[Wikipedia-l] addind new language into wikipedia

[Sulev Iva]

Hi Mark,

Thank you for good advises! Actually the temporary 
Võro off-site Wikipedia already exists as a group of test pages in Wikimedia: 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Test-wp/fiu-vro/ (now with about 15 articles).
Fully translated Võro language interface is available: 
http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/LanguageVR.php
or http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=418&action=view.
And of course I will continue what I'm doing :)

Sulev


9.06.2005 1:25:39, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> kirot':

>Hi Sulev,
>
>Whether or not it's hard to begin a new Wikipedia really depends.
>
>Tumbuka was created very rapidly with very little discussion, and now
>lies totally inactive with under 50 pages (more like 17).
>
>The people who requested its creation simply floated away after they
>got what they wanted.
>
>Os.wikipedia was requested around the same time as the Võro kiil`
>Wikipedia, but it was created sooner. One possible reason is that they
>had an off-site Ossetic version of Wikipedia that they set up, which
>might've helped increase the apparent urgency for a developer (the
>sooner you set it up, the less likely they are to remain at a separate
>website, etc).
>
>Sometimes Wikipedias are created quickly and with little or no fuss,
>and other times they take a very long time and have lots of argument.
>
>My recommendations: Set up an off-site "Võro kiilne Vikipeedia" (?),
>possibly with the help of Amikeco (I don't know if he's willing to
>help or not). Once you have 30~50 articles there and a fully
>translated interface, ask a developer to create the Voro Wikipedia. If
>they hesitate tell them about the off-site version, and if nothing
>happens just keep doing what you're doing on your off-site
>free-encyclopaedia with the same name.
>
>I don't know if it's exactly legal to use the name "wikipedia" for an
>off-site version, in fact I'm betting it's not, but the foundation has
>plenty of more important things to worry about than costly legal
>battles over whether or not such sites should be able to use the name,
>especially if it's only temporary.
>
>Mark
>
>On 08/06/05, Sulev Iva <juvasul at ut.ee> wrote:
>> Hi Arns,
>> 
>> I'm happy to see activity on Samogitian language modernization.
>> You have very good article about Samogitian in enWikipedia.
>> I think Samogitian is worth to have its own Wikipedia.
>> You should add your request to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages
>> But it seems to be very hard to establish Wikipedia in a new language.
>> I requested for creating Võro language Wikipedia in January and there are very many
>> other wikis that are waiting to be created, but as much as I know
>> only one - Ossetian Wikipedia - has been created in this year.
>> So you must be ready for very long waiting.
>> Good luck to Samogitian!
>> 
>> Your (almost) neighbour
>> from Võromaa (South Estonia)
>> Sulev Iva
>> 
>> 5.06.2005 18:18:30, Zordsdavini iz Litvy <zordsdavini at gmail.com> kirot':
>> 
>> >hello world,
>> >I want to start new language (Samogitian) in wikipedia. Where are
>> >about 0.5 million samogitians in west Lithuania and about another 0.5
>> >million understand. The 3 letter language code for Samogitian could be
>> >"smg" so the URL should be http://smg.wikipedia.org. I am a native
>> >speaker and know the requirement for samogitian in web. It would be
>> >good start for computerisation this language :-D
>> >
>> >Arns
>> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zordsdavini
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