Wikimedia-in-en April 2014

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Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians
by Ashwin Baindur 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

Hello friends, This is a link I recommend you to bookmark. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians This list is useful for outreach & also whenever someone needs Wiki-Help in a particular city. It would be great if Wikipedians could update this list.:) We have the following completely unrepresented states/UTs: * Andaman & Nicobar Islands * Arunachal Pradesh * Assam * Chandigarh * Chhattisgarh * Dadra, Nagar & Haveli * Daman & Diu * Goa * Himachal Pradesh * Jammu & Kashmir * Jharkhand (AngPradesh is in Mumbai) * Lakshadweep * Manipur * Meghalaya * Mizoram * Puducherry * Punjab (oye, ye ki hoya!) * Nagaland * Uttar Pradesh * Uttarakhand Okay, all you admins, please update your status (Mikey my boy, that means you too)! Abroad, we dont have Indic Wikipedians listed for: * Africa * Australia * Asia (other than India) * Middle East * North America * South America Unless you would like to stay off list, of course that's acceptable too. May I also request Tinu / list admins to please forward it all the Indic language & city Wikimedia lists. We need this resource to be as comprehensible as possible. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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World Bank Open Data
by Vishnu 26 Apr '14

26 Apr '14

Dear Wikimedians, Here is a useful site[1] and also a blog [2], if you want worldbank data and databases on trade and traffic measures in a specific region or a country. Thought some of you might be interested to use it improve articles relevant to India. Best, Vishnu [1] http://wits.worldbank.org/# [2] http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/wits-trade-data-site-five-new-features

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Team exit and hire at CIS-A2K
by Nitika Tandon 25 Apr '14

25 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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Updated: CIS-A2K Bulletin March 2014
by Pavanaja U B 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

