Thank you, Teele! I like this style of report -- it is very easy to read. SJ
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Teele Vaalma <teele.vaalma(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Wikimedia Estonia report April-June 2011
>
> ==Meetings==
>
> *April 1. Started regular biweekly wiki-meetings in Tartu Public Library.
> Following meetings were held on April 15, April 29, May 13, and May 27.
> Sadly participation was very low, starting time has to be changed in the
> autumn.
>
> *April 9. Board meeting via Skype.
>
> *June 4. Board meeting in Tallinn. There were 9 chapter members present
> (incl. 3 board members). (blog post:
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/juunikuu-juhatuse-koosolek/)
>
> ==Other==
>
> *April 10. Started our chapter blog. (in Estonian,
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/)
>
> *April 20. Wikimedia Estonia and National Heritage Board signed an agreement
> concerning cooperation on Wiki Loves Monuments contest in Estonia.
>
> *May 3-7. European Year of Volunteering Tour in Tallinn. Wikipedian Andres
> Luure gave a talk on May 3 and chapter members were representing Estonian
> Wikipedia and our chapter on May 5-6. (blog post:
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/vabatahtlike-mess-ja-talgud/)
>
> *May 7. „Let’s do it“-day in Estonia. Chapter members took part in several
> events in different locations in Estonia and promoted especially the Wiki
> Loves Monuments contest. (see the previous link)
>
> *May 11-12. Teele Vaalma gave two talks on Wikipedia to students of Tartu
> Vocational Education Center.
>
> *May 13-15. Raul Kern and Robert Reisman were Estonian representatives at
> the Hackathon and Wiki Loves Monuments meeting in Berlin.
>
> *May 20. Award ceremony in Tallinn for the winners of Wikipedia article
> contest about Nordic countries cooperation that was held March 23 – April
> 30. (blog post:
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/pohjamaade-koostoo-teemalise…)
>
> *June 8. Ivo Kruusamägi had a meeting with Estonian Institute about possible
> cooperation between the Institute and Wikimedia Estonia.
>
> *May 1 – June 10. Translation contest in Estonian Wikipedia. A list was
> compiled, that contained most important articles (from 1000 articles that
> every Wikipedia should have), which are good or featured in some other
> language version. Contestants chosed from that list articles they wanted to
> translate. On June 17 winners were announced. (blog post:
> http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/vikipeedia-tolketalgud-loppe…)
>
> ==Press==
>
> *May 1. Wikipedian Ave Maria Mõistlik talked about her contributions in a
> radio broadcast „Kogu ja tegu“ (literally ’collection and deed’).
>
> *May 2. Press release for Wiki Loves Monuments.
> (http://wikimediaeesti.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/pressiteade-fotovoistlus-kul…)
>
> *May 3. News item about the Translation contest
> (http://www.postimees.ee/429055/eestikeelses-vikipeedias-algasid-tolketalgud/)
>
> *May 5. Longer article about the Translation contest
> (http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/estonia/rita-niineste-vikipeedia-loob-kohta-selle…)
>
> *May 27. News item about regular meetings in Tartu.
> (http://www.tartupostimees.ee/451044/tartus-peetakse-vikipeedia-taiendamise-…)
>
> *June 29. Article about Wiki Loves Monuments in Estonia (Russian)
> (http://www.gazeta.ee/?p=19816).
>
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We seem to be conflating three different things here,
1 Rebranding Wikipedia and possibly other projects, this is a
perennial idea that I can't see ever convincing me or most
wikimedians. I don't see this as being particularly relevant to the
idea of merging wikis, so may I suggest that if people want to bring
up the idea they differentiate it from the merge wikis thread by
giving it a relevant subject such as Rebrand Wikipedia? They might
also want to consider the arguments against this at
http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_talk:Change_the_name_of_the_Wik…
as there is not much point reviving an idea unless you have a response
to the known fatal flaws in it.
