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Women'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>
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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>
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No publishersubodhCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaOpenness2017-04-10T16:04:03ZBlog EntryWomen'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>
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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 EntryMediaWiki Training 2017
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mediawiki-training-2017
<b>MediaWiki Training 2017 conducted in Bangalore</b>
<p id="docs-internal-guid-49ea8922-35ba-d138-1d53-ee5d0c03947a" dir="ltr">The third iteration of the MediaWiki Training was conducted on 24-26 February at Bangalore, India (the first and second iterations of MWT was conducted in 2015 and 2016). 16 participants from 9 Indic Wikimedia communities attended the workshop. The following graph shows the participation from different Indic Wikimedia communities.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/g4JRAFAIWKHBZiTb8X5uIKlsohrl9wRnyGLqUBQdXZINly4r_YicNP8R71Bt8QxUOuzCeL7DHc8_90NlpL1VZxb13afZwc6cSOw1WrFEbv7T5pObq4vymO5mUBF8zzv1sPa1REY" alt="chart1.png" height="371" width="600" /></p>
<p dir="ltr">Malayalam Wikimedian User:Viswaprabha attended the workshop as a resource person. On behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society, User:Titodutta and User:Ananth_subray were the resource persons.</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">== Sessions ==</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">On the first day, the following topics were discussed</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">=== First day: technical audit ===</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">Introduction to MediaWiki Training: The first session of the day started with introducing the aims of objectives of MediaWiki Training 2017.</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">Introduction to MediaWiki software and platform: Following this User:Titodutta and User:Viswaprabha discused the MediaWiki software, different extensions, LocalSettings.php and some other important configurations related to MediaWiki.</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">Wikipedia technical audit: Wikipedia technical audit was the central theme of the day, and the phrase “Wikipedia technical audit” was coined by Rahul Desmukh of IIT Bombay. He suggested that once in a year a Wikimedia community should do its technical audit, when the community would solve issues like deadend pages, orphan pages, uncategorized pages, script errors, infobox errors, reference errors, and other errors and issues related to a Wikimedia project.</p>
<p dir="ltr">On the first day of the MWT workshop we discussed these issues and errors and how to solve these.</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">== Second day ==</p>
<p dir="ltr">On the second day of third iteration of MWT, we began with problems faced in different languages with respect to Templates and Imfoboxes. And continued with teaching how to create the basic info boxes. Each participant were thought how to add two digits in a single template and creation of LUA templates. Later we had thought them how to create a basic template by adding a label and data, and even localizing of some templates were also done.</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">After this use of Wikidata was thought and INfoboxes using wikidata.</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">Post lunch some of the tools and their uses and applications were thought Copyvio, Duplication detector, Google books citation, Citation generator and Hay's tool directory</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">== Third day ==</p>
<p dir="ltr">On the third day of MWT 2017, the first session started with a session where User:Viswaprabha discussed Wikimedia Labs Quarry (<a href="https://quarry.wmflabs.org/">https://quarry.wmflabs.org/</a>)</p>
<p> </p>
<p dir="ltr">The major points of the session were:</p>
<ul><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Introduction to Quarry.</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Importance of Quarry</p>
</li><li style="list-style-type: disc;" dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr">Coding simple quarry.</p>
</li></ul>
<p dir="ltr">User:Viswaprabha also showed how to integrate Google spreadsheet with Quarry. He showed a couple of examples where he had the most of it using the tricks.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mediawiki-training-2017'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mediawiki-training-2017</a>
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No publisherTito Dutta and Ananth SubrayCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaMediawiki training (MWT)WikipediaOpenness2017-06-07T08:43:57ZBlog EntryFree and Open Source Software and Standards for Public Health Information Systems in India: “Making them Work” by Bridging the Policy Practice Gap
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/foss-for-public-health-information-systems-in-india
