I am happy about this news. Congratulations! Regards,
Isaac On Aug 8, 2018 6:31 PM, "Jean-Philippe Béland" <jpbel...@wikimedia.ca> wrote: > 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
