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I am new to this group and wondering what become of this topic? ... where ... and off ... aspect or ... Solomon...
teferra10
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Apr 4, 2008
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Hoi, I just noticed that it has been proposed to close down the Xhosa Wikipedia. The...
Gerard Meijssen
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May 4, 2008
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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...
Don Osborn
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May 4, 2008
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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...
Don Osborn
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May 4, 2008
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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...
Gerard Meijssen
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May 4, 2008
9:32 pm
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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...
Don Osborn
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May 6, 2008
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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...
Martin Benjamin
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May 7, 2008
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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...
Gerard Meijssen
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May 8, 2008
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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 ...
Gerard Meijssen
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May 10, 2008
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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) ...
Tobias Eigen
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May 13, 2008
6:19 am
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Hoi Tobias, I have written this for you: *************************** Wikipedia <http://wikipedia.org>is a community owned project. With over 700 projects in...
Gerard Meijssen
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May 13, 2008
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406
Hi Gerard, Thanks for this excellent introduction to wikipedia for Kabissa members - I have posted it on the Kabissa ...
Tobias Eigen
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May 14, 2008
11:41 am
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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....
Gerard Meijssen
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May 24, 2008
11:42 am
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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...
Don Osborn
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May 24, 2008
12:36 pm
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Recently Misbaho has started adding genuine Bambara to the Bambara Wikipedia. Check http://bm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Misbaho and ...
Kasper Souren
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Jun 11, 2008
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Hi Kasper, Aw ni ce! I wish that some of the WMF people other than Gerard would listen to this kind of story. Give minority languages and less resourced ...
Don Osborn
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Jun 13, 2008
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This item came 2 weeks ago to an address that I have trouble monitoring due to spam. Although deadlines for submissions have passed, the planned date for the...
Don Osborn
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Jun 13, 2008
8:26 pm
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This webpage seems to have more info than the one indicated: http://wiki-translation.com/tiki-index.php?page=Collaborative+Translation+Workshop+at+WikiSym+2008...
Don Osborn
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Jun 13, 2008
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Seb Paquet informs me that the deadline for submissions is now June 20. ... ...
Don Osborn
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Jun 13, 2008
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Hi my english isn't good anyway i try to write something I think that it's the moment to creat branch of mediawiki in the african countries which languages...
ibouwiki
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Jun 23, 2008
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... Hey Ibou ! You are talking about Wikimedia and not MediaWiki right ? I mean, create a local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation. I think if this has to be...
renaud gaudin
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Jun 23, 2008
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Just to note that wikipedia/media reasons out on language (and at most national) level instead of regional or continental one (geographical area). So, if any,...
Jama Musse Jama
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Jun 23, 2008
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... it's necessary to creat wikimedia fondation for every country or region which have the work to develop the language in that erea. I can give one exemple....
ibouwiki
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Jun 23, 2008
7:00 pm
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Hi everyone. Ibou and Renaud, I definitely agree with the idea of a shared chapter. I am from Cape Verde and I know there are very few cape verdean wikipedians...
Waldir Pimenta
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Jun 23, 2008
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... I disagree with that because we (west-african people) have multiple languages but we mostly share the same problems and issues. What do you recommend ? a...
renaud gaudin
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Jun 23, 2008
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Well, I should re-iterate from my first reaction to avoid further misunderstandings on this issue. I would support a kind of African Wikimedia chapter to have...
Jama Musse Jama
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Jun 24, 2008
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... Yes, Wikimedia is organized around languages, and this is great for accessing information but it clearly shows that creating chapters around those...
renaud gaudin
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Jun 24, 2008
9:28 am
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... My proposal does not reject the contribution with authentic African content in the majors, but it simply considers a different topic, which is still good...
Jama Musse Jama
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Jun 24, 2008
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Would it be an option to create a chapter in a central location? E.g. if a wikimedia foundation chapter was founded in Nairobi, this could be registered to...
Oliver Stegen
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Jun 24, 2008
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... What I meant is that it makes it out-of-context while a WM chapter is about everything WM. Such a chapter should promote those contributions too. ... The...
renaud gaudin
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Jun 24, 2008
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