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Fwd: Workshop on Assamese Wikipedia in NIT Silchar
by Faruque Aziz 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Subject: Workshop on Assamese Wikipedia in NIT Silchar To: wikipedia-as(a)lists.wikimedia.org Dear all, Sorry for being late in sharing this. Anyways, here are the minutes of the Assamese wikipedia workshop <https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA…> in National Institute of Technology, Silchar on 6 March, 2014 * The meeting started 10 minutes later at around 5:40 pm. Altogether 27 Assamese persons were present along with wikipeddian Professor of NIT Silchar Prabhakar Sharma Neog and Post Gratuate Student of NIT Silchar Faruque Aziz. * All person were welcomed by Faruque Aziz. * Then, a brief introduction of Wikipedia was given by Faruque Aziz. Again, he expalined the history of Assamese Wikipedia in brief and also he has given a presentation on how to use Assamese Unicode Software 'Rodali' and to use latest Assamese Word Processor 'Jahnobi'. *Prabhakar Sharma Neog explained every details of creating a Wikipedia pages to all the students. He has started just from login of a new member in Wikipedia to give Refernces to a page,creating headline of a page to add a photograph. Again, he discussed about some copyright issues of the Wikipedia. His lecture last for about an hour. *After that Prabhakar Sharma and Faruque Aziz has cleared many doubts that were arising on students mind. *At the end, a combined project of converting many articles in Assamese languagee to unicode and stored as Wikipedia pages was announced ant students also responded positively to it. *Then a group photo was taken and with that the workshop was concluded *A few click from the workshop can be found in commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NIT_Silchar_Meetup> Thank You Faruque Aziz ( ফাৰুক আজিজ ) M. Tech scholar NIT Silchar

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CIS-A2K Bulletin January '14
by Nitika Tandon 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '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 very Happy New Year. We bring you the details of our work for the month of January 2014: CIS-A2K, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences sign MoUs KIIT University, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for furthering Odia Wikipedia. Dr.Achyuta Samanta, Founder-Chairman of KIIT and KISS inaugurated both the collaborations formally. Dr. Sasmitarani Samanta, Registrar, KIIT and Surjya Kanta Mohanty, Chief Operating Officer, KISS signed the MoUs of KIIT and KISS respectively whereas T. Vishnuvardhan, Programme Director, CIS-A2K was there to sign in both the MoUs on behalf of CIS along with Subhashish Panigrahi, Programme Officer, CIS-A2K: http://bit.ly/1j1qtFv. Article Odia Wikipedia: Three Years of Active Contributions Gives Life to a Ten Year Old Project (by Subhashish Panigrahi, HASTAC, January 31, 2014): http://bit.ly/1jvxD8r. WikiSangamotsavam 2013 brings Indian Wikimedians together (by Netha Hussain and Subhashish Panigrahi, DNA, January 14, 2014). The article was edited by Rohini Lakshane: http://bit.ly/1jvynKP. Blog Entries Wikipedia Editing as Assessment Tool in the Indian Higher Education Classroom (by Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana, Ashwin Kumar A.P. and T. Vishnu Vardhan, January 30, 2014): http://bit.ly/1m5QHMD. Wikipedia at Forefront in Christ University (by Syed Muzamiluddin, January 29, 2014): http://bit.ly/LTFA8E. Events Organised Odia WikiMeetup (Bhubaneswar, January 11, 2014): http://bit.ly/NBkFJi. Introductory talk about "Wikipedia in Academics" (KIIT School of Technology, Bhubaneswar, January 12, 2014): http://bit.ly/1j1yv1f. Wikipedia Editing Demonstration at NIE (Nirmala Institue of Education, Goa, January 15, 2014): http://bit.ly/1fmYkKK Odia Wikipedia's 10th anniversary @ KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar, January 28, 2014): http://bit.ly/1gsqkJC. Odia Wikipedia 10th anniversary (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal, January 29, 2014): http://bit.ly/1dGRBoy. Event Participated In 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. Media Coverage CIS gave its inputs for the following media coverage: Digitising contest to preserve rare books in Malayalam (The Hindu, January 4, 2014): http://bit.ly/NBtVgz. ‘With Internet in every pocket, power to the people’ (by Shubhadeep Chaudhury, The Tribune, January 12, 2014): http://bit.ly/1ojb1IZ. Shubhadeep interviews T. Vishnu Vardhan on internet and social media. ଆଦିବାସୀ ଭାଷାର ଉନ୍ନତିକଳ୍ପେ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ (Odishan.com, January 12, 2014): http://bit.ly/1kAWJmG. KIIT University to lead building free knowledge repository initiative (India Education Diary.com, January 20, 2014): http://bit.ly/1j1Rzwk. Odisha: KISS to create tribal languages and heritage repository (Odisha Diary Bureau, January 20, 2014): http://bit.ly/1bLBhmB. FDC recognition for the Centre for the Internet and Society (Wikimedia Foundation, January 30, 2014): http://bit.ly/1fYdxOz. Wikimedia Foundation published a resolution declaring CIS eligible for funding through the Annual Plan Grants program. Tech-savvy students given tips to enter IT field (The Times of India, January 31, 2014): http://bit.ly/1j1QvIX. Odia Wikipedia (Sanchar, January 31, 2014): http://bit.ly/1ePwAON. 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 Tandon

