Hi Everyone, Bengali Wikipedia (http://bn.wikipedia.org ) has reached the milestone of 10,000 articles today. This is the 50th language to reach the milestone, and the 2nd language from South Asia to do so. Bengali is spoken by almost 220-250 million people, making it the 7th largest language in terms of total speakers. Bengali Wikipedia has seen a growth from 500 articles in March 2006 to 10,000 as of now. There are now 20-25 active editors who edit Bengali wikipedia on a regular basis. These editors are mainly from Bangladesh, and also from West Bengal (India). The main thrust has been the Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOsn), and the Bangla Wiki project, which has raised awareness, involved the media, and recruited more editors to work on Bengali Wikipedia. We also have article improvement projects, aiming at having at least 1000 or so Good articles (similar to English wikipedia) by May 2007. Thanks Ragib bn:User:Ragib en:User:Ragib -- Ragib Hasan PhD Student Dept of Computer Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 201 N Goodwin Avenue Urbana IL 61801 Website: http://www.ragibhasan.com http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/www _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l