2 Merging wikis where we have overlapping groups of editors working on
different projects within the same language. So the Klingon
Wikisource, WikiQuote, Wikinews and so forth would become different
spaces within one wiki giving editors the benefit of single userpages
and in many cases a larger crowd of editors. Some editors have
objected to this on the not unreasonable grounds that some small
projects would feel swamped if they were put in the same wiki as one
of the large projects, and John vandenburg raised the issue that
policy in such a wiki would necessarily be more complex than if we
continued to have at least one wiki per project. I still think that we
have much to gain here and especially that the wisdom of crowds
requires crowds, but I'd like to suggest that we trial this by having
some consenting languages work this way and see how well it could be
made to work.
3 Merging wikis where we have the confusing situation of multiple
wikis for the same project. So ten, strategy and outreach are all
within the scope of Meta and as several people have said there is no
benefit and considerable disbenefit in running them as separate wikis.
Merging them into meta should be an easy and uncontentious win.
Startegy and Outreach perhaps need their own spaces within Meta in the
same way that Research has, and perhaps for ten we need a "meetup"
space .
WereSpielChequers
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> From: Thomas Morton <morton.thomas(a)googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Merge wikis
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> On 4 Jul 2011, at 23:57, Juergen Fenn <juergen.fenn(a)gmx.de> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Am 02.07.11 14:17 schrieb Alec Conroy:
>>>> if you talk to the press, or to media experts, they all know
>>>> "Wikipedia" but not "Wikimedia". The most simple and reasonable way is
>>>> to use the famous brand, not to invest in "Wikimedia".
>>>
>>>
>>> There's an even bigger opportunity here--
>>> Make a brand new brand name that captures the ideology better than
>>> Wikipedia-Mediawiki-Wikimedia.
>>> Wikipedia's an encyclopedia, Mediawiki's the software, Wikimedia's the
>>> ISP-- and none of those names capture the "spirit of the movement".
>>> Coming up with a good brand name and associating it with our movement
>>> and our foundation-- whether the foundation ever changes its name
>>> formally or not, there should be a brand name for "Wikimedia
>>> projects, their users, and their allies". And unlike our other brand
>>> names, this one should actually be inspiring to people who don't
>>> already know what it means.
>>
>> I beg your pardon, but Ziko and WereSpielChequers are absolutely right
>> here. You won't manage to introduce another brand name after ten years
>> of Wikipedia. Even if you tried, it would be to no avail. It was a huge
>> mistake to introduce the sister projects under a different brand and to
>> keep them apart from Wikipedia proper. After all, it did not foster
>> creativity and diversity, but it rather split the movement into parts
>
> I disagree, speaking from a position of some experience.
>
> Wikipedia was not marketed well, per se. It was an innovative ANC
> exciting idea, launched at the right time to the right audience.
>
> Even to this date; very little serious marketing had been done.
>
> Now. With that said I agree - there is not a lot of point trying to
> establish a new brand. But WikiMedia is worth pursuing as an umbrella.
> This is a new decade, the internet has moved on (in a way it could be
> said to have left us behind, and we survive by being well known) and
> this is the perfect opportunity to work on the brand.
>
> Im very hopeful the board has something to input here; this is
> squarely in their ballpark and we need quick and pivotal action on it.
>
> This is not at all a re-branding issue but one of brand-extension -
> something any marketer would be on top of!
>
> I do agree that more interaction should be fostered (although
> independence is a good thing for projects with radically different
> aims) and that smaller projects should be offered the opportunity to
> hijack wikipedias brand to Market themselves.
>
> But remember they are still a little behind WP in age, in a few years
> they will hopefully pervade our consciousness in the same way.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 20:38:56 -0400
> From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Merge wikis
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> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 2:40 AM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 07/01/2011 11:52 PM, WereSpielChequers wrote:
>>> One thing I find irritating and complex about our structure is the
>>> proliferation of small wikis. Now I've no objection to the idea that
>>> we have a wiki for every language on Earth, though where languages are
>>> mutually intelligible such as the major dialects of English ?it seems
>>> sensible to me that we combine them in one wiki - if necessary with
>>> spelling and alphabet being subject to user preference.
>>>
>>> But I see no reason why ten wiki, Strategy and the various wikimanias
>>> each need their own wiki as opposed to being projects within meta.
