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,
Thank you Lane for bringing this issue and all your effort to arrange this so far. The work you guys do is amazing.
Quick reply: arranging a meetup won't be an issue, but workshop requires space and facility which is in need of invites from interested institutions. WMBD can try to arrange something like this, but any hints about the possible date of Doc James' schedule would be nice.
Personal safety will not be an issue in my opinion.
T.
-- Tanvir Rahman Community Fellow Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. On 24 Apr, 2013 7:52 PM, "Lane Rasberry" lane@bluerasberry.com wrote:
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@bluerasberry.com
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Nice to hear from you Lane:) Glad that you are thinking to work with wiki-community in Bangladesh. As Tanvir mentioned, it would be helpful if we get the dates of Jame's visit in Dhaka & don't worry about security issues.
Thanks Tonmoy
Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy) Treasurer Wikimedia Bangladesh
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On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Tanvir Rahman tanvir@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thank you Lane for bringing this issue and all your effort to arrange this so far. The work you guys do is amazing.
Quick reply: arranging a meetup won't be an issue, but workshop requires space and facility which is in need of invites from interested institutions. WMBD can try to arrange something like this, but any hints about the possible date of Doc James' schedule would be nice.
Personal safety will not be an issue in my opinion.
T.
-- Tanvir Rahman Community Fellow Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. On 24 Apr, 2013 7:52 PM, "Lane Rasberry" lane@bluerasberry.com wrote:
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@bluerasberry.com
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Note: Previous reply was sent by me as a WMBD representative and not as a WMF employee. The message was sent from the wrong e-mail address by mistake. Sorry for any confusion if there is one!
Best, T.
-- Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir
Hi Lane, Thanks for your mail. We also happy to meet with you when you come Bangladesh. As Tanvir mention arranging a meetup won't be an issue. You just confirm the of Doc James' schedule.
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Tanvir Rahman wikitanvir@gmail.com wrote:
Note: Previous reply was sent by me as a WMBD representative and not as a WMF employee. The message was sent from the wrong e-mail address by mistake. Sorry for any confusion if there is one!
Best, T.
-- Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir
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Hi Lane,
We can take an attempt to arrange a workshop, with medical students or some intern doctors but can't guarantee it for the time being. The Medical students here have a lot in their plate most of the time.
Security won't be a big issue. We can take care of that.
At first we need a possible date.
Regards,
--- Shabab Mustafa
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive nh@nhasive.comwrote:
Hi Lane, Thanks for your mail. We also happy to meet with you when you come Bangladesh. As Tanvir mention arranging a meetup won't be an issue. You just confirm the of Doc James' schedule.
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Tanvir Rahman wikitanvir@gmail.comwrote:
Note: Previous reply was sent by me as a WMBD representative and not as a WMF employee. The message was sent from the wrong e-mail address by mistake. Sorry for any confusion if there is one!
Best, T.
-- Tanvir Rahman Wikitanvir
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