Dear Carolynne,

Thanks for informing us. Welcome to Bangladesh. It would be great opportunity to meet you. We will contact you about the meeting date and time.

I use the Banglalink services and checked the Wikipedia Zero as well. It is working fine.

I have a personal opinion that, when i try to open the site, http://zero.wikipedia.org it redirects to http://en.zero.wikipedia.org. But i believe it would be better if it redirects to http://bn.zero.wikipedia.org. Banglalink is a mobile service provider in Bangladesh so if the default site goes to the Bengali Wikipedia then it would be more helpful for the local users. At the same time it will help us to promote Bengali Wikipedia to all the subscribers of Banglalink.

*-- **Nasir Khan Saikat* Founding Member Wikimedia Bangladesh www.nasirkhn.com

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Lane Rasberry lane@bluerasberry.comwrote:

This is awesome! Wow! Do any of you on this list use Banglalink for service?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

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Hello again! Here are some links to press coverage from the Banglalink Wikipedia Zero announcement last week.

We would love to hear any feedback on how it is going locally.

I will be in Dhaka to meet with our carrier partners on Nov 12-13, and I would welcome the opportunity to meet with some of you as well. Please email me at cschloeder@wikimedia.org if you will have time.

Thanks!

http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/oct/28/banglalink-offers-free-wiki...

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http://www.natunbarta.com/si-tech/2013/10/27/51485/67cfca41241499da7a4837a41...

http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=b41b5873997ec6e13c3f4e01c12...

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So wait -

Did anyone from the Wikimedia Foundation talk with any of the Bangladeshi Wikipedians in setting this up? Did you guys know that this was happening?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury nh@nhasive.com wrote:

Hello Carolynne Schloeder, Nice to know & thanks for informing this. Really it would be great if we meet with u.

I am also little bit use Banglalink zero. You may know Banglalink the first company who start this service in Bangladesh first. So i think its good. See you..

Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive User: nhasive Sysop, Bangla Wikipedia

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Nasir Khan nasir8891@gmail.com wrote:

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Dear Carolynne,

Thanks for informing us. Welcome to Bangladesh. It would be great opportunity to meet you. We will contact you about the meeting date and time.

I use the Banglalink services and checked the Wikipedia Zero as well. It is working fine.

I have a personal opinion that, when i try to open the site, http://zero.wikipedia.org it redirects to http://en.zero.wikipedia.org. But i believe it would be better if it redirects to http://bn.zero.wikipedia.org. Banglalink is a mobile service provider in Bangladesh so if the default site goes to the Bengali Wikipedia then it would be more helpful for the local users. At the same time it will help us to promote Bengali Wikipedia to all the subscribers of Banglalink.

*-- **Nasir Khan Saikat* Founding Member Wikimedia Bangladesh www.nasirkhn.com

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Lane Rasberry lane@bluerasberry.comwrote:

...

This is awesome! Wow! Do any of you on this list use Banglalink for service?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

...

Hello again! Here are some links to press coverage from the Banglalink Wikipedia Zero announcement last week.

We would love to hear any feedback on how it is going locally.

I will be in Dhaka to meet with our carrier partners on Nov 12-13, and I would welcome the opportunity to meet with some of you as well. Please email me at cschloeder@wikimedia.org if you will have time.

Thanks!

http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/oct/28/banglalink-offers-free-wiki...

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http://www.natunbarta.com/si-tech/2013/10/27/51485/67cfca41241499da7a4837a41...

http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=b41b5873997ec6e13c3f4e01c12...

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Dear brother Tonmoy, Please be informed that, Grameenphone has started providing zero wikipedia to its customer. It is possible to use zero.wikipedia.org at free of cost from Grameenphone network. Regards Safwan

On 11/2/13, Tonmoy Khan tonmoy.du@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Lane, We were not involved in the setting up process. However, earlier we knew that WMF had started the process of initiating Wikipedia Zero in Bangladesh, but that was with another mobile operator Grameen Phone (which hasn't started yet). We didn't know about the partnership with Banglalink until recently.

