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{{Infobox organization
| name                = Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation
| native_name         = উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ ফাউন্ডেশন
| native_name_lang    = bn
| logo                = Wikimedia Bangladesh logo.svg
| logo_size           = 200px
| logo_alt            = A three colored svg logo of the Wikimedia Bangladesh
| abbreviation        = WikimediaBD
| formation           = {{start date and age|df=yes|2011|10|03}}
| founder             = [[Wikimedia community]]
| founding_location   = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| type                = [[Non-profit organization]]
| registration_id     = S-11906
| status              = Active
| location            = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| coords              = {{coord|23.740117|90.3875823|display=inline,title}}
| area_served         = Bangladesh
| methods             = [[Bengali Wikipedia]], [[Bishnupriya Manipuri Wikipedia]], [[Santali Wikipedia]], [[Wiktionary|Bengali Wiktionary]], [[Wikiquote|Bengali Wikiquote]], [[Wikibooks|Bengali Wikibooks]], [[Wikisource|Bengali Wikisource]], Bengali Wikivoyage
| leader_title        = President
| leader_name         = [[Shabab Mustafa]]
| key_people          = {{Unbulleted list
  | Masum Al-Hasan<br />{{smaller|(General Secretary)}}
  | Moheen Reeyad<br />{{smaller|(Treasurer)}}
}}
| subsidiaries        = [[:wmbd:আঞ্চলিক সম্প্রদায়সমূহ|regional communities]]
| affiliations        = [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
| volunteers          = 71 ({{as of|2019|08|lc=y|url=https://bd.wikimedia.org/s/vi}})
| volunteers_year     = 2019
| website             = {{URL|www.wikimedia.org.bd | wikimedia.org.bd}} {{URL|https://bd.wikimedia.org/wiki/প্রধান_পাতা| bd.wikimedia.org}}
}}
'''Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation''' (mostly known as '''Wikimedia Bangladesh''' or '''WikimediaBD''') is a [[Charitable organization|registered charity]] established to support volunteers in [[Bangladesh]] who work on [[Wikimedia projects]] such as [[Bengali Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].<ref name="PA-194082">{{cite news |script-title=bn:অনুমোদন পেল উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ |url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-10-16/news/194082 |access-date=1 December 2019 |work=[[Prothom Alo]] |date=16 October 2011 |location=Dhaka |language=Bengali }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is a [[Wikimedia chapter]]<ref name="Practicing">{{cite book |last1=Paroutis |first1=Sotirios |last2=Heracleous |first2=Loizos |last3=Angwin |first3=Duncan |title=Practicing Strategy: Text and Cases |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjEPAAv4kiUC&q=Wikimedia+Bangladesh&pg=PT256 |accessdate=19 March 2016 |date=1 February 2013 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1849207508 |page=243 |chapter=Wikimedia chapters |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019114840/https://books.google.com/books?id=GjEPAAv4kiUC&q=Wikimedia+Bangladesh&pg=PT256 |url-status=live }}</ref> approved by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] which owns and hosts those projects. As of 19 November 2019, it is the only official Wikimedia chapter in [[South Asia]] and the only chapter that operates in a [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-speaking environment.<ref name="PA-OD">{{cite news |script-title=bn:নবম বছরে 'উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ' |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/technology/article/1617285/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E2%80%99 |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=[[Prothom Alo]] |date=16 October 2011 |location=Dhaka |language=Bengali |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019114840/https://www.prothomalo.com/technology/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E2%80%99 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The chapter has several collaborations with other institutions and has organised events for volunteers aimed at adding content to Foundation projects.

