Dear All,
The much awaited project Maithili Wikipedia has been approved by the
Language Committee today. Please see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Maithi…
(some settings are still needed to proceed).
Now we have got the free and open encyclopedia in the second largest
language spoken in Nepal.
I want to thanks each and everyone who contributed in the project. and also
want to thank the Language committee for approving the project.
=== Nepali Wikipedian===
* Mr. Janak Bhatta
* Mr. Saroj Dhakal
* Mr. Ganesh Poudel
* Mr. Ram Prasad Joshi
* Mr. Ramesh Singh Bohora
* Mr. Bijay Chaurasia
* Mr. Naman Bhagat
* Mr. Satish Kumar Dutta
* Mr. Nirmal Dulal
* Mr. Krish Dulal
* Mr. Tulasi Bhagat
=== Indian Wikipedian==
* Mr. Satyam Mishra
* Mr. Muzammil
* Mr. Umeshberma
Happy Editing!
Regards
Biplab Anand
Wikipedians of Nepal
Dear Language Committee and All,
Thanks for approving Maithili Wikipedia. We are more than happy to hear
this news. Now we have got the free and open encyclopedia in the second
largest language spoken in Nepal.
I hope this will open a new arena to develop and share content in one more
of our own languages.
I acknowledge Prof. Dr. Yogendra P. Yadava, Mr. Dharmendra Jha, Mr. Shiv
Bhushan Lal, Mr. Biplav Anand from Nepal and Muzammil and all Maithili
Wikipedians from India for your support for revision and content creation.
I also acknowledge Mr. MF-Warburg, Gerard, Carlos, Alolita, Martin and all
friends from WMF and Language Committee for your support and enthusiasm on
this.
Happy editing!
With best regards
Ganesh K Paudel
Wikimedians of Nepal
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:38 PM, MF-Warburg <mfwarburg(a)googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Dear all,
> thank you for your evaluations of the content of Maithili Wikipedia
> Incubator.
> The Wikimedia Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of the Language
> Committee of Wikimedia, has now, based on yours and others' assessments
> approved the creation of the Maithili Wikipedia as a proper site based on
> the content of the Incubator project.
>
> You will be able to visit (and contribute to) Maithili Wikipedia soon at <
> https://mai.wikipedia.org> (the technical set-up may take some days).
>
> Best regards,
> MF-Warburg
> Member, Language Committee, Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> 2014-10-08 15:15 GMT+02:00 Y.P. Yadava <ypyadava(a)gmail.com>:
>
>> Dear all,
>> I very much appreciate Maithili incubator Wikipedia initiative and would
>> like to contribute to it. Some of the areas of my specialization include
>> linguistic studies in Maithili and other Nepalese languages and their
>> application to mother tongue-based multilingual education ( MLE). Please
>> brief me about the template of the Wikipedia entries to facilitate me to
>> send in my contributions.
>> Wish you success in this momentous task.
>> Yogendra P. Yadava, PhD
>> Professor (Linguistics, retired)
>> Tribhuvan University
>> Kathmandu, Nepal
>> &
>> Life Member
>> Nepal Academy
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Oct 8, 2014, at 4:21 PM, Dharmendra Jha <djanakpur(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I Have visited Maithili Wikipedia. It is fantastic. It is great job. I
>> have randomly seen some article in this Wikipedia. I found they all are
>> written in Maithili. I wish for the success of Maithili Wikipedia.
>> Best
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:44 PM, <shiv.lal(a)ntc.net.np> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Ganesh ji & Mr. MF-Warburg,
>>>
>>> I have reviewed the following articles randomly and found all content
>>> written in Maithili lanugage.
>>>
>>> http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mai/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AE%E0%A…
>>>
>>>
>>> http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mai/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A…
>>>
>>>
>>> http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mai/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A…
>>>
>>>
>>> I wish for the success of Maithili Wikipedia.
