Hi All,
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/04/29/comprehnsive-evaluation-of-wiki-contri…
Blog post released on the new process we pioneered & followed for
recognizing wikimedians for KLRWP awards given in Telugu Wikipedia
decennial celebrations.
Congratulations to award winners.
Thanks to all Telugu wikipedians. Judging Committee.
Special thanks to Arjuna Rao for the amazing support, contribution &
driving in every stage.
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Thanks & Regards,
A.Radha Krishna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arkrishna
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_…
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.
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
Dear Wikimedians,
Apologies for writing this mail in English. CIS-A2K is glad to share with
you the news about the re-release of the below listed 14 books (13 Odia and
1 English) under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license during the Odisha Day 2014 [1]
celebration in Bhubaneswar. This has been done in collaboration with the
Odia Wikipedia community, Manik Biswanath Smrutinyasa and Kalinga Institute
of Social Sciences (KISS). As some of you may know KISS is one our
institutional partners.
1) 11 Odia books by noted writer and academic Dr. Jagannath Mohanty (we
partnered Manik Biswanath Smrutinyasa Trust, founded by Dr. Mohanty for the
re-release)
2) 2 scholarly books on Odia language by Odia language scholar Subrat
Prusty from Institute of Odia Studies and Research.
3) Classical Odia (in English) co-authored by noted linguist Padmashree
Debiprasanna Pattanayak and Subrat Prusty.
We have also managed to get significant media coverage for this event,
which has got 14 print and web media mentions. [2] We will continue to
bring much more Odia content under free license as per our next year's Odia
Wikipedia work plan [3] and will try to use it to make the Odia Wikisource
live [4].
1. https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:OD14
2. http://goo.gl/s8gvLl
3.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J…
4.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Draft_Work_plan_J…
Best!
Subhashish Panigrahi
Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
@psubhashish