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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] About Wikipedia medical entries
by Nurunnaby Chowdhury 29 May '14

29 May '14

প্রিয় সবাই, সাম্প্রতিক সময়ে উইকিপিডিয়ায় মেডিক্যাল তথ্য ভুল বিষয়ক একটি সংবাদ প্রকাশ হওয়ার পর ওই সূত্র ধরে বাংলায়ও অনেকে সংবাদ প্রকাশ করছে। এ বিষয়টা নিয়ে এর আগেও একাধিক সংবাদ প্রকাশিত হয়েছে। সাম্প্রতি সময়ে সংবাদটি প্রকাশ হওয়ার পর আমি উইকিমিডিয়ার মূল মেইলিং লিস্টে একটা মেইল করেছি। সে আলোচনাটি ফরোয়ার্ড করলাম। আশা করছি এ বিষয়ে কারো কিছু জানার থাকলে এ আলোচনা থেকে জানতে পারবেন.. Forwarded conversation Subject: About Wikipedia medical entries ------------------------ From: *Nurunnaby Chowdhury* <nh(a)nhasive.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 7:39 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi, Today daily mail published a news about Wikipedia Medical related entries. Title of this news: *Do NOT try to diagnose yourself on Wikipedia! 90% of its medical entries are inaccurate, say experts* *! * Anyone clarify this issue please? Check this link for news: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2639910/Do-NOT-try-diagnose-Wikip… -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia<http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network <http://www.okfn.org> Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) <http://www.bdosn.org> Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ---------- From: *Stevie Benton* <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 7:44 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi Nurunnaby, A similar story has appeared in the Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10857468/Dont-diagnose-yoursel… and the BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27586356 The BBC piece is the best of the three and WMUK has reached out to all three sources. The article stems from a report published a while ago by the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. The paper was discussed by members of WikiProject Medicine and some issues found in its methodology. I hope this is helpful, Stevie On 27 May 2014 14:39, Nurunnaby Chowdhury <nh(a)nhasive.com> wrote: > Hi, > Today daily mail published a news about Wikipedia Medical related entries. > Title of this news: *Do NOT try to diagnose yourself on Wikipedia! 90% of > its medical entries are inaccurate, say experts* > *! * > Anyone clarify this issue please? > > Check this link for news: > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2639910/Do-NOT-try-diagnose-Wikip… > > -- > *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* > Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia< > http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> > Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia > Foundation<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> > Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network > <http://www.okfn.org> > Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) <http://www.bdosn.org> > Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> > fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: > nhasive > | www.nhasive.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> ---------- From: *Marc A. Pelletier* <marc(a)uberbox.org> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:01 PM To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org On 05/27/2014 09:44 AM, Stevie Benton wrote: > American Osteopathic Association I'm not an expert on the latest woo-woo, but isn't Osteopathy one of the numerous "faith-based 'medecine'"? -- Marc ---------- From: *Stevie Benton* <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:11 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> I think one of our friends who is US based can more helpfully answer this, but I believe osteopathy in the US is somehow different from elsewhere. I couldn't tell you how, but I seem to remember this being the case. -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ---------- From: *Martijn Hoekstra* <martijnhoekstra(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:18 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Marc A. Pelletier <marc(a)uberbox.org> wrote: > On 05/27/2014 09:44 AM, Stevie Benton wrote: > > American Osteopathic Association > > I'm not an expert on the latest woo-woo, but isn't Osteopathy one of the > numerous "faith-based 'medecine'"? > > -- Marc > > That issue was discussed before too. From what I remember from it is that what is called Osteopathy in the UK isn't the same thing that's called Osteopathy in the US, where the UK one is basically voodoo, and the US one a legitimate specialty in medicine (but correct me if I'm wrong) -- Martijn ---------- From: *Marc A. Pelletier* <marc(a)uberbox.org> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:22 PM To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org On 05/27/2014 10:18 AM, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: > From what I remember from it is that > what is called Osteopathy in the UK isn't the same thing that's called > Osteopathy in the US Ah, that explains it. :-) Regardless, "Don't diagnose yourself with Wikipedia" seems to be infinitely good advice, regardless of any hyperbole about article accuracy! -- Marc ---------- From: *Nathan* <nawrich(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:23 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Martijn Hoekstra < martijnhoekstra(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Marc A. Pelletier <marc(a)uberbox.org> > wrote: > > > On 05/27/2014 09:44 AM, Stevie Benton wrote: > > > American Osteopathic Association > > > > I'm not an expert on the latest woo-woo, but isn't Osteopathy one of the > > numerous "faith-based 'medecine'"? > > > > -- Marc > > > > > That issue was discussed before too. From what I remember from it is that > what is called Osteopathy in the UK isn't the same thing that's called > Osteopathy in the US, where the UK one is basically voodoo, and the US one > a legitimate specialty in medicine (but correct me if I'm wrong) > > -- Martijn > > > > > __________________ > You are correct. In the UK osteopathy is a woo woo homeopathic discipline, in the U.S. (where the study was conducted) the training and degree granting processes for osteopathy are equivalent to medical doctors and the two are treated identically. ---------- From: *Thomas Morton* <morton.thomas(a)googlemail.