/2018/07/blog-post.html?m=1">Link to Vikas Hegde's blogpost</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/cb5cbfc95cbfcaaca1cbfcaf-ca4cb0cacca4cbf-ce8ce6ce7cee-cb0cbec82c9acbf-1'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/cb5cbfc95cbfcaaca1cbfcaf-ca4cb0cacca4cbf-ce8ce6ce7cee-cb0cbec82c9acbf-1</a>
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No publisherVikas HegdeWikipediansSpeakKannada WikipediaWiki Advanced TrainingAccess to Knowledge2018-07-04T17:02:46ZBlog EntryIndian Women and Craft Edit-a-thon
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/indian-women-and-craft-edit-a-thon-1
<b>A two-day long edit-a-thon aimed to archive the Women achievers in the field of art and craft on Kannada Wikipedia was held with the help of Srishti Institute and Janastu on 8th March and 25th March 2018.
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<p dir="ltr">On 8th March 2018, The Access to Knowledge program in collaboration with the<a href="http://srishti.ac.in/"> Srishti Institute of Art, design, and technology</a> organised a Kannada Wikipedia workshop at<a href="http://janastu.org/home/index.html#/about-us"> Janastu</a>, Bangalore. Srishti Institute is a Bangalore based non-residential institute which provides art and design education to various individuals, and Jantsu is a Non-profit organisation which provides FOSS support to NGOs and NPOs. The theme of the event was to create articles on Indian women and crafts, Padmini, the course leader for Digital Humanities at Srishti Institute helped the A2K program in preparing a list of articles which can be added into Wikipedia.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Near about 15 staffs of Janastu attended the workshop, as the majority of the participants had Kannada language background the event was conducted in the Kannada language. During the workshop, the participants were introduced to their user sandbox, and after the orientation program, they started creating articles on them. A total number of<a href="https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/janastu"> 7 articles</a> were developed on the same day, we also introduced Wikimedia Commons to the participant, on how to upload images to Commons and how to add images from Commons to Wikipedia articles.</p>
<p dir="ltr">After the workshop at Janastu, a follow-up edit-a-thon was also conducted on 25th March 2018 at The CIS office. Five participants from the previous workshop joined us for the edit-a-thon and eight articles were created or improved as a part of that edit-a-thon, of which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daroji_Eramma">Daroji Eramma’</a>s article was one among them. Daroji Eramma was a Kannada folk singer and performer of a South Indian folk art called Burrakatha. At the end of the event, a Wikidata training was given to the participants which helped them to translate a few labels on Wikidata.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/indian-women-and-craft-edit-a-thon-1'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/indian-women-and-craft-edit-a-thon-1</a>
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No publisherGopalakrishna A.Edit-a-thonKannada WikipediaAccess to KnowledgeWorkshop2018-07-04T16:30:28ZBlog EntryChrist University Wikipedia Education Program Internship
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship-1
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<p dir="ltr">The Centre for Internet and Society - Access to Knowledge program, in partnership with Christ University, is announcing its annual internship program for the 1200 students enrolled in the Wikipedia Education Program. The Wikipedia Education Program at Christ University, now in its fourth year, is an effort to bring together educators and students to use Wikipedia as an educational implement. CIS-A2K conducts the internship activity for passionate Christ University students to improve the quality of the articles created or edited by their fellow WEP peers. The internship will largely involve improving upon the articles created by their peers as well as gathering community consensus based on which these articles would be moved to the main namespace.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The students will be working on Wikipedia over the course of 21 days in developing upon the content created by Christ University Wikipedia Education Program participants. The fledgling articles currently housed in the individual “sandboxes” of the WEP participants will be improved upon by the interns through addition of detailed content, images and info-boxes.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The students are selected based on three main criteria: fluency of language(written and spoken), knowledge of Wikipedia and its processes, and their personal interest levels. The applications are open from 13 to 17 December, 2017. Interested students can apply here:</p>
<p dir="ltr">https://goo.gl/forms/Ffxh3T3DRZz8Q25F3</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship-1'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship-1</a>
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No publishermanasaraoCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikipedia Education ProgramWikimediaWikipediaSanskrit WikipediaUrdu WikipediaOpennessHindi WikipediaTulu WikipediaKannada Wikipedia2017-12-14T08:55:05ZBlog EntryKannada Wikipedia Orientation Workshop at IISc, Bengaluru
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/kannada-wikipedia-orientation-workshop-at-iisc-bengaluru
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<p>A Kannada Wikipedia orientation workshop was held at the Entrepreneurship Centre, SID, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru on 26 November, 2017. The day long event was aimed at adding content to Kannada Wikimedia projects on topics such as ecology, environment, wildlife and sciences of Karnataka. The event was organised by Gubbi Labs in conjunction with CIS-A2K. Gubbi Labs is a research collective and social collective run by environmental scientists. The event was attended was attended by 8 participants of which one member was female.</p>
