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Snippets from Wikimania 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 10:19 pm
From the various tracks and events held during Wikimania this year in Hong Kong from August 9 to 11, I have picked a few and put together a Storify. Direct link: http://storify.com/rohini_wiki/wikime...
Gujarati Wikisource celebrated its first anniversary 15 Aug 2013 | 10:58 am
Gujarati Wikisource had celebrated its first anniversary at Rupayatan, Junagadh in Gujarat on 31st March, 2013. Gujarati Wikisource wast started at 27th March, 2012, when its own domain – http://gu.wi...
India launches National Repository of Open Educational Resources 15 Aug 2013 | 10:53 am
By Jane Park India has launched a new learning repository for open educational resources (OER). India’s Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government...
Free access to Wikipedia on Mobiles 26 Jul 2013 | 01:57 pm
Aircel WP zero landing(illustration) The long awaited free access to Wikipedia for India has finally arrived with WMF and Aircel announcement on Jul 25,2013. This is said to increase the free wikiped...
Wikipedia editing session for journalism students at Sophia College, Mumbai 19 Jul 2013 | 04:01 pm
By Rohini Lakshané and Bishakha Datta A three-hour lecture and demonstration on researching for and editing Wikipedia was conducted Saturday for students of the Social Communications Media department...
Where do I start editing on Kannada Wikipedia? 2 Apr 2013 | 11:22 am
Many people keep asking this question on facebook, in meetups etc. I have tried to compile a quick list of pointers to start editing on Kannada Wikipedia. Hope this helps. To start editing Wikipedia:...
Wikipedia celebrates Women’s History Month with edit-a-thons and workshops 15 Mar 2013 | 02:43 pm
March is Women’s History Month at Wikipedia. As a part of this year’s celebrations, Wikipedia editors in India have organised a month long edit-a-thon, workshops and other events. Male editors at Wik...
Analysis of Indian language Wikipedias for 2012 22 Jan 2013 | 03:48 pm
Having been an ardent believer in the power of Wikipedia to spread knowledge, I had a keen interest to track its metrics over the past few years. Wikipedia software and servers log each and every act...
Wikimedia India Annual Report 2011-12 released in 2nd AGM 29 Sep 2012 | 07:23 pm
Annual Report 2011-12 Chapter held its second Annual General body Meeting on 23 Sep 2012. Arjuna Rao Chavala, President welcomed the members to the meeting. Naveen PF, Secretary presented a brief acc...
Wiki Academy @ Dravidian University 29 Aug 2012 | 12:10 pm
Conducting Wiki Academy @ Dravidian university on 6 Aug 2012, is a special experience as majority of the audience was from the teaching staff. It is also the first ever multi lingual Wiki Academy co...
