Thanks Gerard, I appreciate your interest and that of others who have joined. In effect this is just another networking tool, facilitating people with similar...
Hi I m Abdou Khadre KEBE a Senegalese keen on working for the development of the African mother languages, because as I belive Africa cannot go ahead, if these...
Hi Abdou, Bienvenue. Which language or languages do you work on? What would make it easier for you to work on Wikipedia in that language? I think you are right...
... Wolof is the language in which I am working , I have published a lot of articles in wikipedia, but my problem is time, I can do all the job in wikiwolof...
Wolof is the language in which I am working , I have published a lot of articles in wikipedia, but my problem is time, I can do all the job in wikiwolof...
Apologies to Abdoul for not approving his posting more quickly. I'm personally juggling too many things, and I think that Martin is in a similar situation....
The "Wikipedia Challenge" is an effort to promote development of Wikipedia editions for endangered languages. Thanks to Barbara Blankenship of UCLA for...
Sorry to all, I've been in a complete internet black hole for the past 2 weeks, and I will not have good access again until August. I agree with Don - please,...
Hi Martin, all, This could also be seen as part of the evolution of the list, which is approaching its second anniversary. Don ... past 2 ... with ... posts...
Hi Abdou, We're all up against the time and means issue in one way or another. The idea of paying people to contribute to Wikipedia is one that has been...
However I 'm open and ready to give a hand for every thing that can promote our means of communication which are these African languages. I believe that...
... Since no one responded in public I will. I'm moderating several Google Groups and it hardly takes any time. I would like to help this group as well. Just...
Now it's Hausa - incredible given its stature. See: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Hausa_Wikipedia I still think this...
The recent proposal to close the Hausa Wikipedia is one of a series of closures for African languages that have been instigated by an anonymous user. The...
Thanks, Kasper, you've been added as a moderator. Would anyone else like to volunteer to join the moderating team? We need at least 2 more people to really...
Ho, When you look at the Hausa wikipedia, it has no localisation. It has only 38 articles, they hardly qualify as stubs. All the criticism against this project...
Hi Gerard, You're right re the state of the Hausa Wikipedia. Leaving aside the proposal to close, when one notes (a) the importance in terms of speakers of the...
Hoi, When the Hausa effort were part of the incubator, there would be admins looking after vandalism. There would be clear goals for the project because as it...
Hi Martin, Thanks for checking - I was going to look last night but it was so late already anyway. The fact that these proposals were anonymous raises some...
Hoi, According to the rules many of these request are within what is reasonable. It is not reasonable to ask for the closure of a project anonymously. Thanks, ...
Hi, I would like to show you a blog entry which is somewhat an answer to many questions related to the problems of many Wikipedias (not only the African ones):...
Hi Gerard, Some interesting points but some I would take issue with. Responses in text. ... because ... for. At ... something to ... Can goals be set for a...
Just caught up with an event that happened earlier this month (8-10/9) during the Wikisym 2008 Symposium in Porto, Portugal. Not sure that there was any...
Dear Afrophone Wikis Members, Below please find the general announcement that we are circulating for the 100 African Locales initiative. Please circulate this...
An article in the New York Times about coverage in Wikipedia of the US presidential election - "Updating a Reference Site on the Fly" - mentions the Yoruba...
FYI. The WikiAfrica project, which was mentioned on this list last year (message #291) is still ongoing. The below announcement concerns its activities at the...
Hoi, It is pretty quiet on foundation-l, it is pretty quiet on Meta as far as African languages are concerned. Obviously there are also the blogs. Pretty quiet...
Thanks, Gerard, for this! Could you post a link to the UNICEF study? Or is that not public? Oliver ... Pretty ... written ... confirms what ... localisation ...
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