<p>The participants created six articles and expanded one article. The impact of this workshop was the fact that participants were made aware of the importance of open access data. It helped initiate another similar workshop in Mysuru. Upon sharing the idea for projects like Wiki Loves Butterfly Idea, a participant was interested in starting a project titled 'Wiki Loves Spiders'. We are hoping to take this project forward on Kannada Wikipedia.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/kannada-wikipedia-orientation-workshop-at-iisc-bengaluru'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/kannada-wikipedia-orientation-workshop-at-iisc-bengaluru</a>
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No publisherGopalakrishna ACIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessKannada Wikipedia2017-12-19T16:16:29ZBlog EntryOrientation Program at Kannada University, Hampi
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/orientation-program-at-kannada-university-hampi
<b>A Kannada Wikipedia Orientation Program was conducted at Kannada University Hampi on 31 August and 1 September 2017.</b>
<p>A Kannada Wikipedia orientation program was conducted at the Kannada University in Hampi recently wherein the participants where introduced to the various Wikimedia projects in Kannada. The participants were doctoral research students of the Dravida Samskruti Adhyayana Kendra of which 5 were male and 1 female.</p>
<p>Working on Wiktionary, the students added 3300 words to their sandboxes, which will be moved to the main space on Wiktionary.</p>
<p>The meta page of the event can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Kannada_University_Hampi_Orientation_Program">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/orientation-program-at-kannada-university-hampi'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/orientation-program-at-kannada-university-hampi</a>
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No publisherGopalakrishna A.CIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOpennessKannada Wikipedia2017-10-24T13:01:25ZBlog EntryWikipedia Workshop on Template Creation and Modification Conducted in Bengaluru
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-workshop-on-template-creation-and-modification-conducted-in-bengaluru
<b>A Wikipedia workshop on template creation, modification was conducted in Bengaluru on 30 July 2017. Here is a report.</b>
<p>A Wikipedia workshop on template creation, modification was conducted in Bengaluru on 30 July 2017. 9 Wikipedians, mostly associated with <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Karavali_Wikimedians">Karavali Wikimedians</a> and Kannada Wikimedia projects attended the workshop. A template is a Wikipedia page created to be included in other pages. Templates usually contain repetitive material that might need to show up on any number of articles or pages. They are commonly used for boilerplate messages, standard warnings or notices, infoboxes, navigational boxes and similar purposes.<sup>1</sup> The workshop was requested by Kannada Wikimedians.</p>
<p>The workshop started with explaining template and its importance. This was followed by discussing structure of a template, and creation of a simple template with a couple of variables. This activity continued for sometime, and designing a template with CSS markup was shown. Following this different types of templates such as infobox, navbox, sidebar, informational templates such as Hatnote were shown and discussed. On Wikipedia there is a Special page with a list of wanted templates. The participants studied the page and started making a list of templates they should create or improve. It was found that a good number of templates on Kannada Wikipedia don't have proper documentation in native languages. The participants came to a conclusion that attempts should be made to properly localize the template. During the workshop the participants spent sometime to translate and localize some template documentations.</p>
<p>The workshop was a preliminary one in nature and should be followed up by an advanced workshop.</p>
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<a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kannada_wiki_workshop_on_Template_02.jpg">File:Kannada wiki workshop on Template 02.jp</a>g by <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gopala_Krishna_A">User:Gopala Krishna A</a> from Wikimedia Commons, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license<br /></li></ul>
<h2>Footnotes</h2>
<ol><li><a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template">Help:Template</a> on English Wikipedia, accessed 10 August 2017</li><li>Special:WantedTemplates on a Wikipedia<br /></li></ol>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-workshop-on-template-creation-and-modification-conducted-in-bengaluru'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikipedia-workshop-on-template-creation-and-modification-conducted-in-bengaluru</a>
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No publishertitoWikipediaWorkshopKannada WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2017-08-10T06:48:26ZBlog EntryChrist University Wikipedia Education Program Internship
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship
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<p id="docs-internal-guid-0f6be479-11df-80e2-bfe1-1c86f83e058d" dir="ltr">CIS-A2K’s Wikipedia Education Program with Christ University, Bangalore is coming to an end after another year of intense classes, certificate courses and an internship at The Centre for Internet and Society. The internship activity in particular has successfully managed to engage students beyond classroom hours. The selection of 12 students for the internship program was based on their penchant for the language as well as their interest in the wiki world.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The internship was structured into three stages. Firstly, the students were asked to develop stub articles. The aim of this activity was for students to learn searching skills. As a result, over 1500 articles were developed with qualitative work.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> </p>
<p dir="ltr">Secondly, the students were asked to create new articles from scratch. They searched for the topic on the Wikipedia, ascertained whether the article exists or not and later researched further on the content of the articles. As a result, the students were able to create 1400+ articles</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Finally, the students were asked to draft policy pages for their respective language Wikipedia. They went through the policy pages in different languages including English and were asked to create similar policy pages for Kannada Wikipedia.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> </p>
