Dear Open Source enthusiasts, Let me draw your attention to the following two announcements regarding Wikipedia. Please participate in these two programs, and also let your friends know about them.
1. Photo collection drive Bangladesh is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, yet the beauty of our country has not been represented in the Internet and Digital media. As proud Bangladeshis, we need to project the beauty of our country to the world. To do so, we can use Wikipedia as the perfect medium to display our natural beauty. For this, Bangla Wikipedia volunteers have organized a photo collection campaign. Following are some details of the campaign: * Topics of Photos: People are requested to donate photos of Bangladesh -- e.g. images of nature, rivers, villages, cities, festivals, monuments, sculptures, parks, people etc. * How to contribute photos -- Someone can only send photos taken by himself/herself. -- Photos should be sent as email attachments to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and our volunteers will upload them to Wikipedia. -- The photo email must include the permission to use it freely in Wikipedia (e.g. please add the sentence "I donate the attached photos under GNU Free Documentation License and Creative Commons Attribution License" in the email). -- Please provide a brief description of the photos in the email. 2. Deshipidian 2008 Contest The active "Wikipedians" from Bangladesh have organized a competition named "Deshipidian 2008" for the HSC+ (or eqv.) students from Bangladesh asking them to develop English Wikipedia articles on Bangladesh related topics. The competition gives away attractive rewards (the first prize is a cash reward of Tk. 5,000/-) and encourages students to participate in a valuable learning excercise that also helps promote our country to the world. Details of the competition can be found at the link below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bangladesh/Deshipidian_2008 The deadline for enrollment is March 26, 2008. Please help promote this competition by forwarding this email to everyone you know and especially to graduate students in Bangladesh who are eligible to participate in the competition. -------------- For any questions, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, --- Ragib Hasan Administrator, Bangla and English Wikipedia -- 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
