Completely agreed with both Tanmay and Bodhisattwa. We must not have any
discrimination towards or against any of the language Wikis on our country,
especially such a large one.
Another language that has been clearly excluded is English. Even though
there are many English speakers in the country and it will be among the
first languages for outreach programs in schools and colleges across the
country, the language has been completely excluded from all outreach
programs and budgets from the CIS. This is not acceptable for the future of
Wikimedia in India
Regards,
Soni
User:Soni
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 11:22 AM, TANMAY BIR <tanmaybir(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> i do fully agree with mr. bodhisattwa mondal. as the second largest in
> india and the fifth largest language over the world bengali language
> should get more and more importance from the CIS-A2K. if bengali wiki
> community get the right opportunity they will make a revolution in
> knowledge world, i belief it from my heart. go ahead bodhi, place your
> justified demand ...
>
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> *উইকিপিডিয়া:বাংলা_উইকিপিডিয়ার_দশম_প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী/কমিটি
> <
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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Wikipedia_10th_Anniversary_Celebrat…
> >
> *
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> উইকিপিডিয়া:কর্মশালা/বিদ্যাসাগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
> <
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> * Skype id: tanmay.bir
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> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > CIS-A2K is allocating huge amount of budget on only five Indian
> languages.
> > I dont know how other language communities, including my own Bengali,
> will
> > provide feedback on that. We do not fall in the so-called Focused
> Language
> > Area (FLA) of CIS-A2K and our feedback dont matter at all.
> >
> > CIS has been requesting millions of dollars from WMF every year on their
> > so-called 5 focused language areas and doing all kind of propaganda about
> > their so-called progress, in social media, blogs and meta, sometimes
> > claiming volunteer events as their own success. Still I can say, that
> other
> > non-FLA volunteer Indian communities, including Bengali, are working
> > on-wiki silently on their own without any/very little monetary or
> > organizational support and progressing a lot more than funded Wikimedia
> > projects and I am proud of that as a community member.
> >
> > As India is not a country of only 5 languages, this Focused language
> > concept is completely faulty to me and this shows clear discrimination to
> > other language communities.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bodhisattwa
> >
> > On 2 April 2016 at 16:56, Tito Dutta <trulytito(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > We want to inform you that CIS-A2K team has submitted workplan and
> > proposal
> > > for the year 2016-2017. These are the details:
> > >
> > > - Link to Workplan :
> > >
> >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Work_plan_July_2016_-_June_2017
> > > - Link to proposal :
> > >
> > >
> >
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round2/The_C…
> > > - Link to strategic plan :
> > >
> > >
> >
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Strategic_plan_June_2016_-_July_2018
> > > - Link to budget :
> > >
> > >
> >
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Work_plan_July_2016_-_June_2017/Bud…
> > >
> > >
> > > Please provide your valuable feedback here:
> > > Regards
> > > Tito Dutta
> > > Programme Associate
> > > CIS-A2K
> > >