Wikimedia Bangladesh
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Wikimedia Bangladesh | |
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Bangladesh map on globe | |
Location | Bangladesh |
Country code | BD |
Legal status | voluntary and non-profit organization |
Approval date | October 3, 2011 |
Main office | Dhaka |
Membership | yes |
Volunteers | 63 |
Official language(s) | Bangla |
Other language(s) | English |
President | Shabab Mustafa |
Key people | Masum-al-hasan Rocky (General Secretary) Moheen Reeyad (Treasurer) |
Budget | Per project |
Affiliations | Wikimedia Foundation |
Mobile number | +8801725003744 |
Website | wikimedia.org.bd |
E-mail address | info@wikimedia.org.bd |
Mailing list | wikimedia-bd |
Libera.Chat | #wikimedia-bd |
WikimediaBD | |
WikimediaBD | |
YouTube | Wikimedia Bangladesh |
Mailing address | Shelteck Niribili, 210/2 (1st Floor), New Elephant Road, Katabon, Dhaka-1205 |
- CH Wikimedia CH
- GB Wikimedia UK
- KR 위키미디어 한국
- RU Викимедиа РУ
- US-NYC Wikimedia New York City
- CAT Amical Wikimedia
- ESP-WE Wikiesfera Grupo de Usuarixs
- H-GAPS H-GAPS User Group
- MK-SK Shared Knowledge
- NGA-HA Hausa Wikimedians User Group
- NGA-IG Igbo Wikimedians User Group
- RU-Don Don Wikimedians User Group
- US-NE New England Wikimedians
- WJ WikiJournal
- WK? Whose Knowledge?
Wikimedia Bangladesh (Bengali: উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ) or Wikimedia BD or WMBD (locally registered in Bangladesh as Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation) is an approved chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation. It was approved by the Wikimedia Board of trustees on October 3, 2011 and was the 39th chapter to be approved by the Wikimedia Foundation board. It was locally registered in Bangladesh on 9 June 2014 at Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms as a non-profit foundation under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 bearing the registration number S-11906 and official name Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation.
Primary objective of this chapter is to help coordinate and promote various Bengali language Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary, Wikibooks etc throughout Bangladesh.
For Wikimedia Bangladesh's past and current work, regular meetups and workshops etc, please visit WMBD's documentation website.
Current projects
[edit]Native
[edit]Bengali language (bn ) projects
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Name | Type | Language | Local name | ||||
Bengali Wikipedia | Wikipedia | Bengali | উইকিপিডিয়া | ||||
Bengali Wiktionary | Wiktionary | Bengali | উইকিঅভিধান | ||||
Bengali Wikisource | Wikisource | Bengali | উইকিসংকলন | ||||
Bengali Wikibooks | Wikibooks | Bengali | উইকিবই | ||||
Bengali Wikivoyage | Wikivoyage | Bengali | উইকিভ্রমণ | ||||
Bengali Wikiquote | Wikiquote | Bengali | উইকিউক্তি | ||||
Bishnupriya Manipuri (bpy ) language projects
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Name | Type | Language | Local name | ||||
Bishnupriya Manipuri Wikipedia | Wikipedia | Bishnupriya Manipuri | উইকিপিডিয়া | ||||
Santali (sat ) language projects
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Name | Type | Language | Local name | ||||
Santali Wikipedia | Wikipedia | Santali | ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ |
Non-native
[edit]English language (en ) projects
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All English language projects, most notably English Wikipedia (to develop Bangladesh and Bengali language/culture related content). |
Regional Communities
[edit]Local communities run by Wikimedia Bangladesh | |||||||
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Name | Local name | Area | |||||
Chattogram Wikipedia Community | চট্টগ্রাম উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায় | Chattogram Division | |||||
Rajshahi Wikipedia Community | রাজশাহী উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায় | Rajshahi Division | |||||
Sylhet Wikipedia Community | সিলেট উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায় | Sylhet Division | |||||
Barishal Wikipedia Community | বরিশাল উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায় | Barishal Division | |||||
Khulna Wikipedia Community | খুলনা উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায় | Khulna Division | |||||
Cumilla Wikipedia Community | কুমিল্লা উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায় | Cumilla District | |||||
Mymensingh Wikipedia Community | ময়মনসিংহ উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায় | Mymensingh Division | |||||
Chandpur Wikipedia Community | চাঁদপুর উইকিপিডিয়া সম্প্রদায় | Chandpur District | |||||
Santali Wikipedia Community, Bangladesh | ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱜᱟᱶᱛᱟ, ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟᱫᱮᱥ |
Becoming a member
[edit]Three types of membership are available: Regular membership, Supporting membership and Institutional membership. Any natural person and institution/corporate body may become member of Wikimedia Bangladesh. Members may either be Bangladeshis or foreign nationals. Those who are under 18 years of age may become Supporting members and those who are 18+ may become Regular members. Individuals have to pay yearly membership fees; the year will be calculated from the July-June session. Regular Member: 500 BDT, Supporting member: 100 BDT. For more information please visit member registration rules.