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Wikipedian of the month: January
by Gitartha Bordoloi 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

বন্ধুসকল, বিগত জানুৱাৰী মাহত অসমীয়া ৱিকিপিডিয়াৰ সদস্যসকলে কৰা সম্পাদনা আৰু সেইবোৰৰ গুৰুত্বলৈ চাই তিতাবৰ, যোৰহাট নিবাসী অনিমেষ বৰাক (Animesh Borah<https://www.facebook.com/animesh04>) (সদস্য:Ani ttbr) "এই মাহৰ ৱিকিপিডিয়ান" বঁটা প্ৰদান কৰা হৈছে। ২০১২ চনৰ ৬ জুনৰ পৰা অসমীয়া ৱিকিপিডিয়াৰ লগত জড়িত হৈ থকা NERIST-ৰ ছাত্ৰ অনিমেষ বৰাই ইতিমধ্যে ২৫৫টা প্ৰবন্ধৰ সৃষ্টি কৰিছে আৰু ৫৬৬৯টা সৰু-বৰ সম্পাদনা কৰিছে। তেওঁক সকলো সদস্যৰ হৈ অভিনন্দন জনালোঁ আৰু তেওঁৰ সুন্দৰ ভৱিষ্যত কামনা কৰিলোঁ। Dear all, Taking into account the no. of contributions to Assamese wikipedia in a month and their importance, *Animesh Bora (User:**Ani ttbr)* has been awarded "The wikipedian of the month" barnstar for the month of January. Animesh, a student of NERIST (Nirjuli) and an wikipedian since 6th June 2012, has created 255 articles in Assamese wikipedia and done 5669 edits. Congratulations! -- *~~ গীতাৰ্থ বৰদলৈ (Gitartha Bordoloi)*

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CIS-A2K Bulletin December '13
by Nitika Tandon 17 Jan '14

