Author
Sailesh Patnaik
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5 Jun 2019
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What is Wikimedia Education SAARC Conference?The Wikimedia Education SAARC conference is on 20th June 2019. A conference for Wikimedians, Wikimedia education leaders, educators and researchers engaged with Open Education and free knowledge movement.
7 Mar 2019
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The city of Bhubaneswar is going OpenBhubaneswar supporting the concept of Openness movement has joined as one of the ambassadors of the movement in the world by giving citizens the right to access the content online produced by the government and make use of the work.
6 Mar 2019
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Train the Trainer program 2018Trainer the Trainer program is an annual three days residential program organised by the Access to Knowledge Program of Centre for Internet and Society. The program identifies the community leaders and brings Wikimedians from and around the …
19 Dec 2018
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CIS Signs MoU with Odia Virtual AcademyOn October 26, 2018, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odia Virtual Academy (OVA) to work on drafting an open content policy for the state, to promote use of Wikimedia projects by …
17 Jan 2018
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Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to KnowledgeThis year started with an astonishing announcement by the Government of Odisha towards the free knowledge movement. On the Public Domain day, which is celebrated every year on 1st January, The Government of Odisha continuing its …
30 Jun 2017
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Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Edit-a-thonOdia Wikipedians, in conjunction with Indian Athletics Federation and Sports and Youth Services collaborated to document the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. Hundreds of photos were uploaded and new Wikipedia content added to inform the …
20 Mar 2017
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Sambad 100 Women Edit-a-thonA two-day 100 Women Edit-a-thon was held on March 18 and 19, 2017 in collaboration with Odisha’s biggest newspaper publisher Sambad. The event was inspired by BBC’s 100 Women series and edit-a-thons with the same name in December 2016. More …
16 Mar 2017
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Women’s History Month: Sambad collaborates with Odia Wikipedia for a Two Day Edit-a-thonSambad's 100 Women Edit-a-thon: Two day edit-a-thon to increase quantity and quality of women-related articles on Odia Wikipedia
27 Feb 2017
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WikiTungi: Bhubaneswar City Wiki Community Turns 1The Odia Wikipedia’s WikiTungi is an attempt at building a community of Wikimedians at the city level.
12 Feb 2017
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Imperial College Orientation Program, BargarhAn Odia Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Imperial College, Bargarh on 12 February, 2017.
12 Feb 2017
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Bargarh Manuscript Digitisation ProjectThe digitisation of temple manuscripts at the Dadhivamana Temple, Bargarh in Western Odisha followed by a workshop for the students of Imperial College took place between 11- 12 February, 2017.
31 Jan 2017
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Odia Wikipedia Workshop in IIMC, DhenkanalAn Odia Wikipedia Workshop was conducted at IIMC, Dhenkanal on 31 January, 2017
28 Nov 2016
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Odia Wikipedia: Sambalpur University WorkshopAn Odia Wikipedia orientation-cum-workshop program was organised for the students of Sambalpur University on 27 November, 2016.
27 Nov 2016
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Sambalpur University WorkshopAn Odia Wikipedia Orientation program cum workshop was organized by CIS-A2K team in Sambalpur University on November 27, 2016. Sailesh Patnaik attended the workshop.
28 May 2016
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A four year, action-packed experience with WikipediaI consider myself to be an Odia Wikimedian. I contribute Odia knowledge (the predominant language of the Indian state of Odisha) to many Wikimedia projects, like Wikipedia and Wikisource, by writing articles and correcting mistakes in …
10 May 2016
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Wikipedia’s 15th birthday inspires Bangla translators; Odia-language Women’s History Month edit-a-thonsBangla-language Wikipedians translated about 600 articles for their language’s Wikipedia; Odia-language Wikimedians hosted their second annual Women’s History Month edit-a-thon.
24 Apr 2016
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Introducing Odia Wikipedia to students of Utkal University, BhubaneswarA four-hour-long workshop was organised at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on February 25, 2016 for the students of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and Master in Arts, Department of Odia-language.
30 Dec 2015
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Odia Wikipedia workshop in Puri, Odisha sparks creation of informal Wikipedia group WikiTungiThe first ever Odia Wikipedia workshop in Odisha's historic town of Puri finally shaped in on this December 20. With 25 participants contributing to Odia Wikipedia this day, more Wikipedia outreach in the city were planned.
26 Sep 2015
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As Odia Wikipedia turns 13, what happens next?Odia Wikipedia, one of several Indian-language Wikipedia projects, celebrated thirteen years of free knowledge contribution on June 3.
29 Jun 2015
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Odia Wikipedia meets Google Developer GroupThis is a guest post by Wikimedian Sailesh Patnaik who has been a ardent contributor in Odia-language Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects and has led outreach and partnership building initiatives to grow the Wikimedia projects in Odia …