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== ಪೀಠಿಕೆ ==
Kannada is a language spoken primarily by people living in the state of Karnataka. There are about 50 million Kannada speakers of this language, which has more than 2000 years of history. Kannada also has a rich literary legacy. It was declared a '''classical language''' by the Government of India in October 2008<ref name="ftn1"> "Declaration of Telugu and Kannada as classical languages". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Culture, Gove(contracted; show full)
** '''Kannada Vaidya Sahithya Parishath''' is a body of Kannada science writers who write specifically on medicinal subjects. The community is very vibrant. But only a small number of them are tech savvy. They will be targeted and trained on becoming Wikipedia. These groups can enrich Kannada Wikipedia with subjects of their field.
** '''Kannada I
itihasa Academy''' (Kannada History Academy) is a body of historians and history writers in Kannada. These people when trained can become good source of history related content. This academy will be contacted and possibilities will be explored. 

* NGO Partnerships 

** '''Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishat''' is a registered body for popular science writing and science popularisation through Kannada. Partnership with them could bring more editors specialised in science writing and will enrich the science section. This association conducts annual Kannada science writers’ training workshop for budding writers. A session on Wikipedia is planned during this workshop. 
** '''Kalike''' is an institution working for the improvement of quality education in government schools of Yadgir district. They have 25 trainers who are well versed with computers, internet and Kannada typing. The group will be trained on editing Wikipedia with an aim that they will contribute high quality content that can be used by children. This can be a potential content for offline Wikipedia that can be used by schools across Karnataka.  

=== ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಸೃಷ್ಠಿ ===

* Theme or topic based content addition

** Women’s day and month: A workshop was conducted to focus on women achievers. This will be followed by month long editing activities to add content on women achievers as well as create new content. 
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