Updated: There was a wrong link for "Digitize any Book in the Public Domain <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/opensource-march-27-2014-subhashish-pani…> ”. It is corrected now. Sorry for the mistake. Dear all, We from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) thank you all for your support and collaboration We bring you the details of our work for the month of March 2014: Draft Work plan July 2014 - June 2015 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J…> The Access to Knowledge team from CIS (CIS-A2K) published a detailed draft work plan. These include 7 language area plans, 3 community strengthening initiatives, 8 stand-alone Wikimedia projects, creating movement resources, publicity, research and documentation, and general support and service to the movement. The work plans for Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Odia and Telugu languages can be accessed here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J…> . Events Organised 1. First Urdu Wikipedia Workshop <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/first-urdu-wikipedia-workshop-hyderabad> (Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, March 4, 2014). Syed Muzamiluddin conducted the workshop. The event was covered by Taemeer News, Aalami Akhbar, and Firokhabar on March 5, 2014. A video of the event was published by Ruby News. 2. Telugu Wikipedia Women’s Day <https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA…> (Hyderabad, March 8, 2014). T. Vishnu Vardhan participated in this event. The event was covered by Andhra Prabha <http://www.andhraprabha.com/districts/hyderabad/telugu-wikipedia-womens-day…> Telugu daily and Andhra Bhoomi <http://www.andhrabhoomi.net/content/bjp-71> . 3. Wiki Women’s Day <http://cis-india.org/events/international-womens-day-2014> (International Center Goa, March 9, 2014). Frederick Noronha conducted the workshop. The event was organized as part of the commemoration of the International Women's Day. 4. Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History (Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad, March 8, 2014). The event was covered by Andhra Prabha <http://www.andhraprabha.com/districts/hyderabad/telugu-wikipedia-womens-day…> and Andhra Bhoomi <http://www.andhrabhoomi.net/content/bjp-71> on March 8, 2014. T. Vishnu Vardhan spoke at this event and also gave a Wikipedia demonstration. Syed Muzamiluddin gave a brief Wikipedia demonstration. 5. Kannada Wikipedia Workshop <http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-24-2014-wikipedia-taps-students-f…> (SDM College, Ujire, March 23, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted a workshop. Renuka Phadnis wrote a report of the event in the Hindu on March 24, 2014. 6. Community Capacity Building Workshop <http://cis-india.org/openness/events/community-capacity-building-workshop-a…> (KIIT University, March 30, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi along with experienced Wikipedians mentored the Odia Wikipedia community about community building strategies and outreach. Events Co-organised <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Release_of_DVD_containing_Odia_font,_o…> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Release_of_DVD_co… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Release_of_DVD_containing_Odia_font,_o…> https://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.23wmf21/skins/common/images/magnify-cli… Release of DVD containing free licensed Odia font, open source tools and Offline Odia Wikipedia during Odisha Dibasa 2014 <https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:OD14> on March 29, 2014. Image: Ahemadullah Shaikh <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ahemadullahsk> 1. Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (organized by Kannada Times Sagara and co-sponsored by CIS-A2K, Sagara, March 1-2, 2014). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a Kannada Wikipedia workshop on March 1, followed a by edit-a-thon on Mar 2, 2014. The event was covered by Suvarna Prabha <http://cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-coverage-suvarna-prabh…> (March 1, 2014), Vijaya Karnataka <http://cis-india.org/news/vijay-karnataka-march-2-2014-wikipedia-workshop-c…> (March 2, 2014) and Vijaya Vani <http://cis-india.org/news/vijayavani-kannada-wiki-workshop-march-3-2014> (March 3, 2014). 2. Odisha Day 2014 <http://cis-india.org/openness/events/odisha-day-2014> (organized by CIS-A2K and Odia Wikipedia community, Jayadev Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, March 29, 2014). About 70 people participated in the event. The event was featured in the media about 14 times. 3. Telugu Wikipedia at JNTUACEP <http://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wiki-jntuacep> (co-organized by CIS-A2K and the Department of Computer Science, JNTUACEP, Andhra Pradesh, March 28, 2014). Rahmanuddin Shaik was a speaker. Articles / Blog Entries 1. Open Education Week: Interview with Subhashish Panigrahi <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/commons-machinery-march-14-2014-noopur-r…> (by Noopur Raval, March 14, 2014). 2. Open Source Project Brings 11th Century Kannada Verses Online <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/foss-force-open-source-project-brings-11…> (by Pavithra Hanchagaiah, Omshivaprakash H L and Subhashish Panigrahi, March 19, 2014). 3. Vachana Sanchaya: 11th century Kannada literature to enrich Wikisource <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/vachana-sanchaya-11th-century-kannada-li…> (by by Pavithra Hanchagaiah, Omshivaprakash H L and Subhashish Panigrahi, March 20, 2014). 4. <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-odia-completes-10-years> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ତିନି ବର୍ଷର ସକ୍ରିୟ ଅବଦାନ ୧୦ ବର୍ଷର ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପକୁ ପୁନର୍ଜୀବନ ଦେଲା (by Subhashish Panigrahi, March 20, 2014). 5. Digitize any Book in the Public Domain <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/opensource-march-27-2014-subhashish-pani…> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Opensource.com, March 27, 2014). Participation in Events 1. Sessions on Kannada Wikipedia <http://cis-india.org/news/sessions-on-kannada-wikipedia-tumkur-university> (organized by Tumkur University, March 27, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted a session on Kannada Wikipedia for students of M.Sc. Library and Information Sciences followed by an advanced Kannada Wikipedia session for students of M.A. Literature. 2. The Dynamics of Education to Employment Journey: Opportunities and Challenges <http://cis-india.org/news/dynamics-of-education-to-employment-journey> (organized by KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, February 21-22, 2014). T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi gave talks. Media Coverage CIS gave its inputs for the following media coverage: 1. Integrating Urdu with Modern Technology the Need of Hour <http://cis-india.org/news/daily-taskeen-march-6-2014-integrating-urdu-with-…> (Daily Taskeen, March 6, 2014). 2. <http://cis-india.org/news/odishan-march-27-2014-odisha-day-2014> ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଦିବସ: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ଭିତ୍ତିରେ ରାଜ୍ୟ ଗଠନର ୭୯ ବର୍ଷ (Odishan.com, March 27, 2014). 3. Odia Wikipedia <http://cis-india.org/news/the-telegraph-march-29-2014-odia-wikipedia> (The Telegraph, March 29, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi spoke about Odia Wikipedia plan. 4. Odia Wikimedia community celebrated Odisha day, bringing 14 copyright free Odia books <http://cis-india.org/news/orissa-diary-march-29-2014-odia-wikimedia-communi…> (Odishadiary, March 29, 2014): <web-link>1lJJ4ur. 5. Odia Wikipedia Brings 14 Copyright Free Odia Books and a Free Odia Font <http://cis-india.org/news/odishabarta-march-29-2014-odia-wikipedia-brings-1…> (Odishabarta, March 29, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi shared the vision of the Wikimedia movement. 6. ‘Digitisation only way to preserve valuable literature for posterity’ <http://cis-india.org/news/odishasuntimes-march-29-2014-digitisation-only-wa…> (Odisha Sun Times, March 29, 2014). 7. Odia Wikipedia to Digitise 14 Books <http://cis-india.org/news/daily-pioneer-state-editions-bhubaneswar-odia-wik…> (The Pioneer, March 30, 2014). 8. <http://cis-india.org/news/odishan-march-30-2014-odisha-2014-coverage> ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଉଇକିପିଡିଆ ଓ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପୁସ୍ତକ ଏଣିକି ମୁକ୍ତରେ ମିଳିବ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ (Odishan, March 30, 2014): link to the news <http://odishan.com/?p=11797> . Subhashish Panigrahi read out the annual report. 9. Odisha Day 2014 <http://cis-india.org/news/odishasamay-march-30-2014-odisha-2014-coverage> (Odisha Samay, March 30, 2014). 10. Odisha Day 2014 <http://cis-india.org/news/sambad-march-31-2014-odisha-day-2014> (Sambad, March 31, 2014): link <http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=84265&boxid=23226203> . 11. Emphasis on developing vernacular encyclopaedias <http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-30-2014-emphasis-on-developing-ve…> (The Hindu, March 30, 2014). 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> . Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Requests> . 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 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 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 Bulletin March 2014
by Pavanaja U B 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

