Hoi,
I am a long time proponent for this. So yes PLEASE
Thanks,
Gerard
On 7 March 2015 at 07:49, Oliver Stegen <info(a)oliverstegen.net>
wrote:
I have no inhibitions or restraints against
making the
Konkani-Devanagri wikipedia live.
As far as I understand, current policy is to discourage
communities from having separate wikipedias for different scripts
of the same language. However, I'd be happy to see Konkani-Latin
and Konkani-Kannada on the incubator. A decision can then ensue
whether these projects then become subpages of the
Konkani-Devanagri wikipedia (for example like Suebian, Allemannic
etc on the Southwestern Germanic dialect wikipedia), or whether
WMF makes an exception in allowing separate wiki spaces for those
three scripts. Such a later decision, imho, does not prevent a
live wikipedia for the Devanagri script at this point in time.
Best wishes,
Oliver
On 07-Mar-15 8:05 AM, Santhosh Thottingal wrote:
> Shall we make a decision on this? Community is waiting and they
> pinged me. I am all for approving this.
> Is there any more concerns we need to address?
>
> Thanks
> Santhosh
>
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Santhosh Thottingal
> <santhosh.thottingal(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Vishnu clarified the request details in the below mail I quoted.
>>
>> (it came as moderation request to me, but I don't see it in
>> approval queue. weird )
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Vishnu <vishnu(a)cis-india.org>
>> To: langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> Cc:
>> Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 01:32:27 +0530
>> Subject: Re: [Langcom] [Langcom-l] Konkani
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Santhosh, MF-Warburg and other LangCom members,
>>
>> Yes, the current request from the Konkani Wikipedia community is
>> to make the Konkani Wikipedia live in the *Devanagari script*.
>> It has been mentioned in the request page on Meta and I have now
>> highlighted it.[0]
>>
>> Of course, the community also wants the LangCom to consider
>> incubating separate Konkani Wikipedia projects in Romi (i.e.
>> Latin script) and Kannada scripts - two other popular variants
>> of Konkani. This will ensure that the rich diversity of Konkani
>> language and the knowledge in all these three major script
>> variants will flourish along with the associated communities.
>>
>> If I may be allowed, I would like to bring to the notice of the
>> LangCom members that CIS-A2K[1] has been putting focussed
>> efforts on Konkani Wikipedia and has managed to nurture and grow
>> a volunteer community that is now sustainable.
>>
>> The multiple scripts (Konkani is written in 5 scripts) has been
>> a great challenge to understand and work with, especially when
>> each script variant is tied to specific religious and regional
>> community and has significant variations. We have left no stone
>> unturned in objectively finding a practical solution to this
>> multiple script issue, including a script converter. In this
>> process we have consulted Konkani Wikipedians, Konkani
>> linguists, professors from Konkani Department at Goa University,
>> Konkani cultural experts, bureaucrats in the government, media
>> personnel and arrived at the conclusion of having separate Wiki
>> projects for each of the three script variants (i.e. Devanagari,
>> Romi (Latin) and Kannada).
>>
>> We have also requested Fr. Pratap Naik [2] a notable linguist,
>> who has worked on all the script variants of Konkani language
>> for many years to give his expert opinion in writing, which is
>> available here [3]. This note has been widely circulated and
>> everyone, including the currently active Konkani Wikipedians
>> (majority of which edits in Devanagari variant) believe that
>> having three Konkani Wikipedias for the three script variants is
>> the way to go.
>>
>> *May I reiterate that the current request is to only make the
>> Konkani Wikipedia, in Devanagari, live.*
>>
>> It's been a huge personal learning for me about this rich
>> language and culture and I have some intimate context [4] on the
>> multiple scripts issue and would be happy to answer questions if
>> the committee has any. I am reasonably positive that we will see
>> three active Konkani Wikipedias soon. Having the Devanagari one
>> live will only create a healthy competition.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vishnu
>> CIS-A2K, Programme Director
>>
>>
>> [0]
>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Konkan…
>>
>> [1]
>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Work_plan_July_20…
>>
>> [2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratap_Naik
>>
>> [3]
>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Konkani_Wiki…
>>
>> [4]
http://www.sfxkutamuae.com/news.asp?id=8698 (I have since
>> then been invited to be part of the Konkani Language
>> Planning-Steering Committee by the Global Konkani Conclave)
>>
>> Thanks
>> Santhosh
>
>
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