>>>
>>> Regars
>>>
>>> Shiv Bhushan Lal
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > Prof. Dr. Haribansa Jha, Economist, Maithili Scholar
>>> > Prof. Dr. Yogendra Prasad Yadav, Maithili Linguist
>>> > Dr. Ram Dayal Rakesh, Writer, Maithili Scholar
>>> > Mr. Shiv Bhushan Lal, Advisor, Wikimedia Nepal
>>> > Mr. Dharmendra Jha, Writer, Journalist and Former President of
>>> Federation
>>> > of Nepalese Journalists
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Dear Sirs,
>>> > Wikipedia is a free and open source online encyclopedia made by the
>>> > individual efforts of volunteers. Wikipedia
>>> >
>>> > can be edited by every individual.
>>> > Wikipedia is made in 287 languages in the world. Many language
>>> Wikipedia
>>> > are in test now.
>>> >
>>> > We have been testing Maithili Wikipedia since 2008. Now the Wikipedia
>>> has
>>> > got over 1,100 pages. It has got a
>>> >
>>> > pretty good number of volunteers contributors.
>>> > https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mai/Main_Page
>>> >
>>> > Now the Maithili Wikipedia has met all requirements needed to a Full
>>> Wiki.
>>> > The language committee in the Wikimedia Foundation will approve it when
>>> > scholars (renowned linguists, writers,
>>> >
>>> > professors) will approve the existing content. We need your big favour
>>> in
>>> > this regard.
>>> >
>>> > What we request you to do is You have to go through any three random
>>> pages
>>> > of your choice in the Maithili Wiki
>>> >
>>> > test, read the content and tell whether it is written in Maithili
>>> language
>>> > or not.
>>> >
>>> > This revision will support the entire Maithili Wikipedia community to
>>> have
>>> > full Wikipedia in our language.
>>> >
>>> > The link of Maithili Wikipedia article index is as follows
>>> > https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Wp/mai
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > or you can find any article by typing in the search box at the top
>>> right.
>>> >
>>> > This test wiki may contain very short articles like one liners. If you
>>> > selected very short one, please skip to
>>> >
>>> > another one.
>>> >
>>> > If you have any difficulty or confusion, feel free to contact us.
>>> >
>>> > With best regards
>>> > Ganesh K. Paudel
>>> > Wikipedian/Wikimedian
>>> > Wikimedia Nepal
>>> > (Affiliated as Wikimedians of Nepal)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 10:15 PM, MF-Warburg <mfwarburg(a)googlemail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hello Muzammil and Ganesh,
>>> >>
>>> >> the activity of Maithili Wikipedia in Incubator is now acceptable for
>>> >> approval indeed.
>>> >> The Language committee is willing to approve it, but usually for the
>>> >> first
>>> >> Wikimedia project in a language, we contact a linguist or other
>>> scholar
>>> >> who
>>> >> is an expert in the language, and ask him to verify that the content
>>> in
>>> >> Incubator is indeed written in this language (as I already explained
>>> to
>>> >> Ganesh when we talked in London).
>>> >>
>>> >> Do you know any such linguists/expert on Maithili language which
>>> LangCom
>>> >> could contact for this verification?
>>> >> Best regards,
>>> >> MF-Warburg
>>> >>
>>> >> 2014-09-29 22:00 GMT+02:00 Hindustanilanguage <
>>> >> muzammil.wikipedian(a)asia.com>:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Dear MF Warburg,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Greetings.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We are working quite intensely for an independent Maithili Wikipedia.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Can you can probably see a brief list of our efforts:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 1) Activity level has increased - 16 active users and about 60
>>> overall
>>> >>> users (from the link you had earlier shared with me).
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 2) Wikimedia blog (see:
>>> >>>
>>> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikipe…
>>> >>> )
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 3) Growing social media activity for the Wikipedia:
>>> >>> https://www.facebook.com/MaithiliWikipedia?fref=ts
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We eagerly await a formal approval from the language committee in
>>> this
>>> >>> direction.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Regards,
>>> >>> Muzammil.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>> This email was sent by Hindustanilanguage to MF-Warburg by the "Email
>>> >>> user" function at Meta.
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>
FYI ,
Hope you are aware of what people are doing .
Thanks,
Saroj
2014-10-07 16:38 GMT+05:45 muzammil <muzammil.wikipedia(a)gmail.com>:
> Dear Rajesh,
>
> Can I give out your email to Warburg either as reply-mail or on his talk
> page?