17 Jan '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 very Happy New Year. We bring you the details of our work for the month of December 2013: CIS-A2K: Work Accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia We are pleased to share with you the key accomplishments on Konkani Wikipedia from September to December 2013 in this report. It has been found that there has been an increased editing activity on Konkani Wikipedia, and an increase in the number of articles on Konkani Wikipedia. Konkani Vishwakosh was re-released under Creative Commons License, we initiated Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization project and signed a MoU with Goa University to build Konkani Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/1l6ttmp. Article Telugu Wikipedia completes 10 years (by Rahmanuddin Shaik, DNA, December 16, 2013): http://bit.ly/19OAvUV. The article was edited by Rohini Lakshané. Blog Entries First ever Train-the-Trainer Program in India (by Nitika Tandon, December 5, 2013): http://bit.ly/1euwSXt. Priyadarshini Tadkodkar on Konkani language (by Subhashish Panigrahi, November 17, 2013): http://bit.ly/1hldNM8. We are featuring this here as we didn’t carry this in the last newsletter. Varsha Kavlekar on Konkani Wikipedia Incubator (by Nitika Tandon, December 12, 2013): http://bit.ly/KmxyFo. Darshan Kandolkar on Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Process (by Nitika Tandon, December 13, 2013): http://bit.ly/1cqKyQ2. Darshana Mandrekar speaks on Konkani Wikipedia (by Nitika Tandon, December 16, 2013): http://bit.ly/1keWyya. Pooja Tople on Wikimedia Projects (by Nitika Tandon, December 17, 2013): http://bit.ly/1hlbubU. (2-6 are videos of participants from the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization project (jointly organised by CIS-A2K and Goa University) speaking on their experiences with Wikimedia projects.) Events Organised You Too Can Write on Wikipedia! — Training workshop (National Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, December 5, 2013): http://bit.ly/1edmx1z. Telugu Wikipedia Training Workshop (KBN College, Vijaywada, December 16, 2013): http://bit.ly/1i8ScnL. Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Alvas Vishva Nudisiri Virasat (Moodabidre, December 19 – 22, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja gave a presentation about Kannada Wikipedia and also conducted a workshop on Kannada Wikipedia as a parallel track. The event was covered by Prajavani (December 22), Hosadigantha (December 22), and Deccan Herald (December 22): http://bit.ly/1dGTBkw. Events Co-organised Wikipedia Orientation Workshop (organised by CIS-A2K and Christ University, Bangalore, December 2, 2013): http://bit.ly/1lrkwEy. Wikipedia Training Session @ Tiruvur (organised by CIS-A2K and Telugu Wikipedia community, Srivahini College, Tiruvur, December 19, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan and Rahmanuddin Shaik conducted the workshop: http://bit.ly/1e3oQX7. It was covered by Andhraprabha (http://bit.ly/1bU5VsQ). Thanks Nitika Tandon

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Re: [Wikipedia-AS] Wikipedian of the month: December
by Vishnu 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Many congratulations Pranab!! Amazing to see that you are taking time out to contribute among your busy schedule. Kudos!! Best, Vishnu

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application
by Vishnu 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

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Wikipedian of the month: December
by Gitartha Bordoloi 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

বন্ধুসকল, ডিচেম্বৰ মাহত অসমীয়া ৱিকিপিডিয়াৰ সদস্যসকলে কৰা সম্পাদনা আৰু সেইবোৰৰ গুৰুত্বলৈ চাই ভাৰতীয় বিজ্ঞান প্ৰতিষ্ঠান, বেংগালুৰুৰ গৱেষক ছাত্ৰ প্ৰণৱ জ্যোতি ভূঞাক (সদস্য:Pranabnlp) "এই মাহৰ ৱিকিপিডিয়ান" বঁটা প্ৰদান কৰা হৈছে। ২০১১ চনৰ ১ জুনৰ পৰাই অসমীয়া ৱিকিপিডিয়াৰ লগত জড়িত প্ৰণৱ জ্যোতি ভূঞাক সকলো সদস্যৰ হৈ অভিনন্দন জনালোঁ আৰু তেওঁৰ সুন্দৰ ভৱিষ্যত কামনা কৰিলোঁ। Dear all, Taking into account the no. of contributions to Assamese wikipedia in a month and their importance, Pranab Jyoti Bhuya (User:Pranabnlp) has been awarded "The wikipedian of the month" barnstar for the month of December. An wikipedian since 1st June 2011, Pranab is currently pursuing his PhD research in Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Congratulations! -- *~~ গীতাৰ্থ বৰদলৈ (Gitartha Bordoloi)*

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CIS-A2K Newsletter November 2013
by Nitika Tandon 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

