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Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikimediaindia-l] Kannada Wikipedia kiosk at BMRCL Metro Boulevard, M. G. Road, Bangalore on Nov.1, 2013
by Srikanth Ramakrishnan 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Sounds brilliant. Looking forward to being there. On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Yohann Thomas <yohannvt(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Great news, It ll be an excellent awareness programme. > Can you please share the picture of the Kiosk. > > > Yohann Thomas > Wikipedia Club Pune > yohannvt(a)gmail.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan Treasurer, Wikimedia Chapter [India] Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter today<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donations>

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Kannada Wikipedia kiosk at BMRCL Metro Boulevard, M. G. Road, Bangalore on Nov.1, 2013
by Pavanaja U B 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Namaste, There will be a Kannada Wikipedia kiosk at BMRCL Metro Boulevard, M. G. Road, Bangalore, during the special Karnataka Rajyotsava celebrations (celebrated every year on Nov 1 on account of anniversary of formation of Mysore/Karnataka State). It will be from morning 10:30am till 7:30 pm on Nov.1. Please do drop in. Thanks and regards, Pavanaja U.B. Pavanaja, MSc, PhD Programme Officer <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pavanaja> - Indian languages, Access to Knowledge program The Centre for Internet & Society

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CIS-A2K Newsletter September 2013
by Nitika Tandon 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Dear all, We thank you all for your support and collaboration. Please find below the details of our work in the month of September 2013. Re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0 Goa University re-released Konkani Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. To celebrate and further the movement of open knowledge and open access Goa University in collaboration with Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K) organised an event on September 26, 2013 at 10 a.m. at the Goa University Conference Hall. Konkani Vishwakosh is a four-volume encyclopedia published by Goa University. It encompasses all the world information in a nutshell with special emphasis and detailed information on Goa, Konkani, Goan culture, folklore, history, geography, etc. By releasing Vishwakosh under Creative Commons license, Goa University is making it freely available to public and giving them the right to share, use and even build upon the work that has already been done. For more on Konkani Vishwakosh re-release see http://bit.ly/19y0EJx ► Announcements CIS Signs MoU with Goa University: The A2K team at CIS has signed an MoU with the Goa University to digitize the “Konkani Vishwakosh” under the Creative Commons license and build a digital knowledge partnership to enhance digital literacy in Konkani language. See http://bit.ly/1fBZXlR for more details. Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Project: The Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the University of Goa is doing a two-month project on digitization of Konkani Vishwakosh.: http://bit.ly/15Idlh7. ► Video Wikipedians Speak: Piotr Konieczny: This episode brings you a conversation with Piotr Konieczny, a veteran Wikipedian from Poland. He has contributed to over 514 DYK articles on Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/16jYsBF. ► Columns and Blog Entries Recap on Konkani Wikipedia Workshop (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Startup Goa Blog, September 9, 2013): http://bit.ly/19KtIwo ଅବସର ପରର ଦ୍ବିତୀୟ ଜୀବନ, ଅବସର ପରେ ସକ୍ରିୟ ଭାବେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ ଲେଖାଲେଖି ଜାରୀ ରଖିଥିବା ଜଣେ ଡାକ୍ତରଙ୍କ ସ‌ହ ଭାବାଲୋଚନା (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Odiapua, September 10, 2013): http://bit.ly/14QQkIo. Selection of Programme Officer — Pilot Projects, CIS-A2K (by Nitika Tandon, September 10, 2013): http://bit.ly/1fU7Ikl. Wikipedia reaches Classrooms in Hyderabad (by Syed Muzammiluddin, September 20, 2013): http://bit.ly/18f9n1o. ► Events Organised A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mysore (University of Mysore, August 6, 2013): This is a report of the workshop conducted last month. Dr. Pavanaja conducted the workshop: http://bit.ly/15LPoKZ. Indian Language Wikipedia Training Workshop (TISS, Mumbai, August 16, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja was the trainer at this workshop. This workshop was organized as part of the CIS-A2K MoU with TISS. This is also part of the Indian Language Mela being organized by Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education, TISS: http://bit.ly/1ajmH7G. Indian Language Wikipedia Training Workshop (TISS, Tuljapur, August 24, 2013). Abhishek Suryavanshi was the trainer for this workshop: http://bit.ly/1aHg6AL. Wikipedia Introductory Workshop (Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Goa, September 28, 2013). Nitika Tandon conducted this workshop. The details will be posted soon. Train the Trainer — Four-day long Residential Training Workshop in Bangalore (organised by CIS-A2K, Bangalore, October 3 – 6, 2013): http://bit.ly/1f1KOvm. ► Events Co-organised Digital Resources in Telugu: A Workshop for Research Scholars (co-organised by CIS-A2K and the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad and CILHE, TISS on September 13, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan curated and conducted this day-long event for M.Phil and Ph.D students of the EFL University: http://bit.ly/174pugy. Re-releasing Konkani Vishwakosh & Building Konkani Wikipedia (organised by CIS-A2K and the University of Goa, Conference Hall, Goa University, Taleigao, September 26, 2013): http://bit.ly/18SsChu. Wikipedia Introductory Workshop (co-organised by CIS-A2K and wikipedians John Noronha and Supriya Kankumbikar, September 27, 2013). Nitika Tandon participated in this workshop. Odisha: Wikipedia workshop at IIMC, Dhenkanal (co-organised by CIS-A2K and Odia Wikimedia community, September 30, 2013). Subhashish Panigrahi coordinated the entire event along with members of Odia Wikipedia, Dr Subas Chandra Rout, Mrutyunjaya Kar and Sasanka Sekhar Das: http://bit.ly/15NsTjM. This was covered by Odisha Diary (http://bit.ly/1bna9zd), and eOdisha Samachar (http://bit.ly/1aNJvv4). ► Events Participated In Workshop on e-Content Development (organised by Centre for Staff Training and Development, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, September 4 – 6, 2013). Vishnu Vardhan gave guest lectures on Open Source to Open Knowledge; Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet; e-Content in Indian languages – History, Challenges and Opportunities; Wikipedia Users to Wikipedia Authors – Exploring Wikipedia as an OER Tool; and e-Content, e-Student, e-Faculty – Reimagining classroom in the digital Age: http://bit.ly/16HNZpy. Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (organised by Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, SDM College, Ujire, September 15, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja was the trainer at this workshop: http://bit.ly/183Atq0. T. Vishnu Vardhan gave a talk on Building Knowledge Bases and Platforms via Mass Collaboration on the Internet (organised by Jadavpur University, School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, and Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University on September 23, 2013). http://bit.ly/163oEpz. Konkani Wikipedia Workshop (organised by St. Aloysius College, AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Mangalore, September 13, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja was the trainer at this workshop: http://bit.ly/1eGviTY. Indian Languages Mela (organised by Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education, TISS, Mumbai, September 20-21, 2013). Tejaswini Niranjana, T. Vishnu Vardhan and Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in this event: http://bit.ly/16hdTLb 'Digital Humanities and Higher Education' (organised by School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, September 2013). Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana gave a talk. ► Media Coverage 'Help Konkani Wikipedia come out of incubation' (Deccan Herald, September 13, 2013): The article talks about the relative lack of content in Konkani Wikipedia. “To get it out of incubation, many should write Konkani articles for Wikipedia,” Dr. Pavanaja was quoted as having said: http://bit.ly/152vA0g. Konkani Vishwakosh relaunch tomorrow (The Hindu, September 26, 2013). A coverage of the re-release of the Konkani encyclopaedia under Creative Commons license: http://bit.ly/18VgnEN. Goa University re-releasing Konkani encyclopaedia on Sept 26 (The Times of India, September 24, 2013): Goa University and CIS-A2K re-released the four volume 3632 page Konkani Vishwakosh (encyclopaedia) in Goa: http://bit.ly/18VgnV8. Goa University announces plan to upload Konkani encyclopedia on Wikipedia (Navhind Times, September 27, 2013):http://bit.ly/174rmpA. Konkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months (The Times of India, September 27, 2013): Goa University becomes the first varsity in India to allow data produced and copyrighted by an Indian university to be used by internet users. Professors, students and anyone with expertise or love for Konkani can come forward to help with the project for which training will be provided, says Vishnu Vardhan: http://bit.ly/19EYl5T. Konkani Wikipedia in the making (by Prakash Kamat, The Hindu, September 29, 2013): Goa University re-launched a four-volume Konkani encyclopaedia and will upload it on Wikipedia. The process will be completed in six months times, says Vishnu Vardhan: http://bit.ly/18jiG1B. For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language (by Joanna Lobo, DNA, September 29, 2013): Konkani has 24 lakh speakers as per the Census Department of India 2001 but online documentation is limited. CIS-A2K wants to strengthen the Konkani Wikipedia, says Nitika Tandon: http://bit.ly/1bV5XWH. Goa University to make available online Konkani Wikipedia, within 6 months (by Jagran Josh, September 30, 2013): http://bit.ly/18ROmfb. Goa University Partners CIS India to Build Konkani Wikipedia (by Apurva Chaudhary, Medianama, September 30, 2013): http://bit.ly/1bsZW4u. 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 Muzammiluddin Syed, one member Nitika Tandon in Delhi and one Advisor Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana. Archives of our newsletters can be accessed here (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. 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 CIS group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cis.india Visit us at: 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 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 Nitika

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Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SA
by Nitika Tandon 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Dear All, Konkani Vishwakosh is now freely available to download on Goa University's website under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. [1] As many of you know CIS-A2K has been following up with the University for the past couple of months to re-relase the encyclopedia under CC. Upon CIS-A2K' explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release to make it freely available to public and thus preserve Konkani language and culture in the digital era. This is a great achievement for the CIS-A2K Programme and we are extremely thankful to Dr. Satish Shetye (Vice-Chancellor, Goa University) for seeing the significance of growing open knowledge movement in Goa and Konkani. Thanks are due to the GU faculty, specifically Prof. Alito Sequeira; Prof. Madhavi Sardesai; Prof. Priyadarshini Tadkodkar; and Dr. Gopakumar. A special thanks goes to Wikipedians Harriet Vidyasagar, Frederick Nooronha and Seby Fernandes for their constant support. If anyone would like to receive a copy of the Vishwakosh please send us a mail off list and we'll courier a CD your way. Thanks Nitika Tandon [1] http://library.unigoa.ac.in/?q=node [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Konkani_Vi…

