Dear all,
I'm pleased to announce that the efforts of Wikimedia Armenia to get separate ISO 639-3 language code for Western Armenian [1] were finally succeeded. SIL International, the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority, decided to create the code element [hyw] for Western Armenian. [2]
We initiated this process three years ago when we started the collaboration with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation [3] in order to foster and improve free content in Western Armenian. This resulted in "Western Armenian project" where Wikimedia Armenia through different events and activities started to disseminate and support the creation of Western Armenian content with the help of local and diasporan Western Armenian community members.
From the launch of the "Western Armenian project" we were challenged with
the problem that Western Armenian has no ISO 639-3 language code which did not allow the community to split Western Armenian content into a separate language Wikipedia. This problem made lots of trouble for us, as hy.wiki often had two versions of the same page.
Wikimedia Armenia with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation eventually decided to apply for code split. [4] This was done mainly with the help of Michael Everson. [5] Besides WM AM and Armenian Communities Department of Calouste Gulbenkian foundation there were also other parties involved, such as the department of Armenian Studies of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris and other academic institutions.
Today is a special day for Wikimedia Armenia and Western Armenian speaking community as our proposal was accepted. Thanks all Wikimedians who supported us in this work.
Best, Davit Saroyan Program Manager Wikimedia Armenia
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Armenian 2. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/PastComments/CR_Comments_2017-023.pd... 3. https://gulbenkian.pt/en/ 4. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2017-023.pdf 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Everson
Congratulations to Wikimedia Armenia for those truly great efforts!
best,
Delphine
2018-01-31 11:39 GMT+01:00 David Saroyan saroyandavid@wikimedia.am:
Dear all,
I'm pleased to announce that the efforts of Wikimedia Armenia to get separate ISO 639-3 language code for Western Armenian [1] were finally succeeded. SIL International, the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority, decided to create the code element [hyw] for Western Armenian. [2]
We initiated this process three years ago when we started the collaboration with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation [3] in order to foster and improve free content in Western Armenian. This resulted in "Western Armenian project" where Wikimedia Armenia through different events and activities started to disseminate and support the creation of Western Armenian content with the help of local and diasporan Western Armenian community members.
From the launch of the "Western Armenian project" we were challenged with the problem that Western Armenian has no ISO 639-3 language code which did not allow the community to split Western Armenian content into a separate language Wikipedia. This problem made lots of trouble for us, as hy.wiki often had two versions of the same page.
Wikimedia Armenia with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation eventually decided to apply for code split. [4] This was done mainly with the help of Michael Everson. [5] Besides WM AM and Armenian Communities Department of Calouste Gulbenkian foundation there were also other parties involved, such as the department of Armenian Studies of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris and other academic institutions.
Today is a special day for Wikimedia Armenia and Western Armenian speaking community as our proposal was accepted. Thanks all Wikimedians who supported us in this work.
Best, Davit Saroyan Program Manager Wikimedia Armenia
http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/PastComments/CR_ Comments_2017-023.pdf 3. https://gulbenkian.pt/en/ 4. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2017-023.pdf 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Everson _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
That's fantastic !
Proof, if it was ever needed, that the Wikimedia movement can have an effect on the "outside world" other than collecting and providing information ; Wikimedia Armenia actually took the leading part in bettering an international standard !
My most heartfelt congratulations :-)
Alphos
Le 1 févr. 2018 à 00:00, Delphine Ménard dmenard@wikimedia.org a écrit :
Congratulations to Wikimedia Armenia for those truly great efforts!
best,
Delphine
2018-01-31 11:39 GMT+01:00 David Saroyan saroyandavid@wikimedia.am:
Dear all,
I'm pleased to announce that the efforts of Wikimedia Armenia to get separate ISO 639-3 language code for Western Armenian [1] were finally succeeded. SIL International, the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority, decided to create the code element [hyw] for Western Armenian. [2]
We initiated this process three years ago when we started the collaboration with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation [3] in order to foster and improve free content in Western Armenian. This resulted in "Western Armenian project" where Wikimedia Armenia through different events and activities started to disseminate and support the creation of Western Armenian content with the help of local and diasporan Western Armenian community members.
