Wow. Wonderful. Best wishes for all involved in the project. Hope it serves as an eye opener to other states too !!
Regards, J. Balaji. On Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 4:13 PM pavan santhosh <pavansanthos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > Greetings from Telugu Wikipedia community and CIS-A2K! > > The Language and Culture Department of the Government of Telangana and > Digi”Tel” Telangana organized Conference about “Telangana Culture, > Literature, Language and Festivals in Digital Medium[1]” on October 12 and > 13. The event was supported by CIS-A2K where Telugu Wikipedian Pranayraj, > Ajay Bandi and Pavan were part of the event. Some of the outcomes of this > event were: > > - > > 19 Telugu Wikipedians were felicitated by the Government of Telangana > during the event for their effort and contributions on Telugu Wikipedia. > - > > Mamidi Harikrishna, Director of Telangana Language and Culture > Department announced to relicense 8 books into CC-BY license which includes > Magnus opus of the department’s work “Telangana Tejo Murthulu” (Life > sketches of 153 luminaries of Telangana). He also re-licensed oil paintings > of 38 Telangana luminaries into CC-BY license. > > > - > > Yerra Ramarao showcased the “Telangana Village Project[2]” (which is > part of Telugu Village project) in the conference, this project has helped > to improve content about revenue villages of Telangana in Telugu > Wikipedia.[Notes1] Along with him, other Wikipedians also shared their > experiences, ideas, and projects with the participants. > > > - > > The Government of Telangana will publish the papers presented by > writers, historians, and researchers contributing in digital media as a > book under CC-BY license. > > > I would like to thank Pranayraj for his effort in this process and thanks > to Telugu Wikipedia community and my colleagues at CIS-A2K for all their > help and support. > > > [1] > https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/వికీపీడియా:డిజిటల్_మాధ్యమాల్లో_తెలంగాణ_సాహిత్యం,_కళలు,_సంస్కృతి,_పండుగలు_-_సదస్సు > > [2] > https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/వికీపీడియా:వికీప్రాజెక్టు/తెలంగాణ_జిల్లాల,_మండలాల,_గ్రామాల_మార్పుచేర్పుల_జిల్లాల_వారి_సమీక్ష. > > [Notes1] Ramarao updated information and templates according to 2011 > census and Telangana districts' reorganisation > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Telangana#2016> for > more than 9000 Telangana Village articles. > > Best! > > Pavan Santhosh > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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