Contact us
[edit]- Website
- Main site: wikimedia.org.bd
Documentation site: bd.wikimedia.org - info@wikimedia.org.bd
- Mailing list
- Official mailing list of Wikimedia Bangladesh. join discussions at wikimedia-bd
- IRC
- Catch us directly on our freenode IRC channel #wikimedia-bd
- Become a fan of Wikimedia Bangladesh at facebook.com/wikimediabd
- Follow our tweets at @wikimediabd (hashtag #WikimediaBD)
- Follow us @WikimediaBD
- Youtube Channel
- Subscribe +Wikimedia Bangladesh
Our objectives
[edit](From our Memorandum of Association)
- To create awareness among the people of Bangladesh about the availability of free and open educational content and enable them to effectively use this.
- To help build the capacity of individuals and institutions to access, develop and contribute to free and open educational resources which include but are not limited to, encyclopedias, dictionaries, books, images etc.
- To organize workshops, seminars, study circles, conferences, training programs and other educational activities in collaboration and co-operation with academic/educational institutes, research groups, non-government organizations, foreign agencies, governments and any other interested organization for spreading the knowledge and/or use of free and open educational resources.
- To support the charitable work of the Wikimedia Foundation.
- To promote wider participation in the creation, dissemination and expansion of information and educational resources covering the world’s knowledge and languages to all persons, everywhere.
- To further the development of electronic, printed and other resources required to support such participation.
- To produce, publish and develop or cause to be produced, published and developed, information/educational resources, whether in printed, electronic or other forms.
- To encourage the use of information resources for the advancement of education.
- To do all and any other acts or things as may be incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the above objects.
Responsibilities
[edit]Executive Committee
[edit]See the updated list on the chapter wiki of Wikimedia Bangladesh with short biography.
The current Executive Committee consists of the following people.
- Shabab Mustafa (President)
- Masum Al Hasan (Secretary)
- Moheen Reeyad (Treasurer)
- Ali Haidar Khan (Member)
- Tanvir Rahman (Member)
- Ankan Ghosh Dastider (Member)
- R K Hannan (Member)
- Dolon Prova (Member)
- Tanbin Islam Siyam (Member)
- Chart
Activities
[edit]- Wikimedia Bangladesh Activity Reports
- See also: Category:Activities of Wikimedia Bangladesh by year on commons & Category:Activities on WMBD's documentation website.
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School program to encourage students to read Wikipedia.
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Bangla Wikipedia 10 year Founding Anniversary Conference.
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Women participants at a workshop.
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Collaboration Meeting, Bangladesh and Indian Wikimedians.
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Jimmy Wales giving a speech at the Bengali Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Gala Event, Dhaka, 2015.
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Wikipedia Contributor day - Wikimedia Bangladesh and GrameenPhone, 2014.
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Bangladeshi author of science fiction and children's literature Dr. Muhammed Zafar Iqbal giving an opening speech to the students at Metropolitan University, Sylhet, 2014.
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Bangla Wikipedia quiz contest winner receiving crest at Bangla Wikipedia Workshop at KUET, Khulna, 2014.
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10 years of Wikipedia celebration, Dhaka, 2011.
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10 years of Wikipedia celebration, Chattogram, 2011.
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Wikipedia photowalk, Dhaka, 2010.
Publications
[edit]- Publications of Wikimedia Bangladesh
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A cheat sheet of Bangla Wikipedia
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A Bangla leaflet to promote Bangla Wikipedia
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WikiBarta magazine issue covers
Ongoing events
[edit]- For regular meetups and workshops please visit WMBD's documentation page.
Past events
[edit]Photos of past Wikimedia events in Bangladesh are available here. Few major events organised by Wikimedia Bangladesh in the past are as follows:
- Wikipedia 10 (2011)
- Bangla Wikipedia Unconference 2012 was held in Chattogram on March 2nd and 3rd of 2012.
- Bangla Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebration in Dhaka (2014–15)
- Wikipedia 15 (2016)
- Wiki Loves Earth in Bangladesh
- Wiki Loves Monuments in Bangladesh
- Wikimania 2022: Bangladesh Edition
To see all kinds of events organised by Wikimedia Bangladesh please see our activity report.