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:26 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Osteopathy is one of those “difficult” ones, where it does have some real evidence to back it up - but in the UK certain practitioners make exceptional and (hokum) claims. The NHS recommends it for Lower Back Pain ( http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Osteopathy/Pages/Introduction.aspx, and personally I’ve found it the only effective treatment for my back pain) and also say may be effective for other forms of muskculoskeletal problems. But you get plenty of osteopaths claiming that they can fix anything from IBS to heart problems (total BS). Talking about it to my osteopath, those latter claims became popular in the 90s during the “hokum-medicine” (his words :P) boom, but fortunately today it seems to be falling further out of favour, with a twist to more realistic attitudes. The US has a much more robust approach to such claims, and hopefully the UK will go that way too :D Anyway, just an interesting aside :) As a note, the WP article on osteopathy does a good job of overviewing the topic! Tom ---------- From: *Todd Allen* <toddmallen(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:33 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Actually, "Don't diagnose yourself" is just generally good advice. Even if the medical information you have is accurate, there might be other possible causes or factors that need to be considered. Internet information, Wikipedia or otherwise, might be a good place to get things to ask your doctor about, but "ask your doctor" should always be the end of the process. ---------- From: *geni* <geniice(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:27 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On 27 May 2014 15:22, Marc A. Pelletier <marc(a)uberbox.org> wrote: > > Ah, that explains it. :-) > > Regardless, "Don't diagnose yourself with Wikipedia" seems to be > infinitely good advice, regardless of any hyperbole about article accuracy! > > The problem is the number of doctors who use wikipedia. -- geni ---------- From: *Martijn Hoekstra* <martijnhoekstra(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:31 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 4:27 PM, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 May 2014 15:22, Marc A. Pelletier <marc(a)uberbox.org> wrote: > > > > > Ah, that explains it. :-) > > > > Regardless, "Don't diagnose yourself with Wikipedia" seems to be > > infinitely good advice, regardless of any hyperbole about article > accuracy! > > > > > > The problem is the number of doctors who use wikipedia. > s/use wikipedia/rely on the completeness and accurancy of Wikipedia to practice their profession/ There is nothing *wrong* with using Wikipedia as a doctor, but there may be something wrong with the way they use it. -- Martijn ---------- From: *Lane Rasberry* <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:01 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello, I am a participant in WikiProject Medicine on English Wikipedia and know about this case. I also have talked to the researcher who published this paper since its publication. Lots of people have lots of objections to Wikipedia. In my opinion, the study itself is correct for what it reports, but no newspaper or other media understands what the study is saying and they are reporting all kinds of silly things. Here is the discussion of this paper in WikiProject Medicine - < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine/Archive_4… > That is in the archives, so if someone has more to say, post to the main forum. While I think this study is being perceived negatively, I appreciate any research team who does any kind of research on Wikipedia's health content. Here is a list of what has been done: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Research_publi… > @geni - "The problem is the number of doctors who use wikipedia." I disagree. I feel that the problem is that for all of history there has never been health information accessible to doctors and patients. Wikipedia at least says that people should have health information, whereas every government and health organization in the world (NIH, NHS, WHO and the rest) are still saying "Not yet, it is not important, nobody wants this" and not providing any alternative. There are no alternatives or competitors to Wikipedia for what it does, so of course doctors use it. The problem is that no one else thinks doctors need ready access to good information right now, and Wikipedia is just doing the best it can to meet the existing demand that is otherwise ignored. @Todd Allen - "ask your doctor" should always be the end of the process." The number of people how have as much access to their doctors as they wish is definitely not more than 20% of the English speaking world and the reality is probably closer to 2-3% of people. Doctors simply do not have more than minutes to answer questions and many people would like to study for hours over their lifetimes. Referring people to doctors ignores the problem that people do not get as much access to healthcare as they would like, and doctors are not ready to provide health information on demand. At the same time, patients are being encouraged to make more health decisions with their doctors, but not given educational resources to help them make those decisions. I wish there were enough doctors, and people should try hard to ask them lots of questions, but something more is needed too. yours, -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com ---------- From: *Jeevan Jose* <jkadavoor(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:07 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Wikipedia discourages self diagnosis and treatment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Medical_disclaimer And I think professionals are capable enough to verify the credibility of the referred sources instead of blindly reading the articles. Regards, Jee