Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Indigenous Languages

Good day, I'm pleased to announce you the creation of Wikimedia Indigenous Languages (WIL). WIL is the coordinating body for the promotion and development of indigenous on Wikimedia projects. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Indigenous_Languages (or just search WIL on Meta) Wikimedia Indigenous Languages' vision is to see the sum of the knowledge available to everybody in their own languages and to share the knowledge of those languages themselves. It will achieve that by: - Reaching indigenous languages speakers for the development of Wikimedia projects in their language - Establishing working cooperation with outside organizations involved in the promotion of indigenous languages - Creating and expanding Wikimedia projects in all indigenous languages Wikimedia Indigenous Languages' role is to support and encourage the efforts of specific projects to develop Wikimedia projects in small and endangered languages. It will serve as an international body to collect and share best practices, lessons learned and methodology to develop small languages Wikimedia projects and preserve endangered languages. It will also offer support to people interested in developing initiatives and new projects. It will also become the point of contact to set up cooperation with other organizations working towards the same goals and will also actively seek such cooperation opportunities. Anybody or any group who is interested in this project or any projects with indigenous languages are welcome to join Wikimedia Indigenous Languages. For questions or further discussion, come on the talk page, and a dedicated mailing list to discuss languages-related issue and initiatives will soon be crated. Thanks, JP Béland (alias Amqui)