Thanks for taking action on it.
One immediate comment I have is that the link in the closure notice at the top is pointing to the wrong page. The correct page is: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Ak...
I may have a few more suggestions for setting it up post-closure, but a bit later. I talk to Twi and Fante editors frequently, and we'll figure out something nice.
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בתאריך יום ה׳, 23 במרץ 2023 ב-22:15 מאת Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il>:
Yes.
I am looking for an expert to check the Incubator in Fante, the other variety of Akan.
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בתאריך יום ה׳, 23 במרץ 2023 ב-18:38 מאת MF-Warburg < mfwarburg@googlemail.com>:
Clearing out the inbox... Can I get a short confirmation that this is still wanted? Then I will see to it that akwiki be closed.
Am Do., 9. Juni 2022 um 17:53 Uhr schrieb MF-Warburg < mfwarburg@googlemail.com>:
I suggest proceeding according to the closing projects policy, i.e. to now notify the board.
Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il schrieb am Di., 7. Juni 2022, 14:01:
So, um... if there were no objections from the Language committee for over a week, what's the next step?
Should I create Phab tasks to start locking the Akan Wikipedia?
Or do we want more discussion? Or some advice from an external expert?
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בתאריך יום ב׳, 30 במאי 2022 ב-11:57 מאת Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il>:
Hi,
See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Ak...
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&...
- 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_Ak...
- 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&actio... )
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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