Talk:International Mother Language Day

To merge, or not to merge

Language Martyrs' Day is very important in Bangladesh. International Mother Language Day bases its date on it, but is a global recognition of the plight of many languages and language extinction. I think the articles should be linked, but remain seperate. The fact that this is a stub does not mean that there's nothing to say. I shall try to expand this article when I have the time. Gareth Hughes 03:37, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I second Gareth's idea. One possible expansion of the article may be to include how/when/why the day was declared as Intl' Mother Language Day and what associated activities are there in UNESCO (The unesco homepage I linked has some breif lists). --Ragib 04:08, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Even if merged, articles can always be split up again when respective sections have obtained sufficient length. Though as things exist, it's okay to keep them separate, especially if people are interested in contributing. My 2 cents. A-giau 03:13, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I agree with A-giau. It would be nice to have one neat page with more content before it gets featured on the Main Page on February 21st. The two can be split up later when there is enough material for two "free-standing" articles. -- PFHLai 04:17, 2005 Feb 18 (UTC)

I'm not going to have enough time to get these two articles into reasonable shape for 21 February. Perhaps it would be best to merge for the time being. Gareth Hughes 13:37, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Moving on

Looks like the articles were not merged (or merged and reseparated?) per the discussion above. Glad there's a separate article, in any event.

I am looking again at UNESCO's web space for IMLD, and after 5-6 years of following this am surprised to see that there still is neither (1) a really good presentation of the event (especially now that IMLD itself has a history; I will add a summary page they have under the External links) nor (2) any page on the upcoming observance, posted well enough in advance of the event to facilitate planning, publicity, etc.

On the other hand UNESCO does seem to preserve the pages on past years' observances, which could be adapted into a short section of main article here, indicating the themes and links. (Not time right now, but maybe later.) --A12n 13:31, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Congrats, Wikipedia!

This day is also dedicated to Wikipedia, providing a free encyclopedia for almost every mother tongue! I think we should get more publicity here, next year!