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<strong>MediaWiki has been installed.</strong>
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Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
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  <h1 style="border-bottom: none; color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0; font-size: 2.2em; font-weight: 700;">Enhancing Scientific Wiki Articles in Indic Languages</h1>
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    Bridging the knowledge gap for the majority of India's population — making science, biodiversity, and innovation accessible in <strong>Hindi</strong> and <strong>Telugu</strong>.
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      <strong>Dr. Radhika Mamidi</strong> · <span style="opacity: 0.9;">Principal Investigator · LTRC, IIIT Hyderabad</span>
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== Getting started ==
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* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
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* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
  <span style="color: #2b6cb0; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; font-size: 0.85em;">The Mission</span>
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list]
  <h2 style="border-bottom: none; margin-top: 5px; color: #1a202c; font-size: 1.8em;">Democratizing Scientific Knowledge</h2>
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
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* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]


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    <div style="font-size: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;">🌐</div>
    <h3 style="border-bottom: none; margin-top: 0; color: #2d3748; font-size: 1.25em;">The Knowledge Gap</h3>
    <p style="color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 0.95em;">
      India records 117 million daily Wikipedia views, yet the vast majority of scientific content remains locked in English — out of reach for most Indian-language readers. We are fixing this at scale.
    </p>
  </div>
 
  <!-- Card 2 -->
  <div style="background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 10px; padding: 22px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.03);">
    <div style="font-size: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;">🇮🇳</div>
    <h3 style="border-bottom: none; margin-top: 0; color: #2d3748; font-size: 1.25em;">Language Empowerment</h3>
    <p style="color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 0.95em;">
      Inspired by the success of native-language knowledge platforms elsewhere in the world, we are building a lasting Indian-language scientific corpus for generations to come.
    </p>
  </div>
 
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  <div style="background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 10px; padding: 22px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.03);">
    <div style="font-size: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;">🔬</div>
    <h3 style="border-bottom: none; margin-top: 0; color: #2d3748; font-size: 1.25em;">Scientific Coverage</h3>
    <p style="color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 0.95em;">
      From biological sciences and chemistry to biodiversity, species taxonomy, and landmark inventions — every domain covered in both Hindi and Telugu.
    </p>
  </div>
 
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  <div style="background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 10px; padding: 22px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.03);">
    <div style="font-size: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;">🤖</div>
    <h3 style="border-bottom: none; margin-top: 0; color: #2d3748; font-size: 1.25em;">AI-Powered Scale</h3>
    <p style="color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 0.95em;">
      Automated bot pipelines and NLP translation tools allow us to process WikiData and WikiSpecies at a scale impossible with manual effort alone.
    </p>
  </div>
 
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    <h2 style="border-bottom: none; margin-top: 0; color: #1a202c; font-size: 1.6em;">Automated Technological Pipeline</h2>
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  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 15px;">
   
    <!-- Step 1 -->
    <div style="display: flex; align-items: flex-start; background: #ffffff; padding: 15px 20px; border-radius: 8px; border-left: 4px solid #3182ce; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);">
      <span style="font-weight: 800; color: #3182ce; font-size: 1.2em; min-width: 35px;">01</span>
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        <strong style="color: #2d3748; font-size: 1.05em;">🗄️ Data Sourcing</strong>
        <p style="margin: 3px 0 0 0; color: #4a5568; font-size: 0.95em;">Harvesting structured data from WikiData and WikiSpecies — over 800,000 species entries.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
 
    <!-- Step 2 -->
    <div style="display: flex; align-items: flex-start; background: #ffffff; padding: 15px 20px; border-radius: 8px; border-left: 4px solid #3182ce; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);">
      <span style="font-weight: 800; color: #3182ce; font-size: 1.2em; min-width: 35px;">02</span>
      <div>
        <strong style="color: #2d3748; font-size: 1.05em;">🤖 Bot Creation</strong>
        <p style="margin: 3px 0 0 0; color: #4a5568; font-size: 0.95em;">Automated Wikipedia bots programmed to generate, format, and upload article skeletons.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
 
    <!-- Step 3 -->
    <div style="display: flex; align-items: flex-start; background: #ffffff; padding: 15px 20px; border-radius: 8px; border-left: 4px solid #3182ce; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);">
      <span style="font-weight: 800; color: #3182ce; font-size: 1.2em; min-width: 35px;">03</span>
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        <strong style="color: #2d3748; font-size: 1.05em;">🔤 NLP Translation</strong>
        <p style="margin: 3px 0 0 0; color: #4a5568; font-size: 0.95em;">Translation models fine-tuned on low-resource Indic language corpora.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
 
    <!-- Step 4 -->
    <div style="display: flex; align-items: flex-start; background: #ffffff; padding: 15px 20px; border-radius: 8px; border-left: 4px solid #3182ce; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);">
      <span style="font-weight: 800; color: #3182ce; font-size: 1.2em; min-width: 35px;">04</span>
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        <strong style="color: #2d3748; font-size: 1.05em;">✅ Quality Review</strong>
        <p style="margin: 3px 0 0 0; color: #4a5568; font-size: 0.95em;">Human-in-the-loop validation by LTRC linguists and domain experts before publication.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
 