<b>Anubha Sinha spoke at the ORF Health Policy Workshop on the panel: The policy landscape in India with respect FOSS software and standards in the public sector more generally. The event was organized by Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi on February 27 and 28, 2017 in New Delhi.</b>
<ul>
<li>For workshop background note <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/foss-workshop-in-new-delhi-background-note">click here</a></li>
<li>For agenda <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/openness/orf-workshop-draft-agenda.pdf">click here</a></li>
<li>For more info see the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.orfonline.org/research/health-policy-workshop-february-27-28/">Observer Research Foundation website</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/foss-for-public-health-information-systems-in-india'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/foss-for-public-health-information-systems-in-india</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaOpennessFOSS2017-02-27T15:36:25ZNews ItemOrientation & Training session for Environmental Activists in Satara on 13th February 2017
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/orientation-training-session-for-environmental-activists-in-satara-on-13th-february-2017
<b>A Marathi Wikipedia Orientation & Training session for Environmental Activists was held in Satara on 13 February, 2017</b>
<p>As part of the ongoing CIS-A2K effort to work and collaborate with communities of interest, a Marathi Wikipedia orientation and training session was held in Satara on 13 February, 2017. The workshop trained environmental activists on basic Wikipedia editing skills. The participants were introduced to Wikipedia as a knowledge resource and were encouraged to contribute to Wiki projects. </p>
<p>The theme of the workshop was to build resources in the areas of biodiversity and environmental issues on Marathi Wikipedia. The participants were also given orientation regarding contribution to the villages project where they could edit articles about their villages and towns. The three-hour workshop held at Sukale Studio in Satara saw six participants collaboratively creating and editing two articles. The participants were also trained in "smart editing" on their smartphones. </p>
<p>The link to event page on meta can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Orientation_%26_Training_session_of_Environmental_Activists_in_Satara_on_13th_February_2017">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/orientation-training-session-for-environmental-activists-in-satara-on-13th-february-2017'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/orientation-training-session-for-environmental-activists-in-satara-on-13th-february-2017</a>
</p>
No publisherSubodh KulkarniCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T14:43:25ZBlog EntryBargarh Manuscript Digitisation Project
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/bargarh-manuscript-digitisation-project
<b>The digitisation of temple manuscripts at the Dadhivamana Temple, Bargarh in Western Odisha followed by a workshop for the students of Imperial College took place between 11- 12 February, 2017.</b>
<p> </p>
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6a520b68-785b-1cce-b50f-f1af9415b19a"><a class="external-link" href="http://www.orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissareview/jun2004/englishpdf/workship.pdf">Shri Dadhivamana Temple</a>, also known as the Srikshetra(Puri) of Western Odisha is a 400-year-old temple in Bargarh, Odisha. The temple is among the most important religious sites in Western Odisha. The temple has a record room with 250 ancient palm leaf manuscripts in the Odia language, dating back to the 16th century. These palm leaf manuscripts tell the stories of the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Skanda Purana and the history of the temple itself.</span></p>
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6a520b68-785b-46da-54af-2ef2d6886eab"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Given the historical value of the temple, the temple administration and the Temple Trust have preserved the pothi(palm leaf manuscripts) with the help of various chemicals, including the indigenous usage of turmeric and camphor. The process of preservation of the manuscripts began a few years ago years with student volunteers from different colleges in Bhatli helping the temple administration by identifying and storing the manuscripts.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6a520b68-785c-811b-7fd1-d636007720a6">Minati Sahoo, a well known social activist in Bargarh and a few other journalists explained the importance of manuscript digitisation to the temple administration and took permission for digitising the manuscripts in the month of March. One of the pandas (temple priests), Pandit Shri Goura Chandra Ratha, released his book, Jay Shree Dadhibamana, under the Creative Commons 4.0 license. A three-day long digitisation camp will be organised in Bhatli for introducing the students to Wikipedia and the process of digitisation. The manuscripts will be digitised simultaneously during the workshop. