Thanks Shiju for compiling all this information. I have read through all the replies from diffrent editors. Some editors have mentioned that there is no "edit-war" and multiple edit for a single article or collabaration for a single article. Unfortunately this has not been going on recently however in the past there were several articles where more than 3 people would contribute constantly to bring it to a featured article level. Of course there were edit-wars and that too in good sense. Some examples are
1. http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80 2. http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0 3. http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE Hope we can see the same days again. Regards, Gunjan On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Shiju Alex <sh...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear Indic Language Wikimedia Community members, > > As part of the Indic Languages initiative of India > Programs< > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages > >, > I have been having detailed discussions with a wide range of Indic language > wikipedians for the past few weeks. Yesterday I shared the summary of > discussions with few Assamese Wikipedians which helped us to understand the > current situation of Assamese wikipedia. Thank you for the discussions > and ideas that emerged on the mailing list and the talk page. > > Today I'm particularly excited to share a summary of the discussions I've > been been having with *Hindi wikipedians*. It is available here: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_-_India_Programs/Indic_Languages/Hindi/Discussions/2011 > > I will be honest and confess that I was not sure about the level of > engagement I would have with Hindi wikipedians because the community is > relatively quiet in public forums. I'm really pleased to report that I was > very pleasantly surprised by the broad-based, insightful, and constructive > communications. Hindi community might be silent but they are active and > full of powerful ideas. We have seen wonderful Hindi wikipedians like > Anirudh in WCI. Even though the current community strength of Hindi > wikipedia might not be good cosidering the huge speaker base of Hindi, I am > sure the situation will change soon. > > > Even if you are not involved in Hindi projects, I invite you to read this > report because the points raised are applicable to all Indic languages. > Personally, as someone who has been passionate about Indic languages for > many years now, I found the discussions very educative and informative and > thought-provoking. I have learnt a lot from these discussions and I hope > you find them as useful as I have. I want to thank Hindi community for > their time and their fantastic inputs. > > Remember most of the issues the Hindi editors raised are applicable not > only to Hindi but for all the Indic languages. So it is important that > other Indic language communities take lessons from it while building the > community. > > As mentioned before, I've edited the discussions to protect confidentiality > as well as to remove any specific personal comments. > > Inviting your active participation in these discussions (either on talk > page or in the mailing lists). > > Warm Regards, > > Shiju Alex > _______________________________________________ > Wikihi-l mailing list > wikih...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikihi-l > -- Gunjan No trees were harmed in the generation of this email. However, several trillion electrons were brutally inconvenienced
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