On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>wrote: ---------- From: *Nathan* <nawrich(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:17 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> FYI - Here is the previous thread on this list about this study / topic: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/460005?do=post_view_t… ---------- From: *Jayanta Nath* <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, May 28, 2014 at 1:20 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi Hasive, I think we need to read again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Medical_disclaimer Jayanta ---------- From: *Amy Vossbrinck* <avossbrinck(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, May 28, 2014 at 1:51 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathic_medicine_in_the_United_States Osteopaths also have chiropractic training. Take care, Amy -- *Amy Vossbrinck* *Executive Assistant to the* *Chief of Finance and Administration, Garfield Byrd* *Wikimedia Foundation* *149 New Montgomery Street* *San Francisco, CA 94105* *415.839.6885 ext 6628* *avossbrinck(a)wikimedia.org <avossbrinck(a)wikimedia.org>* ---------- From: *Nathan* <nawrich(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:08 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> That's a weird content architecture, right there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathic_medicine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathic_medicine_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathic_medicine_in_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathic_physician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathic_manipulative_medicine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathy No redirects listed. On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Amy Vossbrinck <avossbrinck(a)wikimedia.org>wrote: ---------- From: *Nurunnaby Chowdhury* <nh(a)nhasive.com> Date: Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:42 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Thanks everyone. Last day when this news published i receive lots of phone call from our journalist friend. You know all journalist just check the news media. Not check details issue. So i start this thread. If this news published various language it may negative sign for Wikipedia. Because all are not read *Wikipedia: Medical_disclaimer* properly. Anyway thanks again. I'll inform our journalist friend about this. -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia<http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> Social Media Interaction Expert | The Daily Prothom-Alo<http://www.prothom-alo.com> Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network <http://www.okfn.org> Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) <http://www.bdosn.org> Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ---------- From: *Cristian Consonni* <kikkocristian(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:03 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> 2014-05-28 7:42 GMT+02:00 Nurunnaby Chowdhury <nh(a)nhasive.com>: > Thanks everyone. Last day when this news published i receive lots of phone > call from our journalist friend. You know all journalist just check the > news media. Not check details issue. This news found is way also on Italian media: http://www.corriere.it/salute/14_maggio_27/occhio-wikipedia-nove-voci-medic… The good thing is that the articles mentions that the author of the original study invited physicians to participate in Wikipedia to raise the quality of its articles. Cristian ---------- From: *Jane Darnell* <jane023(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:18 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> What I think is funny about this whole article and this email thread is that the quality of Wikipedia is not brought into relation with anything else. For example, I know that one of the main causes of death in the Netherlands today has to do with improper dosages of medicine, caused both by failure to follow instructions in the medical information accompanying pharmaceuticals and by mistakes in that medical information. Wikipedia may be full of mistakes, but so is the "official" medical information offered to doctors and patients. 2014-05-28 20:03 GMT+02:00, Cristian Consonni <kikkocristian(a)gmail.com>: ---------- From: *Martijn Hoekstra* <martijnhoekstra(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:24 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com> wrote: > What I think is funny about this whole article and this email thread > is that the quality of Wikipedia is not brought into relation with > anything else. For example, I know that one of the main causes of > death in the Netherlands today has to do with improper dosages of > medicine, caused both by failure to follow instructions in the medical > information accompanying pharmaceuticals and by mistakes in that > medical information. > > Wikipedia may be full of mistakes, but so is the "official" medical > information offered to doctors and patients. > Let's not focus on what others are doing wrong, but improve on what we may be doing wrong - that's the only thing we have most influence on in changing. --Martijn ---------- From: *Yves Z* <zyzzyvy(a)outlook.com> Date: Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3:31 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Let's not focus on what others are doing wrong, but improve on what we may > be doing wrong - that's the only thing we have most influence on in > changing. Are there spot checks by professionals in medicine, or ways to flag often-read pages for peer review? That seems like a way that experts could help without getting into edit wars. The wikiproject medicine chat is fine but incomplete. -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia<http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> Social Media Interaction Expert | The Daily Prothom-Alo<http://www.prothom-alo.com> Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network <http://www.okfn.org> Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) <http://www.bdosn.org> Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com

