This conference may be of interest. It is the kind of venue in which one could discuss: * Wikipedia in African languages * Online African language learning...
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Janet Feldman
frida02806
Jan 7, 2007 1:35 pm
Dear Don and All, Hello and thanks for the excellent eforum and activities! I've been following the discussions in a quiet way to date, but will hopefully...
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Hessam Armandeh
hesam_armandeh
Jan 19, 2007 7:45 pm
Please stop these project and let them strat from scratch on their own feet. You can't do anything special for them. Wikipedia needs volunteers not money. ...
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Jan 19, 2007 8:47 pm
Hoi, Featured articles from the English Wikipedia have been translated by Iranian professional translators to Persian. This is completely in line with the...
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Hessam Armandeh
hesam_armandeh
Jan 20, 2007 8:44 am
Hi, We have no problem with you or Sabine. The problem is translation quality. I don't thinkg university professors that have never seen a wikipedia article ...
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Sabine Cretella
sabine_cretella
Jan 20, 2007 9:24 am
Hessam,
1) this is not the list to discuss these issues
2) as said on Angela's talk page the Board will receive an evaluation of the Allame Tabata'i...
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Kasper Souren
kasper.souren
Jan 20, 2007 1:42 pm
... Can you tell us what the right list is? I was very skeptical after Hessam's first post, but his second post seems both interesting and relevant. ... One...
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Jan 20, 2007 2:10 pm
Hoi, This list is not the list to discuss projects that are outside of Africa. There is a need for articles in other projects than just the Persian one. With...
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Erik Moeller
xirzon
Jan 20, 2007 2:39 pm
... It seems to me that your reaction is more driven by an irrational aversion to paid work than by rational objections to the quality of the articles. A...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Jan 20, 2007 4:29 pm
A few quick thoughts with thanks to all for the points already made. The Persian Wikipedia is not a topic generally relevant for this list, but the principle...
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rasfeqade
Jan 20, 2007 4:42 pm
They say we are living in an age of "Information Wars" and this has every appearance to me of being a real live "Information War!" Leaving aside the question...
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Jan 20, 2007 6:38 pm
Hoi, The notion of an "information war" is silly in this context. You obviously have not done your homework. The list of articles that were translated were...
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RasFeqade@...
rasfeqade
Jan 20, 2007 6:54 pm
In a message dated 1/20/2007 1:40:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Where was it available again please? I know nothing about the .fa project, and am only now...
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Kasper Souren
kasper.souren
Jan 21, 2007 3:19 am
... The topic brought up might not be directly for this list, but it has started a very interesting discussion. And still, my question remains open: on which...
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Martin Benjamin
piperzen
Jan 21, 2007 9:12 am
Gerard, without making any comment on the Farsi project, you reminded me of the opening chapter of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," when Arthur Dent...
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Sabine Cretella
sabine_cretella
Jan 21, 2007 11:51 am
bcc to a Board Member
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So there seems to be a need for clarification since some think that we did not inform about the project, that people are not...
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Hessam Armandeh
hesam_armandeh
Jan 21, 2007 5:03 pm
A complete personal attack! I'll answer this email in two days (I have Economy exam tomorrow). And also I'll post it on persian wikipedia because it's also an...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Jan 21, 2007 5:55 pm
This topic is definitely worthwhile here, especially as there is a suggestion that similar kinds of projects might be generated for African languages. Please...
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Jan 21, 2007 6:21 pm
Hoi, The organisation that wanted to have the content created, first wanted the project done locally by people in Iran. For reasons unknown to me, this did not...
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Sabine Cretella
sabine_cretella
Jan 21, 2007 10:39 pm
Well if contents creation for Wikipedias is a theme: let's take up that theme considering how it could be done.
Of course it depends very much about which...
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Oliver Stegen
babatabita
Jan 22, 2007 9:41 am
Dear all, Could someone explain the recent developments at the Swahili Wikipedia? I've noticed with alarm that, since October, none of the 5 administrators...
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Jan 22, 2007 10:06 am
Hoi, As far as I am aware there is no full time administrator in the pipe line. What may be in the pipe line is content creation. As part of such a project...
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Sabine Cretella
sabine_cretella
Jan 22, 2007 11:19 am
Hi Oliver,
I just had a look at the wikipedia: it definitely is quite a calm place. The two bots work on interwiki links and that is relevant, so potential...
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ndesanjo macha
ughaibuni
Jan 22, 2007 12:34 pm
Oliver, you are right about inactivity with regard to Swahili. I got involved with Global Voices Online (http://globalvoicesonline.org) and have been dealing...
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Oliver Stegen
babatabita
Jan 22, 2007 1:34 pm
Ndesanjo, Thanks for your explanation, and sorry to hear you're having a rough time. Hope you resurface well next month. Looking forward to interaction on...
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Martin Benjamin
piperzen
Jan 22, 2007 2:26 pm
Almost 6 months after we began this Afrophone Wikis list, we can learn a lot from what has happened with the Swahili Wikipedia, and the smaller African...
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Hessam Armandeh
hesam_armandeh
Jan 22, 2007 7:07 pm
This is a reply by another active sysop on persian wikipedia. We will sign it and send it to Wikimedia and Hivos foundation soon. Some points need to be...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Jan 26, 2007 9:36 am
Hi Martin, all, This is a key issue and deserves a lot more attention. I'll offer some thoughts in the text below. ... <martin.benjamin@...> wrote: ... related...
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GerardM
meijg
Jan 26, 2007 10:56 pm
Hoi, There are several issues; Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia. The consequence is that people use it to learn the basic information about what it is they are ...
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matt_crypto
Feb 2, 2007 12:15 am
... Just came across this list after getting back into the Swahili Wikipedia. I'm one of the "missing" admins on sw. (Regrettably, I've really had to focus on...
