Dear all,
You all must have noticed that recently the typing options for Telugu has
been changed. It is because of the deployment of Universal Language
Selector, a new extension for language settings configuration for Telugu
Wikipedia and sister projects. [1] As it is a new feature most users might
need some help how to enable it and type in Telugu using it. I have created
a screencast tutorial (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Type_in_Telugu_on_Telugu_Wikipedia.…)
for Telugu Wikipedians which would help editors for typing using Universal
Language Selector.[2] Please have a look and share your feedback for
improvement and ideas to create such useful tutorials that would be useful.
1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector
2. https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:TH
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Best!
Subhashish Panigrahi
Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
@psubhashish
Dear all,
Here is the A2K newsletter for the month of May, 2013. Apologies for the delay.
Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation’s India Program became the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program of CIS. In this newsletter, we are pleased to bring you updates about the recently concluded exhibition organised in our offices in Bangalore and Delhi and share with you the feedback to the Access to Knowledge work plan from the wikipedia community.
The A2K team consists of three members based in Bangalore: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja and Subhashish Panigrahi and one member Nitika Tandon in Delhi. Noopur Raval, Programme Officer left the organisation on April 24, 2013. Archives of our newsletters arehere.
Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId.
Celebrating 5 Years of CIS
CIS is now 5 years old and we recently celebrated this by holding an open exhibition in our offices in Bangalore and Delhi from May 20 to 23, showcasing our work and accomplishments over the five year period. We had about 170 visitors coming in to our office. Renowned artists like Tara Kelton, Kiran Subbaiah, Navin Thomas, Abhishek Hazra and Sharath Chandra Ram exhibited their work. The four-day event attracted press coverage: Bangalore Mirror (May 18, 2013), DNA (May 19, 2013), Hindu (May 22, 2013), Prajavani (May 23, 2013), Udayavani (May 25, 2013) and Bangalore Mirror (May 31, 2013). Download all the posters that were part of the exhibition here.
# Announcements
Access to Knowledge Work Plan (April 2013 - June 2014): CIS has announced its detailed plan with projection of outcomes and expected impact of the A2K programme activities. The document has been made in consultation with various stakeholders and keeping in mind the objectives, opportunities and challenges faced by each of the Indian language Wikimedia projects. Feel free to share any feedback.
WMF-A2K Revised Budget (draft) and Utilization (September 2012 - February 2013): In our effort to increase transparency with the working of CIS-A2K programme, we aresharing with you the A2K Programme Budget along with the utilization for the above period. The proposed revisions to the budget along with some notes are here.
CIS Signs MOU with TISS, Mumbai: has signed a MoU with TISS as part of which we will collaboratively work towards building Digital Knowledge Partnerships with select higher education institutions.
India Access to Knowledge IRC can be accessed here: May 13, 2013 (All Language Discussion) and May 26, 2013 (Odia Language Discussion).
# Blog Entries
Odia Wikipedia: Needs Assessment (by Subhashish Panigrahi, May 11, 2013).
Access to Knowledge Work Plan: Synopsis of Feedback by Wikipedians (by Nitika Tandon, May 20, 2013).
Wikipedia Introductory Session organized for Data and India portal consultants (by Subhashish Panigrahi, May 30, 2013).
My First Wikipedia Training Workshop – Theatre Outreach Unit, University of Hyderabad (by T. Vishnu Vardhan, June 19, 2013).
# Event Organised
Kannada Wikipedia Workshop (April 29, 2013, Govinda Pai Research Centre, MGM College Udupi). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja led the workshop and gave a talk on Kannada Wikipedia
# Event Participated
Kannada IRC Meet (organised by the Wikipedia Community, May 7, 2013). Dr. U.B.Pavanaja participated in this.
# Upcoming Event
Digital Humanities for Indian Higher Education (co-organised in collaboration with HEIRA-CSCS, Tumkur University, CILHE-TISS and CCS (IISc), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 13, 2013).
