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Online space for Odia
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 12, 2016 — last modified Jun 12, 2016 03:39 PM — filed under: , ,
From a few hundred articles in 2002 to over 10,600 articles on various aspects of Odisha today, Odia Wikipedia has certainly made a mark as far as promotion of the language is concerned. Wikipedia, the volunteer driven web-based multilingual encyclopedia project, is an important reference source on the Internet for all kinds of information.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Beyond Editor Count: Assessing Quality on Wikipedia
by Tejaswini Niranjana — published Jun 12, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Since Wikipedia is considered as the go-to source for different kinds of knowledge by anyone starting off in a particular field of study, and since Indian languages (IL) are often the default languages of the classroom in India, strengthening the quality of the material available on IL Wikipedias is certain to have widespread tangible and intangible impact.
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Wikipedia edit-a-thon at TEDSummit 2016, Banff, Canada
by Abhinav Garule — published Jun 13, 2016 — last modified Jun 13, 2016 06:44 AM — filed under: , , ,
The TEDSummit 2016, an annual conference of the TED community, is taking place during June 26-30, 2016 at Banff, Canada. Wikimedians Netha Hussain, Ayyappadas along with Abhinav Garule, Programme Associate, CIS-A2K will be conducting a 90-minute long workshop to educate the participants through Wikipedia's guidelines and help them write their first articles.
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शंभर वर्षापूर्वीचे ग्रंथ मराठी विकिपीडियावर
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 22, 2016 — filed under: , , ,
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
NGOs tell PM not to succumb to pressure from US on IPR
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 02, 2016 — filed under:
A group of NGOs have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to succumb to pressure from the US on the issue of intellectual property regime (IPR).
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Climate change will be a priority in talks with Modi: U.S.
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 02, 2016 — filed under:
Mr. Modi will have a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday and address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.
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NGOs tell Modi not to succumb to US pressure on intellectual property
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 02, 2016 — last modified Jul 02, 2016 05:14 AM — filed under:
A group of NGOs have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to succumb to pressure from the US on the issue of intellectual property regime (IPR).
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Sub$-100 Phones: Browser Compatibility Tests
by Rohini Lakshané — published Jul 09, 2016 — last modified Feb 16, 2017 04:47 PM — filed under: , ,
This post documents the results of browser compatibility tests conducted on six out of eight specimen mobile phones being studied under the Pervasive Technologies project. These phones are Internet-enabled and cost the equivalent of USD 100 or less in India. Rohini Lakshané and CIS volunteer Dhananjay Balan carried out the tests. Intern Shreshth Wadhwa provided assistance.
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Blog Entry Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jul 09, 2016 — last modified Aug 03, 2016 02:00 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Santali, an aboriginal South Asian language, has a brand new freely licensed font and set of cross-platform open source input tools on the way.
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Blog Entry Community celebrates birthday of Odia Wikipedia and Odia Wiktionary
by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Jul 09, 2016 — last modified Jul 09, 2016 03:25 AM — filed under: , , ,
This June, Odia Wikipedia turned 14 and Odia Wiktionary turned 11. Odia Wikimedia community member Chinmayee Mishra, CIS-A2K Programme Associate Sailesh Patnaik and I co-authored this blog in the Wikimedia Blog. The blog chronicles several major activities of the community and features quotes from many old and new community members.
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