User:Ganesh Paudel/Wikimedia Nepal

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Wikipedia in Nepal language was begun with Nepali Wikipedia on 3rd June, 2002. Nepali Wikipedia has celebrated its 10th Anniversary (विकि-१०) in 3rd June, 2012.


Wikimedia Nepal in Meta

Nepali (नेपाली) is an Indo-Aryan language. It is native to Nepal. It is written with the Devanagari script. Spoken by nearly 28 million people as a Lingua Franca and it is the National Language of Nepal. More than the equal number people speak Nepali outside Nepal. It is one of the official languages in India. Despite, Nepali is spoken in many states in India, Bhutan, and Myanmar as their mother tongue. Nepali speaking people are spread all around the world.


There are altogether 103 language alive in Nepal among them the following languages have pages in Wikipedia.


  • Nepali




The following are in Incubation[edit]

(These languages of Nepal are in process of incubating Wikipedia pages)

Maithili Wikipedia in Incubation


Tamang Wikipedia in Incubation

Limbu Wikipedia in Incubation

Sherpa Wikipedia in Incubation

Tharu Wikipedia in Incubation

Awadhi Wikipedia in Incubation

Gurung Wikipedia in Incubation

Lepcha Wikipedia in Incubation

  • Gorkha Bhasa (go)

Gorkha Bhasa Wikipedia in Incubation



Nepali Wikimedia Projects in Nepali[edit]

Following Wikimedia Projects are available in Nepali:

Prject Native Name URL
Wikipedia नेपाली विकिपीडिया (Nepali Wikipedia) http://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/मुख्य_पृष्ठ
Wikibooks विकी पुस्तक (Wiki Pustak) http://ne.wikibooks.org/wiki/मुख्य_पृष्ठ
Wiktionary विक्सनरी (Wiktionary) http://ne.wiktionary.org/wiki/मुख्य_पृष्ठ

Current Status[edit]

Nepali Wikipedia[edit]

Nepali Wikipedia is the biggest wiki in Nepali Language and the most active wiki among all the Wikimedia Projects in Nepali. As of July 2012 Nepali Wikipedia has over 20,800 article and 278,000 edits. There are 8 administrators and 3 bureaucrats.

and 10,200 registered users among them nearly 86 are active.


Other Projects in Nepali[edit]

Other than Wikipedia Wiktionary and Wikibooks projects are available in Nepali language.

Nepali Wikimedia Community[edit]

The members of Nepali Wikimedia Community are mainly from Nepal and some are from Sikkim state and Darjeeling District of West Bengal of India.

Recent Activities[edit]

  1. Wiki-Wistar (Wikipedia Outreach Program) conducted in Prime College - Date-
  2. Discussion on Nepali Wikipedia held in the Monthly Technology Transform Program in Russian Culture Center 27 June, 2012
  3. Wiki-Wistar (Wikipedia Outreach Program) conducted in Pulchowk Engineering College - 24 June, 2012
  4. Wiki-Wistar (Wikipedia Outreach Program) conducted in Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel - 12 April, 2012
  5. Wiki-Wistar (Wikipedia Outreach Program) conducted in Bhaktapur College - Date-
  6. Discussion among lingustics on "Bhasa Ka Kura" operated by Bhasa Sanchar nepal on 2007.
  7. Discussion among open source community on 2008, 2009.
  8. Initial meeting for Wikimedia Nepal- Held in Patan, Kathmandu on 17 July, 2010

Wikimedia Nepal Meetings[edit]

Recent Meeting Ninth Wikimedia Nepal Meeting- 12 August, 2012 Kathmandu

First Meeting July, 2010


Second - October, 2010

Third- December, 2010

Wiki-10, Kathmandu (15 Jan, 2011)

Fourth - 26 April 2011

Fifth- December 2011

Wiki 11th Anniversary (15 Jan, 2012)

Sixth - April, 2012

Seventh- May 30, June 1 and 2, 2012

June 3, 2012 - 10th Anniversary of Nepali Wikipedia विकि-१०

Eighth- July 6, 2012

First Wikithon Held October 2011

Wiki Outreaches in different places Kathmandu University TU, IOE Pulchwok Russian Cultural Center, Kamalpokhari Bhaktapur College

Near Future[edit]

  1. Nepali Wikithun (Proposed) to be held on IT Park, Banepa.
Sysops and new users sitting together to write at least one quality article each about their hometown, school or village or anything they know better.


Related articles in Nepali[edit]

Nepali Wikimedia Page in Nepali

Nepal for Wiki Activities[edit]

Kathmandu was proposed for Wikimania 2009 as a venue