[Foundation-l] [Wikipedia-l] Bengali Wikipedia Reaches 10, 000 articles: 50th language to do so!

[Andrew Lih]

Ragib,

That is such great news. Congratulations to all of you!

-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)


On 9/26/06, Ragib Hasan <ragibhasan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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