>>>
>>> On a broader and more radical note, why do we need separate wikis for
>>> wikiquote, wikiversity, wikipedia wikinews and wiktionary? Surely each
>>> of those could be separate namespaces within a language wiki?
>>>
>>> This would make it much easier when people create an article on
>>> wikipedia that is really a wiktionary or wikinews article as one could
>>> just move it. It would immediately reduce the number of userpages,
>>> watchlists and usertalk pages that one needed to maintain to one per
>>> language (plus meta and commons). It would also foster cooperation
>>> between editors across what are currently different projects if you
>>> had one wiki for each language, as individual wikiprojects would now
>>> work across what are currently quite separate ?news, quote and pedia
>>> projects.
>>
>> Thanks for raising this issue. Previously discussed system of redirects
>> and Incubator Extension [1] would help not just to the Incubator, but to
>> the languages with smaller amount of speakers, as well as to Meta forks.
>> So, instead of having numerous meta wikis, we could have just one
>> (Meta), with separate namespaces, which would get redirects. Thus,
>> namespace "Strategy:" could be strategy.wikimedia.org; namespace
>> "Research" could be research.wikimedia.org etc.
>>
>> [1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/235020?page=last
>
>
> I agree, a focus on new namespaces (perhaps with differentiated
> editing permissions, per Liam) certainly looks like the best path
> forward to me.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
> (User:Pharos)
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 15:02:17 +1000
> From: John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Merge wikis
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> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> ..
>>
>>
>> I agree, a focus on new namespaces (perhaps with differentiated
>> editing permissions, per Liam) certainly looks like the best path
>> forward to me.
>
> Or we could just leave the sister projects alone. That is also a viable option.
>
> For the English projects, clear separation between the projects is
> necessary so that they can grow different cultures. The sister
> projects are progressing nicely enough.
>
> It is much easier to tell a potential transcriber about the Wikisource
> project, as opposed to trying to warn them about all the policies of
> Wikipedia, most of which have no bearing on transcribing.
>
> --
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>
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> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 01:12:18 -0400
> From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
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> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:02 AM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ..
>>>
>>>
>>> I agree, a focus on new namespaces (perhaps with differentiated
>>> editing permissions, per Liam) certainly looks like the best path
>>> forward to me.
>>
>> Or we could just leave the sister projects alone. ?That is also a viable option.
>
> [snip]
>
> Clarify: I mean new namespaces are the best way forward for our
> Meta-type content ("Strategy:", "Outreach:", "Research:", etc).
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
> (User:Pharos)
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:11:11 +1000
> From: John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Merge wikis
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> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:02 AM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> ..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree, a focus on new namespaces (perhaps with differentiated
>>>> editing permissions, per Liam) certainly looks like the best path
>>>> forward to me.
>>>
>>> Or we could just leave the sister projects alone. ?That is also a viable option.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Clarify: I mean new namespaces are the best way forward for our
>> Meta-type content ("Strategy:", "Outreach:", "Research:", etc).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Richard
>
> Thanks for clarifying Richard. I agree with merging those meta
> projects together.
>
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> In the news: WikiLove roll-out; ?25,000 in damages for being removed
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> WikiProject report: The Star-Spangled WikiProject
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> Featured content: Two newly promoted portals
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-07-04/Featur…
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> Arbitration report: Arb resigns while mailing list leaks continue;
> Motion re: admin
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-07-04/Arbitr…
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> Technology report: June report: Virginia datacenter, parser, user
> profiles; WikiLove 1.0; brief news
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-07-04/Techno…
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> From: Steven Walling <steven.walling(a)gmail.com>
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> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 14:48:09 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Merge wikis
>
> That discussion was interesting for this one, because it brings up issues
> such as that merging even a relatively small wiki like ten (565 content
> pages, 3,204 total pages) into Meta would probably take some considerable
> work.
>
We did something similar when Simple English Wikibooks was closed and its
content merged to English Wikibooks [1].
I note that there's been protest on the discussion page that the content
would be out of scope for Meta, however. This reminds me when content was
pushed from Meta to Wikibooks [2] for MakerFaire 2010 [3], supposedly with
the blessing of stewards and Cary Bass [4]. This content is "out of scope"
for Wikibooks, especially given its encyclopedic format, but it goes to show
that a project's scope can evolve. Wikibooks used to host video game
strategy guides, for instance (and had a lot more visitors as a result).
