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<p>'''Issue:''' 1 • '''Date''': 1 November 2013</center>
<p>'''Issue:''' 2• '''Date''': 2014 March 15</center>
<p>'''Greetings'''  Welcome to the inaugural edition of '''[[Sarkarverse:Sarkarverse Bulletin|Sarkarverse Bulletin]]''', Sarkarverse's fortnightly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or have shown interest in Sarkarverse.  To receive future updates of ''Saarkarverse Bulletin'', please '''[[Sarkarverse:Sarkarverse_Bulletin#Subscribe|subscribe (or unsubscribe) the bulletin]]'''.
<p>'''Greetings'''  Welcome to the second edition of '''[[Sarkarverse:Sarkarverse Bulletin|Sarkarverse Bulletin]]''', Sarkarverse's fortnightly newsletter. We're sending you the second edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or have shown interest in Sarkarverse.  To receive future updates of ''Saarkarverse Bulletin'', please '''[[Sarkarverse:Sarkarverse_Bulletin#Subscribe|subscribe (or unsubscribe) the bulletin]]'''.
* '''Sarkarverse launched:''' On 21 October 2013, Sarkarverse was launched by [[Ananda Marga]] senior monk [[Abhidevananda Avadhuta]]. The initial work of the encyclopedia began on 7 October 2013.
* '''Sarkarverse in three more languages''': On 2014 March 21, Sarkarverse was made available in three additional languages. Besides our English version, we now have:
* '''Sarkarverse reaches 500 articles''': On 26 October 2013, Sarkarverse reached 500 articles. {{As of|2013|11|1}} Sarkarverse has 936 articles.
:# [[:bn:প্রধান_পাতা|Bengali]]
* '''Deluge of spam''': On 27 October 2013 Sarkarverse faces a serious spam attack and saw more than 150 new accounts those were created to write spam articles and insert external links in Sarkarverse articles. All 150+ accounts were quickly blocked and new account creation in Sarkarverse was temporarily disabled. Account creation was re-enabled on 28 October.
:# [[:fr:Accueil|French]]
* '''Ongoing discussions''': Ongoing discussions on Sarkarverse policies and guidelines planning may be seen at [[Sarkarverse:Policies and guidelines planning]]. Feel free join and share your opinion there ([[Sarkarverse:Policies and guidelines planning/Maps and Categories|Maps and categories]] • [[Sarkarverse:Policies and guidelines planning/Projects|Projects]])
:# [[:hi:मुख्य_पृष्ठ|Hindi]]
* '''[[Portal:Quiz]]''': On 30 October 2013 Sarkarverse launched [[Portal:Quiz]] — a recreational portal of the encyclopedia. Any registered user may ask or ask questions here, but all questions '''must''' be connected to [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]].
* '''MediaWiki upgrade:''': Sarkarverse's platfrom MediaWiki was upgraded from MW 1.21 to MW 1.22 in the first week of March. This upgrade brought both benefits and hassles. With the upgrade, we got a faster site, some errors were fixed — these were benefits. The upgrade also brought some new errors, and we had to update a series of modules and templates — these were hassles.
* '''Scribunto Lua— No more''': Scribunto is a core extension of MediaWiki that uses the Lua programming language. From the very first day we have been facing difficulties with this extension. In mid-November (2013) it was fixed. Now the error is back, and it is affecting hundreds of pages and templates. Our volunteers are working to fix it.
* '''Lack of editors''': Although Sarkarverse is going to be 5 months' old this March, the site is still badly lacking active editors. If you are not engaged with editing, please consider helping out.
* '''Sarkarverse social news''': Sarkarverse Facebook page touched 350 likes on March 14.


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Issue: 2• Date: 2014 March 15

Greetings Welcome to the second edition of Sarkarverse Bulletin, Sarkarverse's fortnightly newsletter. We're sending you the second edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or have shown interest in Sarkarverse. To receive future updates of Saarkarverse Bulletin, please subscribe (or unsubscribe) the bulletin.

  • Sarkarverse in three more languages: On 2014 March 21, Sarkarverse was made available in three additional languages. Besides our English version, we now have:
  1. Bengali
  2. French
  3. Hindi
  • MediaWiki upgrade:: Sarkarverse's platfrom MediaWiki was upgraded from MW 1.21 to MW 1.22 in the first week of March. This upgrade brought both benefits and hassles. With the upgrade, we got a faster site, some errors were fixed — these were benefits. The upgrade also brought some new errors, and we had to update a series of modules and templates — these were hassles.
  • Scribunto Lua— No more: Scribunto is a core extension of MediaWiki that uses the Lua programming language. From the very first day we have been facing difficulties with this extension. In mid-November (2013) it was fixed. Now the error is back, and it is affecting hundreds of pages and templates. Our volunteers are working to fix it.
  • Lack of editors: Although Sarkarverse is going to be 5 months' old this March, the site is still badly lacking active editors. If you are not engaged with editing, please consider helping out.
  • Sarkarverse social news: Sarkarverse Facebook page touched 350 likes on March 14.
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