<p dir="ltr">Unlike previous years, the activities during the internship program were tailored to suit the individual capabilities of the students, taking into consideration the suggestions from community members. The students were of the opinion that in addition to rekindling their love for the language, the internship program also enabled them to develop their overall knowledge of various subjects. The students felt that their vocabulary and typing skills also improved. However, the students were of the opinion that they could have been taken a level or two higher from article writing and introduced to other Wikimedia projects and topics related to the overall movement. The CIS-A2K WEP Program hopes to incorporate these suggestions for the upcoming year while also trying to increase the number of days of the internship in order not to tax the students.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/christ-university-wikipedia-education-program-internship</a>
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No publisherManasa Rao and Ananth SubrayCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikipedia Education ProgramWikimediaWikipediaSanskrit WikipediaOpennessHindi WikipediaKannada Wikipedia2017-07-05T09:33:19ZBlog EntryWikipedia Event in Mangalore
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/vijaya-karnataka-december-18-2016-wikipedia-event-in-mangalore
<b>The article was published by Vijaya Karnataka on December 18, 2016.</b>
<p><img src="http://editors.cis-india.org/home-images/copy_of_VijayaKarnataka.png/@@images/cdd03817-c94d-4aa9-90aa-8de08db72573.png" alt="Vijaya Karnataka" class="image-inline" title="Vijaya Karnataka" /></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/vijaya-karnataka-december-18-2016-wikipedia-event-in-mangalore'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/vijaya-karnataka-december-18-2016-wikipedia-event-in-mangalore</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaCIS-A2KKannada WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-12-20T16:43:30ZNews ItemUsing Kannada in technology made easier with smartphones
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-november-1-2016-using-kannada-in-technology-made-easier-with-smartphones
<b>With the IT revolution, many believed that the younger generation would prefer to type and communicate in English than Kannada.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was interviewed by the New Indian Express. The <a class="external-link" href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2016/nov/01/using-kannada-in-technology-made-easier-with-smartphones-1533650--1.html">article was published</a> on November 1, 2016.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">But U B Pavanaja, a member of Kannada Software Committee and a Kannada Wikipedia administrator, believes with latest technology, the use of Kannada has only been increasing. As the state celebrates Karnataka Rajyotsava today, Ashwini M Sripad spoke to Pavanaja on adapting Kannada language to the latest technology.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Where does Kannada stand when it comes to adopting technology?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Quite good. But not the best. Most tools needed to use Kannada in technology are available now. They are almost perfect.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>Has there been any change in the use of Kannada in computer/mobile by youngsters in the last decade?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Yes. Due to the availability of Kannada input methods, and advent of smartphones, many youngsters are now using Kannada on their computers and smartphones. More people are typing in the Kannada script itself.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>What should the state government do to popularise Kannada in technology?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A lot needs to be done. There was a committee to look into the standardisation and proper implementation of Kannada in technology. The committee submitted its report. The government implemented some parts of the report. After that nothing has been done. Now the committee does not exist. Standardisation is a continuous process. There must be a permanent committee to look into this. For example, domain names (website names) are available now in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, etc., but not in Kannada. This is due to the fact that no one represents Kannada in meetings of W3C India, an international community to develop web standards.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>How is the response to Kannada Wikipedia?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A lot of awareness has been created among people about the existence of Kannada Wikipedia in the last three years. But more needs to be done.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; "><b>What can be done to improve it further?</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">At present, the articles are written by enthusiastic Kannadigas who are not really writers. They are doing this out of passion for the language. But well-known Kannada writers don’t edit Kannada Wikipedia. Kannada has a good number science writers, but they are not editing Kannada Wikipedia, which is very badly needed at this time. Also, there is no comprehensive printed encyclopaedia in Kannada for science and technology. The last one came out 18 years ago. Therefore students in Kannada medium schools need a good Kannada encyclopaedia. This requirement can be met by Kannada Wikipedia. But the number and quality of articles is far from sufficient. Writing for Kannada Wikipedia could be made compulsory for degree and post-graduate students to bring in some well-researched articles. Such programmes already do exist in some colleges in the state but we need more.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-november-1-2016-using-kannada-in-technology-made-easier-with-smartphones'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/news/new-indian-express-november-1-2016-using-kannada-in-technology-made-easier-with-smartphones</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaCIS-A2KKannada WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-11-01T05:19:17ZNews ItemKannada Wikipedia Education Program at Christ university: Work so far
