24 Jan 2009

Gorkhapedia [wiki-based Gorkha encyclopaedia]
Gorkha Research Foundation, Elysee Bylane, Darjeeling, India.
Self-description:
"Gorkhapedia [...] is the first online Wikipedia styled free for all to edit encyclopedia on Gorkhas. It evolved from The Himalayan Beacon also known as Beacon Online which itself evolved from Beacon, a monthly news magazine published from Darjeeling. [...]
Gorkhapedia was started by Barun Roy, the founder of Beacon and The Himalayan Beacon [Beacon Online] to document the Gorkha people and the Gorkha Life. It was started on the 28th of August 2008.
Mission Objectives: Gorkhapedia.org is dedicated towards: 1. Study, research and documentation of every aspect of Gorkha life, 2. Create a global intellectual peer group in all the fields of Human Pursuance, 3. Coordinate between all the scholars, enthusiasts and peer groups, 4. Become a bridge between all Gorkhas world-wide.
What does Gorkhapedia Offer: 1. Anyone can create and edit pages on any topic, 2. Anyone can create Discussion link or initiate discussion on any topic, 3. Post audio, video, photos and texts on main content pages and discussion threads, 4. Create Profile page for the self."
Site contents:
* Navigation (Main Page, Contents, Featured Content, Current Events);
* Interaction (About Gorkhapedia, Community Portal, Contact Gorkhapedia, Donate to Gorkhapedia, Help, How to join this site?, Site members, Frequently Asked Questions, Recent changes, List all pages, Page Tags);
* Search; * Create a new Topic [i.e. encyclopaedic article];
* 5 Most Recently Created Articles (People's Directory, Nepalese National Democratic Front of India (NNDFI), United Revolutionary Front of Bhutan Bhutan Tiger Force, Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist));
* 5 Most Edited Articles (First Among Gorkhas, People's Directory, Politics, Non Governmental Organisations, Contents)
* Most Recent Forum Posts
* Apply for Membership at Gorkhapedia - Its Free!
[A potentially valuable site, which right now is largely under construction - ed.]
URL http://www.gorkhapedia.org/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000