Dear all, We thank you all for your support and collaboration. Please find below the details of our work in the month of November 2013. CIS-A2K Narrative Report This narrative report captures the work done by the A2K program during the period of September 2012 to June 2013. It examines projects and activities and its impact and outcomes over a period of the initial Ten months of the Grant. This report will also inform CIS-A2K program’s strategy for the next one year to achieve the goals set out by its donor, Wikimedia Foundation, and goals listed in our Work Plans (which were developed in consultation with the Wikimedia community in India). Importantly, this Narrative Report is critical for the Wikimedia community in India, Global Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia Foundation to get a comprehensive overview of A2K’s work and to critically assess the A2K program’s eligibility for further support. The report compiled by by T. Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi can be accessed at http://bit.ly/1dFyjpO. ► Announcements CIS Signs MoU with Christ University, Bangalore (November 20, 2013): The Access to Knowledge team signed a MoU as part of which CIS-A2K and Christ University will impart Wikipedia education in Indian classrooms: http://bit.ly/1ehr8kz. We are happy to share with you that Rahmanuddin Shaik has been selected for the role of "Community Communications Consultant" at CIS-A2K! Rahmanuddin is an active contributor on Wikimedia Commons, Telugu Wikipedia and Telugu Wikisource: http://bit.ly/1bwrEu3. ►Articles ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಟ್ಟ ಸಸಿಗೆ ಈಗ ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷ (by Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, Kannada Prabha, November 1, 2013): http://bit.ly/17LOw4O. The article highlights 10 years of Kannada Wikipedia, the current status of the Kannada Wikipedia vis-a-vis number of articles, number of editors, active editors, and page views per month. Train The Trainer Programme for Wikipedians (by Subhashish Panigrahi, DNA, November 14, 2013):http://bit.ly/ILwLMr. The article was edited by Rohini Lakshane of DNA. ►Blog Entries Train the Trainer Program (by Subhashish Panigrahi, November 18, 2013): http://bit.ly/18hjw0n. Konkani Vishwakosh Under CC-BY-SA (by Nitika Tandon, November 26, 2013): http://bit.ly/1gnVV2z. ► Events Organised Wikipedia Orientation Programme for MA Students (Christ University, Bangalore, November 12, 2013): http://bit.ly/ItxAtu. Syed Muzammiluddin was the trainer. Twenty students participated. Wikipedia Orientation Programme for the Second Language Students (Christ University, Bangalore, November 12, 13, 16 and 19, 2013): http://bit.ly/1bxsOYF. T. Vishnu Vardhan, Syed Muzammiluddin and Dr. U.B.Pavanaja were the trainers. About 1200 second language students participated in the programme. Documentation and Wikipedia Contribution — A One Day Workshop (Kalinga Institute of Social Studies, Bhubaneswar, November 14, 2013). The workshop was conducted by Subhashish Panigrahi: http://bit.ly/1fSvl1v. Documentation and Wikipedia Workshop (Kalinga School of Management, Bhubaneswar, November 16, 2013): http://bit.ly/Imf0DV. Subhashish Panigrahi conducted the workshop. Konknni Wikipedia Workshop (organised by Dalgado Konknni Akademi and CIS-A2K, Goa Central State Library, November 16 and 17, 2013): http://bit.ly/1fSwiH5. Tenth Anniversary of Wikipedia (H N Multimedia Hall, National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore, November 17, 2013): http://bit.ly/1eJ6da9. Dr. U R Ananthamurthy, Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah and Ravi Hegde were the guests of honour. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted the workshop. First Phase of Odia Wikipedia Workshop (Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Bhubaneswar, November 18, 2013): http://bit.ly/18doDer. Subhashish Panigrahi conducted the workshop. Konkani Wikipedia Workshop (Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa, November 19, 2013): http://bit.ly/1fSAUwT. Nitika Tandon conducted the event. Konkani Vishwakosh: Doubt Solving Session I (Goa Central State Library, November 26, 2013): http://bit.ly/1gnVV2z. Nitika Tandon conducted the session. Konkani Vishwakosh: Doubt Solving Session II (Goa Central State Library, November 28, 2013): http://bit.ly/1gnVV2z. Nitika Tandon conducted the session. Editing Sprint for Vishwakosh (Goa Central, State Library, November 30, 2013): http://bit.ly/1gnVV2z. Nitika Tandon conducted the event. ► Event Co-organised The Relaunch of Creative Commons India (co-organised by Wikimedia India, Acharya Narendra Dev College and CIS, India Islamic Cultural Centre, November 12, 2013): http://bit.ly/HPxrAO. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development was the chief guest at the event. ► Event Participated In Wikimedia Diversity Conference (organized by German Wikipedia Community, GLS Campus, Berlin): http://bit.ly/Ixr9W8. T. Vishnu Vardhan was a speaker at this event and made a presentation on the challenges and opportunities for the Wikimedia movement in India. ► Media Coverage CIS gave its inputs for the following media coverage: Kannada Wikipedia and its Tenth Anniversary (RadioCity, November 2, 2013): http://bit.ly/1dHEwBI. Indian Govt to Build Machine Translation System for 22 Indic Languages (by Brindaalakshmi, Medianama, November 14, 2013): http://bit.ly/J4qg7V. CIS MoU with Goa University is mentioned. 10th anniversary of Kannada wikipedia (by ND Shiva Kumar, The Times of India, November 15, 2013): http://bit.ly/IxqDr7. Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia (Udayavani, November 15, 2013): http://bit.ly/1aFwqF1. ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ಈಗ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ. ಅದರ ಪ್ರಯುಕ್ತ ಒಂದು ಆಚರಣೆ (Avadhi Website, November 16, 2013): http://bit.ly/ImiBSy. ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಗೆ 10, ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ ಸಾಲದು: ಪ್ರೊ .ಜಿವಿ (OneindiaKannada, November 17, 2013): http://bit.ly/19blS17. Tenth Anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia (Vijayavani, November 17, 2013): http://bit.ly/1b7exSa. ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಕ್ಕೆ ದಶಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ (Prajavani, November 18, 2013): http://bit.ly/1hWtt9v. ಕನ್ನಡದ ಆನ್‌ಲೈನ್ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ದುರ್ಬಲ (Vijaya Karnataka, November 19, 2013): http://bit.ly/1hWtsCy. Panaji: DKA organizes two day Konkani Wikipedia workshop (Daijiworld, November 18, 2013): http://bit.ly/1inoi03. 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 Tandon