-- Adrignola
[1] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Simple_English_merger
[2] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MakerFairePedia
[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2010
[4]
http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Category:MakerFairePedia&oldid=17…
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Dear All,****
Wikimedia Australia’s Strategic Planning group, a sub-committee of the WMAu
Committee, is currently working hard to develop a strategic plan for the
organisation. We are seeking input from all our members, the friends of
WMAu, and community stakeholders. An initial Strategic Planning Subcommittee
workshop on the 16th and 17th July will deliberate over these issues
including submissions received up to 15th July.****
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We know that this is short notice, but Wikimedia Australia would welcome
your ideas by 15 July 2011 (before our first strategic planning workshop on
16-17 July)!****
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If merging existing wikis is resource intensive, lets start the
process by not creating new wikis for thins that should be projects
within existing wikis. So wikimania 2012, or if it is too late for
that Wikimania 2013 could be a project within meta.
But my suspicion is that a bit of development and the adding of
appropriate suffixes would make merger of wikis straightforward - and
worth doing as this would go a long way towards encouraging
collaboration across wikis and making the whole operation more
understandable and functional.
Remember the concept of the wisdom of crowds rather relies on there
being crowds, so the more we hive things off into standalone wikis the
more we undermine the essence that makes this place work.
WSC
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> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 22:56:43 -0700
> From: Alec Conroy <alecmconroy(a)gmail.com>
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>> That discussion was interesting for this one, because it brings up issues
>> such as that merging even a relatively small wiki like ten (565 content
>> pages, 3,204 total pages) into Meta would probably take some considerable
>> work.
>
> We need to lower barriers to cross-project collaboration. A
> SUL-linked userspace and crossproject transclusion will be a good
> first start. We ultimately want to be in a place where merges can
> be done with only trivial effort.
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Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:39 PM
Subject: wikiEducation: The Classroom Wikipedia
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Dear WikiMedia,
In recent weeks I have been reading about the work of your
foundation and all of the wikipages you have created. The scope of
your organization is vast, along with the amount of people who use its
tools. I believe that this incredible reach gives you a wonderful
opportunity to positively affect the lives of many people.
My name is Jake Franklin and I am an educator. I graduated from
Colby College with a degree in Philosophy in 2008. Since then I have
been teaching English in Shenyang, China and studying Chinese. Next
year I am planning to return to the US to go to graduate school for a
Masters in Educational Policy or International Education. I am
extremely passionate about improving the educational opportunities,
tools, and resources for all students. I believe that giving all
students access to quality education both enriches their educational
experience and provides them with a strong foundation to build towards
a better future.
It is because of this dedication to the enrichment of education
that I wish to develop a relationship with your foundation. I have an
idea that I am passionate about and dedicated to and am writing this
email to introduce it to you.
The basic idea is to create a version of wikipedia that is
exclusively written and edited by students. It is called
wikiEducation. There is one site for each grade level, and teachers
can sign up their classes to be writers and editors. The site grows
through students submitting their work as wikiEducation articles,
which are then edited by other students. By pairing collective
responsibility and a published presence, wikiEducation gives both
writers and editors a sense of achievement, a feeling of
responsibility and a relationship with each other that would be absent
without this tool. Moreover giving students ownership of the
information on the site motivates them to develop more intimate and
long-lasting relationships with the material.
I think the idea would work best if implemented through the
Wikimedia Foundation and therefore have come to you first. I think
that you have the people and experience to build the site in the best
possible way. I would like to work with you to bring this idea to
fruition. I don’t have the technical know-how to build a website but I
do have the desire, drive and experience to bridge the gap between the
technical aspects of website building and the creation of an effective
teaching tool. WikiEducation’s success depends on teacher use. I can
work with the teachers and the builders to create a highly functional
website that teachers will enjoy using.
The detailed business plan includes; a more detailed description of
the site, information about the site’s special features, market
analysis, and potential problems along with suggested solutions.
Please let me know whom I should send the plan to, and how I can
continue to play a role in its creation.