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wikipedia-education-program-at-christ-university-work-so-far
<b>As you know we are working closely with Christ university in Bengaluru for the Education Programs in Kannada Wikipedia and Kannada Wikisource, we worked on redesigning the programme for this academic year 2016-17 based on the lessons learned from the earlier intervention.</b>
<p id="docs-internal-guid-5d7cde76-7547-2867-cc52-7be3d80b126a" dir="ltr">Before beginning this programme, we provided training for campus ambassadors who in turn provided training to the faculty and fellow students. This new design of the programme allowed us to spend more time with the undergraduate students of various disciplines in Arts, Science and Commerce that are part of the programme. And this exercise resulted in improving the quality of the articles created by the students. So far, 218 second-year students in total have created 108 good quality articles in Kannada Wikipedia and 70 start class articles. The latter ones will need further work like adding images and citations. 20 of the articles are stub-start class articles, and 20 more are stubs of poor quality. The articles are still in the user sandboxes for the evaluation work and will soon be moved to the article namespace.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The freshman year students contributed in digitising books on Kannada Wikisource by proofreading about 2000 folios from four books.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">How we did things differently this time?</h3>
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<p dir="ltr">Focus on multiple workshops that were conducted by multiple facilitators to ensure the series does not become monotonous. Facilitators included myself, some of the faculty and the Campus Ambassadors where the latter was useful for more peer-to-peer to learning.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Sessions were made more interactive and were spaced evenly that gave the students go through a learning curve.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">Faculty support and engagement that was less last year was increased this year.</li></ul>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wikipedia-education-program-at-christ-university-work-so-far'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wikipedia-education-program-at-christ-university-work-so-far</a>
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No publisherAnanth SubrayCIS-A2KWikipedia Education ProgramWikipediaKannada WikisourceKannada Wikipedia2016-11-18T02:45:05ZBlog EntryUTF-8, Indic and Stub Length Article in Wikipedia
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/utf-8-indic-and-stub-length-article-in-wikipedia
<b>One of the activities conducted as part of Wiki Conference India 2016 was the Punjab Editathon. It was about adding articles related to Punjab to Indian language Wikipedias and English Wikipedia. There was also an announcement made about some award for highest contribution.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">See the original blog post at <a class="external-link" href="http://pavanaja.com/english/utf-8-indic-stub-length-wikipedia/">Dr. Pavanaja Blog</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">This lead to continued discussions in a closed chat group on how do we decide the winner. People thought it is very simple to announce the winner just based on highest number of bytes added. On first look, it looked very trivial and a simple case. I pointed out during the discussions about the encoding used in Wikipedia is UTF-8 and it uses different number of bytes for English and Indian languages. Before giving more details I would like to draw your attention to a simple experiment.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">I typed Kannada letter ಅ (a) in my Sandbox in Kannada Wikipedia and saved it. Then I checked the RecentChanges page in Kannada Wikipedia. That showed that I have added 3 bytes to my Sandbox page. But I had added just one Kannada character. I did the same experiment in English Wikipedia. I just added one letter, the English letter “A” to my Sandbox in English Wikipedia and checked the number of bytes added. It showed just one byte.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">What is going on? Here is the explanation. There are different ways Unicode text can be stored. UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32 are the prominent ways. UTF-16 uses 2 bytes for all characters. UTF-32 uses 4 bytes. UTF-8 is a special kind of encoding. It uses series of single bytes to represent Unicode data. The first character, called Byte Order Mark (BOM) indicates what encoding is being used. Unicode website has more details on these. UTF-8 was mainly used for web as the networking devices used on the initial days of Unicode could handle only 8 bits (1 byte) of data. In other words, UTF-8 was used for backward compatibility with ASCII, the original 8-bit encoding used prior to the advent of Unicode. Even today the default encoding used by HTML is UTF-8.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Does these answer our original question? Not yet. I said UTF-8 uses series of single bytes. It uses 1 byte for English, 2 bytes for European languages and 3 bytes for Indian languages. That is the reason why we saw 3 bytes for one Kannada character.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This pops up another interesting question regarding the definition of a stub article in Wikipedia. As per Wikipedia, an article which has less than 2048 bytes is considered as a stub article. Go to any language Wikipedia’s search page and type Special:ShortPages to get the list of all articles which are having less than 2048 bytes. If we convert this into number of characters it turns out to be 2048 for English but about 682 for Indic. That means the length of a stub article will be different for English and Indian language Wikipedias. Should we have a different yardstick for the definition of a stub article for Indian language Wikipedias then? I think yes.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/utf-8-indic-and-stub-length-article-in-wikipedia'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/utf-8-indic-and-stub-length-article-in-wikipedia</a>
