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[CIS-A2K] August Newsletter
by Dr.U.B. Pavanaja 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Dear all, CIS-A2K would like to share with you the newsletter below for the month of August 2015. We look forward to hear any feedback or input you might have. Odia Wikipedia (available at <https://or.wikipedia.org> or.wikipedia.org), an Indian-language Wikipedia project, celebrated thirteen years of free knowledge contribution in June 2015. It was one of the first four Indic Wikipedias (Assamese, malayalam and Punjabi being the other three)to have started in 2002. The first edit on the Wikipedia was made on 3 June 2002. Currently the project has over 8,900 articles and about 17 active editors (also known as "uikiali"). The voluntary editor community has put its efforts into acquiring valuable content, re-licensing them under Creative Commons (CC) licenses, and building tools for acquiring more encyclopedic content from various sources. Odia Wikipedia community assessment survey June 2015. It gives an overview about the various hindrances for the growth of Odia Wikipedia and the community. During the thirteenth anniversary celebrations, the community came together to assess community needs, address issues that had been identified earlier via irc and mailing list discussions, and identify priority areas to focus on in the future. Odia Wikipedia administrators Mrutyunjaya Kar and Subhashish Panigrahi designed a needs assessment survey. (https://or.wikipedia.org/s/tnp) Participating Wikimedians were asked to discuss various problems they face in editing and outreach two major areas that ensures quality standards. . Two-fifths of participants said that problems with the rendering of Odia characters in different operating systems, ignorance or lack of more documentation about enabling encoding for Odia, input methods and keyboard layouts, and other font- and keyboard-related issues as the major reason for low readership and contribution on Wikipedia. . . .Read more in the Wikimedia blog at: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/21/odia-wikipedia-celebrates-13/ == Event organized/participated == (CIS-A2K events page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events) ⬤ Telugu Wikipedia edit-a-thon at Annamacharya library (http://cis-india.org/openness/events/rare-telugu-religious-and-historical-w… ): On 6 August a Telugu Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted at Annamacharya library to preserve rare Telugu literature text. Annamacharya library has a rare collection of the religious and historical works in Telugu language. This event was conducted by Telugu Wikipedia Community and the Centre for Internet & Society's Access To Knowledge program. The second iteration of the event was organized on 31 August. ⬤ Tamil Virtual University workshop (http://cis-india.org/openness/events/workshop-on-digital-collaborations-in-… ): On 8-9 August, a two-day long workshop on digital collaborations in Tamil-language was organized by Tamil Virtual University, Anna University Campus, Chennai. U.B.Pavanaja, on behalf of CIS-A2K, participated in this event. Four major topics discussed during the event were: Digitization, Research and Development, e-learning and Open source and Outreach. ⬤ SDM Ujire Kannada workshop: (http://cis-india.org/openness/events/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-at-shree-dh…) CIS-A2K has ongoing partnership with SDM College, Ujire. The college's academic year started on 12 August. It was followed by a one-day workshop where the students were introduced to editing in Kannada Wikipedia. The head of the journalism department of the College Bhaskar Shetty and others supported the event. ⬤ Tulu Wikipedia edit-a-thon at Mangalore (http://cis-india.org/openness/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-in-mangalore-to-bring-t… ): A three-day edit-a-thon was organized between 14-16 August in Mangalore for bringing good quality content in Tulu Wikipedia. This event, organized in collaboration with the Tulu Sahitya Academy and Ramakrishna Pre University College, saw 30 Wikipedia editors participating and creating about 89 new articles. 12 of these 30 participants crossed more than 10 edits. Some of the new participants faced problems with using the input methods and the Wiki-markup. It is important to note that because of the lack of addition of Tulu-alphabet code points in the Unicode chart, and the speakers being well conversant in Kannada, they are using Kannada script for Tulu Wikipedia Incubator project. There is a plan to organize a monthly meetup and/or edit-a-thon to continue the momentum these editors have brought in. ⬤ Kannada Wikipedia workshop at DSERT (http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/edit-a-thon-to-improve-kannada-langu…): A Kannada Wikipedia workshop was organized between 18-20 August at the Department of State Educational Research and Training to improve science-related articles that are part of the Government of Karnataka's high school syllabus. During the workshop the lecturers were taught about the basics of Kannada Wikipedia, article editing policies, Kannada input, creating and editing articles on Kannada Wikipedia. U.B. Pavanaja and Tito Dutta from CIS-A2K conducted the workshop, behalf of CIS-A2K. === Sau Dhuni Teen project === ⬤ Wikipedia workshop in Pune (http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-workshop-in-theme-of-sou-dhu…: A Wikipedia workshop was organized at Srimati Savitribai Phule Pune University on 20 August 2015. Under the scope of “Sau Dhuni Teen” project, the workshop focused on building resources in Indian languages for women's studies on Wikipedia. ⬤ Wikipedia workshop in TISS, Mumbai: (http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/sau-dhuni-teen-project-wikipedia-wor…) A two-day long and multilingual Wikipedia workshop was organized at the Women's Studies Department of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai between 22-24 August. This was an outreach event conducted under the scope of the "Sau Dhuni Teen" project. == Blog posts == ⬤ Pavanaja, U. B. "Tulu Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Mangalore" (http://goo.gl/ZxJVnS) (18 August 2015) ⬤ Pavanaja, U. B. "Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles" (http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/edit-a-thon-to-improve-kannada-langu…) (19 August 2015) ⬤ Panigrahi, Subhashish. "Odia Wikisource has a new Wikisourcer, and he is the youngest in the Odia Wikimedia community!" (http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/kisorachandrananachampu-on-odia-wiki…) (21 August 2015) == Media coverage == 1. ಬೆಳ್ತಂಗಡಿ:ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೂ ಲಭ್ಯ ಇರುವ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಹಾಗೂ ಮುಕ್ತ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ-ಪವನಜ (http://cis-india.org/openness/news/sahil-online-august-14-2015 ) SahilOnline; 14 August 2015 2. ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಪ್ರಗತಿಯಿಂದ ದೇಶದ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಪ್ರಗತಿ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ( <http://cis-india.org/openness/news/mangalorean-dotcom-august-13-2015> http://cis-india.org/openness/news/mangalorean-dotcom-august-13-2015 ) Mangalorean.com; 13 August 2015 3. Telugu religious and historical work preserved at Annamacharya library to come on Wikisource! ( <http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-08-07/Rare-Telugu-religious-an…> http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-08-07/Rare-Telugu-religious-an… ) The Hans India; 7 August 2015 This newsletter is also available on Meta at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/August_2015