Sincerely,
Jake Franklin
Email: jake.franklin2(a)gmail.com
Skype: jakefranklin2
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While preparing Missing Wikipedias [1], I've got numbers of speakers and
languages by area and country with chapter not covered by Wikipedias.
Numbers are preliminary, some of them should be corrected. I didn't
exclude Han languages, which mostly shouldn't be counted, and similar.
Note, also, that every language should be analyzed separately. Many
languages are spoken not just inside of one country.
Please, fix errors and comment.
* * *
Areas. They approximate the usual definitions of areas, but they are
different because of linguistic corrections.
* Afro-Asiatic Area: Area where Afro-Asiatic languages are dominant.
North Africa + Middle East + Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia - Iran.
* Europe: Europe (including Caucasus) includes Turkey.
* South Asia: South Asia + Iran. Dominantly Indo-European and Dravidian
languages.
* Sub-Saharan Africa: The rest of Africa.
* Polynesia, Australia and Oceania: Includes Malaysia and Taiwan
(Taiwanese languages not covered in Wikipedias are dominantly Austronesian.)
* East Asia: Han China "China (Central)", Korea and Japan.
* South-East Asia: Includes non-Han south China "China (South)".
* Latin America: Parts of America where Spanish and Portuguese are
official languages.
* Anglo-French America: Parts of America where English, French and Dutch
are official languages.
* North Asia: Asian part of former USSR, Mongolia and non-Han northern
and western China "China (North)".
The first column is number of speakers, the second number of languages,
the third is area.
399259294 592 South Asia
353676706 1805 Sub-Saharan Africa
221855457 253 Afro-Asiatic Area
138979263 2198 Polynesia, Australia and Oceania
107363760 37 East Asia
99260271 447 South-East Asia
47901185 143 Europe
30361602 724 Latin America
8481452 227 Anglo-French America
3724384 45 North Asia
* * *
Countries with chapters. (Numbers are not fully correct, as they include
some languages removed in the list below this one.)
If any chapter (or interested group) is interested in full list of
missing languages, I'll provide it by request before completing the
work. I suppose that some chapters are interested in languages with less
than 100K of speakers, as well.
296,097,274 349 India
71,356,176 681 Indonesia
46,676,395 157 Philippines
7,819,010 9 Germany
7,994,871 76 Russian Federation
5,386,580 5 Serbia
4,785,299 6 South Africa
2,841,300 17 Israel
1,139,750 4 Ukraine
1,085,931 125 United States
832,000 3 Netherlands
705,967 70 Canada
472,470 1 Czech Republic
375,704 17 Taiwan
313,642 6 Chile
246,900 3 United Kingdom
200,500 4 Spain
191,430 5 Poland
151,240 7 Sweden
132,809 12 Argentina
86,390 155 Australia
50,000 1 France
30,000 1 Hungary
29,980 4 Switzerland
17,460 5 Finland
15,000 1 Portugal
10,500 2 Norway
5,000 1 Denmark
4,500 1 Estonia
Languages with more than million or more than 100,000 of speakers
without Wikipedia and with chapter in the country:
India (more than million)
38261000 Awadhi
34700000 Maithili
17500000 Chhattisgarhi
13000000 Magahi
13000000 Haryanvi
12800000 Deccan
10400000 Malvi
9500000 Kanauji
9000000 Dhundari
7760000 Bagheli
6970000 Varhadi-Nagpuri
6170900 Santali
6000000 Lambadi
5622600 Marwari
5000000 Mewati
4730000 Hadothi
4004490 Konkani
3900000 Merwari
3800000 Mina
3633900 Konkani, Goan
3000000 Shekhawati
3000000 Godwari
2920000 Garhwali
2680000 Indian Sign Language
2360000 Kumaoni
2110000 Dogri
2100000 Bagri
2094200 Kurux
2000000 Mewari
1970000 Sadri
1950000 Tulu
1950000 Gondi, Northern
1930000 Waddar
1710000 Wagdi
1700000 Kangri
1580000 Khandesi
1560280 Mundari
1543300 Bodo
1500000 Ho
1430000 Nimadi
1391000 Meitei
1300000 Bhili
1200000 Vasavi
1150000 Bhilali
1045000 Panjabi, Mirpur
1000000 Pahari, Mahasu
