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Ziko van Dijk

29 Aug 2008 29 Aug '08

2:44 a.m.

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David Moran

30 Aug 30 Aug

12:20 a.m.

Neat. I've been looking for a thing like this. Ford MF On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Hello, Would you like to tell us about your Wikipedia? I am afraid that many know only about the Wikipedia he edits himself. At Meta-Wiki you can answer to questions about your Wikipedia language edition and read about others: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tell_us_about_your_Wikipedia Kind regards Ziko -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Ziko van Dijk

12:45 a.m.

Thanks, me too, and I had to do it myself. :-) What is your interest in Multilingual Wikipedia affairs, are you a linguist or a small WP editor? Greetings Ziko 2008/8/29 David Moran <fordmadoxfraud(a)gmail.com>om>:

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Neat. I've been looking for a thing like this. Ford MF On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Samuel Klein

1:04 a.m.

I agree this is neat. Also, can we have some wiki-group where people from one community who have a nice practice (welcoming, making portal pages, celebrating holidays with art) visit young new communities and teach them how to do it? (sort of like groups that teach new residents of a town to speak the local language) SJ On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Neat. I've been looking for a thing like this. Ford MF On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com wrote:

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Ting Chen

1:09 a.m.

Samuel Klein wrote:

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Yeah, good idea. Ting

Ziko van Dijk

1:23 a.m.

In fact, I am amazed with how little help pages and community building elements the small Wikipedias have come so far. But they remain small communities, and I suppose this has to do with a lack of these elements. Without, it is difficult for new people to join and actually fit in and stay. Therefore "Multilingual Wikipedia" at Meta includes also a manual: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Manual_for_small_and_new_Wikipedias Ideas and corrections are welcome. :-) Because people like GerardM from Betawiki and others have to migrate from village pump to village pump to inform about useful thing for all Wikipedias, I have set up http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All_Wikipedia_Pin_Board but for so long I am the only who ever posted... Maybe it will work, maybe not. Without doubt, it would at least save a lot of work to GerardM. :-) Ziko 2008/8/29 Ting Chen <wing.philopp(a)gmx.de>de>:

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Samuel Klein

4:30 a.m.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Because people like GerardM from Betawiki and others have to migrate from village pump to village pump to inform about useful thing for all Wikipedias, I have set up http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All_Wikipedia_Pin_Board but for so long I am the only who ever posted... Maybe it will work, maybe not. Without doubt, it would at least save a lot of work to GerardM. :-)

There has been a longstanding request for some technical measure that provides for a /real/ all-language pinboard that is automatically posted to all small wikis, or to all wikis that opt in, or to all wikis with an option to opt out. A way to share messages that are assumed to be multilingual, which are displayed in the local lang if translated, or the nearest larger parent lang... with a link to a meta page where announcements are suggested (perhaps the Pin Board itself). Is anyone thinking about how this might be implemented? SJ

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Ziko 2008/8/29 Ting Chen <wing.philopp(a)gmx.de>de>:

Samuel Klein wrote: > I agree this is neat. Also, can we have some wiki-group where people

from

> one community who have a nice practice (welcoming, making portal pages, > celebrating holidays with art) visit young new communities and teach

them

> how to do it? > > (sort of like groups that teach new residents of a town to speak the

local

language) SJ

David Moran

4:38 a.m.

I'm generally interested in making the Wikipedias more interconnected, linguistically, and maintaining a global community spirit. I think it's vital to Wikipedia's mission, in fact. I create a lot of articles, mostly related to ancient Greece and Rome, and always try to make sure I include interwiki links to the article in other-language Wikipedias. The Catalan Wiki, in particular, has a pretty spectacular breadth of classics-related articles. It's made me want to learn the language. --Ford MF On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Neat. I've been looking for a thing like this. Ford MF On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com wrote:

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Ziko van Dijk

31 Aug 31 Aug

7:16 a.m.

It would be great, Samuel, if such a general pin board for all Wikipedias would come to life. For the "Tell us" project I went to quite a number of village pumps, but sometimes it is difficult to post (if you don't speak the language). At Esperanto Wikipedia we now discuss how to make our village pump / Embassy easier to find. Someone from Simple English Wikipedia noted that it could be a starting point for small Wikipedias, as translating from it is easier tran translating form English Wikipedia. At http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ziko/Basic_Wikipedia_and_help_pages I started to write some Wikipedia and Help pages for new and small Wikipedias, because simply translating those from English Wikipedia are often rather complicated and a huge amount of text. And sometimes they are not suitable for every language edition. Ziko 2008/8/29 David Moran <fordmadoxfraud(a)gmail.com>om>:

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Neat. I've been looking for a thing like this. Ford MF On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com wrote:

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James Taylor

1:17 p.m.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikigames It's just a simple proposal that I posted. I'm curious about it; I could use some feedback. On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com>wrote;wrote:

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related to ancient Greece and Rome, and always try to make sure I include interwiki links to the article in other-language Wikipedias. The Catalan Wiki, in particular, has a pretty spectacular breadth of classics-related articles. It's made me want to learn the language. --Ford MF On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com wrote: > Thanks, me too, and I had to do it myself. :-) What is your interest > in Multilingual Wikipedia affairs, are you a linguist or a small WP > editor? > Greetings > Ziko > > 2008/8/29 David Moran <fordmadoxfraud(a)gmail.com>om>: > > Neat. I've been looking for a thing like this. > > > > Ford MF > > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Ziko van Dijk <

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> >wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> Would you like to tell us about your Wikipedia? I am afraid that many > >> know only about the Wikipedia he edits himself. At Meta-Wiki you can > >> answer to questions about your Wikipedia language edition and read > >> about others: > >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tell_us_about_your_Wikipedia > >> > >> Kind regards > >> Ziko > >> > >> -- > >> Ziko van Dijk > >> NL-Silvolde > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> foundation-l mailing list > >> foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> Unsubscribe:

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agung gumilar

4 Sep 4 Sep

3:18 p.m.

i had a same idea too On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com>wrote;wrote:

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James Taylor

3:24 p.m.

Good to hear. If you're interested, sign your name under "other users interested in this idea" -jim On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:18 AM, agung gumilar <gumilar76(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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i had a same idea too On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)googlemail.com

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James Taylor

3:26 p.m.

Good to hear. If you're interested, sign your name under "other users interested in this idea" http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikigames (Sorry about the redundancy. This email is the same as the last but contains the link to the proposal.) -jim On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:24 AM, James Taylor <taylorjames9(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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