Centre for Internet and Society - Access To Knowledge

We're excited to announce Learning hours, a monthly learning call by CIS-A2K for Wikimedians to enhance Indic Wikimedians contributions to their projects besides gathering insights about their communities by introducing essential tools.

The Second Learning Hour is scheduled for the coming Monday, 23 December 2024. Considering the feedback received from the previous call, we have reconsidered "QuickStatements" for this upcoming Learning Hour.

Call Details:
Date: 23 December 2024, Monday
Time: 7pm - 8pm, IST
Location: Online
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/91330098660?pwd=HvL8INC70bNbh9Vw2a6bmaArXgnzub.1

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CIS-A2K_LearningHours

Find more details here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Learning_Hours

Congratulations Siddharth VP, Tech Contributor of the year!

This award recognizes the Wikimedia Community members who support Wikimedia's vast technical infrastructure. Siddharth has been a volunteer contributor to Wikimedia projects for over a decade. He created the "Articles for Creation" submission interface, which is the primary way for new Wikipedia users to submit new articles for consideration.

We are excited to announce the 9th iteration of the annual Train-the-Trainer (TTT) event for the year 2024, co-hosted by CIS-A2K and the Odia Wikimedians User Group. This event, scheduled from October 18-20, 2024, in Odisha, aims to cultivate leadership and training skills among active Indic Wikimedians.

The scholarship application is open until Thursday, August 15, 2024. We encourage you to motivate other active Wikimedians to apply.

Scholarship application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeshY7skcMUfevuuzTr57tKr_wwoefrJ9iehq6Gn_R8jl6FmA/viewform

We are pleased to share highlights from the "Future of the Commons" event held in Pune. Over three insightful days, we engaged with diverse stakeholders to discuss the intersection of artificial intelligence, Indian languages, and digital commons.

Our sincere gratitude to MKCL for their collaboration in making this event a success. We look forward to the continued exploration of these vital topics and their impact on our cultural heritage and technological future.

Glimpses from Wiki Technical Training 2024

Wiki Technical Training’ 24, held in Chennai over this weekend, covered essential topics like MediaWiki, Phabricator, templates, SQL, and community tools to empower participants with the knowledge needed to effectively contribute to Wikimedia projects.

Photo Credits: Gopala

Deadline extended!

The photography competition will be accepting entries till the 8th of June 2024. Don't miss this opportunity, submit your photos now!

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Tribal_Culture_Photography_Competition

Calling all photographers to join our Tribal Culture Photography Competition showcasing the rich tapestry of Indian traditions, organized by Santali Wikipedia

Shakuntala Marndi



https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Tribal_Culture_Photography_Competition

Exciting update from Maharashtra!

Our recent Digitisation Workshop for libraries in Maharashtra was a huge success, bringing together 50 members from centennial libraries, digitisation partners, and Wikisource editors. Empowering libraries to preserve rare materials and make them accessible to all, we covered topics like library management systems, outreach strategies, copyright issues, and more.

Stay tuned for updates on events and collaborations ahead!



Picture Credits: PNVM Digitisation team

Kudos to Anoop Rao for translating this month's comic.

We invite you to translate and adapt Adventures of Wiki-Witch to different languages.

We are back with Adventures of Wiki-Witch!

This month, Wiki-Witch invites you to participate in Wiki Loves Earth 2024.

Visit link for more details on Wiki Loves Earth: https://wikilovesearth.org

Wiki Loves Earth India

Wiki Loves Mangaluru 2024 - Photography Competition, where you can capture your own images and upload on Wikimedia Commons. This competition aims to collect images of various aspects of Mangaluru City. This Competition starts from today (10th May) & ends on 10th June 2024

There will also be a training session to help you prepare for the competition and enhance your photography skills, and also technical training on Wikimedia Commons for new users.

Training Session Details:

🗓️ Date: 13th May 2024
⏰ Time: 4.30pm
🏫 Venue: Animation Lab, (St Aloysius Deemed to be University)

You can get more details here and add your name username on this page:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Mangaluru_2024

Submit your proposals before May 15th to be part of She Leads, a dedicated support program to foster women leadership. Here's to bridging the gender gap and creating a more inclusive and diverse environment together!

Link for more details: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/She_Leads

Wiki Loves Vizag winners announced!
Congrats to the champs and kudos to organizers for enriching Wikimedia Commons with Visakhapatnam's beauty.

We look forward to collaborating on more projects like this.

Idupulapati Mahesh