On 9th January 2015, Wikipedians met at 'Bengali Wikipedia 10th anniversary celebration and discussed about need of Newsletter for Indian Language Wikipedia's.
Sameer Dhingra WikiConnect Conversation ParticipantsWikipedians from Bangladesh, India and Nepal interacting at Bengali Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebration Jadavpur University Campus
Gaurav Jhammat - Panjabi Wiki
Jyoti Sharma (Amritaysaputra) - En Wiki
Santosh Shringare (cherishsantosh) - Mr Wiki
Bijay Chaurasia (bijay chaurasia) - Maithali Wikipedia
Abhishek Suryawanshi shared started ice-breaker activity by asking everyone to share their name and one thing which they like about Wikipedia. After informal round of introductions, participants voluntarily shared their experience with English as well as local language Wikipedia.
Everyone agreed about 'Importance of documentations and reporting on Meta'. Satdeep Gill answering queries about Punjabi Wikipedia at WikiConnect Conversations
Satdeep Gill shared his community initiatives and stories related to Punjabi Wikipedia
Biplab and Bijay shared Maithili Wikipedia success stories and problems in Nepal.
Asif shared information of Bangladesh community and highlighted importance of social media in Bangladesh for Wiki outreach.
During round of introduction, everyone shared what motivated them to make their first edit -
Here are few answers -
What Motivates you:
Asif: ‘free’ aspect of Wikipedia, it is attractive.
Bijay: Native language and love for mother-tounge .
Md Soroar: Sufi ideology follower, was fascinated while using Google, found out while searching info, saw it in interlinked information. Everyone in Sufi community knows about Wikipedia. His entire family edits Wikipedia. Mohd Saiful: Family motivates me.
Satdeep: Native language , learning tool.
Gaurav: Outreach session organised by Punjabi community (Sateddp Gill and team) motivated him.
Anupama: Gendergap editathon at Bangalore motivated her.
Overall answers -
