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: A three-day edit-a-thon on adding articles to Tulu Wikipedia was organized between 14-16 August in Mangalore in partnership with Tulu Sahitya Academy and Ramakrishna PU College. 30 Wikipedia editors participated and created about 89 new articles. 12 of these 30 participants crossed more than 10 edits. Some of the new participants faced problems with using the input methods and the Wiki-markup. It is important to note that even though Tulu has its own alphabet called Tigaliri, because of the lack of a free font and input system, and the speakers being well conversant in Kannada, we are using Kannada for the time being. There is a plan to organise a monthly meetup and/or edit-a-thon to continue the momentum these editors have brought in. Tulu Sahitya Academy has kindly supported the event.
* '''Kannada Wikipedia workshop at DSERT:'''
: A Kannada Wikipedia workshop was organized between 18-20 August at Department of State Educational Research and Training to improve science-related articles that are part of the Government of Karnataka's high school syllabus. During the workshop the lecturers were taught about basics of Kannada Wikipedia, editing policies, Kannada input, creating and editing articles on Kannada Wikipedia. U.B. Pavanaja and Tito Dutta from CIS-A2K conducted the workshop, behalf of CIS-A2K.
* '''"Sau Dhuni Teen" project: Wikipedia workshop in TISS, Mumbai:'''
: A two-day multilingual Wikipedia workshop was organized at the Women's Studies Department of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai between 22-24 August. This was an outreach event conducted under the scope of the "Sau Dhuni Teen" project.
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