I support this too; and the fact that almost all supporters (there are no opposers) on the proposal page are Ghanaians is telling. I can help fix the technical details of moving content from akwiki to twwiki when the time comes. man. 30. mai 2022 kl. 15:07 skrev Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>rg>: -- mvh Jon Harald Søby

I suggest proceeding according to the closing projects policy, i.e. to now notify the board. Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> schrieb am Di., 7. Juni 2022, 14:01:

Yes. I am looking for an expert to check the Incubator in Fante, the other variety of Akan. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ ‫בתאריך יום ה׳, 23 במרץ 2023 ב-18:38 מאת ‪MF-Warburg‬‏ <‪ mfwarburg@googlemail.com‬‏>:‬

Thanks, that's fixed. I started looking at which pages have already been imported to twwiki (and deleted some of those duplicates), but haven't found an efficient process yet. See < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Robertjamal12#Closure_of_Akan_Wik… Am Sa., 1. Apr. 2023 um 18:42 Uhr schrieb Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il&gt;gt;: > 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_A… > 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. > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > ‪“We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ > ‫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. >>> -- >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >> ‪“We're living in pieces, >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ >>>> ‫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(a)googlemail.com&gt;gt;: >>>>>> I suggest proceeding according to the closing projects policy, i.e. to >>>> now notify the board. >>>>>>> Amir E. Aharoni &lt;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il&gt; 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? >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >>>>> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >>>>> ‪“We're living in pieces, >>>>> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ >>>>>>>>>>>>> ‫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_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&… >>>>>> * 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&acti… >>>>>> ) >>>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >>>>>> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >>>>>> ‪“We're living in pieces, >>>>>> I want to live in peace.” – T. 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