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6a520b68-785d-0efd-44f2-0ab04c96fef2">An orientation program was organised at <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Imperial_College_Orientation_Program">Imperial College</a>, Bargarh for introducing the students of the college to the digitisation process as well as to introduce the pothi digitisation which they would be partaking in. With over 60 participants, the workshop not only explained the idea of the global Wikimedia movement to them, but also taught them how they could use the digitisation skill for the preservation of language. This digitisation project will bring different manuscripts into Odia Wikipedia, while also helping to raise awareness about digitisation of language in western Odisha. After scanning the manuscripts, the Odia Wikipedia community will take help of the students for uploading, digitising and proofreading the same.</span></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/bargarh-manuscript-digitisation-project'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/bargarh-manuscript-digitisation-project</a>
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No publisherSailesh PatnaikCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOdia WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T20:08:04ZBlog EntryImperial College Orientation Program, Bargarh
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/imperial-college-orientation-program-bargarh
<b>An Odia Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Imperial College, Bargarh on 12 February, 2017.</b>
<p>An Odia Wikipedia orientation workshop was conducted at Imperial College, an affiliate of Sambalpur University, on 12 February 2017 for 60 undergraduate students of the College. The aim of the workshop was to introduce students to Odia Wikipedia while also giving them a broad overview of the global free knowledge movement. This workshop was conducted as part of CIS-A2K's ongoing efforts to expand the reach of Odia Wikipedia in Western Odisha in conjunction with the Odia Wikipedia community members. </p>
<p>The students were also introduced to the process of digitisation and how digitisation was fundamental to the preservation of language and local knowledge. The students also showed an interest in the digitisation sprint for the Dadhivamana Temple's Pothi digitisation project, an ongoing effort to digitise 250 ancient palm leaf manuscripts from the Dadhivamana Temple in Bargarh.</p>
<p><em>The meta page for this event can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Imperial_College_Orientation_Program">here</a>.</em></p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/imperial-college-orientation-program-bargarh'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/imperial-college-orientation-program-bargarh</a>
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No publisherSailesh PatnaikCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOdia WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T19:51:29ZBlog Entry"Free-license Wings To Your Books" in Vijayawada
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/free-license-wings-to-your-books-in-vijayawada
<b>"Free-license Wings To Your Books" event held at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada </b>
<p>Over the course of the last one year, CIS-A2K, with the help
of Telugu Wikipedia community members, has been regularly conducting re-licensing
events, scan-a-thons and digitization activities in and
around Guntur and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh in order to raise awareness about free licensing books and content. Notable among these are the
series of digitization and proofreading sprints conducted at Andhra Loyola
College. The "Free-license Wings To Your Books" held on 8 February, 2017 was a culmination
of these series of events in Vijayawada. </p>
<p> This event aimed to raise awareness about free-licensing in Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada. The awareness session was followed by community felicitations to writers Kanuri Badarinadh, Fr. Poodota
Jojayya and Fr. Job Sudarsan who have released some their content into CC-BY-SA. Fr. Job Sudarsan announced at the event that all his works shall be re-licensed into CC-BY-SA. Later, certificates were distributed to student Wikipedians who contributed to the digitization of 3,500 pages in Wikisource by participating in the digitization
sprint that took place at the event. Notable attendees at the event were Mandali Buddha Prasad, Deputy Speaker of
Andhra Pradesh, Samala Ramesh Babu, Editor, Nadustunna Charitra and Fr. G.A.P. Kishore,
Principal, Andhra Loyola. </p>
<p>The link to event page on meta can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2017/Free_Licenses-Wings_to_your_books_event_in_Vijayawada">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/free-license-wings-to-your-books-in-vijayawada'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/free-license-wings-to-your-books-in-vijayawada</a>
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No publisherPavan SanthoshCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T10:38:22ZBlog EntryGoogle-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise: February iteration
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/google-translated-telugu-articles-prioritisation-exercise-february-iteration
<b>The February iteration of the Google-translated Telugu articles prioritisation exercise took place online.
