Wikipedia-gu April 2014

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Re: [Wikipedia-gu] Wikipedia-gu Digest, Vol 29, Issue 12
by વિહંગ વ્યાસંગી 02 May '14

02 May '14

Thanks Nitika for the update, I went through the link that you have provided. Regarding language selection criteria, one of the point out of four given points, is: >>*Willingness of that particular language community to interact and engage with the A2K team.* Though we tried approaching other language communities, >>we were given to understand that they would like to consider engaging with us at a later point. We have respected the community's decision and are open to >>work with a couple of language areas later in time. Did you approach Gujarati Wikipedia in similar manner? I have kept two admins of Guj. wiki. so that they also come to know about my question. *>>Familiarity of the A2K team members with the language.* Each of us are editors/can edit in most of the above language Wikipedias. >>This will give us an insider's perspective of what is happening in that particular language community and the Wikimedia projects. that is mentioned as the last point, it sounds like this was the only criterion that worked towards selection of languages. and I feel it is nice way to say that "these are the languages that we like and hence we started working on it. Awaiting some lights on this. Best regards, On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:31 PM, <wikipedia-gu-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org>wrote: > Send Wikipedia-gu mailing list submissions to > wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-gu > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikipedia-gu-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikipedia-gu-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikipedia-gu digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. WMF-FDC and A2K discussion minutes (Nitika Tandon) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:49:31 +0530 > From: Nitika Tandon <nitika(a)cis-india.org> > To: wikipedia-as(a)lists.wikimedia.org, Bengali Wikipedia > <wikipedia-bn(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, > wikipedia-gu(a)lists.wikimedia.org, > Hindi Wikipedia <wikihi-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, > wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, > Odia > Wikipedia <wikipedia-or(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikipedia-gu] WMF-FDC and A2K discussion minutes > Message-ID: <EC1DFFD4-A0E6-4B4E-930C-689DBF64F29B(a)cis-india.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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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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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ટેક ન્યૂઝલેટર ગુજરાતીમાં!
by Kartik Mistry 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

પ્રિય વિકિમિત્રો, આ અઠવાડિયે તમે વિકિમિડિઆનો ટેક ન્યૂઝલેટર ગુજરાતીમાં વાંચી શકશો. પહેલી વારનો પ્રયત્ન હોવાથી આવતા અઠવાડિયે થોડોક વધુ સારો બને એવો પ્રયત્ન કરીશ (અથવા રવિવારની સાંજ કેવી રહે છે, તેના પર આધાર છે ;) જુઓ: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2014/18/gu આભાર! -- Kartik Mistry/કાર્તિક મિસ્ત્રી | IRC: kart_ {kartikm, 0x1f1f}.wordpress.com

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Re: [Wikipedia-gu] Urdu Wikipedia crosses the 50,000 mark
by વિહંગ વ્યાસંગી 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Hello, Have never visited Urdu Wikipedia myself, but from the face of data shared by user dvyas, this sounds like a gross manipulation. 23000 articles in just two months? and how many users contributed? Even if we assume that 100 users contributed everyday, this comes to approx 4 new articles everyday... Do they have so many users available? Otherwise this sounds like GROSS MANIPULATION. *Wikipedia in any languages should exist to serve Knowledge. and Knowledge is better represented by the quality of articles and not by numbers.* Any automated process can generate lot many pages. For example, Using LibreOffice on Linux, anyone can generate thousands of articles with very little knowledge about computer programming. My point here is that even BOT is not required to generate pages. Lots many pages can be generated by using latest version of LibreOffice and a small amount of Linux Programming. and the fun part if that it would look like pages created by legitimate users. So let us stay away from NUMBER GAME. If we really really want to increase no of pages, it MUST be by using legitimate users and legitimate content. Thats all. Regards, >Good News Muzammil, >But I have seen questions raised for you regarding this number. People have >found out that till mid February there were only around 27 thousand pages, >how did Urdu wikipedia reach 50,000 mark in 2 months? Someone also found >that most of the recent activity is due to Bot operation and 90% of pages >are less than 20kb in size, which means they are nearly substubs. >Can you please clarify all these? >Thanks, >User: Dsvyas >On 24 Apr 2014 18:04, "muzammil" <muzammil(a)cis-india.org> wrote: >> 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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Re: [Wikipedia-gu] Urdu Wikipedia crosses the 50,000 mark
by muzammil 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Dear Vyas, > > Thank you for your quick reply dear Muzammil, > > Bot generated pages should not really be counted for credit, as wiki > is volunteer driven project, it is not a competition. > I agree. These numbers are not for credit. They only highlight that some new information is brought forward in the language. > > Reason I said this is, a bot can generate pages, but the content won't > get updated until real person works on it. > That what we are there for. > All the best for the growth of Urdu Wikipedia. > > Thanks for your best wishes and hope the same for Gujarati Wikipedia. Regards, Muzammil

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Urdu Wikipedia crosses the 50,000 mark
by muzammil 25 Apr '14

25 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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વિકિસ્રોત પરિયોજના ૪૦ - રાષ્ટ્રિકા (પૂર્ણ)
by sushant savla 19 Apr '14

19 Apr '14

મિત્રો, સહભાગી મિત્રોના સહકાર્યને કારણે વિકિસ્રોત પર શ્રી. અરદેશર ફરામજી ખબરદાર રચિત દેશભક્તિ કાવ્ય સંગ્રહ "રાષ્ટ્રિકા" ચઢાવાનું કાર્ય પૂર્ણ થયું છે. ગુજરાત, ભારત , ગાંધીજી અને પ્રાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકારોને અંજલિ આપતાં ૭૨ કાવ્યોનો આ સંગ્રહ છે. આ પરિયોજના ૦૧-૦૪-૨૦૧૪ ના દિવસે ચાલુ થઈ અને ૧૮-૦૪-૨૦૧૪ ના દિવસે તે પૂર્ણ થઈ છે. આ પરિયોજનામાં અશોકભાઈ વૈષ્ણવ (અમદાવાદ), સતિષચંદ્રભાઈ પટેલ અને જયમ પટેલ(ભરૂચ), આર્નવ સોનારા (રંગીલો ગુજરાતી), ધવલભાઈ ભાવસાર (બારડોલી) અને સુશાંત (મુંબઈ)એ ભાગ લીધો હતો. સૌ મિત્રોનો ખૂબ ખૂબ આભાર. શ્રી. અરદેશર ખબરદારની આ રસપ્રદ કૃતિઓને વાંચવા ને માણવા સૌને આમંત્રણ છે. વિકિસ્રોત પરની આ પુસ્તકની કડી: https://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9… સુશાંત સાવલા

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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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