Dear all, We from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) thank you all for your support and collaboration We bring you the details of our work for the month of March 2014: Draft Work plan July 2014 - June 2015 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J…> The Access to Knowledge team from CIS (CIS-A2K) published a detailed draft work plan. These include 7 language area plans, 3 community strengthening initiatives, 8 stand-alone Wikimedia projects, creating movement resources, publicity, research and documentation, and general support and service to the movement. The work plans for Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Odia and Telugu languages can be accessed here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J…> . Events Organised 1. First Urdu Wikipedia Workshop <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/first-urdu-wikipedia-workshop-hyderabad> (Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, March 4, 2014). Syed Muzamiluddin conducted the workshop. The event was covered by Taemeer News, Aalami Akhbar, and Firokhabar on March 5, 2014. A video of the event was published by Ruby News. 2. Telugu Wikipedia Women’s Day <https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA…> (Hyderabad, March 8, 2014). T. Vishnu Vardhan participated in this event. The event was covered by Andhra Prabha <http://www.andhraprabha.com/districts/hyderabad/telugu-wikipedia-womens-day…> Telugu daily and Andhra Bhoomi <http://www.andhrabhoomi.net/content/bjp-71> . 3. Wiki Women’s Day <http://cis-india.org/events/international-womens-day-2014> (International Center Goa, March 9, 2014). Frederick Noronha conducted the workshop. The event was organized as part of the commemoration of the International Women's Day. 4. Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History (Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad, March 8, 2014). The event was covered by Andhra Prabha <http://www.andhraprabha.com/districts/hyderabad/telugu-wikipedia-womens-day…> and Andhra Bhoomi <http://www.andhrabhoomi.net/content/bjp-71> on March 8, 2014. T. Vishnu Vardhan spoke at this event and also gave a Wikipedia demonstration. Syed Muzamiluddin gave a brief Wikipedia demonstration. 5. Kannada Wikipedia Workshop <http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-24-2014-wikipedia-taps-students-f…> (SDM College, Ujire, March 23, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted a workshop. Renuka Phadnis wrote a report of the event in the Hindu on March 24, 2014. 6. Community Capacity Building Workshop <http://cis-india.org/openness/events/community-capacity-building-workshop-a…> (KIIT University, March 30, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi along with experienced Wikipedians mentored the Odia Wikipedia community about community building strategies and outreach. Events Co-organised <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Release_of_DVD_containing_Odia_font,_o…> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Release_of_DVD_co… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Release_of_DVD_containing_Odia_font,_o…> https://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.23wmf21/skins/common/images/magnify-cli… Release of DVD containing free licensed Odia font, open source tools and Offline Odia Wikipedia during Odisha Dibasa 2014 <https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:OD14> on March 29, 2014. Image: Ahemadullah Shaikh <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ahemadullahsk> 1. Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (organized by Kannada Times Sagara and co-sponsored by CIS-A2K, Sagara, March 1-2, 2014). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a Kannada Wikipedia workshop on March 1, followed a by edit-a-thon on Mar 2, 2014. The event was covered by Suvarna Prabha <http://cis-india.org/news/kannada-wikipedia-workshop-coverage-suvarna-prabh…> (March 1, 2014), Vijaya Karnataka <http://cis-india.org/news/vijay-karnataka-march-2-2014-wikipedia-workshop-c…> (March 2, 2014) and Vijaya Vani <http://cis-india.org/news/vijayavani-kannada-wiki-workshop-march-3-2014> (March 3, 2014). 2. Odisha Day 2014 <http://cis-india.org/openness/events/odisha-day-2014> (organized by CIS-A2K and Odia Wikipedia community, Jayadev Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, March 29, 2014). About 70 people participated in the event. The event was featured in the media about 14 times. 3. Telugu Wikipedia at JNTUACEP <http://cis-india.org/openness/events/telugu-wiki-jntuacep> (co-organized by CIS-A2K and the Department of Computer Science, JNTUACEP, Andhra Pradesh, March 28, 2014). Rahmanuddin Shaik was a speaker. Articles / Blog Entries 1. Open Education Week: Interview with Subhashish Panigrahi <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/commons-machinery-march-14-2014-noopur-r…> (by Noopur Raval, March 14, 2014). 