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B y t e s F o r A l l MAY-2023
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Moving images from WikiConferenceIndia 2023
Compiled by Frederick Noronha / @fn
+91-9822122436 fredericknoronha2(a)gmail.com
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A TECHIE WHO LOVES [FREE AND OPEN]
DICTIONARIES: The intersection of Indic
languages, open data and FOSS
.... from Kailash. Dictionaries too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxCUiFiEbH4
ANGIKA GETS ITS OWN WIKIPEDIA: Did you even know that
a language called Angika existed... and was spoken
by so many?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHZF1hsM5J0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhEkqge3o2I
TECH SOLUTIONS FOR GARNERING INFORMATION:
Info-Farmer, a Tamil self-thought programmer and
Wikipedian, finding solutions to share information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7I4v08iCzc
FROM TECHNOLOGY TO INFO: Kartik Mistry... from the
FOSS movement to being a Wikipedian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4uokEd97pI
TRIBAL LANGUAGES NEED ENCYCLOPEDIAS TOO: Gondi,
that's the newest Indian language to get a Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=724sC0oLd5o
COPYRIGHT-FREE BOOKS CAN BE DIGITISED:
Digitising Marathi books and texts... from
near Poona/Pune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vTJq4KM2s
REMEMBERING HISTORY FROM THE FOSS WORLD: Down memory
lane... the FOSS (Free/Open Source Software)
movement of the late 1990s and early 2000s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXz24wQmdOE
THESE WERE INDIAN TECH EXPERIMENTS OF THE PAST: Dr
Subbu Shastry... on the NewsRack.in story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF9RrbhCR0g
REBUILDING NETWORKS -- FREE AND OPEN SOURCE IN INDIA:
FOSS United... and attempt (growing fast) of
promoting Free and Open Source in India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K5j-mD9ZDo
A PIC IS WORTH.... : Why sharing photos (on the
Wikimedia Commons) is important
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Va_4dwnN-A
REMINISCING THE PAST IN YOUNG INDIA'S TECH HISTORY:
Early days of the Wikipedia in India, Hindi editing
and more such stories...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GnFUFBuvls
THIS HELPS YOU TRAVEL: What is Wikivoyager all about
(incomplete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MiSXeKoWVo
PICS TIPS: How to take better photos... in four
quick steps!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnmlokJntH4
VISIONS OF SHARING INFORMATION: What's it like being
visually challenged... and trying to edit the
Wikipedia?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTQXfQib3Ic
FROM KERALA TO SWEDEN, WITH WORDS AND IDEAS: A
radiologist in Sweden ... a Wikipedian for Malayalam
(and English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhXw074C5Z4
COMPUTING IN KERALA'S SCHOOLS, SOME BACKGROUND: Tony
Antony, promoting Free Software in schools... and
going beyond that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUSd4GL078
EDITING A CROWDSOURCED ENCYCLOPEDIA CAN BE FUN:
Abhinav619.... cricket, books, volunteering on the
Wikipedia, creating shareable knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUQWhVUT81Q
GLOSSARIES AND DICTIONARIES FOR LANGUAGES
YOU DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED: Building a
glossary/dictionary for Arebhashe.... in
South India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nmu9J-AOfs
OLD BOOKS, NEW LIFE: Reviving Telugu books of another
era, another century...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzD2KaiQjME
MINORITY CULTURES AND THEIR SOLUTIONS:
Understanding the Deobandi Wikipedians'
community in India... and documenting its
work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZAv7j5vWQU
WHEN TECHIES TAKE TO HELPING: Tech solutions from the
Villupuram GNU/Linux Users Group... that make
knowledge sharing easier An encounter in April 2023.
This work makes it easier for everyone to share
information. It struck me as a very practical use
for India's tech skills (which unfortunately seldom
get used to local needs, but largely go to earn the
export dollar). Check out the presentation here:
Presentation about Spell4Wiki, SpotWikiEdit,
QuickWiktionary, Wiki-Bulky Tools
https://bit.ly/3NFA6RA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_7WT32tF8
This is what it takes to click a photo of 250-odd
Wikipedians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFFzuId3e2M
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BytesForAll was launched circa July 1999, to focus on
how software, hardward and the Internet could play a
role in social development -- even before the ICT4D
debate became a "fashion". Cofounded by Frederick
Noronha and Partha Sarkar.
http://groups.google.com/group/bytesforall_readers
See a historical snapshot at
https://tinyurl.com/yjjoreya
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