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No publisherpavanajaCIS-A2KKannada WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-10-20T02:26:29ZBlog EntryWikiwomen’s Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-explores-potentials-and-plans-of-women-editors-in-mangalore-karnataka
<b>Karnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada, many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small Wikiwomen's meetup was held on Saturday, August 27th at St. Agnes College, Mangalore, to invite female Wikipedians from the region. Many of them were new to the online encyclopedia but demonstrated strong interest in learning and contributing more Indic language content online.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Mangaluru/WikiWomen/1">Wikiwomen’s meetup</a> was held at St. Agnes College on August 27<sup>th</sup> in the hope to strengthen the bonding and communication between female Wikipedians in Mangalore. Attendees of the meetup on Saturday included five Kannada Wikipedian, one Konkani Wikipedian, one from the recently gone live Tulu Wikipedia, and Ting-Yi Chang from the CIS A2K team. Two of the Kannada Wikipedians are staff and faculty members of the College’s library and Department of Kannada respectively. Both were brought into Wikipedia by <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-st-agnes-college-mangaluru-to-bridge-gender-gap-in-wikipedia">edit-a-thons</a> held on the college campus in the last few months</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The meetup started off with a round of brief self-introduction and an inspiring introductory presentation by Dhanalakshimi K T, a St. Agnes commerce student who had successfully organized the last two women’s edit-a-thons on her campus.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">“<i>Wikipedia is a great tool for knowledge sharing. When we edit in our own languages, people from outside of the city who don’t speak English can learn things more easily online.... It is the respect and passion I have for my language."</i></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The presentation also touched upon some feasible benefits that editors gains through participating in Wikipedia/media projects: improvement in writing and research skills, nurturing a critical thinking habit when reading texts and doing research, learnings from collaborative work experience, improvement in language and communication skills, etc. One of the participants later mentioned that with the hobby of editing Wikipedia, she began actively researching in her interested topics. Even in occasions when she had no time to actually update the content onto Wikipedia, the knowledge she gained throughout the research process has already enriched her and broadened her horizon of the subject.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The second half of the presentation consists of an introduction to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars">5 pillars rules</a> and some other advice of Wikipedia editing. Participants who were newcomers showed great interest and actively raised questions surrounding the use of different editing tools including the infobox templates, translation tools, useful markups, and personal sandboxes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">When being asked about the barriers they have faced so far in editing Wikipedia, most agreed that time issues do prevent them sometimes as their offline commitments (work, family, school) can take priority over it. However, most participants also concluded that “those who are truly interested will eventually find the time.” On the other hand, access to internet and facilities has not been reported as a barrier in their cases, but all agreed that it can be for many other women. Awareness was emphasized as a crucial factor when trying to bring in more women to Wikipedia. One of the student participants shared her experience,</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; "><i>“Some people may have never heard of Wikipedia before; some misunderstood its use and potential… when I talked about Kannada Wikipedia with my peers, first they thought it was some website for Kannada stories writing…. But when I explained to them what it is and how we can edit, they were all very excited and very much wanted to try."</i></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">In the latter discussion of the meetup, participants talked about the tentative event plans for the next few months. Two sessions were suggested to be held by November, 2016. One as a workshop for the newcomers and the other as an editing event for more experienced female Wikipedians. All participants, old and new, are really excited to strengthen the bonding between Wikiwomens in Mangalore. Some suggested there should be more casual meetups every few weeks to help them communicate more and plan upcoming community events, including an ongoing event that can be held in March, 2017 for the International Women’s Day and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen%27s_History_Month">Wikiwomen’s History Month</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The meetup continued with more discussion on various language Wikipedias’ development. As an experienced Wikipedian and an actively outreaching community member, participant Harriet Vidyasagar explained the complexity in Konkani Wikipedia, which contains five scripts, and the importance of those scripts in Konkani language’s history and culture. All participants agreed that seeing their mother tongues’ scripts online and creating more content to make their culture and language visible are a great source of happiness and a motivation for them to continue editing. The session ended with exchange of contacts and group pictures.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-explores-potentials-and-plans-of-women-editors-in-mangalore-karnataka'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-explores-potentials-and-plans-of-women-editors-in-mangalore-karnataka</a>
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No publishertingCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeGenderKonkani WikipediaKannada WikipediaEvent2016-09-01T14:39:53ZBlog EntryEdit-a-thon at DSERT Bengaluru to improve Science-related articles in Kannada Wikipedia
