Wikimedia Nepal
Wikimedia Nepal (Affiliated by the Wikimedia Foundation as Wikimedians of Nepal user group) is a community (Proposed Non-profit Charitable Organization) formed with the objectives of support, promote and develop free educational materials (media) in various languages spoken in Nepal including the lingua franca Nepali Language. The charity will not have any control over the content of Wikipedia and other Wiki project although it will support Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia and its sister projects as well as other activities to expand the production, distribution and use of open knowledge.
The community has been set up since 17th July, 2010 and now has been recognized by the WMF as "Wikimedians of Nepal User Group. It is in process of getting affiliation from the Wikimedia Foundation and registration in the District Administration Office (Kathmandu) Nepal. Active contributors from Nepali Wikipedia, media persons and people working in open source community are working in the ac-hoc committee of Wikimedia Nepal.
Wikipedia in Nepal was begun with Nepali language Wikipedia on June 3, 2002. Nepali Wikipedia has celebrated its 13th Anniversary on June 3, 2015.
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Responsibilities[edit]
Responsibilities
Present Working Committee[edit]
Present Working CommitteeThe current Working Committee consists of following people.
- President - Ganesh K. Paudel – Ganesh Paudel (talk • contribs • email)
- Vice President - Hempal Shrestha – HempalShrestha (talk • contribs • email)
- Secretary General - Saroj Dhakal – सरोज कुमार ढकाल (talk • contribs • email)
- Treasurer - Promisha Mishra – Promisha mishra (talk • contribs • email)
- Member - Indiver Badal – Indiver (talk • contribs • email)
- Member - Krish Dulal – Krish Dulal (talk • contribs • email)
- Member - Nirmal Dulal – Nirmal Dulal (talk • contribs • email)
- Member - Srijana Timsina – सृजना (talk • contribs • email)
- Member - Mahalaxmi Silwal – Mahalaxmi silwal (talk • contribs • email)
- Member - Ramesh S.Bohara – Ramesh S.Bohara (talk • contribs • email)
Current Projects[edit]
Current Projects| Language | Language (local) | Wiki | Articles | Total | Edits | Admins | Users | Active Users | Images |
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| Nepali | नेपाली | ne | 30,490 | 85,700 | 635,617 | 11 | 36,967 | 91 | 592 |
| Maithili Wikipedia | मैथिली | mai | 12,450 | 29,588 | 169,634 | 3 | 5,719 | 28 | 62 |
| Bhojpuri Wikipedia | भोजपुरी | bh | 9,552 | 51,651 | 559,034 | 2 | 13,690 | 30 | 53 |
| Nepal Bhasa Wikipedia | नेपाल भाषा | new | 72,151 | 196,211 | 843,855 | 1 | 18,637 | 25 | 0 |
| Pali | पाऴि | pi | 2,528 | 4,426 | 96,101 | 0 | 4,632 | 10 | 0 |
| Sanskrit | संस्कृतम् | sa | 11,260 | 53,101 | 434,214 | 6 | 22,772 | 105 | 433 |
| Doteli | डोटेली | dty | 2,863 | 8,758 | 93,160 | 1 | 1,860 | 17 | 0 |
Past Events[edit]
Past Events- Twelfth Anniversary of Nepali Wikipedia
- 11th Anniversary of Nepali Wikipedia
- Open Community Collaboration
- Wikipedia Education Program
- Wiki Loves Earth
- Wiki Loves Monuments
- Edit-a-thon
- Wiki Gender Gap Program
- Software Freedom Day 2013
- Open Data Day 2014
Annual Program Draft[edit]
Reports[edit]
- Annual Activity Report for 2015
- Annual Activity Report for 2016
- Annual Activity Report for 2017
- Annual Activity Report
- Annual Activity Report for 2013-14
- Press Coverage on Wiki Activities in Nepal
Community Discussions[edit]
Community DiscussionsWikimedia Nepal in Social Media[edit]
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See also[edit]
See also
- Wikis in Different Languages in Nepal
- Wikimedia Nepal Ad-hoc committee
- Wikimedia Nepal Advisors
- Draft By-Laws (English)
- Draft By-Laws in Nepali
- Recent Activities
- Wiki Wistar
- Activities till 2012
- Contacts
- In Nepali Language (नेपालीमा)
- Wikimania 2009/Bids/Kathmandu - Kathmandu was proposed for Wikimania 2009
