User:Ganesh Paudel/Wikimedia Nepal

Wikipedia in Nepal language was begun with Nepali Wikipedia on 3rd June, 2002. Nepali Wikipedia has celebrated its 10th Anniversary (विकि-१०) in 3rd June, 2012.

Wikimedia Nepal in Meta

Nepali (नेपाली) is an Indo-Aryan language. It is native to Nepal. It is written with the Devanagari script. Spoken by nearly 28 million people as a Lingua Franca and it is the National Language of Nepal. More than the equal number people speak Nepali outside Nepal. It is one of the official languages in India. Despite, Nepali is spoken in many states in India, Bhutan, and Myanmar as their mother tongue. Nepali speaking people are spread all around the world.

There are altogether 103 language alive in Nepal among them the following languages have pages in Wikipedia.


 * Nepali


 * Newari


 * Bhojpuri


 * Pali


 * Sanskrit

The following are in Incubation
(These languages of Nepal are in process of incubating Wikipedia pages)

Maithili Wikipedia in Incubation
 * Maithili (mai)

Tamang Wikipedia in Incubation Limbu Wikipedia in Incubation Sherpa Wikipedia in Incubation Tharu Wikipedia in Incubation Awadhi Wikipedia in Incubation Gurung Wikipedia in Incubation Lepcha Wikipedia in Incubation Gorkha Bhasa Wikipedia in Incubation
 * Tamang (taj)
 * Limbu (lif)
 * Sherpa (xsr)
 * Tharu (thl)
 * Awadhi (awa)
 * Gurung (gvr)
 * Lepcha (lep)
 * Gorkha Bhasa (go)

Nepali Wikimedia Projects in Nepali
Following Wikimedia Projects are available in Nepali:

Nepali Wikipedia
Nepali Wikipedia is the biggest wiki in Nepali Language and the most active wiki among all the Wikimedia Projects in Nepali. As of July 2012 Nepali Wikipedia has over 20,800 article and 278,000 edits. There are 8 administrators and 3 bureaucrats.

and 10,200 registered users among them nearly 86 are active.

Other Projects in Nepali
Other than Wikipedia Wiktionary and Wikibooks projects are available in Nepali language.

Nepali Wikimedia Community
The members of Nepali Wikimedia Community are mainly from Nepal and some are from Sikkim state and Darjeeling District of West Bengal of India.

Recent Activities

 * 1) Wiki-Wistar (Wikipedia Outreach Program) conducted in Prime College - Date-
 * 2) Discussion on Nepali Wikipedia held in the Monthly Technology Transform Program in Russian Culture Center 27 June, 2012
 * 3) Wiki-Wistar (Wikipedia Outreach Program) conducted in Pulchowk Engineering College - 24 June, 2012
 * 4) Wiki-Wistar (Wikipedia Outreach Program) conducted in Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel - 12 April, 2012
 * 5) Wiki-Wistar (Wikipedia Outreach Program) conducted in Bhaktapur College - Date-
 * 6) Discussion among lingustics on "Bhasa Ka Kura" operated by Bhasa Sanchar nepal on 2007.
 * 7) Discussion among open source community on 2008, 2009.
 * 8) Initial meeting for Wikimedia Nepal- Held in Patan, Kathmandu on 17 July, 2010

Wikimedia Nepal Meetings
Recent Meeting Ninth Wikimedia Nepal Meeting- 12 August, 2012 Kathmandu

First Meeting July, 2010

Second - October, 2010

Third- December, 2010

Wiki-10, Kathmandu (15 Jan, 2011)

Fourth - 26 April 2011

Fifth- December 2011

Wiki 11th Anniversary (15 Jan, 2012)

Sixth - April, 2012

Seventh- May 30, June 1 and 2, 2012

June 3, 2012 - 10th Anniversary of Nepali Wikipedia विकि-१०

Eighth- July 6, 2012

First Wikithon Held October 2011

Wiki Outreaches in different places Kathmandu University TU, IOE Pulchwok Russian Cultural Center, Kamalpokhari Bhaktapur College

Near Future

 * 1) Nepali Wikithun (Proposed) to be held on IT Park, Banepa.
 * Sysops and new users sitting together to write at least one quality article each about their hometown, school or village or anything they know better.

Related articles in Nepali
Nepali Wikimedia Page in Nepali

Nepal for Wiki Activities
Kathmandu was proposed for Wikimania 2009 as a venue

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