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/edit-a-thon-at-dsert-bengaluru-to-improve-science-related-articles-in-kannada-wikipedia
<b>We have been working with the Department of State Educational Research and Training of Karnataka (DSERT), a Government of Karnataka-run research and training institution headquartered in Bengaluru. With the hope of expanding the reach of Science-related content in Kannada Wikipedia, we organised an edit-a-thon spanning over three days from the 11th January through the 13th.</b>
<p id="docs-internal-guid-37d9719d-9278-b9b3-081f-905efd20910b" dir="ltr">This edit-a-thon was part of many ongoing <a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/edit-a-thon-to-improve-kannada-language-science-related-wikipedia-articles-1">outreach programmes</a> at <a href="http://dsert.kar.nic.in/">DSERT</a> and had engagement with faculty members from several schools and colleges in Karnataka, and help them contribute to the Science-related articles in Kannada Wikipedia. The edit-a-thon was organised by the Centre for Internet and Society’s <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K">Access to Knowledge programme</a> and 12 educators participated in the programme. In total, 53 articles were created/improved during these three days. With six female educator-editors actively participating in this event, there was a fair balance in the gender demography. More details about the event can be read in the event page <a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/s/1gf2">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/edit-a-thon-at-dsert-bengaluru-to-improve-science-related-articles-in-kannada-wikipedia'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/edit-a-thon-at-dsert-bengaluru-to-improve-science-related-articles-in-kannada-wikipedia</a>
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No publisherAnanth SubrayCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeEdit-a-thonWorkshopKannada Wikipedia2016-08-16T08:31:50ZBlog Entry ತರಬೇತಿ ಮಾಡಲು ತರಬೇತಿಗೊಂಡಾಗ.... CIS-A2K TTT 2016
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ca4cb0cacca4cbf-caecbeca1cb2cc1-ca4cb0cacca4cbfc97c82ca1cbec97-cis-a2k-ttt-2016
<b>Dhanalakshmi, a student from St Agnes College, Mangaluru, who was a participant of TTT 2016 has blogged her experience at Train-the-Trainer 2016 event organized by the Centre for Internet & Society earlier this year. </b>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span><b>ದಿ ಸೆಂಟರ್ ಫಾರ್ ಇಂಟರ್ನೆಟ್ ಆಂಡ್ ಸೊಸೈಟಿ</b>ಯವರು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜೂನ್ ೧೫ ರಿಂದ ೧೭, ೨೦೧೬ ರ ತನಕ ತರಬೇತುದಾರರ ತರಬೇತಿ (<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2016" target="_blank">Train The Trainer</a>) ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವ ಅವಕಾಶ ನನಗೆ ಲಭಿಸಿತ್ತು. ನನ್ನ ಅನುಭವವನ್ನು ಚಿಕ್ಕದಾಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ದಾಖಲಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ</span></blockquote>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">ಗೂಡಿನಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಒಮ್ಮೆಯೇ ಹೊರ ಜಗತ್ತನ್ನು ಕಾಣಲು ಬಿಟ್ಟಂಥಹ ಅನುಭವ. ಖುಷಿ, ಭಯ, ಅಳುಕು, ಮುಜುಗರ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಬಂದಂತಿತ್ತು. ಹೊಸ ಜಾಗ ಹೊಸ ಜನ. ಎಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿದರೂ ಗುರುತಿಲ್ಲದವರು. ಅಬ್ಬಾ.... ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು...... ಎಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿದರು ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್. ನಾನು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ತಲುಪುವಾಗ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 5.45 ಆ ಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆಯೇ ನನಗೆ ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್ ನ ಅನುಭವ ಶುರುವಾಯಿತು. ಸೇರಬೇಕಾದ ಜಾಗ ಸೇರುವಾಗ ಗಂಟೆ ಎಂಟಾಗಿತ್ತು. <br /><br />ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಹಿಂದಿನ ದಿನವೇ ಬರಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಸಂದೇಶವಿತ್ತು. ಅದರಂತೆಯೇ ನಾನು ಬೇಗ ಹೋದೆ. ಉಳಿಯುವ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಮೊದಲನೇಯ ದಿನಕ್ಕೆ ತಯಾರಾಗಲು ಅವಕಾಶ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು. ರಾತ್ರಿ ಊಟಕ್ಕೆ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗುವುದು ಎಂದಾಗ ಡಾ. ಪವನಜರು ಹಲವಾರು ಹೋಟೆಲ್ ಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟರು. ಅಂತೂ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಗೆ ಹೋಗೋಣವೆಂದು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿದೆ. ಆಹಾ... ಎಷ್ಟು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ ಊಟ ಎನ್ನಿಸಿತು. ಅಲ್ಲಿಯವರು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಬರಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡ ರೀತಿ ಬಹಳ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿತ್ತು. ತನ್ನ ಮನೆಯವರೇ ಬಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂಬ ಭಾವನೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಊಟದ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಅವರ ಅಥಿತಿ ಸತ್ಕಾರ, ಉಪಚಾರ ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ತೃಪ್ತಿಕೊಟ್ಟಿತು.<br /><br />ಅಂತೂ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಮೊದಲನೆ ದಿನ ಬಂತು. ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 6 ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ಎದ್ದುಬಿಟ್ಟೆ. ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನ್ ತಯಾರು ಮಾಡುವಂತೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅದನ್ನು ಡಾ. ಪವನಜರ ಸಹಾಯದಿಂದ ಮೊದಲೇ ರೆಡಿಮಾಡಿದ್ದೆ. ತಿಂಡಿ ಮುಗಿಸಿ ಆಫೀಸ್ ಗೆ ಹೊರೆಟೆವು. ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 9.30ಗೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಶುರುವಾಯಿತು. ಭಾರತದ ಹಲವು ಪ್ರದೇಶದಿಂದಲ್ಲದೇ ನೇಪಾಳ ಹಾಗು ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾದಿಂದ ಸಹಾ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವವರಿದ್ದರು. ಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನು ಒಮ್ಮೆ ನೋಡಿದೆ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಹೊಸ ಮುಖಗಳು. ಆದರೂ ಕೆಲವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕೇಳಿಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದೆ. ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವು ತನ್ವೀರ್ ಹಸನ್ ಹಾಗು ಟೀಟೋ ಇವರಿಂದ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿ ನಡೆಯಿತು.<br /><br />ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವವರ ಪರಿಚಯ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಟ್ಟ ರೀತಿ ನನಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಸಂತೋಷಕೊಟ್ಟಿತು. ಸುಮಾರು 30 ಜನರು ನೆರೆದಿದ್ದರು. ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರನ್ನು ಗುಂಪುಗಳಾಗಿ ವಿಂಗಡಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ನನ್ನ ಗುಂಪಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದವರು- ಪಂಜಾಬಿ ಹುಡುಗಿ ನಿತೇಶ್, ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾದ ಶಿವ, ಒರಿಸ್ಸಾದ ಶೈಲೇಶ್, ಕರ್ನಾಟದ ಗೋಪಾಲ್ ಕೃಷ್ಣ. ಇದೊಂದು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಅನುಭವ ಎನಿಸಿತು. ಅವರ ಅನುಭವ ಕೇಳುವಾಗ ನಾನು ಸಹ ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಇರಬೇಕು ಎಂದೆನಿಸಿತು. ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನನ್ನು ಮೊದಲ ಗುಂಪಿನಿಂದ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಗ್ಲೋಬಲ್ ಮಾಟ್ರಿಕ್ಸ್ ನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು. ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನದ ಊಟ ಬಹಳ ಅದ್ಭುತವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಊಟದ ನಂತರ ಮತ್ತೆ ಕೆಲಸ ಮುಂದುವರೆಸಿದೆವು. ಸುಮಾರು 5 ಗಂಟೆಯವರೆಗೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ನಡೆಯಿತು.<br /><br />ಎರಡನೆ ದಿನವು ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನ್ ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಶುರುವಾಯಿತು. ನಂತರ ಡಾ. ಪವನಜರ ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನ್, ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನ್ ಹೇಗಿರಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು. ಉತ್ತಮ ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನ್ ಮಾಡಲು ಬೇಕಾದ ಅಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡೆ. ಅಭಿನವ್ ಹಾಗೂ ರೆಹಮಾನ್ ರವರು ಸರ್ವೆ ಇಮ್ಪಾಕ್ಟ್ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರು. ಒಂದು ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ನಡೆಸಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಂಚೆಯೇ ಹೇಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ತಯಾರಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು. ನಂತರ ಶುಭಾಷಿಶ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಪವನ್ ರ ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನ್. ಯಾವುದೇ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ನಡೆಸಿದ ನಂತರ ಅದರ ವರಿದಿಯನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು. ಎಲ್ಲರು ಸಹಾ ಲವಲವಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು. ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ CISನ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಾಹಕ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾದ ಸುನಿಲ್ ಅವರ ಅನುಭವವನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದರು.<br /><br />ಮೂರನೆಯ ದಿನ ಬಂತು. ಇದು TTT 2016ಯ ಕೊನೆಯ ದಿನವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅಂದು ನಾನು ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನ್ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನ್ ಆಗಿತ್ತು. ನಾನು ಬಹಳ ಹೆದರಿದ್ದೆ. ನನ್ನ ಗುಂಪಿನವರು ಹಾಗು ಅಲ್ಲಿದ್ದವರು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸಿದರು. ಹೇಗೋ ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನ್ ಮುಗಿಸಿದೆ. ಒಂದು ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಅನುಭವ ಪಡೆದೆ. ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರೆಸೆಂಟೇಶನನ್ನು ಮೆಚ್ಚಿದರು. ಅದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಯಿತು, ಆದರೂ ಇನ್ನೂ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು ಎನ್ನಿಸಿತು. ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನದ ನಂತರ TTTಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದವರು ಹಾಗೂ MWTಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವವರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಗುಂಪು ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು. ನಮ್ಮ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಗೆ ಯಾವ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಲಾವಣೆ ಬೇಕಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹುಡುಕಿ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಿದೆವು. ಇದರ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಸಲಹೆ ನೀಡಿದೆವು. ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲರು ತಮ್ಮ ತಮ್ಮ ಅನುಭವವನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿಕೊಂಡರು. <br /><br />ದಿನದಿಂದ ದಿನಕ್ಕೆ ನಾನು ಹಲವಾರು ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕಲಿಯುತ್ತಾ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವೆ. ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ವಿಕಿಸೋರ್ಸ್ ಹಾಗೂ ವಿಕಿಡಾಟದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲಿತ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ವಿಷಯವು ನನಗೆ ಒಂದಲ್ಲ ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಹಾಯ ಆಗೇ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಬಹಳ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಅನುಭವವಾಯಿತು. ಇದನ್ನು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಮರೆಯಲಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಇಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರಯಾಣನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸದೇ ಮುಂದುವರಿಸಬೇಕೆಂಬುದೆ ನನ್ನ ಆಸೆ.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Link to the blogpost <a class="external-link" href="http://kanasinagombe.blogspot.in/2016/06/blog-post_34.html">here</a></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ca4cb0cacca4cbf-caecbeca1cb2cc1-ca4cb0cacca4cbfc97c82ca1cbec97-cis-a2k-ttt-2016'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ca4cb0cacca4cbf-caecbeca1cb2cc1-ca4cb0cacca4cbfc97c82ca1cbec97-cis-a2k-ttt-2016</a>
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No publisherDhanalakshmi K.T.CIS-A2KKannada WikipediaAccess to Knowledge2016-08-03T01:19:18ZBlog EntryCelebrating 13 Years of the Kannada-language Wikipedia
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/dna-may-22-2016-subhashish-panigrahi-celebrating-13-years-of-kannada-language-wikipedia
<b>The Kannada-language Wikipedia celebrated its 13th anniversary on February 14 in Mangalore. To celebrate the journey of the project and the community, Kannada Wikipedians gathered at Saint Aloysius College, Mangaluru on May 14. </b>