Tonmoy

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Sent from mobile On Nov 2, 2013 1:05 AM, "Lane Rasberry" lane@bluerasberry.com wrote:

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So wait -

Did anyone from the Wikimedia Foundation talk with any of the Bangladeshi Wikipedians in setting this up? Did you guys know that this was happening?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury nh@nhasive.comwrote:

...

Hello Carolynne Schloeder, Nice to know & thanks for informing this. Really it would be great if we meet with u.

I am also little bit use Banglalink zero. You may know Banglalink the first company who start this service in Bangladesh first. So i think its good. See you..

Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive User: nhasive Sysop, Bangla Wikipedia

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Nasir Khan nasir8891@gmail.com wrote:

...

Dear Carolynne,

Thanks for informing us. Welcome to Bangladesh. It would be great opportunity to meet you. We will contact you about the meeting date and time.

I use the Banglalink services and checked the Wikipedia Zero as well. It is working fine.

I have a personal opinion that, when i try to open the site, http://zero.wikipedia.org it redirects to http://en.zero.wikipedia.org. But i believe it would be better if it redirects to http://bn.zero.wikipedia.org. Banglalink is a mobile service provider in Bangladesh so if the default site goes to the Bengali Wikipedia then it would be more helpful for the local users. At the same time it will help us to promote Bengali Wikipedia to all the subscribers of Banglalink.

*-- **Nasir Khan Saikat* Founding Member Wikimedia Bangladesh www.nasirkhn.com

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Lane Rasberry lane@bluerasberry.comwrote:

...

This is awesome! Wow! Do any of you on this list use Banglalink for service?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

...

Hello again! Here are some links to press coverage from the Banglalink Wikipedia Zero announcement last week.

We would love to hear any feedback on how it is going locally.

I will be in Dhaka to meet with our carrier partners on Nov 12-13, and I would welcome the opportunity to meet with some of you as well. Please email me at cschloeder@wikimedia.org if you will have time.

Thanks!

http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/oct/28/banglalink-offers-free-wiki...

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http://www.natunbarta.com/si-tech/2013/10/27/51485/67cfca41241499da7a4837a41...

http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=b41b5873997ec6e13c3f4e01c12...

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I used zero from Banglalink. I totally agree with Nasir Khan, it'd be nice if it redirects to bn wiki.

But overall, it's excellent.

And it's a good news too that GP, at last agreed to get into this - however it's a long time since Mr. Amit Kapoor visited BD. Good follower! [?]

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Munir Hasan munir.hasan@bdosn.org wrote:

Hi Carolynne and Lane,

Thanks for the update.

Last time, when Telenor (Grameen Phone) had been tied up for zero wikipedia, they had had a close collaboration with us. However, Grameen Phone yet to launched effectively service.

As you people are coming, I would rather proposed a formal launching of Banglalink zero wikipedia. We will contract with Banglalink whether they are interested to be a part of it or we will do it from WMBD. Banglalink only send press release to the media and published media add on this occasion only.

I will keep you posted.

Regards

Munir President, Wikimedia Foundation Bangladesh

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 1:05 AM, Lane Rasberry lane@bluerasberry.comwrote:

...

So wait -

Did anyone from the Wikimedia Foundation talk with any of the Bangladeshi Wikipedians in setting this up? Did you guys know that this was happening?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury nh@nhasive.comwrote:

...

Hello Carolynne Schloeder, Nice to know & thanks for informing this. Really it would be great if we meet with u.

I am also little bit use Banglalink zero. You may know Banglalink the first company who start this service in Bangladesh first. So i think its good. See you..

Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive User: nhasive Sysop, Bangla Wikipedia

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Nasir Khan nasir8891@gmail.com wrote:

...

