Re: [Wikimedia ZA] June 2015 African language Wikipedia update

Morning all, Be interesting to see what search engines are going to make of it. In my opinion its long overdue to get an "African" language resource up and running. I think it might also be worth getting in language organisations like the ATV (Die Afrikaanse Taalvereniging) involved, I'm however not sure if similar organisations exist for languages like Zulu, Xhosa, etc. anyone know? What might also be worth looking into is approaching universities.. for those that do not know the Northern Cape has a new one: Sol Plaatje University (www.spu.ac.za) they are looking to grow their visibility i know for a fact. Kind Regards c -----Original Message----- From: Jacques Avril du Toit Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 8:13 PM To: Asaf Bartov Cc: wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] June 2015 African language Wikipedia update Dear Ian Truly an interesting document! I think students enrolled for Honours and Masters students (with a research project component in African Languages and Applied Linguistics) are always interested in getting exposure and practice-based learning in the field of Online Copy Writing, Proofreading, Editing, and translations). I think such initiatives can give them scope, practice and learning opportunities; [in]directly leading to the elevation of African languages as 'resource'? If interested, we can also go the PanSALB (Pan South African Language Board) route? Regards Jacques On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list WikimediaZA(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza