Hoi, When it comes to special interests, there are two existing groups you can add to the list.. There is a group who wants to enable MediaWiki for African ...
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greenman_ian
Aug 4, 2009 3:52 am
The Swahili Wikipedia has just passed Afrikaans as the largest African language Wikipedia in terms of number of articles. See an overview at...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Aug 17, 2009 1:55 pm
FYI from the Hausa Online blog at http://hausaonline.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/hausa-wikipedia-is-growing/ : Hausa Wikipedia is growing Posted by hausaonline...
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greenman_ian
Aug 19, 2009 12:15 pm
... Thanks for the update - glad to see there's some signs of life. It's still not looking too healthy though. Of the 129 articles, 8 are tagged for speedy...
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Don Osborn
bisharat_dot...
Aug 21, 2009 3:10 pm
The Hausa Wikipedia is perhaps the most extreme case in study of problems with African language editions of Wikipedia. It is a widely spoken first & second...
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piperzen
Sep 10, 2009 6:41 am
The African Network for Localization (ANLoc) is seeking immediate help to create Locales for 100 African languages. You can view a description of the project...
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sarahsable
Sep 28, 2009 4:11 pm
Hi everyone, as you all may know Wikimedia is in the midst of its strategic planning process (see http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page for more...
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babatabita
Sep 29, 2009 12:50 pm
Have you contacted Ziko van Dijk? He has researched small wikipedias in his Handbook of Multilingual Wikipedias (for Swahili and Akan, see...
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Sep 29, 2009 7:38 pm
Hoi, ZIko is certainly involved in this process and so am I. There are many things that contribute to a working Wikipedia. I am known to favour localisation,...
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bisharat_dot_net
bisharat_dot...
Oct 10, 2009 4:57 pm
FYI - note that feedback is requested (and is welcome here also)... ... Hi, I've been contacted by Christine Moon who is working for Google. They've come up...
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Jon Harald Søby
jhsoby
Oct 10, 2009 5:00 pm
Google Docs says I don't have access. Can you (or she perhaps) make it more open? 2009/10/10 bisharat_dot_net <dzo@...> ... -- Jon Harald Søby ...
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Christine Moon
mooncheech
Oct 10, 2009 7:13 pm
Can you give it a try again? I've published it so any one can access it. Thanks, Christine 2009/10/10 Jon Harald Søby <jhsoby@...> ... Can you give it...
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mooncheech@...
mooncheech
Oct 10, 2009 7:13 pm
I've shared a document with you: First project: Wikipedia in Swahili ...
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Christine Moon
mooncheech
Oct 10, 2009 7:14 pm
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgz2wppg_31d83s8m3c ... http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgz2wppg_31d83s8m3c On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Christine Moon <...
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bisharat_dot_net
bisharat_dot...
Oct 10, 2009 7:17 pm
Hi Chriswtine, I had no trouble opening it, but I had to sign in with my G-Mail account. Would it be okay to repost the text of the document as a message on...
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Christine Moon
mooncheech
Oct 10, 2009 8:16 pm
Sure, the reason I wanted in the docs was so that we could have all the comments in one place instead of in an email thread...But if it's easier for everyone...
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Samuel Klein
sjekjr
Oct 11, 2009 1:15 pm
Yes, now it's public for reading and editing. thanks! ... Yes, now it's public for reading and editing. thanks! On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Christine...
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Christine Moon
mooncheech
Oct 16, 2009 5:55 pm
Hi all, Thank you to those who've provided comments and opinions. I've shared your comments with the Wikimedia Foundation in SF as well so they know how the ...
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Samuel J Klein
sjekjr
Oct 18, 2009 8:11 pm
Hello, Oliver and Christine Moon and I got together to talk about the proposed sw:wp contest today. I'm excited about this as a way to attract new...
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Oct 19, 2009 10:07 am
Hoi, There is one thing missing in the whole thing. It is the reason why Google wants this whole thing to happen and, in my opinion it is not explicit. It ...
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Oct 22, 2009 12:31 pm
Hoi, As Google is interested in growing the Swahili Wikipedia as a first African language and possibly other languages later, it will help the process when it...
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Christine Moon
mooncheech
Nov 3, 2009 6:01 am
Hi All, I wanted to update you guys on my recent planning trip to Kenya & Tanzania. I've met with faculty members and students at the top universities in Kenya...
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Christine Moon
mooncheech
Nov 11, 2009 11:26 pm
Hello Wikipedians, I happy to update you on the progress of the Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge. We have 7 universities from Kenya and Tanzania participating....
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Nov 11, 2009 11:36 pm
Hoi, I cannot be a judge because I have no ability with the Swahili language ... If you specifically include photos, I can do something with that.. PS Do you...
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Jon Harald Søby
jhsoby
Nov 11, 2009 11:38 pm
2009/11/12 Christine Moon <mooncheech@...> ... This is a great initiative. I signed up as a contestant, but if you are short on judges when the contest...
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Jon Harald Søby
jhsoby
Nov 11, 2009 11:45 pm
Or... Never mind that. I'd never be in the race to win anyways, so whether or not to be a contestant is not important. So I'll sign up to judge instead, if you...
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Christine Moon
mooncheech
Nov 11, 2009 11:58 pm
Hi Gerard, If you can blog about it that would be great. Let me know if you need any additional info. Thanks so much, Christine On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:36...
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Christine Moon
mooncheech
Nov 12, 2009 12:00 am
Hi Jon, We welcome you either way. May be you can do both : ) We'll just have to ensure you don't score your own articles. Christine 2009/11/11 Jon Harald...
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Gerard Meijssen
meijg
Nov 12, 2009 9:52 am
Hoi, http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-wants-great-wikipedias-in.htmlis my take on the challenge ... As you can imagine I love it and I share ...
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Christine Moon
mooncheech
Nov 23, 2009 2:05 am
Hi Swahili Wikipedians, I wanted to update you on the status of the Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge( http://www.google.com/events/kiswahili-wiki/). This past...
