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Spoken Wikipedia Hindi Article Suggestions.
by Wikipedia Club Pune 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Dear Hindi Wikipedia Community, We would like to get assistance from you about recording important health related articles from Hindi Wikipedia. P.S : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Club_Pune/Spoken_Wikipedia… Feel free to leave your comments on Talk Page. Dhanyawaad. -Abhishek Suryawanshi, On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune.

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Hindi Article on Dengue for Spoken Wikipedia.
by Wikipedia Club Pune 12 Dec '12

12 Dec '12

Dear Hindi Wikipedia Community, Namaste and Greetings. We are planning to develop Dengue article on all Indian Languages. Wikipedia Club Pune is organizing dedicated workshop on 16th December 2012. We would like to invite you participate in Workshop (online or offline as per your convenience) Article of Dengue will be edited through collaborative editing session, and it will be recorded later on as part of Spoken Wikipedia.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia/Indic_L…> *FAQ : * *1)Why Dengue Article : * A: Dengue fever is common in this session, so it will be helpful to many people. *2)What about other diseases? * A: We will be covering major diseases one by one in upcoming Sunday workshops. *3)What is Spoken Wikipedia for Indian Languages? * The **<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia/Indic_L…> *WikiProject Spoken Indian Language Wikipedia* is a project undertaken by Wikipedia Club Pune to give a voice to the Indian community and to create a knowledge domain of information related to India and Indian languages through audio recordings of the articles (in various native languages). P.S : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia/Indic_L… *4)Why (Only) health related articles? * As of now - Our first priority is Health related articles on Indian Language Wikipedia. After recording articles, we are planning to circulate these articles in underprivileged community. *5)How I can help? * Please add your name to Workshop page to help us. Register : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Club_Pune/Spoken_Wikipedia… Kindly do let us know if you have any doubts/queries or suggestions! Keep Supporting, Keep Inspiring! :-) Best Regards, Abhishek Suryawanshi, User:AbhiSuryawanshi, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AbhiSuryawanshi> On Behalf of Wikipedia Club Pune

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[A2K]:The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - November '12
by noopur 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

