do or do not want to waive the requirement?
Birgitte SB
--- Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi,
When a Wikisoure is considered for an extinct
language, I do want to waive
the requirement for the localisation of the system
messages. This cannot be
done without the creation of neologisms.
Thanks,
GerardM
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Birgitte SB
<birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I personally don't know that there should be
completely rigid rules on this, but I have some
thoughts on Wikisources.
Most texts in extinct language can be hosted in a
derivative language Wikisource or on the
multi-lingual
WS. When "creating a Wikisource in an
extint
language" is discussed; it really means "creating
system messages in an extinct language". The
texts
are static and will not change based on the
language
used for navigation where they are hosted. In
case
anyone is unaware; en.WS has Anglo-Saxon, Middle
English, and Scots texts.
Birgitte SB
--- Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hoi,
> You attempt to answer a question that is not
asked.
> The question is about
> Wikis not about Wikipedia.
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Claus Färber
> <GMANE(a)faerber.muc.de> wrote:
>
> > Nathan schrieb:
> > > If the purpose of a Wikipedia or wiki in
general
> is to communicate
> > > information... then creating a wiki to serve
a
> small group of people
> > > who are already fluent in other major
languages
> does not serve the
> > > purpose. I wouldn't object to a wiki of a
type
> "Wikilang" if the idea
> > > is only to save the crucial and various
aspects
> of the language
> > > itself for historical purposes in a way not
> conducive to a Wikipedia
> > > article, but a full Wikipedia or other
project
> seems unnecessary.
> >
> > I think that depends on the project. A
Wikipedia
> needs more people that
> > actively support it (i.e. write articles) than
a
> Wikinews project, which
> > needs more people than a Wikisource project.
> >
> > IMO, it does not make sense to create projects
in
> languages that have
> > too few speakers to make it viable. If a
language
> has only 10000
> > speakers (native or second-language), there's
no
> way they can produce a
> > full encyclopaedia in that language. However,
it
> only takes a
> > few enthusiastic individuals to create a
Wikinews
> project. A Wikisource
> > project would only need a single person who
> archives free texts.
> >
> > Claus
> >
> >
> >
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