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MediaWikiTTT-2015
by Dr.U.B. Pavanaja 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

Dear Wikimedians, It gives WMIN and CIS-A2K great pleasure to announce that we have started preparations for MediaWiki Train the Trainer Program. It is a matter of grave concern that while the Indian Language Wikipedias are slowly improving their content and expanding their volunteer base, there is very less and often zero representation from the Indian Language Communities towards MediaWiki software and the available tools around. CIS-A2K intends to bridge this gap by creating and grooming 'tech' leaders in the MediaWiki sphere from the existing Indian Language Wikipedians. MediaWiki Train the Trainer program aims to facilitate discussions around nurturing leadership regarding tech related issues, file bugs that hinder the growth of Indian Language Wikipedias, active contribution towards improving the existing MediaWiki software and understanding the importance of mediating technology for outreach activities. The 4 day residential event will happen in last week of June, 2015. Exact dates and venue will be announced soon. We welcome specific issues that should be discussed during the MWTTT as well as feedback and suggestions. Please write to us if there are any concerns. The event page : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Mediawiki_Train_the_Trainer_P rogram Thanks and regards, Pavanaja ---------------------------------------------------- U.B. Pavanaja, MSc, PhD Programme Manager <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pavanaja> - Indian languages, Access to Knowledge program The Centre for Internet & Society

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Good Bye as CIS-A2K Program Director
by Vishnu T 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