Dear all, Beginning from September 1, 2012, Wikimedia Foundation has awarded CIS a two-year grant of upto INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. The Wikimedia Foundation's India Program has become the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program [1] of the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). In this issue we bring you updates from the Kolkata wiki community, the Odia wiki community, a report of a workshop organized exclusively for women in Mumbai, Wikipedia hackathon organised in Delhi and Hyderabad, and the recent news and media coverage. Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId [2]. # CIS Office in Delhi * The A2K team [3] consists of three members: Nitika Tandon [4], Subhashish Panigrahi [5] and Noopur Raval [6]. Shiju Alex [7] left the organisation. November 16 was his last working day. # Education Program * First Odia Wikipedia Education Program to be Rolled Out [8] (by Subhashish Panigrahi, November 30, 2012). The program was initiated at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication in Dhenkanal on November 8, 2012. # Workshops Organised by CIS: * Odia Wikipedia Workshop at AML [9] (Academy of Media Learning, Bhubaneswar, November 10, 2012). * Follow up to Wikipedia Introductory Session [10] (Bharati Vidyapeeth, Delhi, November 19, 2012). * An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at KMBB [11] (KMBB College, Bhubaneswar, November 19, 2012). # Workshop Organised by Wiki Community * Wikipedia Women's Workshop in Mumbai [12] (by Noopur Raval, Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Wadala, Mumbai, November 4, 2012). # Meetup Organised by CIS * Kolkata: Tasting the Sweetness of Wikipedia! [13] (Kolkata, November 3, 2012). # Hackathon organised by CIS * A Wikipedia Mini-hackathon in Delhi [14] (CIS, New Delhi, November 11, 2012). # Hackathon Participation * Wikipedia Hackathon [15] (organised by BITS, Hyderabad, October 25 - 27, 2012). # News and Media Coverage * 'Some Indian laws could be challenging [16]' (by Kalyan Subramani, Bangalore Mirror, November 15, 2012) * A Report of the Odia Wikipedia Workshop held in KMBB College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar [17] (Sambad, November 19, 2012). * OdishaDiary conferred prestigious Odisha Youth Inspiration Award 2012 to Odia Wikipedia team [18] (by Pravuprasad Routray, Orissa Diary, November 23, 2012). * વિકિપીડિયા ગુજરાતી માં પણ છે [19] (by Harsh Kothari, Cybersafar, November 28, 2012). # Blog Entry * Typing in Indic Languages from Mobiles made Easy! [20] (by Subhashish Panigrahi, November 19, 2012). About CIS [21] CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programs such as Accessibility [22], Access to Knowledge [23], Openness [24], Internet Governance [25], and Telecom [26]. _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._ FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE * Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter [27] * Join the CIS group on Facebook [28] * Visit us at http://cis-india.org [29] *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. -- Thank you, Best Noopur Raval, Programme Officer, Centre for Internet & Society Links: ------ [1] http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan [2] http://bit.ly/TOcXId [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team [4] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [5] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [6] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [7] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [8] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/first-odia-wikipedia-education-program-t… [9] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wiki-workshop-at-aml [10] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/follow-up-to-wikipedia-introductory-sess… [11] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/odia-wikipedia-workshop-organized-in-kmb… [12] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-womens-workshop-in-mumbai [13] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/kolkata-tasting-the-sweetness-of-wikiped… [14] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/mini-hackathon-delhi [15] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-hackathon-hyderabad [16] http://cis-india.org/news/bangalore-mirror-article-kalyan-subramani-nov-15-… [17] http://cis-india.org/news/report-of-odia-wikipedia-workshop-in-sambad [18] http://cis-india.org/news/orissa-diary-november-23-2012-pravuprasad-routray [19] http://cis-india.org/news/article-in-cybersafar [20] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/typing-in-indic-languages-from-mobiles [21] http://cis-india.org/ [22] http://cis-india.org/accessibility [23] http://cis-india.org/a2k [24] http://cis-india.org/openness [25] http://cis-india.org/internet-governance [26] http://cis-india.org/telecom [27] https://twitter.com/cis_india [28] http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/ [29] http://cis-india.org/about/

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[A2K]: Access to Knowledge Bulletin – October 2012
by noopur 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Greetings! Welcome to the October 2012 Wikipedia newsletter from the Access to Knowledge [1] team of the Centre for Internet & Society! # Education Program Updates * Launch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati University [2] (by Nitika Tandon, October 22, 2012). * Malayalam Wikipedia Education Program: August to October Updates [3] (by Shiju Alex, October 29, 2012). * Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: Rajkot [4] (by Noopur Raval, October 31, 2012). * Gujarati Wikipedia Article Competition - 10 schools, 200 students, 20 articles on Gujarati Wikipedia [5] (by Noopur Raval, October 31, 2012). # Workshop Reports * Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects! [6] (by Subhashish Panigrahi, October 16, 2012). * Wikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, Ghaziabad [7] (by Nitika Tandon, October 19, 2012). * Bridging Gender Gap in Pune: WikiWomenDay 2012 Celebrated with Success! [8] (by Subhashish Panigrahi, PAI International Learning Solutions, Azam Campus, Pune, October 28, 2012). * First Pune Odia Wikipedia Organized! [9] (by Subhashish Panigrahi, October 31, 2012). # Event Organised * Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS [10] Hyderabad (organized by CIS - A2K team and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, October 26 - 27, 2012). # Press Coverage * Odisha: Odia Wikipedia workshop organized in Pune to promote Odia language [11] (OdishaDiary.com, October 31, 2012). # Team Updates * The A2K team [12] consists of three members based in Delhi: Nitika Tandon [13], Subhashish Panigrahi [14] and Noopur Raval [15]. * We are seeking applications for the post of Programme Director [16] (Access to Knowledge) for New Delhi office. * Shiju Alex [17], Programme Manager, Access to Knowledge is leaving the organisation. November 16, 2012 will be his last working day. We wish him success in all his future endeavours. About CIS [18] CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility [19], Access to Knowledge [20], Openness [21], Internet Governance [22], and Telecom [23]. _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._ FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE * Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter [24] * Join the CIS group on Facebook [25] * Visit us at http://cis-india.org [26] Best, Noopur Raval Programme Officer, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore http://cis-india.org/ Links: ------ [1] http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan [2] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/launch-of-assamese-wikipedia-education-p… [3] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/malayalam-wikipedia-education-program-au… [4] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/gujarati-wikipedia-education-program-raj… [5] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/gujarati-wikipedia-article-competition [6] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bengaluru-a-hub-for-kannada-and-sanskrit… [7] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-workshop-ghaziabad [8] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wiki-women-day-2012-pune [9] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/first-pune-odia-wikipedia-organized [10] http://cis-india.org/openness/events/wikipedia-hackathon-bits-hyderabad [11] http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEvents.asp?id=37463 [12] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team [13] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [14] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [15] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [16] http://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director [17] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [18] http://cis-india.org/ [19] http://cis-india.org/accessibility [20] http://cis-india.org/a2k [21] http://cis-india.org/openness [22] http://cis-india.org/internet-governance [23] http://cis-india.org/telecom [24] https://twitter.com/cis_india [25] http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/ [26] http://cis-india.org/about/

