Hello WikimediaZA,
Nhlanhla and I were at Wikimania and Gerard approached us saying that Sotho WP was on the verge of being deleted unless editors were found to help. I've tweeted and put out a call on Facebook with one reply for help from a friend (who will ask his friends). But perhaps everyone on this list might put out a similar call?
I was thinking of putting a little thread together just to urge each other on (I'm going to start editing prominent Africans in English this week) - or we could add people to this list?
best,
Heather.
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Date: August 29, 2011 10:39:45 AM PDT
Subject: Re: Sotho
Hoi,
I promised that nothing would be done for a month from the end of Wikimania. So nothing has been done yet and we, the members of the WMF language committee hope that that is the end of the story. It is best when our projects thrive and get the attention they so desperately need.
Thanks,
Gerard
Heather Ford
Ethnographer: Ushahidi / SwiftRiver
@hfordsa on Twitter