Indonesia (more than million)
13600900 Madura
5530000 Minangkabau
3930000 Musi
3502300 Banjar
3330000 Bali
2700000 Betawi
2350000 Malay, Central
2100000 Sasak
2000000 Batak Toba
1880000 Malay, Makassar
1600000 Makasar
1200000 Batak Simalungun
1200000 Batak Dairi
1100000 Batak Mandailing
1000000 Malay, Jambi
Philippines (more than 100k)
5770000 Hiligaynon
2500000 Bicolano, Central
1900000 Bicolano, Albay
1062000 Tausug
1000000 Maguindanao
776000 Maranao
639000 Capiznon
540000 Bontoc, Central
500000 Ibanag
395000 Inakeanon
378000 Kinaray-a
350000 Masbatenyo
345000 Surigaonon
319000 Sama, Southern
293000 Chavacano
234000 Bicolano, Iriga
200000 Romblomanon
200000 Bantoanon
185000 Sorsogon, Waray
150000 Kankanaey
150000 Blaan, Koronadal
147000 Davawenyo
140000 Subanen, Central
134000 Itawit
123000 Cuyonon
122000 Bicolano, Northern Catanduanes
111000 Ibaloi
107000 Yakan
100000 Philippine Sign Language
100000 Binukid
Germany
4910000 Mainfränkisch
2000000 Saxon, Upper
819000 Swabian
Russian Federation
783720 Lezgi
696630 Erzya
614000 Moksha
516490 Dargwa
499300 Adyghe
460090 Mari, Meadow
422550 Kumyk
413000 Ingush
363000 Yakut
264400 Tuva
217000 Komi-Zyrian
164420 Lak
128900 Tabassaran
113710 Balkar
Serbia and Kosovo
4156090 Albanian, Gheg
709570 Romani, Balkan
318920 Romani, Sinte
172000 Romano-Serbian
South Africa
4101000 Sotho, Northern
640000 Ndebele
Israel
1762320 Yiddish, Eastern
352500 Arabic, Judeo-Tunisian
258930 Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan
110000 Bukharic
100130 Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi
United States
600000 Hawai’i Creole English
250000 Sea Island Creole English
Netherlands
592000 Gronings
220000 Zeeuws
Canada
402900 Plautdietsch
Czech Republic
472470 Romani, Carpathian
Taiwan
138000 Amis
Chile
300039 Mapudungun
United Kingdom
202900 Angloromani
Spain
102000 Spanish Sign Language
Sweden
109600 Finnish, Tornedalen
It seems silly to proliferate so many wikis when many of them focus on
related issues. It becomes the nightmare of having to visit the web site
of every user group every few hours vs having all the new posts sent via
email to one address so you save time. The real question to me seems to
be how to make the software capable of sharing data across silos. Our
hardware is much more robust than 10 years ago, our software has matured
and now it is time to do content aggregation. We can (and probably
should) use the name with the widest recognition as the root of our
tree. Then all the branches can continue to function "as if" they were
independent for a time - even though they are part of the same trunk.
Over time their quirks will need to be harmonized and fiefdoms
consolidated into a coherent whole.
We already use disambiguation pages to distinguish between topics with
similar names, go one step further and have a multiple articles page.
Some contributors have great insight but terrible writing skills and
that is where the skills of an editor are needed. Having to police all
the differing opinions of supposedly factual matters is more of a
censorship (shudder - who will watch the watchers?) or judicial
function. Thank goodness for the page history function.
I've setup and used several wikis inhouse, and currently run MediaWiki
on the server. The biggest problem I have is with user fears - fear of
creating a new page, fear of doing something someone else "should" be
doing, learning curve issues. Currently teams are working on a better
GUI experience that will (hopefully) make it much easier for a new user
to be able to contribute productive work without having to learn a new
programming language. Creating a disambiguation page is a good example
of something that should be relatively easy to do the first time rather
than spend 3 or 4 hours learning how to do it in the current wiki
programming environment.