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Minutes of Assamese wikipedia Bengaluru workshop
by Gitartha Bordoloi 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

Dear all, Sorry for being late in sharing this. Anyways, here are the minutes of the Assamese wikipedia workshop<https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA…>held in Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru on 1st December 2013. * The meeting started 15 minutes late at around 3:15 pm. Altogether 16 Assamese persons were present along with wikipeddian Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Joli Bora and Gitartha Bordoloi. Representative from WIkimedia India chapter (CIS-A2K) Subhashish Panigrahi and Malayalam wikipedian Shiku Alex were also present at the event. * All persons were welcomed by Pranab and then everyone introduced himself/herself. * Gitartha Bordoloi, a sysop of Assamese wikipedia, explained about wikipedia and Assamese wikipedia with the help of a slideshow. What to write, what not to write, general principles, various tabs etc were explained in brief. They were also introduced to Assamese wikisource. * A few moments were spent showing the easy typing process with the typing tool Rodali. * Joli Bora gave them a hands-on experience on how to create an account, How to edit an existing article by old way and visualeditor etc. They were also taught to search for articles, create new article, technique of translating from En wikipedia, picture upload etc. * After that the participants asked a few questions which were duly answered. * The things that can be done to popularize Assamese wikipedia and wikisource were discussed with the participants. * Subhashish said a few words and he proposed to hold another workshop with the same participants at the same venue in January. * Shiju Alex shed some light on his collaboration with Assamese wikipedians through the years and he urged everyone to understand the importance of contributing to Assamese wikipedia. * With that, the workshop was concluded. A few clicks from the workshop can be found in commons<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Assamese_Wikipedia_workshop,_In…> . The news about the workshop was covered by popular Assamese daily 'Amar Asom' on 9th December 2013. Thank you. -- *~~ গীতাৰ্থ বৰদলৈ (Gitartha Bordoloi)*

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(Announcement) Selection of Community Communications Consultant at CIS-A2K
by Vishnu 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

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