Thanks Siju

for the pointer to celebrate the birthday of the Odia Wiki. we
community members will surely do something here. currently i am in
Odisha and am here till this month end.
Today i got a chance to connect to the Principal & computer teacher of
 My school, SBHS here at cuttack. they sound interested and there is a
potential to host a work shop to 100 students (class 6 to 10th) on
Saturday 21st jan.

pls let me know if any support in form of take away's  (t
shirt/badges/printed faq booklet etc) that cd be possible for this.
also pls community members if few of us could connec to plan properly
for this.

also siju is it possible to mail me foundation official  doc as cover
letter/introduction letter in  about the Wiki workshop targeted to
schools. i think mentioning the success of tamil /Malalayam school
programme can be of help too. i ll take this to school authority with
a event poster may be for generating interest .

hope this will be good pilot project to start similar activity ahead.
waiting to hear from you .

regards
asutosh
M: 91 801 821 5819

On 1/4/12, Shiju Alex <shiju@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> The below message is about the birthday of Indic wikipedias and the

> birthday of Odia (Oriya) wikipedia is on *January 29*. The first edit in

> Odia wikipedia had happened on

> *2004-January-29<http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>
> * which means Odia wikipedia will celebrate 8th anniversary this month.

>
> Thanks
> Shiju Alex
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Shiju Alex <shiju@wikimedia.org>
> Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 6:04 PM
> Subject: Birthday of Indic language wikipedias
> To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Dear Indic wikipedians
>
> One of the aspects that was raised during the discussions with almost all
> Indic language wiki communities was the need to build existing
> communities, motivate existing community members, attract new community
> members by increasing awareness of projects and communities, and to
> celebrate all the possible occasions.
>
> I have a suggestion that can contribute to all of these in some manner. The
> suggestion is to celebrate the anniversaries of Indic language wikipedias.

> And as you might agree, the first edit date of a wiki is the best *
> anniversary* that a community can celebrate.  I have collected information

> for the birthdays of each Indic Wikipedia.  This is the day on which the

> first edit happened on the respective language wikipedia. (The *Indian
> Standard Time* is used while recording the date and time).

>
>
> I am listing those days below for your reference,
>

>    *Indic Language wikipedia*
>
> *Birthday/Anniversary (Date of first edit)*
>
> *Number of active editors*
>

> *Assamese* <http://as.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *June 02 (2002-June-02) <http://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 10
>
> *Nepali* <http://ne.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *June 03 (2002-June-03) <http://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 13
>
> *Punjab <http://pa.wikipedia.org/>i*
>
> *June 03 (2002-June-03) <http://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 3
>
> *Malayalam* <http://ml.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *December 21 (2002-December-21) <http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 93
>
> *Kannada* <http://kn.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *January 12 (2003-January-12) <http://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 20
>
> *Bhojpuri* <http://bh.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *February 21 (2003-February-21) <http://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 0
>
> *Hindi* <http://hi.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *July 11 <http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1> (2003-July-11)
> <http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 55
>
> *Kashmiri* <http://ks.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *July 26 (2003-July-26) <http://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=5>*
>
> 1
>
> *Tamil* <http://ta.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *September 30 (2003-September-30) <http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=5>*
>
> 85
>
> *Marathi* <http://mr.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *October 20 (2003-October-20) <http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 44
>
> *Gujarati* <http://gu.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *December 09 (2003-December-09) <http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 11
>
> *Sanskrit* <http://sa.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *December 21 (2003-December-21) <http://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 16
>
> *Sindhi* <http://sd.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *December 26 (2003-December-26) <http://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 5
>
> *Bengali* <http://bn.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *January 27 <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=6>
> (2004-January-27)<http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=6>
> *
>
> 52
>
> *Urdu* <http://ur.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *January 27 (2004-January-27) <http://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=2>*
>
> 15
>
> *Odia (Oriya <http://or.wikipedia.org/>)*
>
> *January 29 (2004-January-29) <http://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 10
>
> *Telugu* <http://te.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *January 29 (2004-January-29) <http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 32
>
> *Pali* <http://pi.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *July 29 (2004-July-29) <http://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=1>*
>
> 0
>
> *Newari* <http://new.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *October 01 (2006-October-01) <http://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=4>*
>
> 1
>
> *Bishnupriya Manipuri* <http://bpy.wikipedia.org/>
>
> *October 01 (2006-October-01) <http://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/?diff=2>*
>

> 2
>
>
> This list is available in meta also.
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages#State_of_Indic_Language_Projects
>
>
> I recommend that we use these anniversary dates to do the following
>

>    - Organize a small wikiconfernce or some other major event for the
>    respective language wikipedia
>    - Organize community meetups to celebrate this
>    - Coincide community events around these meetups (such as outreach

>    sessions, photo events, or launching specific WikiProjects)

>    - Invite press to these meetups and use different platforms to spread

>    word about respective language wikipedia.
>

> From the above table we can see that *Assamese* is the first Indic language
> wikipedia, and 4 Indic language wikipedias will celebrate *10th
> anniversary* this

> year (2012). :) So it is time to get prepared for the celebration.
>
> Happy Birthday Celebrations!
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Shiju Alex
> India Programs of Wikimedia Foundation
>