Per conversations with Amir, Santhosh, Siebrand, and Jon, I would like to beta test mobile webfonts on 1 wiki and then possibly add more wikis later if the beta test does not cause any adverse effects. To this end, I have identified seven candidate wikis that I would like your help to narrow down further. These seven wikis meet the following criteria: 1. The language of the wiki would benefit from loading a webfont by default 2. The default font would be less than 50K in size 3. The wiki has at least 50 active users (i.e. a community)
Language Code Articles Users Active Users Font Size Punjabi pa 8,069 6,818 61 12.6K Gujarati gu 24,623 17,696 59 28K Marathi mr 39,621 39,114 135 36.4K Nepali ne 24,944 14,379 73 36.5K Hindi hi 109,045 101,837 274 37.3K Oriya or 4,535 5,937 76 47.8K Kannada kn 14,384 17,455 177 48K
The main variables that I don't know are: 1. How bad is the experience on each of these wikis without webfonts? 2. Do we already have a working relationship with the communities on any of these wikis?
If you guys could help me narrow down this list to one or two choices, it would be greatly appreciated!
Ryan Kaldari
I suspect this is something the language team will best be able to answer.
Beyond this, do you need any other support in order to get webfonts out to one of these wikis? And out of curiosity, what is your timeline for this?
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Per conversations with Amir, Santhosh, Siebrand, and Jon, I would like to beta test mobile webfonts on 1 wiki and then possibly add more wikis later if the beta test does not cause any adverse effects. To this end, I have identified seven candidate wikis that I would like your help to narrow down further. These seven wikis meet the following criteria:
- The language of the wiki would benefit from loading a webfont by default
- The default font would be less than 50K in size
- The wiki has at least 50 active users (i.e. a community)
Language Code Articles Users Active Users Font Size Punjabi pa 8,069 6,818 61 12.6K Gujarati gu 24,623 17,696 59 28K Marathi mr 39,621 39,114 135 36.4K Nepali ne 24,944 14,379 73 36.5K Hindi hi 109,045 101,837 274 37.3K Oriya or 4,535 5,937 76 47.8K Kannada kn 14,384 17,455 177 48K
The main variables that I don't know are:
- How bad is the experience on each of these wikis without webfonts?
- Do we already have a working relationship with the communities on any
of these wikis?
If you guys could help me narrow down this list to one or two choices, it would be greatly appreciated!
Ryan Kaldari
Yes, the email was mostly intended for the language team, but anyone is welcome to add their thoughts. Everything has been deployed at this point and it is only a question of changing a config variable. I have no specific timeline for it (since it's just a side project), but I would love to start beta testing it before the end of the year.
Ryan Kaldari
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Arthur Richards arichards@wikimedia.orgwrote:
I suspect this is something the language team will best be able to answer.
Beyond this, do you need any other support in order to get webfonts out to one of these wikis? And out of curiosity, what is your timeline for this?
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Per conversations with Amir, Santhosh, Siebrand, and Jon, I would like to beta test mobile webfonts on 1 wiki and then possibly add more wikis later if the beta test does not cause any adverse effects. To this end, I have identified seven candidate wikis that I would like your help to narrow down further. These seven wikis meet the following criteria:
- The language of the wiki would benefit from loading a webfont by
default 2. The default font would be less than 50K in size 3. The wiki has at least 50 active users (i.e. a community)
Language Code Articles Users Active Users Font Size Punjabi pa 8,069 6,818 61 12.6K Gujarati gu 24,623 17,696 59 28K Marathi mr 39,621 39,114 135 36.4K Nepali ne 24,944 14,379 73 36.5K Hindi hi 109,045 101,837 274 37.3K Oriya or 4,535 5,937 76 47.8K Kannada kn 14,384 17,455 177 48K
The main variables that I don't know are:
- How bad is the experience on each of these wikis without webfonts?
- Do we already have a working relationship with the communities on any
of these wikis?
If you guys could help me narrow down this list to one or two choices, it would be greatly appreciated!
Ryan Kaldari
-- Arthur Richards Software Engineer, Mobile [[User:Awjrichards]] IRC: awjr +1-415-839-6885 x6687
Erg, I think I sent this to the wrong mailing list. I should have sent it to localisation-team@lists.wikimedia.org, not mediawiki-i18n@lists.wikimedia.org. Sorry!
