AFAIK, They do not have any official mailing list yet. Will advise them to get one। --- Shabab Mustafa T. @tarunno S. shabab.mustafa W. https://shabab.me
On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 11:35 AM Yohann Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > This is amazing news Haidar.. > Congratulations to the Santali language community.. :) > > Is there a mailing list for the community?? I need to add it to the WMIN > site, in the section of the Indic language wiki projects.. > > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/List_of_Indian_language_wiki_projects > > Regards, > Yohann > > > > On Wed 8 Aug, 2018, 20:19 Ali Haidar Khan, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