Dear Wikimedians, This is my last day as the CIS-A2K Program Director. The last 2 years and 3 months have been immensely exciting with tons of learning and work! I have loved meeting many Wikimedians, face to face, across the length and breadth of India. The interactions I had with many of you have been immensely useful to my learning. The diversity of our community and the Wikimedia projects in India is so rich and intricate - I wish I could map out my entire set of impressions to only give a slight glimpse of it!! Signing off as the Program Director for now. See you on-wiki, here on the lists and in real life whenever our paths cross. A quick update: The next A2K Program Director selection is under process and hopefully we should all be able to welcome the new incumbent in June, 2015. Until then the A2K team is being internally monitored by CIS leadership. Best wishes, Vishnu

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore
by Vishnu 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

The below mail FYI. Hope to see active participation from the Hindi Wikimedia community. This is a good opportunity for all of us to come up with a shared vision for the Wikimedia movement's growth in India. Best, Vishnu -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] IMPORTANT: Future of work in India -- a community consultation in Bangalore Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:50:36 -0700 From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Reply-To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear fellow Wikimedians, (this is important and a rare opportunity -- please do take a few moments to read.) I would like to draw your attention to a major piece of news: The Wikimedia Foundation is convening a community consultation on the future of Wikimedia work in India, to be held in October in Bangalore, with significant representation from across India, the different projects, and the different language communities. Please see the following page on Meta for details, context, and to begin discussion the delegates you would like to see participating. All costs will be borne by the Foundation. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Community_Consultation_2014 Let's try and keep discussion on the talk page of that page on Meta, so everyone can follow, even people not on this list. Also, your help in forward this widely, translating as necessary, etc., would be MUCH appreciated. Again, this is an important opportunity, and we need to ensure we get every community's attention. I look forward to this conversation very much! Asaf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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WMF-FDC and A2K discussion minutes
by Nitika Tandon 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Dear All, CIS-A2K had a two day meeting with WMF & FDC visiting team in its Bangalore office on 11th & 12th Feb 2014. The main agenda of the meeting was: Understanding current state of A2K -- basic facts (finance snapshot, organizational context within CIS) Financial review of CIS-A2K, per grant agreement Reflection on past year - successes and challenges in activities Reflection on past year - spending vs. plan Discussion of the preparation for funding via the FDC process; Q&A Reflection on relationship with various communities - successes; obstacles; gaps Discussion of A2K's current resources: staff, funds, engaged volunteers; discuss actual plans; discuss path according to roadmap Meeting minutes can be found here.[1] Thanks Nitika [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Meetings/Minutes_…

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Urdu Wikipedia crosses the 50,000 mark
by muzammil 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

Dear friends, I am pleased to inform you that today the Urdu Wikipedia has crossed the 50,000 articles mark. I am honoured to be a humble contributor of this Wikipedia which has reached a dream milestone which is yet to be covered by many other Wikipedias. The focus, as the community feels, will now shift on referencing and elaborating many of the existing articles to satisfactory levels. Also, the next target is to cross the 1,00,000 articles mark. Regards, Muzammil.

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Team exit and hire at CIS-A2K
by Nitika Tandon 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

Dear All, It’s with deep regret that we announce the exit of Muzammiluddin Syed as Programme Officer CIS-A2K due to his personal reasons. Muzammil has been a great asset to the A2K team. CIS would like to thank him for all his valuable contributions to the Wikimedia movement and particularly helping grow Hindi and Urdu Wikimedia projects and community. During his stint at CIS Muzammil also put in concerted efforts to grow the partnership at Christ University. We're hoping that he'll continue to be a part of the movement as a treasured volunteer and we wish him the best in life. In another context, CIS is happy to share that Rahimanuddin Shaik who was brought on board to work as Community Communications Consultant at CIS-A2K for 3 months will now continue as Programme Officer in lieu of Muzammil. Hence no separate hiring process will be undertaken for this position. In a short period of time Rahim has done some amazing work including building Telugu Wikipedia work plan for next year. Please join us in congratulating him and wishing him success in his new role. Thanks Nitika