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WLM 2013 Photowalk - Bangalore
by omshivaprakash＠gmail.com 27 Sep '13

27 Sep '13

Hi, Bangalore Phtowalk Group is partnering with us to run a Photowalk around Tipu's Summer Palace & Fort this Sunday. More details can be found on this event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/358099114324663/?ref=4 -- -- With Best Regards, Omshivaprakash.H.L | ಓಂ ಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್. ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल् http://platonic.techfiz.info http://blog.shivu.in Phone: 91- 9902026518 linuxaayana.net | kindarajogi.com | sanchaya.net

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WLM 2013 Photowalk - SRIRANGAPATNA
by Kiran Ravikumar 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

Hello. I 'll be organising a photowalk as a part of Wiki Loves Monuments 2013. This time we will be visiting ancient town of Srirangapatna. On 29th September. More details reg the event: http://wlminmys2013.doattend.com/ Please do share with other Wikipedians. Regards, Kiran Ravikumar Mysore

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] Re-releasing Konkani Viswakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Event Invitation)
by Vishnu T 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

Thanks Arun for the wishes. We are also actively pursuing similar such efforts (in Kannada too) and will certainly keep the community updated. Following this CIS-A2K will be starting a social media campaign called "Let Knowledge Go-around" (LKG) which asks for reform of Indian copyright act, such that the publicly funded knowledge is made available to public for free. We will share more details of this campaign and seek yours and other community members support in making this demand as loud as possible. Vishnu Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:34:47 +1000 > From: Arun Ramarathnam <arunram25(a)gmail.com> > To: Odia Wikipedia <wikipedia-or(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: wikipedia-pa(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikita-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, > wikisa-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, "Mailing list for Wikimedians / > Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" > <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, > wikite-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-blr] [Wikipedia-OR] Re-releasing Konkani > Viswakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Event Invitation) > Message-ID: > <CAB4s8p8q8nkpi3CoZ+pUf3uF7rf+ZBPifn= > K2JpuTT9JQ7zp8Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Congrats to everyone who made this happen. > > This is a wonderful development indeed! > > regards > Arun > > >

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Gender gap work plan
by Rohini Lakshané 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

Hello everyone, I have attempted to put together a work plan for Gender gap activities in India: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_India_work_plan I request inputs, comments, and suggestions from everybody. Regards, Rohini -- Chairperson (Special Interest Group), Gender gap, Wikimedia Chapter (India)

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Re-releasing Konkani Viswakosh under CC-BY-SA 3.0 (Event Invitation)
by Nitika Tandon 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

Greetings from CIS-A2K! We request the pleasure of your company at the event 'Re-releasing Konkani Vishwakosh & Building Konkani Wikipedia' . The event will take place on the 26th September, Thursday,10am - 11am at the Conference Hall, Goa University, Taleigao. Upon CIS-A2K' explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Konkani Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License (CC‐BY‐SA 3.0) to make it freely available to public and thus preserve Konkani language and culture in the digital era. This encyclopedia will also serve as one of the main sources of building and writing articles on Konkani Wikipedia (which is currently under incubation). This is a major win for the Wikimedia movement in India. This is, probably, the first time ever a State run higher education institution has re-released copyrighted content under Creative Commons. Hope more such initiatives will be underway to "Let the Knowledge Go around"! We'd like you to be a part of this event and help showcase Konkani community and language on a global digital platform such as Konkani Wikipedia. Please see the link for the invite.[1] We look forward to seeing you at the event. Best, Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet & Society [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re-release_of_Konkani_Vishwakosh_un…

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CIS-A2K MoU with Goa University (Announcement)
by Vishnu T 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Dear All, On behalf of CIS-A2K, I am glad to share with you that GOA University has signed an MoU with CIS-A2K. As part of this MoU Goa University and CIS-A2K will work together to digitize “Konkani Vishwakosh” under Creative Common license and build a Digital Knowledge Partnership in order to enhance digital literacy in the Konkani language and facilitate collaborative knowledge production and disseminate the same free of cost through Kokani Wikipedia (currently under incubation). Gos University and CIS-A2K will co-design and jointly implement relevant training programmes to achieve this objective. CIS-A2K is grateful for the support and encouragement received from the Goa University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Satish Shetye; Prof. Alito Siqueira; Prof. Priyadarshini Tadkodkar; Dr. Madhavi Sardesai; Dr. Gopakumar; and other faculty of Goa University. We are also equally grateful to Wikipedians Harriet Vidyasagar and Frederick Noronha who have engaged with CIS-A2K team and been a constant source of support. Wish us best of luck! Vishnu

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