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by Nurunnaby Chowdhury 27 May '14

27 May '14

প্রিয় সবাই, শুভেচ্ছা। যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের ইউনিভার্সিটি অব আলাবামা অ্যাট ব্রামিংহামের সহকারী অধ্যাপক, বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ার বুরোক্র্যাট, শিক্ষক ডট কম ও বাংলা ব্রেইল প্রকল্পের উদ্যোক্তা রাগিব ভাই (ড. রাগিব হাসান) বর্তমানে দেশে আছেন। দেশে এসেই রাগিব ভাই নানা ধরনের কর্মকান্ডে ব্যস্ত সময় পার করছেন। সবমিলিয়ে আমরা রাগিব ভাইয়ের সঙ্গে একটা আড্ডার সময় পেয়েছি। আড্ডাটি আগামীকাল বিকেল ৪টায় বাংলাদেশ অ্যাসোসিয়েশন অব সফটওয়্যার অ্যান্ড ইনফরমেশন সার্ভিসেস (বেসিস) মিলনায়তনে (বিডিবিএল ভবন, ৬ষ্ঠ তলা, ১২ কারওয়ান বাজার) অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। আপনারা অনেকেই জানেন রাগিব ভাইয়ের বাংলা ব্রেইল প্রকল্প কিছুদিন আগে বেস্ট ববস পুরস্কার জিতেছে। এছাড়া তিনি দীর্ঘদিন ধরেই নিজের কাজের পাশাপাশি বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া, শিক্ষক ডট কম ইত্যাদি নিয়ে কাজ করছেন। আমরা রাগিব ভাইয়ের সঙ্গে এসব নিয়েই আড্ডা দেব। থাকবে বাংলা ব্রেইল, বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া, শিক্ষক ডট কম ইত্যাদি নিয়ে আলোচনা। অনুষ্ঠানে উপস্থিত থাকবেন উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশের সভাপতি ও বিডিওএসএনের সাধারণ সম্পাদক মুনির হাসান, বেসিস সভাপতি শামীম আহসানসহ বেসিস এবং অন্যান্য কয়েকটি প্রতিষ্ঠানের শীর্ষ ব্যক্তিরা। পুরো আয়োজনের যৌথ আয়োজক বাংলাদেশ ওপেন সোর্স নেটওয়ার্ক (বিডিওএসএন), উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ, বেসিস ও বাংলা ব্রেইল কমিউনিটি। এ আয়োজন সবার জন্য উন্মুক্ত। সবার আমন্ত্রন। *রাগিব ভাইয়ের সঙ্গে আড্ডা* *স্থান: বেসিস মিলনায়তন (বিডিবিএল ভবন, ৬ষ্ঠ তলা, ১২ কারওয়ান বাজার)* *গুগল ম্যাপ: http://goo.gl/A5fc6r <http://goo.gl/A5fc6r> * *সময়: বিকেল ৪টা* *তারিখ: ২৮ মে ২০১৪* যে কোন প্রয়োজনে: *নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী হাছিব (০১৭১২ ৭৫৪ ৭৫২ <%28%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A8%20%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%AB%E0%A7%AA%20%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%AB%E0%A7%A8>)*, *তানভির মোরশেদ (০১৬৭৭ ৮৯০ ৯৪০ <%28%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AC%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%AD%20%E0%A7%AE%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%A6%20%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A6>)* -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia<http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> Social Media Interaction Expert | The Daily Prothom-Alo<http://www.prothom-alo.com> Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network <http://www.okfn.org> Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) <http://www.bdosn.org> Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com

