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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 20:49:50 +0200
From: Tanvir Rahman <wikitanvir@gmail.com>
To: Discussion list for Bangladeshi Wikimedians
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Cc: Carolynne Schloeder <cschloeder@wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-BD] Wikipedia Zero launch & request for user
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That's really an awesome news, Carolynne. Thanks for sharing it.

As you said Banglalink is currently preparing to make an announcement. If
they do a press briefing on it, saying their motivation to promote free
knowledge through Wikipedia, maybe they can do so with the presence of few
Wikipedians from Bangladesh? In that case they can also introduce some real
people behind creating this encyclopedia and motivate other people to
contribute. What doyou think? Do you think WMF can make am arrangement for
this?

T.

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Hello, I recently joined WMF to expand Wikipedia Zero and other mobile
programs. We just did a quiet launch of Wikipedia Zero with Banglalink, and
they are preparing to make an announcement. I would love to write a blog
about Wikipedia users in Bangladesh.

I'm writing now to let you know about the launch, and also to see if
someone in our community would share their story, maybe profile a group,
discuss local trends, etc. I'm very open, just want to share the reader
perspective on Wikipedia (and free access through Wikipedia Zero).

Please let me know if you can help

Thank you so much!

Carolynne

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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:28:40 -0700
From: Carolynne Schloeder <cschloeder@wikimedia.org>
To: wikimedia-bd@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-BD] Fwd: Wikipedia Zero launch & request for user
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It's nice to be part of your discussion list, thank you

@Avijit - you are welcome. And just to clarify, Banglalink has held the
public announcement while they test the implementation in the public
market. I would appreciate it if we could please keep the news under
embargo until Banglalink makes their announcement. We don't want to
diminish the story and lose out on news coverage. I am happy to connect you
to Banglalink's PR team if you would like a scoop. Thanks!

@safwan - that's very important news for me, thank you! We were set up and
testing with Grameenphone, but I didn't know they launched
zero.wikipedia.org publicly. I will reach out to Grameenphone.

 @ragib - thank you! It would be most helpful to chat via google or skype
to brainstorm together. I don't have a preconception, just want to tell the
real story. I will email you directly to see if we can set up a call.
Thanks!

(I was late in joining the mailing list, so pasting Ragib's reply here for
reference)

Hi Carolynne,

That's an awesome news. What type of stories do you want to hear? I've been
involved with the bangla wiki project since 2006 and can discuss the
overall development and growth of the bangla wikipedia. Let me know how I
can help.

Regards,


Ragib






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Date: Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-BD] Wikipedia Zero launch & request for user stories
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It's really a very good news for Bangladeshi Users. Thanks for this news.

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On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Safwan Rahman <safwan.rahman15@gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Carolynne,
> Glad to know this information. Please be informed that, another
> biggest mobile phone operator Grameenphone also started providing free
> Wikipedia to their users. Its possible to browse zero.wikipedia.org
> from their network for free.
> I also hope, they will announce it shortly.
> Regards
> Safwan
>
> On 10/9/13, Carolynne Schloeder <cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > Hello, I recently joined WMF to expand Wikipedia Zero and other mobile
> > programs. We just did a quiet launch of Wikipedia Zero with Banglalink,
> and
> > they are preparing to make an announcement. I would love to write a blog
> > about Wikipedia users in Bangladesh.
> >
> > I'm writing now to let you know about the launch, and also to see if
> > someone in our community would share their story, maybe profile a group,
> > discuss local trends, etc. I'm very open, just want to share the reader
> > perspective on Wikipedia (and free access through Wikipedia Zero).
> >
> > Please let me know if you can help
> >
> > Thank you so much!
> >
> > Carolynne
> >
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> > Carolynne Schloeder
> > Director Mobile Programs
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
>
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