2. Open Source Project Brings 11th Century Kannada Verses Online <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/foss-force-open-source-project-brings-11…> (by Pavithra Hanchagaiah, Omshivaprakash H L and Subhashish Panigrahi, March 19, 2014). 3. Vachana Sanchaya: 11th century Kannada literature to enrich Wikisource <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/vachana-sanchaya-11th-century-kannada-li…> (by by Pavithra Hanchagaiah, Omshivaprakash H L and Subhashish Panigrahi, March 20, 2014). 4. <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-odia-completes-10-years> ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ତିନି ବର୍ଷର ସକ୍ରିୟ ଅବଦାନ ୧୦ ବର୍ଷର ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପକୁ ପୁନର୍ଜୀବନ ଦେଲା (by Subhashish Panigrahi, March 20, 2014). 5. Digitize any Book in the Public Domain <http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/wikipedia-odia-completes-10-years> (by Subhashish Panigrahi, Opensource.com, March 27, 2014). Participation in Events 1. Sessions on Kannada Wikipedia <http://cis-india.org/news/sessions-on-kannada-wikipedia-tumkur-university> (organized by Tumkur University, March 27, 2014). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted a session on Kannada Wikipedia for students of M.Sc. Library and Information Sciences followed by an advanced Kannada Wikipedia session for students of M.A. Literature. 2. The Dynamics of Education to Employment Journey: Opportunities and Challenges <http://cis-india.org/news/dynamics-of-education-to-employment-journey> (organized by KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, February 21-22, 2014). T. Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi gave talks. Media Coverage CIS gave its inputs for the following media coverage: 1. Integrating Urdu with Modern Technology the Need of Hour <http://cis-india.org/news/daily-taskeen-march-6-2014-integrating-urdu-with-…> (Daily Taskeen, March 6, 2014). 2. <http://cis-india.org/news/odishan-march-27-2014-odisha-day-2014> ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଦିବସ: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ଭିତ୍ତିରେ ରାଜ୍ୟ ଗଠନର ୭୯ ବର୍ଷ (Odishan.com, March 27, 2014). 3. Odia Wikipedia <http://cis-india.org/news/the-telegraph-march-29-2014-odia-wikipedia> (The Telegraph, March 29, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi spoke about Odia Wikipedia plan. 4. Odia Wikimedia community celebrated Odisha day, bringing 14 copyright free Odia books <http://cis-india.org/news/orissa-diary-march-29-2014-odia-wikimedia-communi…> (Odishadiary, March 29, 2014): <web-link>1lJJ4ur. 5. Odia Wikipedia Brings 14 Copyright Free Odia Books and a Free Odia Font <http://cis-india.org/news/odishabarta-march-29-2014-odia-wikipedia-brings-1…> (Odishabarta, March 29, 2014). Subhashish Panigrahi shared the vision of the Wikimedia movement. 6. ‘Digitisation only way to preserve valuable literature for posterity’ <http://cis-india.org/news/odishasuntimes-march-29-2014-digitisation-only-wa…> (Odisha Sun Times, March 29, 2014). 7. Odia Wikipedia to Digitise 14 Books <http://cis-india.org/news/daily-pioneer-state-editions-bhubaneswar-odia-wik…> (The Pioneer, March 30, 2014). 8. <http://cis-india.org/news/odishan-march-30-2014-odisha-2014-coverage> ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଉଇକିପିଡିଆ ଓ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପୁସ୍ତକ ଏଣିକି ମୁକ୍ତରେ ମିଳିବ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ (Odishan, March 30, 2014): link to the news <http://odishan.com/?p=11797> . Subhashish Panigrahi read out the annual report. 9. Odisha Day 2014 <http://cis-india.org/news/odishasamay-march-30-2014-odisha-2014-coverage> (Odisha Samay, March 30, 2014). 10. Odisha Day 2014 <http://cis-india.org/news/sambad-march-31-2014-odisha-day-2014> (Sambad, March 31, 2014): link <http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=84265&boxid=23226203> . 11. Emphasis on developing vernacular encyclopaedias <http://cis-india.org/news/the-hindu-march-30-2014-emphasis-on-developing-ve…> (The Hindu, March 30, 2014). 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> . Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Requests> . 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 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 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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Mysore University Encyclopaedia under CC-BY-SA
by Pavanaja U B 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

