What is the current status of this proposal? We had a brief discussion of it here in May. See also ...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Jul 21, 2007 3:16 pm
FYI, the following Wikimedia project page may be of interest to members of this list: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/African_languages I'll add it to a new...
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Kasper Souren
kasper.souren
Jul 21, 2007 4:12 pm
... I started it a long time ago. It could possibly be merged with another page now. Or maybe extended. But I'm happy to see it's still being edited now and...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Jul 30, 2007 1:26 am
Will anyone from this list and/or involved in African language editions of Wikipedia be at Wikimania 2007 in Taipei at the end of this week? I did a quick...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Jul 30, 2007 1:31 am
FYI. (Thanks to Martin for this initiative) Don ... Some on this Yahoogroup who also have accounts on Facebook.com might want to check out an interest group...
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GerardM
meijg
Jul 30, 2007 7:06 am
Hoi, I do not know if someone asked for a grant to go there... I have not heard about it.. I mentioned the possibility in the past. I will be there. Thanks, ...
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Kasper Souren
kasper.souren
Jul 30, 2007 10:03 am
... I did apply, but I was not very inspired because my original idea (something with CouchSurfing) was annulled - see http://opencouchsurfing.org why. Also,...
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ndesanjo macha
ughaibuni
Jul 30, 2007 2:42 pm
Yes, I will be in Taipei. Anyone else? ndesanjo Don Osborn <dzo@...> wrote: Will anyone from this...
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Jon Harald Søby
jhsoby
Jul 30, 2007 9:06 pm
I will also be there, but I'm not African, though (as you can probably tell by my name). But I look forward to seeing you there, Ndesanjo! ... -- Jon Harald...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Aug 4, 2007 12:02 pm
Jon, Ndesanjo, Gerard, Hope all is well at Wikimania in Taipei. Will there be (has there been) any kind of get-together of people interested in African ...
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GerardM
meijg
Aug 4, 2007 3:27 pm
Hoi absolutely, some interesting ideas where toyed around .. and Anthere, the chair of the board of the WMF said in her opening speech that Africa was...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Aug 4, 2007 4:51 pm
Thanks Gerard. Glad to hear that there is productive discussion about Africa & Wikipedia. WRT the museum issue, a related idea is "digital repatriation" of ...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Aug 16, 2007 2:33 pm
FYI I came across a WikiProject on en.wikipedia.org that may be of interest, though not speciically related to languages: ...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Aug 16, 2007 2:37 pm
Hi all, Does anyone who was at Wikimania have anything to say re discussions on African language Wikipedias or other related topics? TIA. Don ... end of ... ...
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GerardM
meijg
Aug 16, 2007 2:55 pm
Hoi, There were a few things that were of interest. Again the Wikimedia Foundation declared how much importance they want to give to African languages and that...
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Jon Harald Søby
jhsoby
Aug 16, 2007 6:15 pm
That's a weird one. It says it is a collaboration between Wikimedia Italia and another Italian organization, but the page is on the English Wikipedia, and with...
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Kasper Souren
kasper.souren
Aug 17, 2007 5:50 pm
... Did the WMF make clear if they want to actually spend money on African languages, and if so, how much? Last month Renaud from Moulinwiki.org has set up a...
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Jon Harald Søby
jhsoby
Aug 18, 2007 12:16 am
The Wikimedia Foundation has never, AFAIK, spent money on directly improving projects, that has been up to the local chapters. The Foundation is more concerned...
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Samuel Klein
sjekjr
Aug 22, 2007 1:56 am
Hello to all, My project, One Laptop per Child, is developing local keyboards for a number of languages around the world. This has come up on this list ...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Aug 22, 2007 2:47 am
Hi SJ, I'll copy this to some others - the A12n-collaboration list, where keyboards for African languages has been a subject of discussion on and off since 4-5...
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Kasper Souren
kasper.souren
Aug 23, 2007 1:49 pm
Hello, Tomorrow I will be meeting Ibou[1], who is doing amazing work on the Wolof Wikipedia[2]. I will try to do a video interview, which could be useful to...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Aug 23, 2007 2:52 pm
FYI, this conversation has continued offlist, Replies onlist are always welcome. Hopefully we can have a summary posted later. Don ___________________ Hi SJ,...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Aug 23, 2007 3:12 pm
Hi Kasper, I added some questions and took the liberty of reorganizing the list under some headings. Where will you be meeting? (Senegal?, Europe?) Great to...
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stevenwag2002
Aug 23, 2007 3:46 pm
Dear Kaspar, Don : I would also ask whether he has reached out (or will reach out) to the Wolof-speaking communities in France (or other parts of Europe) and...
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Kasper Souren
kasper.souren
Aug 23, 2007 5:44 pm
Steve, Don, Thank you very much! ... Thank you very much! ... We're meeting somewhere close to Venice. It's not too far from where I live these days. ... Yeah,...
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Kasper Souren
kasper.souren
Aug 25, 2007 10:44 am
... It was very inspiring to meet Ibou. I wrote about it on my new and improved blog, in French: http://guaka.org/2007/08/25/de-lespoir-pour-lafrique/ I will...
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GerardM
meijg
Aug 25, 2007 4:20 pm
Hoi, I had the privilege to welcome Ibou on OmegaWiki today.. as we really want to see African languages supported, I have added Wolof as an editable ...
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Kasper Souren
kasper.souren
Sep 4, 2007 1:28 pm
Today I found out about WikiAfrica.it, an interesting Italian project. There is a workshop in Mantova this weekend. I won't be able to go there myself, but...
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Jama Jama Musse
jmgurey
Sep 4, 2007 1:57 pm
Hi Kasper, I am not member of the group who launched the idea and this project, but I am willing to go there and participate as an observer (and perhaps ...
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ndesanjo macha
ughaibuni
Sep 4, 2007 2:20 pm
Kasper, I am leaving New York September 7th. Maybe we can meet up on the 6th? Jama Jama Musse <jmgurey@...> wrote: Hi Kasper, I am not member of the...