==History==
Wikimedia Bangladesh was approved by Wikimedia Board of trustees on 3 October 2011, and was the 39th local chapter to be approved by the [[Wikimedia Foundation board]].<ref name="Samakal-1910202">{{cite news |script-title=bn:৯ বছরে 'উইকিমিডিয়া বাংলাদেশ' |url=https://www.samakal.com/technology/article/1910202/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E2%80%99 |access-date=19 November 2019 |publisher=[[Samakal]] |date=3 October 2019 |location=Dhaka |language=Bengali }}</ref> In May 2012, the organization applied to [[Registrar of Joint Stock Companies And Firms]] for local registration. It was registered locally on 9 June 2014<ref name="Signpost">{{citation |title=Wikimedia Bangladesh: a chapter's five-year journey |publisher=Wikipedia Signpost|title-link=Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-06-18/Special report}}</ref> under the Societies Registration Act of Bangladesh and its official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation.<ref name="About WikimediaBD">{{cite web |url=http://wikimedia.org.bd/about-us/about-wikimedia-bangladesh |title=About Wikimedia Bangladesh |website=WikimediaBD |access-date=16 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222160346/http://wikimedia.org.bd/about-us/about-wikimedia-bangladesh |archive-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Board of trustees==
As of 2024, the Board members comprises:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wikimedia.org.bd/about-us/committees |title=Interim Executive Committee members of Wikimedia Bangladesh}}</ref>
* [[Shabab Mustafa]] (President)
* Masum Al-Hasan (General Secretary)
* Moheen Reeyad (Treasurer)
* Tanvir Rahman (member)
* Ali Haidar Khan (member) 
* Ankan Ghosh Dastider (member)
* R K Hannan (member)
* [[Dolon Prova]] (member)
* [[Tanbin Islam Siyam]] (member)

==Activities==
Wikimedia Bangladesh runs various voluntary education programs such as workshops, photo contests, article contests and conferences in Bangladesh to promote and enrich the [[Wikimedia Foundation#Wikimedia projects|Wikimedia Foundation projects]].<ref>{{cite news |title=10th anniversary of the Bangla Wikipedia celebrated |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bytes/10th-anniversary-the-bangla-wikipedia-celebrated-90832 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |access-date=19 November 2019 |language=en |date=1 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821212853/http://www.thedailystar.net/bytes/10th-anniversary-the-bangla-wikipedia-celebrated-90832 |archive-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশে উইকিমিডিয়া |url=http://archive.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-10-21/news/195395 |work=[[Prothom Alo]] |language=bn |access-date=19 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Prothom Alo1">{{cite news |script-title=bn:নতুন বছরে নতুন লক্ষ্য |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/technology/article/130000/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF |work=[[Prothom Alo]] |language=bn |access-date=19 November 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809061024/https://www.prothomalo.com/technology/article/130000/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF |url-status=live }}</ref> While Bengali language projects (such as [[Bengali Wikipedia]]) are the priority, it also helped with the launching of other regional language version of Wikipedia such as [[Santali Wikipedia]] and [[Bishnupriya Manipuri Wikipedia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Santhali becomes India's first tribal language to get own Wikipedia edition |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/santhali-becomes-india-s-first-tribal-language-to-get-own-wikipedia-edition/story-fUP5LRZI0lEBlVGNCjW5cK.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |accessdate=19 November 2019 |language=en |date=9 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222174300/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/santhali-becomes-india-s-first-tribal-language-to-get-own-wikipedia-edition/story-fUP5LRZI0lEBlVGNCjW5cK.html |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ক্ষুদ্রজাতির ভাষায় বিশ্বকোষ |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/first-page/2014/02/15/52285#sthash.AL1CKnLu.dpuf |work=[[Kaler Kantho]] |language=bn |access-date=19 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920011304/http://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/first-page/2014/02/15/52285#sthash.AL1CKnLu.dpuf |archive-date=20 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gour Hari Das: The Unsung Freedom Fighter Whose Fight Didn't End With Freedom |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/155519/gour-hari-das-freedom-fighter-independence-odisha-news/ |website=The Better India |accessdate=19 November 2019 |date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113005930/https://www.thebetterindia.com/155519/gour-hari-das-freedom-fighter-independence-odisha-news/ |archive-date=13 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The organization also collaborates with other organizations and institutions such as [[Bangladesh National Museum]], the Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka, [[Grameenphone]] for the enrichment of the Wikipedia project. When video piracy started in Bangladesh by using [[Wikipedia Zero]] in 2016, it worked jointly with the Wikimedia Foundation to raise awareness among the users.<ref name="Prothom Alo1"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Koebler |first1=Jason |title=Wikipedia's Piracy Police Are Ruining the Developing World's Internet Experience |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8q858k/wikipedia-zero-being-surveilled-by-piracy-police |magazine=Vice |access-date=19 November 2019 |language=en |date=27 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918020016/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8q858k/wikipedia-zero-being-surveilled-by-piracy-police |archive-date=18 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, [[Bangladesh Air Force]] release their photos to [[Wikimedia Commons]], and in 2019, [[Jago FM]] provides photographs of media personalities for the same purpose.

==See also==
* [[List of Wikimedia chapters]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Wikimedia Bangladesh}}
* {{official website}}
* [https://wikimedia.org.bd/blog Wikimedia BD Blog]

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