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[A2K]: Blog updates on recent Wikipedia events
by noopur 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Dear all, Here are a few blog post updates on the recent events, education program workshops as well as the Access to Knowledge program plan. Please do have a look and post your feedback on how we could do things better! All Wikipedia - Access to Knowledge posts are filed here: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog Recent updates: # Launch of the Assamese Wikipedia education program: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/launch-of-assamese-wikipedia-education-p… # Wikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, Ghaziabad: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-workshop-ghaziabad # Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects!: http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/bengaluru-a-substratum-to-kannada-and-sa… # Access to Knowledge program plan: http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan Thank you, Best Noopur Raval

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[A2K]: Blog updates on recent Wikipedia events
by noopur 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

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[A2K]: Bulletin - September '12
by noopur 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Dear all, Here is the September bulletin with updates from the Access to Knowledge programme supported by a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation. Beginning from September 1, 2012, Wikimedia Foundation has awarded CIS a two-year grant of upto INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India: # Access to Knowledge Programme [1] * The Wikimedia Foundation's India Program has become the Access to Knowledge (A2K) programme of CIS. # CIS Office in Delhi * The A2K team [2] consists of four members: Nitika Tandon [3], Shiju Alex [4], Subhashish Panigrahi [5] and Noopur Raval [6]. # Statistical Report * Indic Language Wikipedias - Statistical Report [7] (January - June 2012) (by Shiju Alex). The data for this report and analysis are based on the statistical data published at http://stats.wikimedia.org [8]. # Wikipedia Workshops NOTE: Although most of these workshops were conducted prior to the grant period, the reports for all of these were written during September, hence we are featuring these: * The First Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop [9] (by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi, September 27, 2012). * Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala [10] (by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi, September 28, 2012). * Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Amritsar [11] (by Shiju Alex and Subhashish Panigrahi, September 30, 2012). * Wikipedia Workshop in British Library, Chandigarh [12] (by Subhashish Panigrahi, September 27, 2012). * Kannada Wiki Workshop at Tumkur University [13] (Tumkur, Karnataka, September 15, 2012). * Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad! [14] (by Noopur Raval, September 30, 2012). There was coverage in the Hindu [15] on September 28, 2012. # Blog Entry * Editor Growth & Contribution Program on Telugu Wikipedia [16] (by Nitika Tandon, September 29, 2012). About CIS [17] CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility [18], Access to Knowledge [19], Openness [20], Internet Governance [21], and Telecom [22]. _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._ FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE * Get short, timely messages from us on Twitter [23] * Join the CIS group on Facebook [24] * Visit us at http://cis-india.org [25] Thanks & Regards Noopur Raval Consultant - Communications Access to Knowledge Team, The Centre for Internet & Society, G 15, Top floor Behind Hauz Khas, G Block Market Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 Ph: + 91 11 26536425 [26] Links: ------ [1] http://cis-india.org/a2k/access-to-knowledge-program-plan [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_To_Knowledge/Team [3] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [4] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [5] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [6] http://cis-india.org/about/people/our-team [7] http://cis-india.org/openness/indic-language-wikipedias-statistical-report-… [8] http://stats.wikimedia.org [9] http://cis-india.org/openness/first-punjabi-wikipedia-workshop [10] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-at-punjabi-un… [11] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-at-amritsar [12] http://cis-india.org/openness/report-of-the-wikipedia-workshop-in-british-l… [13] http://cis-india.org/openness/kannada-wiki-workshop-tumkur-university [14] http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-hyderabad-report [15] http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/drumming-sess… [16] http://cis-india.org/openness/editor-growth-and-contribution-on-telegu-wiki… [17] http://cis-india.org/ [18] http://cis-india.org/accessibility [19] http://cis-india.org/a2k [20] http://cis-india.org/openness [21] http://cis-india.org/internet-governance [22] http://cis-india.org/telecom [23] https://twitter.com/cis_india [24] http://www.facebook.com/groups/28535315687/ [25] http://cis-india.org/about/ [26] http://mail.cis-india.org/tel:%2B%2091%2011%2026536425

