workshop – OKFN: LOCAL Bangladesh http://bd.okfn.org A local group of the open knowledge foundation Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:17:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 113449452 Workshop on Wikipedia and Open Source Software held in WUB http://bd.okfn.org/2013/08/31/workshop-on-wikipedia-and-open-source-software-held-in-wub/ http://bd.okfn.org/2013/08/31/workshop-on-wikipedia-and-open-source-software-held-in-wub/#respond Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:04:31 +0000 https://bd.okfn.org/?p=57 Workshop on WUB

A daylong seminar and workshop on Bangla Wikipedia and Open Source software held in auditorium of World University of Bangladesh, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. In addition to the CSE fest of the university Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) organized the seminar on the second day. The workshop supported by the Open Knowledge Foundation Network Bangladesh (OKFnBD) and the Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN). At the workshop discussion was held on how to write Wikipedia article, edit policy, add pictures, add new data and the reference method. In addition, the use of open source software, how to add images to Wikimedia Commons, themes on Open Knowledge and detailed discussions analysed at the workshop .
Workshop on Bengali Wikipedia and open source software hosted by OKFnBD Ambassador and active Wikipedia editor Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive and Bengali Wikipedia Administrator Nasir Khan Saikat.

Program photo available this address: http://goo.gl/2nbSIL

Some Bangladeshi leading media published this news. Some link:

* The Daily Prothom Alo

* The Daily Kaler Kantho

* Priyo Tech News

* Bangla News 24

* C News Voice

* Natun Barta

* TechZoom 24

]]> http://bd.okfn.org/2013/08/31/workshop-on-wikipedia-and-open-source-software-held-in-wub/feed/ 0 57 Wikipedia workshop held at Rajshahi University http://bd.okfn.org/2013/08/22/wikipedia-workshop-held-at-rajshahi-university/ Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:22:53 +0000 https://bd.okfn.org/?p=41 To enriched the article of Bangla Wikipedia (http://bn.wikipedia.org) a workshop was held at the campus of Rajshahi University. Career Club of the University organized the workshop in collaboration with the Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) and the Open Knowledge Foundation Network Bangladesh (OKFnBD). The workshop was held on Saturday at the University Dean Complex, where the resource person described on enrichment of the encyclopedia articles, images, data, and also add new methods are discussed. More then 250 students took part at the workshop.
At the end of the workshop the Vice-Chancellor of the Prof. Dr. Mijan Uddin gave a speech on the issue. He welcomed such types of initiatives which are being going to helpful for the students. Among other guest University Students Adviser Professor Sadequl Arefin, Proctor Tarikul Hasan, Public Relations Administrator Ilehas Hossain, Career Club president Syed Abdullah attend the workshop. At the workshop OKFn Bangladesh Ambassador Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive and Wikipedian Zahid Hossain Khan share the way of the enrichment of the Wikipedia and the usages of the Open Source Sotware.
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