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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, Government of India. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2013 [http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=44340 http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=44340]</ref>. Kannada literary figures have won 8 Jnanpith awards, the highest national honour for writers in India<ref name="ftn2"> Bharatiya Jnanpith website [http://www.jnanpith.net/page/jnanpith-laureates http://www.jnanpith.net/page/jnanpith-laureates]</ref>. 
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Karnataka has a literacy rate of 75.6 per cent<ref name="ftn3"> Data from Indian Census 2011 [http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Table-2(3)_literacy.xls http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Table-2(3)_literacy.xls]</ref>. According to a recent survey by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), computer literacy in rural India is 8.4 per cent and internet penetration nationally is 4.6 per cent in rural areas<ref name="ftn4"> Internet in Rural India, IAMAI, June 2012 [http://www.iamai.in/Upload/Research/9320123264601/ICube_2012_Rural_Internet_Final_62.pdf http://www.iamai.in/Upload/Research/9320123264601/ICube_2012_Rural_Internet_Final_62.pdf] 
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</ref>. The figure for Karnataka is 4.8 per cent. One of the important facts which have been found out by the IAMAI survey is that the main use of internet in rural India is for education purposes. Evidently, people are using the internet for acquiring knowledge<ref name="ftn5"> Internet in Rural India, IAMAI, June 2012, Page 2 [http://www.iamai.in/Upload/Research/9320123264601/ICube_2012_Rural_Internet_Final_62.pdf http://www.iamai.in/Upload/Research/9320123264601/ICube_2012_Rural_Internet_Final_62.pdf] 
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</ref>. This also underscores the fact that there is a demand for knowledge in Kannada on the internet.
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Modern writing in Kannada, like in other Indian languages, has been largely in the literary domain, although there is a fair amount of writing on topics related to the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities also<ref name="ftn6"> Survey and Analysis of Social Science Higher Education Material Production Initiative in Kannada, Department of Translation Studies, Kannada University, Hampi
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</ref>. One example is popular science writing. The annual national award for science communication instituted by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India has been bagged by Kannada science writers 8 times<ref name="ftn7"> Department of Science and Technology, Government of India [http://dst.gov.in/ http://dst.gov.in/] 
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Given that Kannada has done substantially well in the field of writing this would be the ideal time to make these resources available through internet. Populating Wikipedia and other sister projects with Kannada materials is a huge step in that direction.
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Kannada Wikipedia, which was started in the month of July 2003,currently has about 13,000 articles. Kannada Wiktionary, started in September 2004, has more than 2,30,000 words. Kannada Wikiquotes and Wikisource are in a nascent stage. 
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If we look at the number of Active Editors over the last two years, it is evident that the Kannada Wikipedia is not doing so well. That many of the active editors have become dormant is a major cause for concern. There is thus an urgent need to not only cultivate new editors but also bring the formerly active editors back into action. 

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== ಗುರುತಿಸಿದ ಅಗತ್ಯಗಳು ==
The number of active editors is very low as is evident from the fact sheet. The A2K team has held meetings with these editors from the Kannada Wikipedia and had discussions on the needs and support requirements of the community. These are listed below:
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=== ಸಮುದಾಯ ===
# As was evidenced in the above fact-sheet the community strongly feels that a large pool of new editors is required to grow the Kannada Wikipedia. Towards this end, the community suggested that we hold various Training Workshops. However, it was also felt that these workshops should be tailored to specific requirements. The following sets of people were identified:
# People who know how to use computers and internet but don’t know how to type in Kannada.
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# Quality of the articles on Kannada Wikipedia is debated on the Village Pump and the community has expressed the need to tag and rate the articles, which could in turn result in the improvement of the quality over a period of time.
Based on this initial needs assessment and in consultation with the Kannada Wikipedia community the A2K team has put together the below work-plan towards the improvement and growth of Kannada Wikipedia during 2013-14.

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== ಕ್ರಿಯಾಯೋಜನೆ ==
=== ಸದ್ಯ ಇರುವ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ ಸಮುದಾಯವನ್ನು ಬಲಿಷ್ಠಗೊಳಿಸುವುದು ===
* Advanced User Training: Many existing editors need some training in using the advanced features like creating tables, using mathematical and scientific symbols, adding a category for the articles in Wikipedia or photo in Commons, creating an InfoBox, etc. Imparting these training will increase the number of articles as well as quality of the articles. These trainings will be held at two or three major cities apart from Bangalore.
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* There are many special groups like journalists, activists, and NGOs who have created lot of useful data. Most of them can be brought under creative commons. Efforts will be made in this direction.
== ಗುರಿ ==
The A2K team has committed to achieving the following goals for Kannada Wikipedia, in collaboration with the Kannada Wikipedia community during 2013-14. The progress of work-plan and the outcomes will be reviewed periodically.

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