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বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়া নিবন্ধ সংখ্যা ৩০,০০০ ছাড়িয়েছে
by Tonmoy Khan 14 May '14

14 May '14

প্রিয় সবাই, কিছু সময় আগে আমাদের প্রিয় বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ার নিবন্ধ সংখ্যা ৩০,০০০ এর মাইলফলক স্পর্শ করেছে। সবাইকে অভিনন্দন!! ধন্যবাদ Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh "ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার।"

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Fwd: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation
by Vishnu 13 May '14

13 May '14

Dear Wikimedians, The below FYI. Thank you, Vishnu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 18:43:42 +0530 From: Vishnu <visdaviva(a)gmail.com> To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Kannada Wikipedia Discussion List wikikn-l(a)wikipedia.org" <wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, Some responses here on Meta [1] on behalf of CIS. I have also commented in my individual capacity on the statutory aspects to the best of my knowledge. Also see some in-line replies. On Monday 12 May 2014 05:45 PM, Hari Prasad Nadig wrote: > Fellow Wikimedians, > > As you all know, Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore has sought > funding of about *1.8 Crores* through the FDC process from Wikimedia > Foundation to carry out work on seven local language projects in India > that includes Kannada, Telugu among others. [1] > The funds primarily cover the salaries of the people belonging to the > CIS-A2K team among other administrative expenses and other expenses as > outlined on their proposal page. As may of you know, please note that CIS has proposed the said budget to implement 21 plans of which there are 7 language area plans, 8 stand along projects, 3 community strengthening initiatives, etc. > > The proposal was up for Community review and comments until April 30th > and many have recorded their response about it [2]. Several community > members have come forward in pointing out that the staff salaries > being paid and that being proposed - are quite on the higher side > (which is up to 2.4 Lakhs per month per person). As you may have already seen in the budget, please note that the salary proposed is for 7 employees on the CIS-A2K team and the average per person salary would come to less than 1 lakh per month, per person and not as stated above. CIS-A2K welcomes your feedback and suggestions. Thank you, Vishnu > [1] - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_C… > [2] - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/… > [3] - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J… > >

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation
by Jayanta Nath 12 May '14

12 May '14

FYI Regarding CIS grants application ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:45 PM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] On CIS's grants request from Wikimedia Foundation To: Wikimedia India List <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Mailing list for Wikimedians / Wikipedians in Bangalore, India" < wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Kannada Wikipedia Discussion List wikikn-l(a)wikipedia.org" <wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Fellow Wikimedians, As you all know, Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore has sought funding of about *1.8 Crores* through the FDC process from Wikimedia Foundation to carry out work on seven local language projects in India that includes Kannada, Telugu among others. [1] The funds primarily cover the salaries of the people belonging to the CIS-A2K team among other administrative expenses and other expenses as outlined on their proposal page. The proposal was up for Community review and comments until April 30th and many have recorded their response about it [2]. Several community members have come forward in pointing out that the staff salaries being paid and that being proposed - are quite on the higher side (which is up to 2.4 Lakhs per month per person). Apart from the concerns on extremely high salaries for Indian norms of the team members of CIS-A2K team, there have been some serious concerns raised about some apparent Conflict of Interest [3] and non-compliance with the local laws (mainly Karnataka Societies act and the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act). However, looks like the proposal has moved forward through the FDC process for funding despite the concerns raised and has gotten through to the next stage. More concerns have now been raised by several community members on the Staff Assessment discussion page here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/… I invite you to participate in the discussion and help steer this in the right direction. [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/The_C… [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/… [3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J… Thank you, -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig _______________________________________________ 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

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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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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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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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