Grants:IdeaLab/More languages

More languages
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Cavaleiro~ptwiki
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created on16:03, Wednesday, January 17, 2018 (UTC)


Audience edit

Who are the people you want to introduce Wikipedia to? edit

People that live in my country (Portugal).

The people of the Indian subcontinent as also to the people of the whole world.

In what languages do they search for information, online or otherwise? edit

Portuguese (European).

Urdu has been a widely spoken language in the Asian countries until now.

In what ways does this group communicate with each other? edit

They communicate via social media, mail, etc...

What are some reasons this group would use Wikipedia? How would they benefit from it, or what would they find useful? edit

They often do academic work, and search for interesting articles.

Project idea edit

What language Wikipedia projects will you promote to new readers? edit

Portuguese from Portugal.

How will you communicate with new readers? Will you be communicating with them online, in-person, or both? edit

Both.

Describe your idea to engage new readers. How might it be implemented? What will you tell people about Wikipedia? edit

They could use Wikipedia more often, if there was a CLEAR separation between European Portuguese (the real portuguese), and brazilian portuguese, they don't read many articles in brazilian because it is a language that as many erros (for those who speak the european portuguese), and that causes them to have a bad language rating in school and social conversations.

How will you know if this project is successful? What are some outcomes that you can share after the project is completed? edit

Sending a survey.

Do you think you can implement this idea? What support do you need? edit

I don't have the tecnhical ability to do so.

Get involved edit

Participants edit

Endorsements edit

  • As this language is the composition of many Asian languages. Muhammad Shokat (talk) 06:20, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
  • Because every one living in the entire world irrespective of any discriminations ; is from the one family; that is the family of the Adam and the Eve. Muhammad Shokat (talk) 06:26, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

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