From the launch of the "Western Armenian project" we were challenged with the problem that Western Armenian has no ISO 639-3 language code which did not allow the community to split Western Armenian content into a separate language Wikipedia. This problem made lots of trouble for us, as hy.wiki often had two versions of the same page.
Wikimedia Armenia with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation eventually decided to apply for code split. [4] This was done mainly with the help of Michael Everson. [5] Besides WM AM and Armenian Communities Department of Calouste Gulbenkian foundation there were also other parties involved, such as the department of Armenian Studies of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris and other academic institutions.
Today is a special day for Wikimedia Armenia and Western Armenian speaking community as our proposal was accepted. Thanks all Wikimedians who supported us in this work.
Best, Davit Saroyan Program Manager Wikimedia Armenia
http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/PastComments/CR_ Comments_2017-023.pdf 3. https://gulbenkian.pt/en/ 4. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2017-023.pdf 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Everson _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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This is really great! Congratulations to this success to both of you, Wikimedia Armenia and the Gulbenkian Foundation!
I really appreciate to see that creating and preserving Free Knowledge can have such an influence on official language policies :)
Best regards Cornelius
On 1 February 2018 at 00:00, Delphine Ménard dmenard@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congratulations to Wikimedia Armenia for those truly great efforts!
best,
Delphine
2018-01-31 11:39 GMT+01:00 David Saroyan saroyandavid@wikimedia.am:
Dear all,
I'm pleased to announce that the efforts of Wikimedia Armenia to get separate ISO 639-3 language code for Western Armenian [1] were finally succeeded. SIL International, the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority,
decided
to create the code element [hyw] for Western Armenian. [2]
We initiated this process three years ago when we started the
collaboration
with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation [3] in order to foster and
improve
free content in Western Armenian. This resulted in "Western Armenian project" where Wikimedia Armenia through different events and activities started to disseminate and support the creation of Western Armenian
content
with the help of local and diasporan Western Armenian community members.
From the launch of the "Western Armenian project" we were challenged with the problem that Western Armenian has no ISO 639-3 language code which
did
not allow the community to split Western Armenian content into a separate language Wikipedia. This problem made lots of trouble for us, as hy.wiki often had two versions of the same page.
Wikimedia Armenia with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation eventually decided
to
apply for code split. [4] This was done mainly with the help of Michael Everson. [5] Besides WM AM and Armenian Communities Department of
Calouste
Gulbenkian foundation there were also other parties involved, such as the department of Armenian Studies of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris and other academic institutions.
Today is a special day for Wikimedia Armenia and Western Armenian
speaking
community as our proposal was accepted. Thanks all Wikimedians who supported us in this work.
Best, Davit Saroyan Program Manager Wikimedia Armenia
http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/PastComments/CR_ Comments_2017-023.pdf 3. https://gulbenkian.pt/en/ 4. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2017-023.pdf 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Everson _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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Hoi, If anything it is proof that a quality standard allows for change.
In Michael Everson, a member of the standards world, we have someone who was asked to become a member of the Wikimedia language committee. Over the years he has provided us with several important services. This is only one.
Once we had a really strong team of people who were at the forefront of language technology. There is no longer the same attention for supporting languages and the scripts used by languages. What is done at this time by people like Santosh is done in their spare time. We could do more and we don't. We do not support the SignWriting font even though it will support all sign languages.
Yes, congratulations are due to Michael, to ISO, to the people who took their time to champion the Western Armenian language and indeed, the result is wonderful. Thanks, GerardM
On 1 February 2018 at 18:23, Alphos OGame alphos.ogame@gmail.com wrote:
That's fantastic !
Proof, if it was ever needed, that the Wikimedia movement can have an effect on the "outside world" other than collecting and providing information ; Wikimedia Armenia actually took the leading part in bettering an international standard !
My most heartfelt congratulations :-)
Alphos
Le 1 févr. 2018 à 00:00, Delphine Ménard dmenard@wikimedia.org a
écrit :
Congratulations to Wikimedia Armenia for those truly great efforts!
best,
Delphine
2018-01-31 11:39 GMT+01:00 David Saroyan saroyandavid@wikimedia.am:
Dear all,
I'm pleased to announce that the efforts of Wikimedia Armenia to get separate ISO 639-3 language code for Western Armenian [1] were finally succeeded. SIL International, the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority,
decided
to create the code element [hyw] for Western Armenian. [2]
We initiated this process three years ago when we started the
collaboration
with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation [3] in order to foster and
improve
free content in Western Armenian. This resulted in "Western Armenian project" where Wikimedia Armenia through different events and activities started to disseminate and support the creation of Western Armenian
content
with the help of local and diasporan Western Armenian community members.