# Press Coverage
Report on CIS 5 Years Celebration (Prajavani, May 23, 2013). Prajavani published a report of Dr. U.B. Pavanja’s talk “From Palm Leaf to Tablet – Journey of Kannada”.
Report on CIS 5 Years Celebration (Udayavani, May 25, 2013). Udayavani published a report of the evening programme hosted as part of the Centre for Internet and Society's 5 year celebrations in its Bangalore edition.
A Feature on Wikipedia and Telegu Wikipedians (HMTV, May 30 – 31, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted in this half an hour feature on Wikipedia and Telugu Wikipedians.
Wikipedia Live Phone-in Programme (HMTV, June 1, 2013). T. Vishnu Vardhan speaks about Telegu Wikipedia in the discussion that was telecasted live.
*About CIS*
CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities with ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a Cause?, Thinkathon Position Papers and the Digital Natives with a Cause? Report with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on WIPO Treaties, Copyright Bill, NIA Bill, etc.
CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest perspective. Our Policy Director, Nirmita Narasimhan won the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities from the Government of India and also received the NIVH Excellence Award.
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*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
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
Program Manager
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society
Dear Friends,
I am happy to note the second consecutive month of brilliant contributions
by none other than our Telugu Wikipedians. During April 2013 we have seen
43 Active Editors on Telugu Wikipedia, a record not seen for more than 3
years. Even more happy to see 13 very active Telugu Wikipedia editors (who
have more than 100 edits) in April. For your information this is a record
that has not been touched for the past 5 years. Keep up this good work.
We now have the following brand new Very Active Editors on Telugu Wikipedia.
1) Sriramamurthy
2) Pranayraj1985
3) Pavanjandhyala
4) Bhupatiraju Ramesh Raju
A Red-carpet Welcome to Telugu Wikipeida!! Special congratulations to K.
Venkataramana (User: Kvr.lohit) for making the highest number of edits on
Telugu Wikipedia!!
Please join me congratulating K. Venkataramana and welcoming the new Very
Active Editors on our Telugu Wikipedia.
Warmly,
Vishnu
Hi,
After Telugu Wikipedia Mahotsavam, there is a small movement in Telugu
media on coverage of Wikipedia.
HMTV has telecast this story on Wikipedia, basically a small documentary on
Wikipedia in Telugu.
The title is Sabhash Wiki. Which means "Well Done! Wikipedia!"
Will try to put a translation, if someone needs so.
Link at youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C79fc6mCjLY
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With thanks & regards
*Rahimanuddin Shaik*
నాని
[image: File:Wikimedia India logo.svg] <http://wiki.wikimedia.in/>
reachout
ఒక విశ్వాన్ని ఊహించండి, ఎక్కడయితే ప్రతి మనిషి ఒక సంపూర్ణ విజ్ఞానభాండారాన్ని
అందరితో పంచుకోగలడో, ఆ విశ్వాన్ని ఊహించండి. *అటువంటి విశ్వాన్ని నెలకొల్పడమే
మా సంకల్పం.*
తెలుగు వికీపీడియా : http://te.wikipedia.org
A new address for ebooks : http://kinige.com
*తెలుగువారికి సాంకేతిక సహాయం - http://techsetu.com*
Dear All,
During interactions with many Wikipedians, it has been realized that many
are looking for data, that is otherwise not available in the public domain,
which could be used for enhancing quality of articles/projects on
Wikipedia. I have already filed several RTIs to collect data pertaining to
education in each district of Andhra Pradesh, which could be useful for the
Village Project. Please let us know if anyone of you requires help in
filing RTIs. A2K could file RTIs for any particular data on your behalf.
Best regards,
Vishnu
Programme on #Wikipedia on #HMTV (#Telugu News Channel), featuring Vishnu
Vardhan, A2K and Telugu Wikipedians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1Tk82EdKE [Video]
It was also a phone-in live programme.
Regards
Tinu Cherian