<p>The article was published in <a class="external-link" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-celebrating-13-years-of-the-kannada-language-wikipedia-2215490">DNA</a> on May 22, 2016.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The larger community including long-time Wikipedians and new members like the students faculty involved in Wikipedia Education Programs gathered to participate in a day long edit-a-thon and chalk out plans for the future. The event was organised by the Kannada Wikimedia community and Dr. Vishwanatha Badikana, Wikipedian and Assistant Professor of Kannada department at St. Aloysius College, who coordinated the event locally.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Prior to the event, four edit-a-thons were organised in four different cities of Karnataka. The local organisers also took the participants through a heritage walk in the village of Pilikula Nisarga Dhama, an open library of the rich cultural heritage of Karnataka. Prior to the event, four edit-a-thons were organised in four different cities of Karnataka. The local organisers also took the participants through a heritage walk in the village of Pilikula Nisarga Dhama, an open library of the rich cultural heritage of Karnataka.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">117 people gathered at the event out of which 96 were active editors of the Kannada Wikipedia to celebrate thirteen years of <strong><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kannada Wikipedia</a></strong>, arguably the largest online encyclopedia in <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Kannada</strong> language</a></strong>. Noted Kannada-computing researcher Kinnikambla Padmanabha Rao (widely known as KP Rao) addressed the public event and engaged with the audience about defining Kannada Wikipedia’s large role in widening the language’s presence on the internet. The heritage walk resulted in over 300 image uploads on Wikimedia Commons ranging from the life and culture of coastal Karnataka to select rich heritage of the state. 20 new editors also participated in the event and they were oriented on basics of Wikipedia editing and <strong><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Commons licenses</a></strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Much before the event, preparation was begun to organise four different thematic edit-a-thons; <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada_literature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kannada literature</a></strong> in Mysore, Mechanical Engineering in Sagara, Science-related articles in Bengaluru and article on notable women of the coastal Karnataka region in Mangaluru. Follow up edit-a-thons were organised after the anniversary celebration, based on the same themes in the first three places.</p>
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<p>Much before the event, preparation was begun to organise four different thematic edit-a-thons; <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada_literature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kannada literature</a></strong> in Mysore, Mechanical Engineering in Sagara, Science-related articles in Bengaluru and article on notable women of the coastal Karnataka region in Mangaluru. Follow up edit-a-thons were organised after the anniversary celebration, based on the same themes in the first three places.</p>
<p>Triveni K, one of the participants who is now pursuing her M.Sc at Christ University, called this event a great learning platform for learning core Wikipedia policies in detail. “I’m little occupied for my exams but when it is over, I will be back on Wikipedia”, shares Triveni.</p>
<p>The <strong><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">first ever edit</a></strong> on Kannada Wikipedia was made on June 12, 2003 with a message saying “Kannada Vishwa Koshakke Suswaagatha!” (meaning ‘Welcome to the Kannada encyclopedia’). However it took over a year, July 12, 2004, before the first article, about a city <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoga" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shimoga</a></strong>, was created. Over the last decade, Kannada Wikipedia has been a great gamechanger for the<strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kannada language</a></strong> where the Wikipedians have played a great role in making it a household name. <strong><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kannada_Wikipedia_stats_%28December_2015%29.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7,05,199 unique visitors</a></strong> read the articles every month as per the December 2015 statistics. The annual average of active editors for last year was 48, 91 (in February) being the highest, 22 (in May) the lowest and 80 being the count in December 2015. The peaks and valleys also signify that major outreach like <strong><a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Countries/India/Christ_University/CUWEP2015_NOVEMBER" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia Education Program at Christ University, Bengaluru</a></strong> could have boosted the total number of editors during the months when the program was being rolled out. The project since its inception has gone through many ups and downs over time, the major one being a small community to edit and curate such a high level task of creating new articles in Kannada, editing and enriching them with more information and citations, and cleaning up many articles. The biggest hurdle, as <strong><a href="http://www.hpnadig.net/blog/2011/10/22/how-google-irreparably-wounded-kannada-wikipedia/755" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">explained</a></strong> by Wikimedian <strong><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HPNadig" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hari Prasad Nadig</a></strong>, has been cleaning up the articles created by paid translations of Google when Kannada Wikipedia along with many other Indian language Wikipedias was used as testing ground for improving <strong><a href="http://translate.google.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Translate</a></strong>, a multilingual machine translation tool. <strong><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:VASANTH_S.N." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vasanth SN</a></strong>, a Kannada Wikipedian who has cleaned up over 60 such articles, prefers to use an existing good quality encyclopedia like the 14 volume Kannada Vishwakosha published by Mysore University and <strong><a href="http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/university-of-mysore-releases-kannada-vishwakosha-under-cc-license" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">relicensed</a></strong> under <strong><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC-BY-SA 3.0</a></strong> by the university, as a resource to create and improve articles.</p>
<p>The 14th anniversary was another milestone in the journey and there are many more to come. You can read more about it <strong><a href="http://kn.wikipedia.org/s/1daf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></strong> on Kannada Wikipedia.</p>
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