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Re: [Wikihi-l] [Wikimediaindia-l] Invite to WikiSangamotsavam-2013, the annual gathering of Malayalam Wikimedians
by Vishnu T 10 Apr '14

10 Apr '14

Thanks Netha. Congratulations to the Malayalam Wikimedia community for doing such detailed planning! Inviting Wikimedians from across India is a wonderful idea!! It's a new bench mark!!! Wishing you all lots of fun filled learning. With a belief that this will bring more energy to the Wikimedia movement in India, Vishnu On Friday, 22 November 2013, Netha Hussain <nethahussain(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > WikiSangamotsavam 2013, the annual gathering of users and well wishers of Malayalam Wikimedia projects, will take place from 21-23 December, 2013 in YMCA Alappuzha, Kerala. Please click here to go to the official page to see more details. . > > WikiSangamotsavam - 2013 is our first attempt to invite and host selected members from other Indian Wikipedia communities. We are planning to invite our friends and well-wishers from 14 different language wiki communities in India to this most auspicious occasion hosted by Malayalam wiki community! We are also planning to arrange few scholarships for non-Malayalam Wikimedians who are interested in participating in this event. With all these, we expect this year’s conference shall become the largest outreach program any Indian wiki community have ever attempted. > > As a part of WikiSangamotsavam-2013, we are organizing edit-a-thons, WikiVidyarthiSangamam (a conference of students interested in Wikimedia projects), WikiYuvaSangamam (a meetup of youth interested in Wikimedia projects), a computer training session for the differently-abled, a digitization drive to digitize the information regarding wetlands in Kerala and WikiJalaYathra, a wiki voyage through Vembanadu backwaters. > > We cordially invite you to participate in WikiSangamotsavam-2013 to share your experiences, to connect with your peers and create partnerships thereby strengthening the Indian Wikimedia community. > > To participate in WikiSangamotsavam, please register here > > Looking forward to meeting you in Alappuzha from 21-23 December, 2013! > > > On behalf of Malayalam Wikimedia Community, > > Netha Hussain > User: Netha Hussain on Wikimedia projects > > > -- > Netha Hussain > Student of Medicine and Surgery > Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode > Blogs : nethahussain.blogspot.com > swethaambari.wordpress.com > >

