On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:13 PM, Arun Ganesh wrote:

This article in today's Times of India left me puzzled. This is not related to the Urdu wikipedia is it?
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Mooted by the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), instituted by the human resource development ministry, the project is likely to be up and running in June.
 
Article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Urdu-Wikipedia-to-be-up-and-running-in-June/articleshow/13695535.cms 


Shiju and I are meeting up with the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language on Monday to understand this better and explore any opportunities that might be there.  There have been attempts in the past to try and build a (similar-ish model) to Wikipedia (such as bharatpedia) - but we need to learn more about this particular initiative.

hisham