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--- In afrophonewikis@yahoogroups.com, "Don Osborn" <dzo@...> wrote:
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> I don't
> know whether it was because of this post or due to some other factors, but
> since then, Hausa wikipedia is growing fast.

Thanks for the update - glad to see there's some signs of life. It's still not
looking too healthy though. Of the 129 articles, 8 are tagged for speedy
deletion (at least one since June), and of the recent new articles, most seem to
be empty except for a heading and interwiki links
(http://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladu, http://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haramu
and http://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_karam for example).

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Ian Gilfillan
www.greenman.co.za






Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:14 pm

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FYI from the Hausa Online blog at http://hausaonline.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/hausa-wikipedia-is-growing/ : Hausa Wikipedia is growing Posted by hausaonline...
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... Thanks for the update - glad to see there's some signs of life. It's still not looking too healthy though. Of the 129 articles, 8 are tagged for speedy...
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The Hausa Wikipedia is perhaps the most extreme case in study of problems with African language editions of Wikipedia. It is a widely spoken first & second...
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