>
> You might be asked a series of questions pertaining to the existing
> content on the incubator project, especially the fact that it is indeed
> Maithili.
>
> --Muzammil
>
> On 07-10-2014 13:15, Rajesh Ranjan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks Sudhanwa jee for asking me to comment here.
>
> I know Maithili and worked for Maithili Desktop with project like Fedora,
> Firefox, Libreoffice, Gnome, KDE. I am also associate with Maithili
> wikipedia process.
>
> Amir also asked me for the feedback weeks before. This language is
> Maithili and I know the community working in Maithili Wikipedia. I think,
> Maithili Wikipedia creation should be approved.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Tejaswini Niranjana <teju(a)cscs.res.in>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Muzammil,
>> You could try getting in touch with Prof.Uday Narayan Singh, a famous
>> Maithili poet and linguist. See: http://www.udayanarayana.com/. His
>> phone number and address are available from this site.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tejaswini
>>
>> On 6 October 2014 17:52, muzammil <muzammil.wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear friends,
>>>
>>> I am pleased to inform you that the language committee is ready to
>>> approve independent Maithili Wikipedia project.[1]
>>>
>>> In a related development, a separate mailing list for the language which
>>> was denied earlier has been approved on my request for reconsideration. [2]
>>>
>>> I just need an endorsement from Maithili language experts that the
>>> painstakingly developed content in the incubator project (
>>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Wp/mai) is
>>> that of the language and NOT ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
>>>
>>> I request help from any friendly quarter -- WMIN / CIS / other
>>> volunteers in this direction.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Muzammil
>>>
>>> [1] *Email feom Language Committee Member WF Warburg*:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Muzammil and Ganesh,
>>>
>>> the activity of Maithili Wikipedia in Incubator is now acceptable for
>>> approval indeed.
>>> The Language committee is willing to approve it, but usually for the
>>> first Wikimedia project in a language, we contact a linguist or other
>>> scholar who is an expert in the language, and ask him to verify that the
>>> content in Incubator is indeed written in this language (as I already
>>> explained to Ganesh when we talked in London).
>>>
>>> Do you know any such linguists/expert on Maithili language which
>>> LangCom could contact for this verification?
>>> Best regards,
>>> MF-Warburg
>>>
>>> [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44938
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> Visiting Professor - Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
>> Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Humanities, Lingnan University, Hong
>> Kong
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Dear Wikipedian/Wikimedian,
As you might be aware that the Software Freedom Day is being celebrated
this 20th September across the world. Various open communities in the
leadership of FOSS Nepal community are celebrating this event in Nepal as
well.
As a prominent stakeholder of open source and open knowledge movement
Wikimedians of Nepal is also participating in the event.
The program framework for this year's SFD is slightly changed. We are
focusing upon communities enrichment activities. Therefore this event will
be an enrich program rather than outreach.
I request all Wikipedians and Wikimedians to participate in the event with
your valuable ideas to plan the future of Free and Open Source ecosystems
in Nepal.
Event Summary:
Event Name: Software Freedom Day 2014, Nepal
Date:Saturday 20th September, 2014
Time:11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Trade Tower, Thapathali, Kathmandu
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/27.69221/85.31945&layers=N>
The event detail can be viewed/discussed here.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Nepal/Software_Freedom_Day_2014_N…
With best regards
Ganesh K. Paudel
Wikimedians of Nepal
Dear All,
As some of you might already updated and engaged with/ about various
discussions going on in different forums of IT and Open Ecosystems about
upcoming programs/events in Nepal. I would like to seek the opinion of the
Community on following upcoming programs where we can present, build
technical capacity, advocate and raise awareness about Nepalese Wikipedia,
and our ongoing Wiki Loves Monuments.
Following are the three upcoming IT programs in Nepal, and I hope, if we
have sufficient lead/volunteers and human resources for these days, we can
request and get space for showcasing Nepalese Wikipedia the work and
raising awareness and or enhance user base.