Ryan Kaldari
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Yes, the email was mostly intended for the language team, but anyone is welcome to add their thoughts. Everything has been deployed at this point and it is only a question of changing a config variable. I have no specific timeline for it (since it's just a side project), but I would love to start beta testing it before the end of the year.
Ryan Kaldari
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Arthur Richards arichards@wikimedia.orgwrote:
I suspect this is something the language team will best be able to answer.
Beyond this, do you need any other support in order to get webfonts out to one of these wikis? And out of curiosity, what is your timeline for this?
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Per conversations with Amir, Santhosh, Siebrand, and Jon, I would like to beta test mobile webfonts on 1 wiki and then possibly add more wikis later if the beta test does not cause any adverse effects. To this end, I have identified seven candidate wikis that I would like your help to narrow down further. These seven wikis meet the following criteria:
- The language of the wiki would benefit from loading a webfont by
default 2. The default font would be less than 50K in size 3. The wiki has at least 50 active users (i.e. a community)
Language Code Articles Users Active Users Font Size Punjabi pa 8,069 6,818 61 12.6K Gujarati gu 24,623 17,696 59 28K Marathi mr 39,621 39,114 135 36.4K Nepali ne 24,944 14,379 73 36.5K Hindi hi 109,045 101,837 274 37.3K Oriya or 4,535 5,937 76 47.8K Kannada kn 14,384 17,455 177 48K
The main variables that I don't know are:
- How bad is the experience on each of these wikis without webfonts?
- Do we already have a working relationship with the communities on any
of these wikis?
If you guys could help me narrow down this list to one or two choices, it would be greatly appreciated!
Ryan Kaldari
-- Arthur Richards Software Engineer, Mobile [[User:Awjrichards]] IRC: awjr +1-415-839-6885 x6687
Hoi, Would it be possible to add support for the OpenDyslexic font; seven to 10% of a population suffer from dyslexia. Thanks, GerardM
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/12/17/opendyslexic-now-available-in-polish/
On 17 December 2013 01:51, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
Yes, the email was mostly intended for the language team, but anyone is welcome to add their thoughts. Everything has been deployed at this point and it is only a question of changing a config variable. I have no specific timeline for it (since it's just a side project), but I would love to start beta testing it before the end of the year.
Ryan Kaldari
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Arthur Richards arichards@wikimedia.orgwrote:
I suspect this is something the language team will best be able to answer.
Beyond this, do you need any other support in order to get webfonts out to one of these wikis? And out of curiosity, what is your timeline for this?
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Per conversations with Amir, Santhosh, Siebrand, and Jon, I would like to beta test mobile webfonts on 1 wiki and then possibly add more wikis later if the beta test does not cause any adverse effects. To this end, I have identified seven candidate wikis that I would like your help to narrow down further. These seven wikis meet the following criteria:
- The language of the wiki would benefit from loading a webfont by
default 2. The default font would be less than 50K in size 3. The wiki has at least 50 active users (i.e. a community)
Language Code Articles Users Active Users Font Size Punjabi pa 8,069 6,818 61 12.6K Gujarati gu 24,623 17,696 59 28K Marathi mr 39,621 39,114 135 36.4K Nepali ne 24,944 14,379 73 36.5K Hindi hi 109,045 101,837 274 37.3K Oriya or 4,535 5,937 76 47.8K Kannada kn 14,384 17,455 177 48K
The main variables that I don't know are:
- How bad is the experience on each of these wikis without webfonts?
- Do we already have a working relationship with the communities on any
of these wikis?
If you guys could help me narrow down this list to one or two choices, it would be greatly appreciated!
Ryan Kaldari
-- Arthur Richards Software Engineer, Mobile [[User:Awjrichards]] IRC: awjr +1-415-839-6885 x6687
Mediawiki-i18n mailing list Mediawiki-i18n@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n
Hi Ryan,
I am admin on Gujarati wiki and use mobile wiki as well, I would say it is a problem today not to have webfonts.
I am happy to be tester.
