tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8439746815652321398.post5121246380205581500..comments2011-10-17T12:55:11.447+05:00Comments on Farjad's Blog: Community of WikipediaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8439746815652321398.post-85093149838964670332010-12-04T14:57:50.240+05:002010-12-04T14:57:50.240+05:00Nicely summarised; I quite agree with one of the r...Nicely summarised; I quite agree with one of the reasons why there are less contributors from Pakistan on the website, and that is owing to use of HTML. When I first started, I had no idea of the language either but learnt it gradually. I think we should work towards the promotion of wiki-editing. A good start would be to work on a 'Wikimedia Pakistan' chapter. Several countries have local Wikimedia chapters, India just got one recently. However, there has been nothing like this in Pakistan. We can also host more meetups around various cities. Karachi is the only one that has had a meetup and Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, even once mentioned an interest to visit Pakistan in a media-covered event such as a 'Wikipedia academy.' I think hosting meetups should be one of the first key priorities if Wikipedia culture is to be promoted in Pakistan. Currently, there are 18 million internet users in this country and I am sure thousands of them would be devoted editors if they knew anything about editing on WikipediaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com