</b>
<p> </p>
<p>The Google-translated Telugu articles prioritization is an online exercise intended to prioritize and improve over 1,900 machine-translated articles on Telugu Wikipedia. This project was initiated in 2009 when Google translation project took place on Telugu Wikipedia in several rounds. Jointly organised by the Telugu Wikipedia community and CIS-A2K, this exercise saw the participation of 2 Wikipedians. </p>
<p> 47 out of 116 articles have been prioritised for further improvement. Says Telugu Wikipedian <a class="external-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Meena_gayathri.s">User:Meena gayathri.s</a>, "I improved Machine translated articles earlier and my major problem is
whether my contribution is being channelled properly or not. I always
used to think if we can have a list of articles that separates articles
that needed to be improved from that of deleted; it will help a lot in
this heavy task. This exercise is helping in the same aspect and that is
why I'm contributing to this in every iteration."</p>
<p>
For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/google-translated-telugu-articles-prioritisation-exercise-february-iteration'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/google-translated-telugu-articles-prioritisation-exercise-february-iteration</a>
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No publisherPavan SanthoshCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2017-04-18T05:02:13ZBlog EntryMarathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, Pune
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-swa-roopwardhinee-pune
<b>A Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was held at 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, Pune on 7th February 2017</b>
<p> A Marathi Wikipedia edit-a-thon conducted by CIS-A2K in partnership with 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee, an organisation working in the field of education and social work was held on 7 February, 2017. The aim of the workshop was to train participants from 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee on the basics of Wikipedia editing. The theme of the edit-a-thon was to build resources on education and community development on Marathi Wikipedia. Six participants took part in the three hour workshop conducted at the 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee premises. </p>
<p>This edit-a-thon is part of CIS-A2K's ongoing effort to engage communities of interest to partner and collaborate on contributing to Wikipedia so as to utilize their domain knowledge on the free encyclopaedia. Five articles were created and edited by participants. </p>
<p><em>The link to event page on meta can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikipedia_Edit-a-thon_at_%27Swa%27-Roopwardhinee,_Pune_on_7th_February_2017">here</a>.</em></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-swa-roopwardhinee-pune'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-swa-roopwardhinee-pune</a>
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No publisherSubodh KulkarniCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T14:31:46ZBlog Entry"Free-license Wings To Your Books" in Guntur
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/free-license-wings-to-your-books-in-guntur
<b>"Free-license Wings To Your Books" event held at Annamayya Library, Guntur</b>
<p>The "Free-license Wings To Your Books" (<em>"Pustakaniki Rekkalu Swecha Nakalu Hakkulu"</em> in Telugu) event, an event aimed to bring more books and content onto Telugu Wikisource was conducted by CIS-A2K with support from Annamayya Library, Guntur on 5 February, 2017. The event was primarily intended to raise awareness about free-licensing among Telugu writers and involve them in content donation on Telugu Wikisource. Telugu Wikipedia community member, User:Nrgullapalli commented on the aptness of the event saying, "this is the right event in present situation." </p>
<p>As part of the event, Writer Bhusurapalli Venkateswarlu, who had previously released his book into CC-BY-SA license and writer Peddi Sambashivarao, who supported content donation drive by encouraging fellow writers, were felicitated. The first ever Telugu book released in print directly under CC-BY-SA license - Kodihalli Murali Mohan's "Andhra Sahityamulo Biruda Namamulu" was launched at the event. CIS-A2K Community Advocate Pavan Santhosh conducted a session on the importance of free-licenses as a better alternative in current Telugu publications. The writers engaged in a discussion on the same topic. However, the event lacked female participation.</p>
<p>The link to event page on meta can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/2017/Free_Licenses-Wings_to_your_books_event_in_Guntur">here</a>.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/free-license-wings-to-your-books-in-guntur'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/free-license-wings-to-your-books-in-guntur</a>
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No publisherPavan SanthoshTelugu WikisourceCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaTelugu WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T10:53:51ZBlog EntryOdia Wikipedia Workshop in IIMC, Dhenkanal
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/odia-wikipedia-workshop-in-iimc-dhenkanal
<b>An Odia Wikipedia Workshop was conducted at IIMC, Dhenkanal on 31 January, 2017</b>
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-47782ce9-7a39-f103-835e-e62b1ba4da4b"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Since 2013, the Odia Wikipedia community has collaborated with the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal for enabling students of the institution to partake in and contribute to the Wikimedia movement. An Odia Wikipedia workshop was conducted for the students of the institution on 31 January, 2017. The students were given an orientation on the basics of editing Wikipedia on the web and on their smart phones in addition to an explanation of Wikipedia policies, history of Wikipedia and Wiki News.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The 45 English and Odia language students with a male: female ratio of 60: 40, who took part were given a live demonstration of these topics. Along with the help of supportive faculty members, the students were exposed to Commons and Incubator as well. Overall, the event saw the creation of 20 new editors on Odia Wikipedia. A follow-up workshop is also being planned for the students in the coming months.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> </p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/odia-wikipedia-workshop-in-iimc-dhenkanal'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/odia-wikipedia-workshop-in-iimc-dhenkanal</a>
