The Santali Wikipedia (Santali: ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ) is the Santali language version of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. The site was launched on 2 August 2018.[1][2] The Santali language's own alphabet, Ol Chiki, has been used as the alphabet of this Wikipedia.[1][3] Santali is a language in the Munda subfamily of Austroasiatic languages, spoken by around 7.4 million people in South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Bhutan and Nepal).
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia |
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| Available in | Santali |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | sat |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2 August 2018[1] |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 3.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
History
editThe Santali Wikipedia was in incubator stage since September 2010.[4] The process of creating a Santali-language Wikipedia began in 2012 and, later on, picked up momentum in February 2017. [5] 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.[6] However, that process slowed after some time.[7]
Then in September 2017, Wikimedia Bangladesh organized another meeting with the Santali language community in a Dhaka Wikipedia meetup where a decision was made to expedite the launch of the Wikipedia. [5][8] Following that discussion, a workshop was organized in Dhaka by Wikimedia Bangladesh for the Santali-language community on 30 December 2017.[6] The Santali-language community from India also participated in that program through online discussion. Subsequently, another workshop was organized for the Santali-language community in Odisha, India, on 11 March 2018 in collaboration with the Odia Wikimedians User Group.
After months of work, the Wikimedia Language Committee approved the Santali-language Wikipedia on 28 June 2018 and the Santali Wikipedia site was finally launched on 2 August 2018. [6][8]
Users and editors
edit| Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
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| 8556 | 11744 | 0 | 3 |
Gallery
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First Santali Wikipedia workshop in Bangladesh (2012). -
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First Santali Wikipedia workshop in India (2018) -
Santali Wikipedia workshop in Bangladesh (2020)
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c উইকিপিডিয়ায় সাঁওতালি ভাষা. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali).
- ^ "Being a Wikipedian may be a thankless job, but they say it's addictive". The Business Standard. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ উইকিপিডিয়ায় সাঁওতালি ভাষা. Samakal (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Wp/sat". Wikimedia Incubator.
- ^ a b Tanvi, Patel (10 August 2018). "This Tribal Language Just Became India's First to Have Wikipedia Edition in Own Script!". The Better India.
- ^ a b c "Santhali becomes India's first tribal language to get own Wikipedia edition". Hindustan Times. 9 August 2018.
- ^ ক্ষুদ্রজাতির ভাষায় বিশ্বকোষ - কালের কণ্ঠ. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 15 February 2014.
- ^ a b Bhandari, Tannistha. নজির গড়ে উইকিপিডিয়ায় স্বীকৃতি পেল সাঁওতালি ভাষা. kolkata24x7.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "List of Wikipedias". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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