Regards, Dhaval User:Dsvyas On 19 Dec 2013 09:26, "Ryan Kaldari" rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
Per conversations with Amir, Santhosh, Siebrand, and Jon, I would like to beta test mobile webfonts on 1 wiki and then possibly add more wikis later if the beta test does not cause any adverse effects. To this end, I have identified seven candidate wikis that I would like your help to narrow down further. These seven wikis meet the following criteria:
- The language of the wiki would benefit from loading a webfont by default
- The default font would be less than 50K in size
- The wiki has at least 50 active users (i.e. a community)
Language Code Articles Users Active Users Font Size Punjabi pa 8,069 6,818 61 12.6K Gujarati gu 24,623 17,696 59 28K Marathi mr 39,621 39,114 135 36.4K Nepali ne 24,944 14,379 73 36.5K Hindi hi 109,045 101,837 274 37.3K Oriya or 4,535 5,937 76 47.8K Kannada kn 14,384 17,455 177 48K
The main variables that I don't know are:
- How bad is the experience on each of these wikis without webfonts?
- Do we already have a working relationship with the communities on any
of these wikis?
If you guys could help me narrow down this list to one or two choices, it would be greatly appreciated!
Ryan Kaldari
Mediawiki-i18n mailing list Mediawiki-i18n@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n
I have not done extensive test of Kannada, Hindi and & other Indian languages Wikipedias on mobiles. But what I can say is that it will be beneficial to have webfonts for mobiles. I am ready to help in any way needed
Regards,
Pavanaja
From: mediawiki-i18n-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-i18n-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Dhaval S. Vyas Sent: 19 December 2013 15:50 To: MediaWiki internationalisation Cc: mobile-tech Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-i18n] beta testing mobile webfonts
Hi Ryan,
I am admin on Gujarati wiki and use mobile wiki as well, I would say it is a problem today not to have webfonts.
I am happy to be tester.
Regards, Dhaval User:Dsvyas
On 19 Dec 2013 09:26, "Ryan Kaldari" rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
Per conversations with Amir, Santhosh, Siebrand, and Jon, I would like to beta test mobile webfonts on 1 wiki and then possibly add more wikis later if the beta test does not cause any adverse effects. To this end, I have identified seven candidate wikis that I would like your help to narrow down further. These seven wikis meet the following criteria:
1. The language of the wiki would benefit from loading a webfont by default 2. The default font would be less than 50K in size
3. The wiki has at least 50 active users (i.e. a community)
Language
Code
Articles
Users
Active Users
Font Size
Punjabi
pa
8,069
6,818
61
12.6K
Gujarati
gu
24,623
17,696
59
28K
Marathi
mr
39,621
39,114
135
36.4K
Nepali
ne
24,944
14,379
73
36.5K
Hindi
hi
109,045
101,837
274
37.3K
Oriya
or
4,535
5,937
76
47.8K
Kannada
kn
14,384
17,455
177
48K
The main variables that I don't know are: 1. How bad is the experience on each of these wikis without webfonts?
2. Do we already have a working relationship with the communities on any of these wikis?
If you guys could help me narrow down this list to one or two choices, it would be greatly appreciated!
Ryan Kaldari
_______________________________________________ Mediawiki-i18n mailing list Mediawiki-i18n@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n
+Nepali Wiki Community
Ryan, Any directives/TC/Scenario on how to test the web fonts in mobile ?
Thanks, Saroj
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Per conversations with Amir, Santhosh, Siebrand, and Jon, I would like to beta test mobile webfonts on 1 wiki and then possibly add more wikis later if the beta test does not cause any adverse effects. To this end, I have identified seven candidate wikis that I would like your help to narrow down further. These seven wikis meet the following criteria:
- The language of the wiki would benefit from loading a webfont by default
- The default font would be less than 50K in size
- The wiki has at least 50 active users (i.e. a community)
Language Code Articles Users Active Users Font Size Punjabi pa 8,069 6,818 61 12.6K Gujarati gu 24,623 17,696 59 28K Marathi mr 39,621 39,114 135 36.4K Nepali ne 24,944 14,379 73 36.5K Hindi hi 109,045 101,837 274 37.3K Oriya or 4,535 5,937 76 47.8K Kannada kn 14,384 17,455 177 48K
The main variables that I don't know are:
- How bad is the experience on each of these wikis without webfonts?
- Do we already have a working relationship with the communities on any
of these wikis?
If you guys could help me narrow down this list to one or two choices, it would be greatly appreciated!
Ryan Kaldari
Mediawiki-i18n mailing list Mediawiki-i18n@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n
mediawiki-i18n@lists.wikimedia.org