Congratulations and thank you for sharing your experience! JP User:Amqui
On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:34 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi <psubhash...@gmail.com > wrote: > Thank you Haidar for sharing in details about the amazing support that > Wikimedia Bangladesh has provided to the community there. Kudos to the > Santali community for this achievement and all the best for their > activities. And Odia Wikimedians User Group will continue to work with them > more in the future. > > Subhashish > > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:27 PM Amir E. Aharoni < > amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> > wrote: > > > This is a wonderful achievement. Shows that dedication and organization > can > > take you far. Good luck in continuing and developing it further! > > > > בתאריך יום ד׳, 8 באוג׳ 2018, 17:49, מאת Ali Haidar Khan < > > tonmoy...@gmail.com>: > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > We are very pleased to announce the launch of Santali Language > Wikipedia > > ( > > > https://sat.wikipedia.org). The site has been launched on August 2, > 2018 > > > and, after the import of pages from Wikimedia Incubator and some > > > maintenance work, it’s now open for all. Santali Language’s own > alphabet, > > > Ol Chiki, has been used as the alphabet of this Wikipedia. Santali is > > > a language in the Munda subfamily of Austroasiatic languages, spoken by > > > around 7.4 million people in South Asia (Bangladesh, India and Nepal). > > > > > > This is a very special moment for us and has been made possible because > > of > > > the joint effort by Santali Language Wikipedian’s from Bangladesh, > India > > > and Nepal. Wikimedia Bangladesh and Bangla Wikimedia Community > > > congratulates the Santali Language Community for their accomplishment > and > > > are honored to be a part of this tremendous achievement. Manik Soren, a > > > dedicated Santali Wikipedian from Bangladesh, along with some very > active > > > Santali Language Wikipedians from Bangladesh and India has been > > > instrumental in this effort. We would also like to thank Shabab > Mustafa, > > > President of Wikimedia Bangladesh and Nahid Sultan, a very active > steward > > > and Secretary of Wikimedia Bangladesh, for coordinating the effort in > > > Bangladesh and Odia Wikimedians User Group for coordinating the effort > in > > > India. > > > > > > It is worth mentioning that the process of creating a Santali Language > > > Wikipedia began in 2012 and, later on, got momentum in February, 2017. > > Back > > > in 2012, Wikimedia Bangladesh organized a Wikipedia meetup and workshop > > > with the Santali Language Community in Dinajpur District of Bangladesh > > with > > > the goal of launching a Santali Language Wikipedia. However, that > process > > > slowed down after some time. Then in September 2017, Wikimedia > Bangladesh > > > organized another meeting with Santali Language Community in a Dhaka > > > Wikipedia meetup where a decision was made to expedite the launch of > the > > > Wikipedia. Following that discussion, a workshop was organized by > > Wikimedia > > > Bangladesh for Santali Language Wikipedians on December 30, 2017. > Santali > > > Language Wikipedians from India also participated in that program > through > > > online discussion. Subsequently, another workshop was organized for > > Santali > > > Language Community in India on March 11, 2018 in collaboration with > Odia > > > Wikimedians User Group. > > > > > > After months of work, Santali Language Wikipedia got the approval of > > > Language Committee on June 28, 2018 and finally, the Santali Wikipedia > > site > > > was launched on August 2, 2018. > > > > > > Let us congratulate and welcome the Santali Language Community. > > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > Ali Haidar Khan > > > > > > Executive Committee Member, Wikimedia Bangladesh > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