From the launch of the "Western Armenian project" we were challenged
with
the problem that Western Armenian has no ISO 639-3 language code which
did
not allow the community to split Western Armenian content into a
separate
language Wikipedia. This problem made lots of trouble for us, as
hy.wiki
often had two versions of the same page.
Wikimedia Armenia with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation eventually
decided to
apply for code split. [4] This was done mainly with the help of Michael Everson. [5] Besides WM AM and Armenian Communities Department of
Calouste
Gulbenkian foundation there were also other parties involved, such as
the
department of Armenian Studies of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris and other academic institutions.
Today is a special day for Wikimedia Armenia and Western Armenian
speaking
community as our proposal was accepted. Thanks all Wikimedians who supported us in this work.
Best, Davit Saroyan Program Manager Wikimedia Armenia
http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/PastComments/CR_ Comments_2017-023.pdf 3. https://gulbenkian.pt/en/ 4. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2017-023.pdf 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Everson _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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Indeed. This is truly a remarkable effort. Congratulations.
On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 6:00 PM Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, If anything it is proof that a quality standard allows for change.
In Michael Everson, a member of the standards world, we have someone who was asked to become a member of the Wikimedia language committee. Over the years he has provided us with several important services. This is only one.
Once we had a really strong team of people who were at the forefront of language technology. There is no longer the same attention for supporting languages and the scripts used by languages. What is done at this time by people like Santosh is done in their spare time. We could do more and we don't. We do not support the SignWriting font even though it will support all sign languages.
Yes, congratulations are due to Michael, to ISO, to the people who took their time to champion the Western Armenian language and indeed, the result is wonderful. Thanks, GerardM
On 1 February 2018 at 18:23, Alphos OGame alphos.ogame@gmail.com wrote:
That's fantastic !
Proof, if it was ever needed, that the Wikimedia movement can have an effect on the "outside world" other than collecting and providing information ; Wikimedia Armenia actually took the leading part in
bettering
an international standard !
My most heartfelt congratulations :-)
Alphos
Le 1 févr. 2018 à 00:00, Delphine Ménard dmenard@wikimedia.org a
écrit :
Congratulations to Wikimedia Armenia for those truly great efforts!
best,
Delphine
2018-01-31 11:39 GMT+01:00 David Saroyan saroyandavid@wikimedia.am:
Dear all,
I'm pleased to announce that the efforts of Wikimedia Armenia to get separate ISO 639-3 language code for Western Armenian [1] were finally succeeded. SIL International, the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority,
decided
to create the code element [hyw] for Western Armenian. [2]
We initiated this process three years ago when we started the
collaboration
with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation [3] in order to foster and
improve
free content in Western Armenian. This resulted in "Western Armenian project" where Wikimedia Armenia through different events and
activities
started to disseminate and support the creation of Western Armenian
content
with the help of local and diasporan Western Armenian community
members.
From the launch of the "Western Armenian project" we were challenged
with
the problem that Western Armenian has no ISO 639-3 language code which
did
not allow the community to split Western Armenian content into a
separate
language Wikipedia. This problem made lots of trouble for us, as
hy.wiki
often had two versions of the same page.
Wikimedia Armenia with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation eventually
decided to
apply for code split. [4] This was done mainly with the help of
Michael
Everson. [5] Besides WM AM and Armenian Communities Department of
Calouste
Gulbenkian foundation there were also other parties involved, such as
the
department of Armenian Studies of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris and other academic institutions.
Today is a special day for Wikimedia Armenia and Western Armenian
speaking
community as our proposal was accepted. Thanks all Wikimedians who supported us in this work.
Best, Davit Saroyan Program Manager Wikimedia Armenia
http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/PastComments/CR_ Comments_2017-023.pdf 3. https://gulbenkian.pt/en/ 4. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2017-023.pdf 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Everson _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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