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Wikipedia
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31 Oct 2012
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Gujarat Wikipedia Education Program: RajkotThis report analyses a series of meetings and workshops held in Rajkot, a city in Gujarat, India during the month of October 2012.
31 Oct 2012
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First Pune Odia Wikipedia Workshop Organized!The first Pune Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized in Pune on October 27, 2012. Subhashish Panigrahi recollects his experience about the events through this report.
29 Oct 2012
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Malayalam Wikipedia Education Program: August to October UpdatesThree months back, I wrote a blog post (http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/06/wikipedia-education-a-model-from-malayalam-wikipedia/) about the inauguration of the Wikipedia education program in Malayalam Wikipedia. This program is the first …
29 Oct 2012
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Bridging Gender Gap in Pune: WikiWomenDay 2012 Celebrated with Success!A2K team members Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval participated in the "WikiWomenDay" organized by Wikipedia Club Pune at PAI International Learning Solutions, Azam Campus on October 28, 2012. Subhashish unfolds the happenings of this …
22 Oct 2012
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Launch of Assamese Wikipedia Education Program at Guwahati UniversityThe Assamese Wikipedia community has shown a rapid growth in the past six months from 20 active editors in January 2012 to 29 active editors in June 2012. The absolute numbers might seem low but in terms of percentages its an overwhelming …
19 Oct 2012
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Wikipedia workshop @ Inmantec College, GhaziabadThe Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet & Society was approached by Gaurav Prashar, Assistant Dean at Inmantec College, Ghaziabad to organize a Wikipedia workshop. Accordingly, a workshop was organized on October 17, 2012.
16 Oct 2012
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Bengaluru: A Hub for Kannada and Sanskrit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects!Kannada Wikipedia is one of those Indic language wikipedias which has seen many readers coming up every month. Subhashish Panigrahi summarizes the experiences of some of the very active Kannada wikipedians from the recent Kannada Wikipedia …
30 Sep 2012
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Wikipedia comes to Hyderabad!This post is a report on the series of Wikipedia meets organized in the city of Hyderabad on September 29-30, 2012. These workshops were a a part of the larger effort to help Wikipedia contributors in the same city to meet each other and …
30 Sep 2012
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Access To Knowledge/Programme PlanPursuant to the announcement made on July 30, 2012 and as reflected in the FAQ accompanying the announcement, the India Program will become a project of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) an …
22 Mar 2012
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The Digital Classroom in the Time of WikipediaThe digital turn in education comes across a wide range of initiatives and processes. The Wikipedia which is the largest user generated content website stands as a figurehead of such a digital turn, writes Nishant Shah.
23 Feb 2010
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WikiWars - A reportThe Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, hosted WikiWars – an international event that brought together scholars, researchers, academics, artists and practitioners from various …
5 Jan 2010
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Wikiwars: 12th, 13th January, BangaloreThe Centre for Internet and Society and the Institute of Network Cultures brought together a critical range of scholars, academicians, practitioners, artists and researchers to inquire into the new conditions which emerge with the rise of …
15 Sep 2009
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Wiki AcademyAn article by Hari Prasad Nadig on Wiki Academy, a workshop based on usage of Indian languages, editing and its applications in academics of Wikipedia - the free online encyclopedia, was held at Eric Mathias hall in St Aloysius College in …
10 Jul 2009
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CPOV: Critical Point of ViewThe Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) and the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, Netherlands) seek to bring together ideas, experiences and scholarship about Wikipedia in a reader that charts out detailed user …
27 Apr 2009
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Analysing Wikipedia: A First Attempt at ClusteringIn this, their second update on their Analysing Wikipedia project, Kiran Jonnalagadda and Hans Varghese Mathews discuss their first attempt at grouping the various editors of a frequently edited Wikipedia document, each distinguished from …
26 Mar 2009
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Analysing Wikipedia: An IntroductionKiran Jonnalagadda and Hans Varghese Matthews introduce their project, aimed at producing tools that will allow anyone to analyse editing behaviour on Wikipedia. This is the first in a series of posts documenting their work.