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No publisherSailesh PatnaikCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaOdia WikipediaOpenness2017-04-17T06:31:41ZBlog EntryCBGA - Consultation on Opening Up Access to Budget Data in India (Delhi, January 27)
http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/cbga-consultation-on-opening-up-access-to-budget-data-in-india-delhi-jan-27-2017
<b>Open Budgets India, a comprehensive and user-friendly open data portal to provide free, easy, and timely access to relevant data on budgets, has been developed by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) in collaboration with a number of other organisations. CBGA is organising a Consultation on “Opening Up the Access to Budget Data in India” on Friday, January 27, 2017, to launch the beta version of the portal. Sumandro Chattapadhyay will be a speaker in the panel discussion that will follow the launch.</b>
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<h4>Venue and time: Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm</h4>
<h4>Event details: <a href="http://www.cbgaindia.org/event/2797/" target="_blank">Link</a> (External)</h4>
<h4>Event agenda: <a href="http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/files/cbga-consultation-on-opening-up-access-to-budget-data-in-india-delhi-january-27-agenda/at_download/file">Download</a> (PDF)</h4>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/cbga-consultation-on-opening-up-access-to-budget-data-in-india-delhi-jan-27-2017'>http://editors.cis-india.org/openness/news/cbga-consultation-on-opening-up-access-to-budget-data-in-india-delhi-jan-27-2017</a>
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No publishersumandroOpen DataOpen Government DataOpenness2017-01-27T05:45:30ZBlog EntryMarathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu College, Kolhapur
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-rajarshi-chhatrapati-shahu-college-kolhapur
<b>A Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was conducted at Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu College, Kolhapur on 23 January, 2017.</b>
<p>A Marathi Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted at Shivaji's University's affiliate Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu College in Kolhapur on 23 January, 2017. The edit-a-thon aimed to introduce Wikipedia to the students of the College and teach them basic editing skills. The students were trained in categorisation and translation from other language Wikipedias. In addition, the students were taught smart editing on their mobile phones using the Wikipedia app.</p>
<p>The theme of the edit-a-thon was to build resources on Marathi Wikipedia in the field of commerce, so as to keep it relevant to the students who study related subjects at the college. The three-hour-long edit-a-thon conducted at the Computer Lab of the college, involved 50 participants, a mix of male and female students. </p>
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<p><em>The link to the event page on meta can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit-a-thon_at_Rajarshee_Shahu_College,Kolhapur_on_23rd_January_2017">here</a>. </em></p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-rajarshi-chhatrapati-shahu-college-kolhapur'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-rajarshi-chhatrapati-shahu-college-kolhapur</a>
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No publisherSubodh KulkarniCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T14:15:43ZBlog EntryMarathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Shivaji University, Kolhapur
http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-shivaji-university-kolhapur
<b>A Marathi Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was held at Shivaji University, Kolhapur on 19 January, 2017</b>
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<p>A Marathi Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted by CIS-A2K in collaboration with Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha at Shivaji Univeristy, Kolhapur on 19 January, 2017. This was similar in nature to the Wikipedia <a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-sangli-maharashtra">edit-a-thon conducted at </a><a class="external-link" href="http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-sangli-maharashtra">Willingdon College in Sangli</a>. The aim of the edit-a-thon was to introduce Wikipedia to the research and post-graduate students of the University. </p>
<p>The three-hour-long edit-a-thon conducted at the University's Marathi Language Computer Lab also focused on building resources in the field of linguistics on Marathi Wikipedia. In addition to equipping the participants with editing and categorisation skills, the workshop encouraged them to contribute to linguistics-related articles and biography articles of Marathi authors and litterateurs. With 50 participants overall, the event increased the reach of Marathi Wikipedia, introducing it to those previously unaware of its existence. </p>
<p>The link to event page on meta can be found <a class="external-link" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edit-a-thon_with_expert_at_Shivaji_University,Kolhapur_on_19th_January_2017">here</a>. </p>
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For more details visit <a href='http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-shivaji-university-kolhapur'>http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/marathi-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-at-shivaji-university-kolhapur</a>
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No publisherSubodh KulkarniCIS-A2KAccess to KnowledgeWikimediaWikipediaMarathi WikipediaOpenness2017-04-16T13:47:44ZBlog Entry