Wikimedia-IN-MLR April 2014

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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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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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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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Will be at Mangalore -Apr 19 & 20
by Pavanaja U B 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Namaskaara, I will be at Mangalore and nearby places on Apr 19 & 20. On Apr 19 there will be an editathon to add content to Tulu Wkipedia. This will be held at Balmatta Computer Centre, Mangalore. I would like to meet some Wikipedians on 19 and/or 20. Please send me email, message me or call me so that we can meet. 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 +91.9902633113

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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 http://cis-india.org @psubhashish

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