Neverignorant

प्रिय ज्ञानवर्य, संस्कृतविकिपीडियायां भवतः स्वागतम्। भवतः अभिनूतनानि विचाराणि संस्कृतविकि-उद्धारविषयकानि तु स्वागतार्हाणि प्रशंसार्हाणि च। पूर्वे अहमपि कांचित् नूतनां दृष्टिं धारयित्वा अत्र कार्यं कृतवान् अस्मि, तथा च केचित् पुरातनाः प्रयोक्तारः अत्र मम सहायकाः अपि अभवन्। परन्तु प्रतीयते यत् संस्कृतविकिपीडियायाः शुभचिन्तकानां पार्श्वे समयाभावः वर्तते, ते तु दैनिककार्येभ्यः यदा कदा एव समयं दातुं समर्थाः भवन्ति। अहमपि तादृशः एव। परन्तु तथाअपि वयं सर्वे शुभचिन्तकाः एव। अतएव मम भवन्तं प्रति प्रार्थना अस्ति यत् भवानपि स्वकीयान् नवीनान् विचारान् अवश्यमेव प्रकटीकरोतु, तथा च यत्किंचिदपि संस्कृतविकेः उद्धारार्थं योजना रचनीया, तद्विषये अपि स्वविचारान् अवश्यमेव निगदतु (वदतु)। -Hemant wikikosh ०९:०३, १ जून् २०१० (UTC)

Also as you have said that you are a Sanskrit student, then I would like to say that you must be having some of other sanskrit-knower friends. You need to encourage them to come on sanskrit wikipedia to contribute to the sanskrit wikipedia, to improve their sanskrit skills and to have some management experience here (need not be an administrator for managerial skill development here). Yes, it is true that currently there is no such happening environment here, but it is equally true that once they start using this excellent framework (i.e. this wikipedia) the knowledgeable interaction will readily start. As far as my part is concerned though I am busy currently in my real life, I would still try to contribute as time permits. धन्यवादाः। -Hemant wikikosh ०९:२२, १ जून् २०१० (UTC)

thanks so much for the response Hemant! or rather, धन्यवादाः! I am in India and am studying in a field completely unrelated to linguistics (medicine) so I'm just going to have to try this myself, as you do, as time permits. I am also involved in Telugu wikipedia, but actually my first inclination is to contribute here, as I feel Sanskrit Wikipedia can be an "orienting" force for all Indian language wikipedias, even as, in our case, those of the Dravidian grouping. I feel a great central point-of-focus should be neutral articles on Sanskrit literature and we can branch out from there. BTW, would you mind if I consult you, as my Sanskrit is terrible! --ज्ञान १६:२६, ६ जून् २०१० (UTC)

नमस्कारः ज्ञानवर्य, Actually your view that Sanskrit wiki can serve as orienting force for all Indian language wikipedias, coincides with my view. Not only that, Sanskrit has, from the ancient times, been an integrating force also. And now also it is so. You can see how people from Indraprastha to Kerala, Gujrat to AP and from every corner of India, are coming here with one common thing, affection towards their ancient and ever-new culture.

Though still there are many things to be achieved. People don't have adequate level of knowledge of Sanskrit to write smoothly (though I personally think that smoothness automatically comes with usage). Reason for slow growth in Sanskrit knowledge is (among others):

• People don't have time from their profession, while Hindi, English and their mother tongue they learn by daily exposure, for Sanskrit such exposure is rare.
• People have time but have less incentive, because they don't know what good things they will get after knowing Sanskrit. For this I would say that if one reads some Shlokas daily with their meaning then that is enough to awaken their interest. Further, if somebody has inclination towards logic (e.g. computer programming) then would find that Grammar of this language is equally interesting. There has been a tradition of good literature in Sanskrit, in any field of knowledge.

It seems that with time, knowledge of Snaskrit will definitely take more pace. Regarding your Sanskrit related queries, मीरू मी समस्यालुगुरिंचि कच्चितंगा अडुगुवच्चु। I am always ready to answer, though sometimes it may take time because of my busy days. (Oh yes, I am not a Telugu person, but have been to Andhra for some time and learned some Telugu there). -Hemant wikikosh ०६:१५, ७ जून् २०१० (UTC)

GREAT IDEA

Hi, I am Vaibhav. I am the 2nd active user in terms of contributions. I think your idea is great. I am also a Sanskrit student. I am in 8th Class and i am 13 years old. Please tell what can I do to make Sanskrit Wikipedia a attractive option for students.

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