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    <div style="display: flex; align-items: flex-start; background: #ffffff; padding: 15px 20px; border-radius: 8px; border-left: 4px solid #3182ce; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);">
      <span style="font-weight: 800; color: #3182ce; font-size: 1.2em; min-width: 35px;">05</span>
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        <strong style="color: #2d3748; font-size: 1.05em;">🌍 Open Release</strong>
        <p style="margin: 3px 0 0 0; color: #4a5568; font-size: 0.95em;">All tools, datasets, and corpora released open-source for the global research community.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
 
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  <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 25px;">
    <span style="color: #2b6cb0; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; font-size: 0.85em;">Our Team</span>
    <h2 style="border-bottom: none; margin-top: 5px; color: #1a202c; font-size: 1.6em;">Contributing Interns</h2>
    <p style="color: #718096; font-size: 0.95em; margin-top: 5px;">Recognizing the student researchers and contributors building and reviewing Indic scientific content.</p>
  </div>
 
  <!-- INTERN AVATAR GRID -->
  <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(130px, 1fr)); gap: 15px; text-align: center;">
 
    <!-- Intern 1 -->
    <div style="background: #f7fafc; border: 1px solid #edf2f7; padding: 15px 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
      <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background: #3182ce; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 50%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin: 0 auto 10px auto;">K</div>
      <strong style="color: #2d3748; display: block; font-size: 0.95em;">Krupal</strong>
      <span style="color: #a0aec0; font-size: 0.8em;">Contributor</span>
    </div>
 
    <!-- Intern 2 -->
    <div style="background: #f7fafc; border: 1px solid #edf2f7; padding: 15px 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
      <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background: #3182ce; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 50%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin: 0 auto 10px auto;">A</div>
      <strong style="color: #2d3748; display: block; font-size: 0.95em;">Abi</strong>
      <span style="color: #a0aec0; font-size: 0.8em;">Contributor</span>
    </div>
 
    <!-- Intern 3 -->
    <div style="background: #f7fafc; border: 1px solid #edf2f7; padding: 15px 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
      <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background: #3182ce; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 50%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin: 0 auto 10px auto;">R</div>
      <strong style="color: #2d3748; display: block; font-size: 0.95em;">Ram</strong>
      <span style="color: #a0aec0; font-size: 0.8em;">Contributor</span>
    </div>
 
    <!-- Intern 4 -->
    <div style="background: #f7fafc; border: 1px solid #edf2f7; padding: 15px 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
      <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background: #3182ce; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 50%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin: 0 auto 10px auto;">G</div>
      <strong style="color: #2d3748; display: block; font-size: 0.95em;">Gopal</strong>
      <span style="color: #a0aec0; font-size: 0.8em;">Contributor</span>
    </div>
 
    <!-- Intern 5 -->
    <div style="background: #f7fafc; border: 1px solid #edf2f7; padding: 15px 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
      <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background: #3182ce; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 50%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin: 0 auto 10px auto;">S</div>
      <strong style="color: #2d3748; display: block; font-size: 0.95em;">Saudha</strong>
      <span style="color: #a0aec0; font-size: 0.8em;">Contributor</span>
    </div>
 
    <!-- Intern 6 -->
    <div style="background: #f7fafc; border: 1px solid #edf2f7; padding: 15px 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
      <div style="width: 50px; height: 50px; background: #3182ce; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 50%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin: 0 auto 10px auto;">R</div>
      <strong style="color: #2d3748; display: block; font-size: 0.95em;">Raghav</strong>
      <span style="color: #a0aec0; font-size: 0.8em;">Contributor</span>
    </div>
 
  </div>
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Revision as of 12:31, 14 August 2026

Enhancing Scientific Wiki Articles in Indic Languages

Bridging the knowledge gap for the majority of India's population — making science, biodiversity, and innovation accessible in Hindi and Telugu.

RM
     Dr. Radhika Mamidi · Principal Investigator · LTRC, IIIT Hyderabad

 The Mission

Democratizing Scientific Knowledge

🌐

The Knowledge Gap

India records 117 million daily Wikipedia views, yet the vast majority of scientific content remains locked in English — out of reach for most Indian-language readers. We are fixing this at scale.

🇮🇳

Language Empowerment

Inspired by the success of native-language knowledge platforms elsewhere in the world, we are building a lasting Indian-language scientific corpus for generations to come.

🔬

Scientific Coverage

From biological sciences and chemistry to biodiversity, species taxonomy, and landmark inventions — every domain covered in both Hindi and Telugu.

🤖

AI-Powered Scale

Automated bot pipelines and NLP translation tools allow us to process WikiData and WikiSpecies at a scale impossible with manual effort alone.

Automated Technological Pipeline

     01

       🗄️ Data Sourcing

Harvesting structured data from WikiData and WikiSpecies — over 800,000 species entries.

     02

       🤖 Bot Creation

Automated Wikipedia bots programmed to generate, format, and upload article skeletons.

     03

       🔤 NLP Translation

Translation models fine-tuned on low-resource Indic language corpora.

     04

       ✅ Quality Review

Human-in-the-loop validation by LTRC linguists and domain experts before publication.

     05

       🌍 Open Release

All tools, datasets, and corpora released open-source for the global research community.

   Our Team

Contributing Interns

Recognizing the student researchers and contributors building and reviewing Indic scientific content.

K
     Krupal
     Contributor
A
     Abi
     Contributor
R
     Ram
     Contributor
G
     Gopal
     Contributor
S
     Saudha
     Contributor
R
     Raghav
     Contributor
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