Hoi, At BetaWiki we are celebrating the first two African languages that have achieved the first localisation milestone. Both Swahili and Sesotho sa Leboa have...
Thanks for the news and good work! I'll pass the word on about BetaWiki localization efforts on the PAL (PanAfrican Localisation) lists. Don ... that have ... ...
In the interests of finding ways to enhance content development on African language editions of Wikipedia, I'm talking with a friend and former colleague about...
Hi Don, ... Not sure that this option will meet your needs, but I thought I'd throw it out there. There is a nifty tool for importing photos from Flickr into...
Hoi, I have asked Brianna to comment, Brianna is one of the best spokespersons for Commons, and one of the more effective admins of Commons (I am one as well...
Hoi, Some good news. The Lozi language has reached the hundred percent mark for the most relevant messages. It just happened. And I am happy to report it. ...
FYI, ICANN has added 2 languages to its IDN Wiki - Amharic and Hebrew. Among languages of Africa, Arabic is also included. On the topic of IDN, I note that...
Hoi, Don this is such a nice post of yours.. I have blogged<http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2008/03/supporting-relases-this-is-what-we-do.html>about it. I...
Apparently the title means "International Year of Languages" in Swahili. I got that from sw.wikipedia.org, thanks to news from Oliver Stegen. What is the...
Just an inquiry: Is it Mwaka wa Lugha wa Kimataifa or Mwaka wa Lugha ya Kimataifa? Check and confirm the Kiswahili preposition. Dr Bob Mbori Masinde Muliro...
Swahili is sometimes ambiguous when you have multiple adjectives or adjectival nouns in sequence. In this case, however, the difference in prefixes for "-a"...
The Kamusi Project (www.kamusiproject.org) is pleased to announce that we are about to begin work on PALDO: the Pan-African Living Dictionary Online. PALDO...
Thanks Gerard for the heads up. I think that the issue is really one of marketing tailored to the community. I respect the efforts made by the individual who...
Sorry for the slow reply on this. I believe that OLPC is still working on its keyboard for Ethiopic/Ge'ez, but do not know offhand what the latest is...
Hoi, The reality of things are that the Wikimedia Foundation does not actively support any language. The WMF is an organisation that functions like a service...
Hi Gerard, Thanks for the feedback. I guess I see several things differently: 1. Wikipedia is a service, as you mention. Yet it was also founded with this...
Hi Gerard, and Happy Birthday! Thanks, Don, for your well-stated contribution. A quick thought to add. A recent day working in the office of an IT firm in...
Hoi, There are camels and dromedaries one has one hump the other two. The two humped one represent several of the small projects; it is people from two camel...
Hoi, Today I learned that the Chamorro Wikipedia was given the "keep" status after going through a process of closure. This language spoken by less then ...
Hi Gerard, I'm a lurker on this list and have been following this discussion.. very interesting and meaningful. Would you (or someone else in this discussion) ...
Hoi Tobias, I have written this for you: *************************** Wikipedia <http://wikipedia.org>is a community owned project. With over 700 projects in...
Hoi, The "Not the Wikipedia weekly" is a series of conversations on skype that are recorded and present all kinds of issues that are of relevance to Wikipedia....
Hi Gerard, This sounds exciting and thanks for your efforts to support African languages in Wikimedia Foundation projects. I think you hit the issue on the...
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