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=Urdu Wikipedia reaches 100,000 articles mark=
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100,000
<sup>th</sup>
article
==
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On December 29, 2015, the Urdu Wikipedia community achieved a major milestone: [[wmfblog:2015/06/28/my-communitys-goals-drive-me/|
100,000
articles]]. The
article
in question, [[:ur:ٹائیگر شارک|tiger shark]], was created by Ameen Akbar, an administrator who has made almost 17,000 edits to the project.
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[[:ur:ٹائیگر شارک|Tiger Shark]]. This article was created on December 29, 2015 at 18:25 UTC.
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==Significance
of
Urdu Wikipedia
and
its
geographic
and
linguistic
context==
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The
[[:en:Urdu
Wikipedia|
Urdu Wikipedia
]]
has come a long way since
its
inception
in
2004. It has a very large number of contributors from Pakistan, where Urdu is the national language, followed by India (where Urdu is among the official languages). There are also contributors from several other locations such as the United States, Finland and
Germany.
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[[:en:Urdu Wikipedia|Urdu Wikipedia]] has come a long way since its inception in 2004. It has a very large number of contributors from Pakistan (where Urdu is the national language), followed by India (where Urdu is one of the official languages). There are also contributors from several other locations such as the United States, Finland and Germany. The level of user dedication can be seen from the fact that [[:Ur:User:Tahir mq|Tahir Mahmood]], a bureaucrat, was featured on the Wikimedia blog in [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/28/my-communitys-goals-drive-me/ June 2015] on achieving a record number of edits, with his tally now exceeding 150,000. He is followed by [[:Ur:User:ساجد امجد ساجد|Sajid Amjad]] who has over 50,000 edits and is the senior most active Sysop since 2010.
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A
notable
idea
which
has
gained
significant
momentum
recently
as
a result of
the
recent
increase
in
the
number
of
active
editors
is
the
planned
coordination
of
Wikipedia(s)
in
Perso-Arabic
scripts
such
as
Western
Punjabi,
Sindhi,
Balochi
and
Pushtu
with
Urdu
to
ensure
that
these
projects
have
the
widest
reach
among the masses in South
Asia
.
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Urdu
Wikipedia
bureaucrat
[[:Ur:User:محمد
شعیب|Mohammad
Shuaib]]
says
that,
with
this
feat,
the
project
now
joins
the
bigger league
of
Wikimedia
communities
with
a
much
wider presence
of
free
knowledge,
and
that
it
is
imperative
to
make
it
a
high-quality,
referenced
tool, useful
to
people
from
all
walks
of
life,
including
students
and
teachers
.
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==Where
does
the
site
go
from
here==
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Mohammad
specifically cited
the
recent success of [[:Ur:ویکیپیڈیا:سہ_ماہی_منصوبہ/اکتوبر_تا_دسمبر_2015ء|Quarterly Editing Project]], and hopes that, in the near future, Urdu Wikipedians will rise to the position of stewardship, discharging the administrative and maintenance actions with higher implication spread across
all
Wikimedia
projects.
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According to a [[:ur:ویکیپیڈیا:ویکیپیڈیا ایک لاکھ مضامین اور صارفین کے تاثرات|survey of ten active Urdu Wikipedians]], the community now hopes to consolidate on quality improvement measures such as stub expansion, grammar correction, incorporating more elaborate themes and topics as well as evolving a scheme of action leading to an integrated approach for the further development of all South Asian Perso-Arabic script Wikipedias. Among the people surveyed, [[:Ur:User:Arif80s|Arif Soomro]], whose articles rose to the featured category, listed his future editing priorities in the areas of Urdu, Sindhi and world literature. Journalist and Sysop [[:Ur:User:امین اکبر|Ameen Akbar]] emphasized on the need for outreach and engaging more editors. Another Sysop [[:Ur:User:Obaid Raza|Obaid Raza]] stressed on popularizing the Urdu keyboard and making multilingual editing user-friendly. In this direction, [[:Ur:User:UsmanKhan|Usman Khan]] has recently embarked on the mission of creating [[:Commons:Category:Instructional_videos_on_using_Urdu_Wikipedia|instructional videos on using Urdu Wikipedia]] for the first time.
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According
to
Urdu
Wikipedia
bureaucrat
[[:Ur:User:
محمد
شعیب
|
Mohammad
Shuaib
]],
with
this feat
,
the
Wikipedia now
joins
the
bigger
league of Wikimedia
communities
with
a
much
wider presence
of
free
knowledge
and
hence
it
is imperative to make it the most referenced tool to people from all walks of life
,
including students and teachers
.
He specifically quoted the recent success of
[[:Ur:
ویکیپیڈیا
:
سہ_ماہی_منصوبہ/اکتوبر_تا_دسمبر_2015ء
|
Quarterly
Editing Project
]]
and
hoped
that
in the near future Urdu Wikipedians will rise to the position of Stewardship
,
discharging the administrative
and
maintenance
actions
with
higher
implication
spread
across all Wikimedia projects
.
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The
community's
achievement
comes
six months after
[[:Ur:User:
Tahir
mq
|
Tahir
Mahmood
]],
a
bureaucrat
,
[[wmfblog:2015/06/28/my-communitys-goals-drive-me/|was
featured
on
the
Wikimedia
blog]]
on
achieving
a
record
number
of
edits.
His
tally
now
exceeds
150
,
000
.
Second-placed
[[:Ur:
User
:
ساجد امجد ساجد
|
Sajid
Amjad
]]
has
over
50,000
edits
, and
is
the
senior
most
active
sysop
since
2010
.
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[[
User
:
Hindustanilanguage
|
Syed
Muzammiluddin
]]
<br>
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A
[[:
ur:ویکیپیڈیا:ویکیپیڈیا ایک لاکھ مضامین اور صارفین کے تاثرات
|
survey
of ten active Urdu Wikipedians
]]
found the community now hopes to consolidate on quality improvement measures such as stub expansion, grammar correction, incorporating more elaborate themes and topics, as well as developing a scheme of action leading to an integrated approach for the further development of all south Asian [[W:Persian alphabet|Perso-Arabic script]] Wikipedias.
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Urdu Wikipedia Sysop and Wikimedia Community Volunteer.
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Among those surveyed was Ameen Akbar—who wrote the 100,000th article on the project—who emphasized the need for outreach and engaging more editors. [[:Ur:User:Arif80s|Arif Soomro]], several of whose articles have been peer-reviewed and are now in the featured category, listed his future editing priorities in the areas of Urdu, Sindhi and world literature.
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Another administrator, [[:Ur:User:Obaid Raza|Obaid Raza]], placed stress on popularizing the Urdu keyboard and making multilingual editing user-friendly. In this direction, [[:Ur:User:UsmanKhan|Usman Khan]] has recently embarked on the mission of creating [[:Commons:Category:Instructional_videos_on_using_Urdu_Wikipedia|instructional videos on how to use the Urdu Wikipedia]] for the first time.
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A notable idea which has gained significant momentum recently as a result of the recent increase in the number of active editors is the planned coordination of Wikipedias in Perso-Arabic scripts, such as [[W:Western Punjabi|Western Punjabi]], [[W:Sindhi|Sindhi]], [[W:Balochi|Balochi]] and [[W:Pushtu|Pushtu]] with Urdu, to ensure that these projects have the widest reach among the masses in south Asia.
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[[User:Hindustanilanguage|''Syed Muzammiluddin'']]
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''Urdu Wikipedia Sysop and Wikimedia Community Volunteer''