Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/hamariboli


 * The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council).  No further edits should be made to this page.

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Description
ProjectDescription edge.walker (talk) 18:04, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Hamari Boli (Our Language) is the new name of Hindi-Urdu, the Lingua Franca of South Asia and Desis worldwide. With dozens of mutually intelligible local varieties, and over 1 Billion 1st and 2nd language speakers, it is the second most spoken language in the world!

A genuine first ever in Applied Linguistics i.e. Wiki-based Open Language Planning, The larger "Hamari Boli Initiative" is a full-scale "Language Planning" Enterprise aimed at 'Hindi-Urdu' Script, Style, Status & Lexical Reform and Modernization.

Problem: Hindi & Urdu are linguistically the same language written in 2 discrepant scripts due to communalization, severely limiting reach & accessibility of written/printed works of otherwise perfectly mutually intelligible language. The crippling Digraphia renders any kind of Opensource collaboration IMPOSSIBLE among Devanagari/Nastaliq readers.

Solution: Hamari Boli (Romanized Hindi-Urdu) resolves the dilemma --see [hif.wikipedia.org Fiji Hindi Wiki]-- by using neutral Roman script to create equally accessible opensource content in Roman Hindi-Urdu, and simultaneously uses the opportunity to create online People-to-People Collaboration platforms for Indo-Pak confidence building, where Hindi & Urdu speakers -all Desis indeed- worldwide are enabled to contribute & cooperate on mutually rewarding opensource endeavors such as Lexical resources (Dictionaries etc), Hamari Boli Wikipedia, Open Text Books, Language Tools, [youtube.com/khanacademyhindiurdu Khan Academy Hamari Boli] etc

The objective of this project is to create a HB.wikipedia.org Hamari Boli Wikipedia, independent of the Hi.wikipedia.org and Ur.wikipedia.org wikis which are totally infested with jingoistic nationalism and linguistic chauvinism


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Support
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 * 1) edge.walker (talk) 18:04, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Discussion
Isn't this the wrong place to do this? You have to go to and propose to create a prototype wikipedia. -- 76.65.131.160 (talk) 05:51, 4 August 2012 (UTC)


 * ''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.