Hello Wikimedia Bangladesh,
I have contacted a few of you directly and I am sorry that I have not
contacted others of you, but thank you for meeting me when I was in
Bangladesh in February. I appreciate the interest that you all have in
Wikipedia and I want to find ways to support the Bangladesh chapter and
development of Bangla Wikipedia more.
As I told some of you, I develop health articles on Wikipedia. WikiProject
Medicine is one of the most active community collaborations on Wikipedia,
and one of the most active Wikipedians in this group is "Doc James" Heilman
(user:jmh649), who is an emergency room physician in Canada. Among other
things, Doc James is an organizer for the "WikiProject Medicine Translation
Task Force" and a member of a proposed thematic organization to support
Wikipedians developing health articles, Wiki Project Med.
The Translation Task Force seeks to translate health articles from English
Wikipedia into every other language, and especially for Wikipedia projects
with few articles. I think you all are aware that Bangla Wikipedia is one
of the smaller communities despite Bangla being one of the most spoken
languages in terms of numbers of speakers, so many people are interested in
seeing Bangla Wikipedia get more and better articles.
I am writing today because Doc James would like someday to visit Bangladesh
and promote the development of health articles in Bangla Wikipedia, and to
talk about Wikipedia in general with doctors, medical students, and health
organizations. Two of his concerns would be getting local promotion for any
talks or workshops he would give, and also his personal safety if there is
political unrest in the streets.
James will be in the region soon for only a day, and he could visit Dhaka.
If he were in Dhaka for a day, could someone at Wikimedia Bangladesh
arrange for him to be invited to give a talk at a university or medical
school?
Thanks for your attention. I myself hope to visit Dhaka again and work more
closely with you all and other Wikipedians.
yours,
--
Lane Rasberry
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com