Hi, as you might already know OmegaWiki is creating the OLPC Children's dictionary. To reach the first goal: 1100 basic words we are going a way that is...
Hi folks, A while back (not sure when), someone (not sure who) added a nifty on-the-fly transliteration tool to the Amharic Wikipedia. If you don't happen to...
I've just attended the combined ACAL 38 / ALTA 11 conference (Annual Conference of African Linguistics & African Language Teachers' Association*) and one...
My name is Matt Berg and I would like to starty by saying that I am excited to come across this group. I am currently the country director for the Geekcorps...
A new WikiProject has just begun on the English Wikipedia to improve English-language articles about the African continent in general. If you would like to...
Several of the members of this group had the opportunity to participate in the "PanAfrican Research on L10n Workshop and Localisation Blitz" in Marrakech,...
See http://kasahorow.org/iso-639/1. For reference if anyone needs such a sub-list. ISO-639-1 are the 2-letter language codes for languages. paa.kwesi -- ...
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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So there seems to be a need for clarification since some think that we did not inform about the project, that people are not...
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...
This topic is definitely worthwhile here, especially as there is a suggestion that similar kinds of projects might be generated for African languages. Please...
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. ...
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...
This article appeared in The Herald of Zimbabwe yesterday, featuring our own Don Osborn: http://allafrica.com/stories/200612111042.html Cheers, Martin...
I'm seeking feedback on the concept of an (informal) Year of Unicode in Africa. The idea is to heighten awareness of what Unicode is, why it's important for...
Wikipedia / Wikimedia have some collections of pictures, maps, illustrations, drawings, diagrams, etc., but has any thought been given to expanding this...
Hoi, I read that there are localisations of the Drupal software in African languages. What I would like you to do is to make sure that these versions are also...
Dear Afrophone Wikipedians, I am pasting below some correspondence that Gerard and I have been having with Kibangula Mwanakisi, who is a member of the the...
Hi all, Having finally managed to subscribe to this (although the invitation was extended in August already), I better introduce myself: In Europe (mainly...
The Meta-Wiki site (the one for coordination of Wikipedia projects) has a page with templates indicating language proficiency of contributors to Wikipedia at ...
Yoruba scholars in Nigeria are being encouraged to contribute to Yoruba Wikipedia and they have started doing this but then, there are some problems (i) They ...
The organization "Linguapax" http://www.linguapax.org is organizing a conference at the close of this Year of African Languages in Yaoundé. So far the only...
Hello all, Malangali notified me of the existence of this group somewhere in August, and I finally registered. I figured it'd be good to introduce myself...
Recently I've been working on the PanAfrican L10n wiki for localization in African languages at http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/ . At...
... Hoi, For your information, I am on record that I need MediaWiki developers who speak a mothertongue that is part of different language families. I need...
Hello, Balâo! How do I do this? Become and take intitive on the Luganda and Sango wikipedias? I have a lot of translations to do for the interfaces, and I...
Somehow the logo and some other important graphics of the Fulfulde and the Wolof Wikipedia has been changed. I guess this happened on other Wikipedias as well....
See http://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006 2006ý; 20:04 . . 81.34.184.82 (Talk | block) (an easy way of increasing the number of articles and aim the people to...
Hello, My name is Játi and I am a student in Menntaskóli from Iceland. I am currently a Sysop on Wikibækur (is.wikibooks.org) and trying to become a SysOp...