Dear Carolynne,

Thanks for informing us. Welcome to Bangladesh. It would be great opportunity to meet you. We will contact you about the meeting date and time.

I use the Banglalink services and checked the Wikipedia Zero as well. It is working fine.

I have a personal opinion that, when i try to open the site, http://zero.wikipedia.org it redirects to http://en.zero.wikipedia.org. But i believe it would be better if it redirects to http://bn.zero.wikipedia.org. Banglalink is a mobile service provider in Bangladesh so if the default site goes to the Bengali Wikipedia then it would be more helpful for the local users. At the same time it will help us to promote Bengali Wikipedia to all the subscribers of Banglalink.

*-- **Nasir Khan Saikat* Founding Member Wikimedia Bangladesh www.nasirkhn.com

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Lane Rasberry lane@bluerasberry.comwrote:

...

This is awesome! Wow! Do any of you on this list use Banglalink for service?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

...

Hello again! Here are some links to press coverage from the Banglalink Wikipedia Zero announcement last week.

We would love to hear any feedback on how it is going locally.

I will be in Dhaka to meet with our carrier partners on Nov 12-13, and I would welcome the opportunity to meet with some of you as well. Please email me at cschloeder@wikimedia.org if you will have time.

Thanks!

http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/oct/28/banglalink-offers-free-wiki...

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http://www.natunbarta.com/si-tech/2013/10/27/51485/67cfca41241499da7a4837a41...

http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=b41b5873997ec6e13c3f4e01c12...

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Hello Carolynne and Lane, Currently the Banglalink redirects this offer to English Wikipedia, but it would be more effective if there were options for access to both Bengali and English Wikipedia. And we'd like to meet with you while you are in Dhaka.

Regards, Tanweer

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Sekender Badsha badsha_eee@yahoo.comwrote:

I'm a Banglalink user, but haven't tried yet.

On Friday, November 1, 2013 11:30 PM, Lane Rasberry < lane@bluerasberry.com> wrote: This is awesome! Wow! Do any of you on this list use Banglalink for service?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hello again! Here are some links to press coverage from the Banglalink Wikipedia Zero announcement last week.

We would love to hear any feedback on how it is going locally.

I will be in Dhaka to meet with our carrier partners on Nov 12-13, and I would welcome the opportunity to meet with some of you as well. Please email me at cschloeder@wikimedia.org if you will have time.

Thanks!

http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/oct/28/banglalink-offers-free-wiki...

http://www.natunbarta.com/si-tech/2013/10/27/51485/67cfca41241499da7a4837a41...

http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=b41b5873997ec6e13c3f4e01c12...

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But looking like that Grameenphone (a company of Telenor group) is providing only Bangla. Regards

On 11/2/13, Tanweer Morshed wiki.tanweer@gmail.com wrote:

Hello Carolynne and Lane, Currently Banglalink redirects this offer to English Wikipedia, but it would be more effective if there were options for access to both Bengali and English Wikipedia. And we'd like to meet with you while you are in Dhaka.

Regards, Tanweer

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Sekender Badsha badsha_eee@yahoo.comwrote:

...

I'm a Banglalink user, but haven't tried yet.

On Friday, November 1, 2013 11:30 PM, Lane Rasberry < lane@bluerasberry.com> wrote: This is awesome! Wow! Do any of you on this list use Banglalink for service?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hello again! Here are some links to press coverage from the Banglalink Wikipedia Zero announcement last week.

We would love to hear any feedback on how it is going locally.

I will be in Dhaka to meet with our carrier partners on Nov 12-13, and I would welcome the opportunity to meet with some of you as well. Please email me at cschloeder@wikimedia.org if you will have time.

Thanks!

http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/oct/28/banglalink-offers-free-wiki...

http://www.natunbarta.com/si-tech/2013/10/27/51485/67cfca41241499da7a4837a41...

http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=b41b5873997ec6e13c3f4e01c12...

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