Hi,
See
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_A…
I think that the proposal is sensible:
* ak is a macro language code ( https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/aka ), which
includes Twi (tw) and Fante (fat). Avoiding macro language codes is in line
with our general policy.
* Anecdotally, over the years, lots of people from Ghana told me about
their confusion about where they should write, and in which variety.
* Less anecdotally, there has been good activity in the incubator and
translatewiki in Fante (fat):
translatewiki: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Portal:Fat
incubator:
https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/fat&wiki=in…
* There are fewer than 600 articles in ak.wikipedia, and it won't be too
hard to move the good content to tw.wikipedia.
* There's much more activity in tw.wikipedia than in ak.wikipedia:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_A…
* There have been no objections on the discussion page since it was created
a month ago.
So I'd suggest approving that. I'd further suggest removing Akan as a
language for MediaWiki localization: there are almost no translations into
it, and almost all of those that exist are identical to the translations of
the same strings into Twi (
https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate?filter=translated&action=p…
)
All that said, I have been talking a lot to editors from Ghana in the last
few years, and some of them are personal friends, so it's possible I have a
conflict of interest or an incomplete understanding of how things work
there. Other opinions are welcome.
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Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
We were requested to give input on <
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230382>: "Remove aliases `minnan` and
`zh-cfr` for the Min Nan Wikipedia". This concerns interwiki links only.
Does anyone have any thoughts? Personally, I don't see what speaks against
the removal, if these are unused.
Hi all,
I would like to suggest the approval of Wikipedia in Frafra (gurwiki) [1].
The localization of the most important messages is at 91 %, but I bet we
can get them to finish those in no time. [2]
The activity level has been rising for several months. [3] Granted, the
content of the articles I've spot-checked isn't perfect, but most editors
use mobile, which is unfortunately not the easiest way to edit, so I'm
willing to be forgiving about that – surely the quality will improve with
time.
*We need to find someone to verify it, though. Any takers?*
[1] https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gur
[2] https://codelookup.toolforge.org/gur
[3]
https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/gur&wiki=in…
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mvh
Jon Harald Søby
Could the language committee have a position in regards to this open issue?
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T320885
We are stalling work until this is addressed.
It is an important part of identity/branding before we go further and
actively and publicly invite new users.
Thank you very much.