Tell us about Bosnian Wikipedia
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[edit]Questionnaire
[edit]Contributors
[edit]- Wikimedia Statistics can be difficult to interpret. What is your impression, how many steady contributors do you have?
- About 20 --Munja (?) 17:08, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
- Are your contributors mostly native speakers?
- Where do your contributors live (regions/country)?
- The most of active contributors lives in Bosnia and Hercegovina, some of them in Austria, United States, Sweden and Netherlands. --Munja (?) 17:08, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
- How common is it that your contributors meet in real life?
- Before there were few meetings, presently none. --Munja (?) 17:08, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
Other Wikipedias
[edit]- Do you have special contacts with other Wikipedias (maybe in related languages)?
- Yes, like hr, sr and sh wiki. Due to political reasons, these contacts are very poor. --Munja (?) 17:08, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
- Do you translate a lot from other Wikipedias? Which ones?
- Yes. primary from en and de wiki, and then from hr or sr. --WizardOfOz talk 16:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Organization and support
[edit]- Is there a Wikimedia chapter in your country? How does your language relate to it?
- No, but we are trying to get an concept for a chapter. --WizardOfOz talk 16:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- Are there work groups in other organizations about Wikipedia?
Your Wikipedia and the linguistic community
[edit]- Is there a language institution for your language, like an Academy, or a club of people interested in your language? Do you have contact with them?
- At the moment there is nothing related. We are trying to get some contact to federal secretary of science and a linguistic union in Bosnia. --WizardOfOz talk 16:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- Who (else) supports you?
- Nobody. --WizardOfOz talk 16:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- What does the public outreach for your edition look like? Do you have flyers, give lectures, training etc.?
- Do you get feedback from readers?
- What other encyclopedias exist in your language?
- There are currently no encyclopedias in Bosnian. --WizardOfOz talk 16:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Content
[edit]- Does your edition concentrate on certain topics, like your region and language, or Latin Wikipedia on Roman history and Christianity?
- As a small wiki, yes. Concentrated to history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkan, but also on other themes. --WizardOfOz talk 16:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- Did your edition enjoy text donations, for example from older encyclopedias?
Language
[edit]- Is there a generally accepted norm about your language (spelling, dictionary, pronunciation)?
- How do you deal with different spellings, dialects etc. (like B.E. lift and A.E. elevator)?
- Through consensus. --WizardOfOz talk 16:55, 16 April 2009 (UTC)