Tell us about Bosnian Wikipedia

Questionnaire

Contributors

• Wikimedia Statistics can be difficult to interpret. What is your impression, how many steady contributors do you have?

About 10

• Are your contributors mostly native speakers?

Yes

• Where do your contributors live (regions/country)?

The most of active contributors lives in Bosnia and Hercegovina, two of us in Austria.

• How common is it that your contributors meet in real life?

There were few meetings, the last one a week ago.

Other Wikipedias

• Do you have special contacts with other Wikipedias (maybe in related languages)?

Yes, like hr, sr and sh wiki.

• Do you translate a lot from other Wikipedias? Which ones?

Yes. primary from en and de wiki, and then from hr or sr.

Organization and support

• Is there a Wikimedia chapter in your country? How does your language relate to it?

No, but we are trying to get an concept for a chapter.

• Are there work groups in other organizations about Wikipedia?

No.

Your Wikipedia and the linguistic community

• Is there a language institution for your language, like an Academy, or a club of people interested in your language? Do you have contact with them?

At the moment there is nothing related. We are trying to get some contact to federal secretary of sience and a lingvistic union in Bosnia.

• Who (else) supports you?

Nobody.

• What does the public outreach for your edition look like? Do you have flyers, give lectures, training etc.?

No.

• Do you get feedback from readers?

Yes.

• What other encyclopedias exist in your language?

There are no encyclopedias in bosnian.

Content

• Does your edition concentrate on certain topics, like your region and language, or Latin Wikipedia on Roman history and Christianity?

As a small wiki, yes. Concentrated to history of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Balkan, but also on other thema.

• Did your edition enjoy text donations, for example from older encyclopedias?

No.

Language

• Is there a generally accepted norm about your language (spelling, dictionary, pronunciation)?

Yes.

• How do you deal with different spellings, dialects etc. (like B.E. lift and A.E. elevator)?

Through concensus.

See also

• Tell us about your Wikipedia

Links

• http://bs.wikipedia.org