1. The first program is CAN SoftTech from September 11-14, 2014 ( Thursday
-Sunday). Its going to be held in Brikuti Mandap. Free and Open Source
Community have been allocated a stall A-37, where we can distribute the
Wikipedia/WLM brochures and leaflets along with presenting the videos that
we have produced on Nepali Wikipedia. Please do share if some of us can
lead/ volunteer for this event from Nepali Wikipedians. And use this space
to talk and interact with a large audience about Wikipedia and/or ongoing
Wiki Loves Monuments competition. As the exhibitors will need special
Pass/Entrance ID card for CAN SoftTech, please do suggest your name ASAP.
2. The Second program is National Science Day September 17-18, 2014
(Wednesday and Thursday). The program is going to be organized at the BP
Planitorium, TU, Kirtipur, which is going to be inaugurated by Prime
Minster on 17th. The Science Day is being by the Ministry of Science,
Technology and Environment, GoN and I am one the member of the organizing
committee. There are many communities coming up for showcasing the work in
IT, science and technology being developed, innovated in Nepal. If we have
sufficient number of volunteers for this program as well, I hope I will be
able to request for one independent stall for Nepalese Wikipedia. Please do
share if some of us might be able to take out two days and volunteer for
this program.
3. The third and final (to this email list) of event is upcoming Software
Freedom Day. The SFD is to be celebrated on September 20th (Saturday).
Unlike last year, this year the FOSS Nepal Community is planning to host
the program with facilitating a platform for discussion and interaction
with and among various Open Communities as has been in the top of
discussion agenda since last Open Data Day program. Please do share if
there is any activities that we as Nepali Wikipedians can propose for this
SFD celebration this year.
Apologies for the long email,
With kind regards,
Hempal Shrestha
FOSS Solutions : A Knowledge Collaboration Enterprise
G.P.O Box: 5501
1753 Ramshah Path, Near Nepal Share Market,
Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
+977-1-4261459 (O) / +977-9851077031(M)
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Good news
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Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-ne] [nepaliwiki] Wikipedia Outreach in NagarjunaCollege
great effort .......Thanks to all
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Saroj Dhakal <lotusnagarkot(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Team,
Outreach at Nagarjuna College of IT went well . 34 Students Joined the program .
Nabin Sapkota and Me presented in the program and we two were only the one present from Wikipedia .
I'd like to thank Bhesh Raj Ji who coordinated the program and College for supporting it .
Thanks,
Saroj
2014-09-07 11:59 GMT+05:45 Ganesh Paudel <gpaudel(a)gmail.com>:
Thanks Prakash Jee and team!
Wish for a successful program. I'm sorry to be unable to join the program.
Regards
Ganesh
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Saroj Dhakal <lotusnagarkot(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Prakash Ji for sharing ,
Please feel free to join if you are interested !
Thanks,
Saroj
2014-09-05 19:00 GMT+05:45 Prakash Neupane <nprkshn(a)gmail.com>:
Hi all
Nepali Wikipedia team is coming to Nagarjuna college, this Sunday for Wikipedia Outreach program ,where they going to teach,demonstrate about the Wikipedia .So I would like to suggest you guys to attend this program on Sunday so that You could get a chance to know about Wikipedia and to meet the amazing people .Here are the persons who are coming that day ...
-Nabin Sapkota, Admin, Nepali Wikipedia and Wiki Loves Earth 2014 organizer
-Nirmal Dulal, Bureaucrat, Nepali Wikipedia
-Saroj Dhakal, Admin, Nepali Wikipedia
Time - 11 am - 1 pm
venue - Nagarjuna college
Message From Bhesh Raj Chhetri
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Hi all
Nepali Wikipedia team is coming to Nagarjuna college, this Sunday for
Wikipedia Outreach program ,where they going to teach,demonstrate about the
Wikipedia .So I would like to suggest you guys to attend this program on
Sunday so that You could get a chance to know about Wikipedia and to meet
the amazing people .Here are the persons who are coming that day ...
-Nabin Sapkota, Admin, Nepali Wikipedia and Wiki Loves Earth 2014 organizer
-Nirmal Dulal, Bureaucrat, Nepali Wikipedia
-Saroj Dhakal, Admin, Nepali Wikipedia
Time - 11 am - 1 pm
venue - Nagarjuna college
Message From Bhesh Raj Chhetri <https://www.facebook.com/chhetri881?fref=nf>
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