Dear colleagues,

Forwarding you the English translation of the January edition of our monthly newsletter.
For links, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedias_in_the_languages_of_Russia/Newsletter#2016-01-12

Regards,
farhad

Dear colleague,

"Great thanks of all Wikimedia movement participants goes to each and everyone who contributes into developing Wikipedias in the languages of Russia. Your efforts support preservation of Intangible cultural heritage of humanity, as well as achieving the Vision of Wikimedia Foundation and Charter objectives of the Russian national Wikimedia chapter.
In this issue:

1. On January 15 Wikimedia movement participants around the world are celebrating 15th anniversary of Wikipedia – take a look at the draft press-release about it.
2. m:Wikimedia Russia is now also available in Bashkir and in Sakha! Will your language team be the next one to join our efforts?
3. Wikimedia Foundation initiated Wikimania renewal process.
4. ru.wikimedia.org homepage materials are now available in English. Our multilingualism project is moving further...
5. Wikipedia Android app, now with interactive map, named a Best App of 2015
6. This newsletter now has its own homepage! You can now learn about the essence of the project and manage own subscription.
7. Contributing into a number of Wikimedia projects? Want to track related changes? New convenient tool just for that!
8. Trend analysis and best practices discovery is now based on Wikimedia project «Statistics data».
9. Tatar Wikipedia participants from Kazan have launched End-of-the-month Wikimeetups project.
10. Ready to share own news or valuable experience? Great! Be bold - add a link into the next month issue!

See also ru:Проект:Разделы Википедии на региональных языках России/Новости/Архив and m:Tell us about your Wikipedia.

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