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SPELLCHECKERS IN 2 SENEGAMBIAN LANGUAGES DONE! In Vox Humanitatis we started to gather people in different language groups a couple of years ago. Now I am so...
Pete, Brenda, all, Don't overlook the African language editions of Wikipedia. The options are not just English on Wikipedia or English on alternative wikis....
Hoi, I really like this thread, so much so that I used its content in a blogpost [1]. There is much information that is encyclopaedic in farming. There is much...
Thanks, Gerard! Would you be willing to crosspost this post to the Kabissa blog? Would love to share it with the grassroots organizations in the Kabissa...
The NGO Translators Without Borders (TWB) has a project to translate medical articles for various editions of Wikipedia. See the video in which TWB director...
Who from this list will be attending the Wikimania 2012 conference* in Washington this week? Any plans for folks working on African language editions of...
I will be there, arriving tomorrow evening (local time) at 1800. Haven't heard about any specific plans about any get-togethers. I know there are three people...
Noted Kasper ad Gerard on the Wikimania 2012 site and have added notes to their user pages. If anyone else on the list is at Wikimania, please let us know....
Neither Kasper nor Gerard are at Wikimania. I did meet Siebrand during a break (was in another track so could not hear his presentation). Still no other...
Thanks, Etienne, This is very helpful (I also tweeted the info). I'll see if I can find anyone at Wikimania who is involved in the Project Medicine or its...
Here is a quick census of the African language Wikipedias listed with a quick evaluation of translation of their respective interfaces. Of the 37, I count 5 in...
FYI: There is also a Kabuverdianu (kea) Wikipedia at Incubator but it barely has any content: http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kea The interface language...
Me and David are in the first floor lounge area, but not seeing anyone else... ... break (was in another track so could not hear his presentation). ... notes...
I was there. Probably not the ideal choice of meeting place given we haven't met before. Heard David's talk,* but he left before the end of the Small Languages...
Good catch. Reminds me that I also overlooked the Krio Wikipedia, also in the incubator at http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kri/Men_Pej . According to...
The list amended & remixed. By my quick review, 14 African language Wikipedia editions have interface fully translated; 10 have some (or most) translated; 8...
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales paid special attention to African language editions of Wikipedia in his speech at the opening of the Wikimania 2012 Conference on...
I think this makes a good topic for the discussion later today: ... How can we help make this a natural / obvious part of incubation? This seems like a...
SJ, Agreed. How to improve the "incubator" process is a key to making it what I think was intended - a way to build or save a small wiki. Problem is that...
I heard from the Wikimedia Ghana group (not yet a chapter) that they are seeking to contact a Meta Steward for help with the Akan Wikipedia main page. Can...
The new Wikimedia Indigenous Languages project includes an interest in African languages: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Indigenous_Languages Glad to...