namaste, It is with great pleasure that we announce the re-release of first 6 volumes of Kannada Encyclopaedia published by Mysore University under Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA 3.0. CIS-A2K has been following up with the Mysore University since months requesting them to re-release the encyclopaedia under CC. Being convinced of the importance of preserving the rich culture and heritage of Kannada, Mysore University has approved the conversion into Unicode and re-release of the encyclopaedia under CC to make it freely available to Kannadigas all over the world. This is a great achievement for CIS-A2K programme and Wikimedia India community. We are extremely thankful to Prof. K. S. Rangappa, Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University for realising the importance of growing free and open knowledge in Kannada. Thanks are also due to the Mysore University faculty and officials, specifically Prof. S. Ravi (Director, PMEB), Prof C. Basavaraju (Ex Registrar), Prof. N. M. Talawar (Director, Institute of Kannada Studies), Prof Hati Krishne Gowda (then Chief Editor of Mysore University Encyclopaedia project) and others. CIS-A2K will be converting the encyclopaedia into Unicode and uploading it on Kannada Wikisource; that will feed into articles on Kannada Wikipedia. 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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14 books re-released under CC license during Odisha Day 2014
by Subhashish Panigrahi 04 Apr '14

04 Apr '14

Dear Wikimedians, CIS-A2K is glad to share with you the news about the re-release of the below listed 14 books (13 Odia and 1 English) under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license during the Odisha Day 2014 [1] celebration in Bhubaneswar. This has been done in collaboration with the Odia Wikipedia community, Manik Biswanath Smrutinyasa and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS). As some of you may know KISS is one our institutional partners. 1) 11 Odia books by noted writer and academic Dr. Jagannath Mohanty (we partnered Manik Biswanath Smrutinyasa Trust, founded by Dr. Mohanty for the re-release) 2) 2 scholarly books on Odia language by Odia language scholar Subrat Prusty from Institute of Odia Studies and Research. 3) Classical Odia (in English) co-authored by noted linguist Padmashree Debiprasanna Pattanayak and Subrat Prusty. We have also managed to get significant media coverage for this event, which has got 14 print and web media mentions. [2] We will continue to bring much more Odia content under free license as per our next year's Odia Wikipedia work plan [3] and will try to use it to make the Odia Wikisource live [4]. 1. https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:OD14 2. http://goo.gl/s8gvLl 3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J… 4. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J… -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society @psubhashish

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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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