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Progress in WLM
by Karthik Nadar 02 Sep '12

02 Sep '12

*Cross posting* Hi all, and thanks for all your support in WLM. Just sharing few statistics: With just a day completed, while second day is going on, India ranks second behind Spain in number of photos uploaded. Happily, India ranks number *ONE* in number of Uploaders with 194 contributors so far. 847 Images has been uploaded so far :) Shouldn't we aim for number one spot among 34 other countries??? ;) http://toolserver.org/~emijrp/wlm/stats.php#detailed http://toolserver.org/~platonides/wlm/uploads.php?country=in&limit=100&orde… -- Thanks and regards, (User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>) *Karthik Nadar.* (Ph: 91-9773608862)

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Invitation to participate in Wiki Loves Monuments India 2012
by Karthik Nadar 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

*Cross-posting to reach mass, apologies if you have already read it.* Hi all, greeting from Wiki Loves Monuments India core team. We are happy and please to let you informed that the global photography contest Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 (WLM) kicks off today, while India participates along and competes with other 35 nations. On behalf of the core team and Wikimedia India chapter, we are inviting you to participate in the month long contest, which runs from *1st of September to 31st of September*. - List of monuments in India is now ready, which qualifies for the contest.[1] - All the images should be uploaded under a different upload campaign created for WLM in India.[2] - All the photos participating in the contest must be self taken. Images can be old, but should be uploaded before 30th of September. - Participants must have their email-id enabled in Wikimedia Commons to be eligible for prizes - Creativity, natural, and importance to Wikipedia will be given prime importance by Jury - The default license will be CC-BY-SA 3.0 - Remember, this is a contest, hence *prizes are to be won*. - We also have a Facebook group[3] and a Facebook page[4] Do participate and share among your friends to make the contest big in India. It will be our pride, if we showcase our heritage globally, being very much patriotic :) All the best to all. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Wiki_Loves_Monumen… 2. http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaig… 3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilovesmonumentsindia/ 4. https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonumentsIndia -- Thanks and regards, (User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>) *Karthik Nadar.* (Ph: 91-9773608862)

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WLM Call for Volunteers
by Karthik Nadar 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

*Cross posting!* * Hi all, We’re calling for volunteers to help in the global contest to be held in India; Wiki Loves Monuments 2012, to be held from 1st of September to 30th of September. We warmly invite interested volunteers to step forward to contribute to this global contest. Something about Wiki Loves Monuments 2012: Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 will be a global public photo contest around monuments, organized by Wikimedia chapters and groups. In 2010, this was organized for the first time in the Netherlands , and in 2011 it was organized in 18 European countries . In total, more than 165,000 pictures of European monuments were uploaded in 2011. The following will be the tasks involved: 1. Prepare lists for every states/cities 2. Co-ordinate small events to be held in your local city<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Organizing_a…> 3. Coordinating and volunteering on-venue task, etc 4. Indic languages translations Do sign-in here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_Indi… * Also join-in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilovesmonumentsindia/ -- Thanks and regards, (User:Karthikndr <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Karthikndr>) *Karthik Nadar.* (Ph: 91-9773608862)

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