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CIS-A2K Bulletin February 2014
by Pavanaja U B 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Dear all, We from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) thank you all for your support and collaboration and wish you a great year ahead. We bring you the details of our work for the month of February 2014: Tewiki 10th Anniversary Tewiki 10th anniversary celebration 2014, started on February 15 in Vijayawada at Kakaraparti Bhavanarayana College. It was co-organized by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team and the Telugu Wikipedia community. Telugu Wikipedia has now completed 10 years of existence and there are about 55,000 Telugu articles available online: <http://bit.ly/1iI2Pxs> http://bit.ly/1iI2Pxs Ø Articles 1. Odia Language's Presence in Digital Media and Wikipedia's Role (by Subhashish Panigrahi, The Samaja, March 2, 2014): <http://bit.ly/1ieF3sC> http://bit.ly/1ieF3sC. 2. Indian Wikimedia community coordinates Women’s History Month (by Netha Hussain and Jeph Paul, Wikimedia Foundation, March 6, 2014): <http://bit.ly/1cyRfqf> http://bit.ly/1cyRfqf. Ø Event Organised 1. Wiki Women's Workshop (ICG – Dona Paula, Goa, March 9, 2014): <http://bit.ly/MRRJLy> http://bit.ly/MRRJLy. The event is being organized as part of the commemoration of the International Women's Day. Ø Events Co-organised 1. Cinemathon2014 Bangalore (organized by Pad.ma and CIS-A2K, CIS, Bangalore, February 8-9, 2014): <http://bit.ly/MRRkZz> http://bit.ly/MRRkZz. 2. Cinemathon2014 Mumbai (organized by Pad.ma and CIS-A2K, CAMP Studio, Mumbai, February 15-16, 2014): <http://bit.ly/P5YGL8> http://bit.ly/P5YGL8. 3. Wikipedia Mangalore Workshop (organized by Roshini Nilaya and CIS-A2K, Mangalore, February 26, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja gave a presentation on Wikipedia with a special focus on students and women. Ø Participation in Event 1. The Dynamics of Education to Employment Journey: Opportunities and Challenges (organized by KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, February 21-22, 2014). T. Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk: <http://bit.ly/1ePwqHc> http://bit.ly/1ePwqHc. Ø Media Coverage CIS gave its inputs for the following media coverage: 1. Father-son duo promote Punjabi online (by Jatinder Preet, Sunday Guardian, February 1, 2014): <http://bit.ly/1l87b2h> http://bit.ly/1l87b2h. 2. ୧୦ ବର୍ଷରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ୱିକିପିଡିଆ (Rabibara Sambad (Sunday supplement of Odia newspaper The Sambad), February 9, 2014): <http://bit.ly/1igMynn> http://bit.ly/1igMynn. This is a feature about Odia Wikipedia's 10th anniversary and the story of a dead volunteer community reviving after 8 years. 3. Wikipedia Mangalore Workshop (Prajavani, February 27, 2014): <http://bit.ly/1gVMG6f> http://bit.ly/1gVMG6f. Wikimedia Foundation has funded A2K to anchor the growth of Wikimedia movement in India. The A2K team consists of six members, four based in Bangalore: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Subhashish Panigrahi and Rahmanuddin Shaikh. One team member Nitika Tandon is based in Delhi. We also have one Advisor Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana working with us. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed here ( <http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters> http://cis-india.org/about/newsletters). Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at <http://bit.ly/TOcXId> <http://bit.ly/TOcXId> http://bit.ly/TOcXId. About CIS The Centre for Internet and Society is a non-profit research organization that works on policy issues relating to freedom of expression, privacy, accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge and IPR reform, and openness (including open government, FOSS, open standards, etc.), and engages in academic research on digital natives and digital humanities. Follow us elsewhere · Twitter: <https://twitter.com/CISA2K> <https://twitter.com/CISA2K> https://twitter.com/CISA2K · CIS group on Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/groups/cis.india> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/cis.india> https://www.facebook.com/groups/cis.india · Visit us at: <https://cis-india.org/> <https://cis-india.org/> https://cis-india.org Support Us Please help us defend consumer / citizen rights on the Internet! Write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 5600 71. Request for Collaboration: We invite researchers, practitioners, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to collaboratively engage with Internet and society and improve our understanding of this new field. To discuss the research collaborations, write to Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, at sunil(a)cis-india.org or Nishant Shah, Director – Research, at nishant(a)cis-india.org. To discuss collaborations on Indic language wikipedia, write to T. Vishnu Vardhan, Programme Director, A2K, at <mailto:vishnu@cis-india.org> vishnu(a)cis-india.org CIS is grateful to its donors, Wikimedia Foundation, Ford Foundation, Privacy International, UK, Hans Foundation and the Kusuma Trust which was founded by Anurag Dikshit and Soma Pujari, philanthropists of Indian origin, for its core funding and support for most of its projects. Thanks and regards, Pavanaja U.B. Pavanaja, MSc, PhD Programme Officer – Indian languages <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pavanaja> , Access to Knowledge program The Centre for Internet & Society

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CIS-A2K's Quarterly Reports
by Nitika Tandon 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Dear All, CIS-A2K would like to share with you Quarterly Report 1 for the time period Jul - Sep 2013[1] and Quarterly Report 2 for the time period of Oct - Dec 2014[2]. The report provides a brief overview of the programs executed and examines impact and outcomes. Feedback can be given on main talk page of the Quarterly Report or respective language talk pages. We're extremely sorry for the delay in publishing these reports. Thanks Nitika [1 ]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports/CIS-A2K_Quarterly_Report_1 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports/CIS-A2K_Q…

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