Hey K,
I agree with you - we need this to be organic otherwise it will be unsustainable. When
Gerard first told me about the problem, I said that it was impossible for just Nhlanhla
and I to 'save Sotho Wikipedia'. But then I thought: actually it might be
interesting to at least tell Sotho speakers that it might be removed (actually, I
don't think they ever completely remove - they move to the incubator or something) and
see what happens.
There are a few people interested, it seems, on Facebook and they're thinking of
setting up a page to discuss. It would be nice if we could go over there and help them and
encourage them. But if it doesn't work, then I feel like it's not serious. Just
keep the channels open, ya know :)
How does that sound to people?
On Aug 30, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Kerryn McKay wrote:
Hi H
I don't know the policy for pages, but I can't understand why it would be deleted
and not left *dormant* until there is a organic, real activity? If it is because it
*looks bad* that seems to be me to be a poor reason. (We can encourage people to
contribute but until it's really embedded in the community it might be a superficial
drive that won't sustain itself.)
That being said, WikimediaZA is starting to get active now that our process of
incorporation is being finalised, so we hope that once our activities begin it will create
general awareness which will kickstart interest for various languages.
K
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Kerryn McKay
The African Commons Project
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On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Heather Ford <hford(a)ushahidi.com> wrote:
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.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
Date: August 29, 2011 10:39:45 AM PDT
To: Heather Ford <hford(a)ushahidi.com>
Cc: Nhlanhla Mabaso <NMabaso(a)gmail.com>om>, Language committee
<langcom-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
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
On 29 August 2011 19:05, Heather Ford <hford(a)ushahidi.com> wrote:
Hi Gerard,
Trying to find the closure of the Sotho WP and found only this
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_proj…
but it says that there's a new policy? Hopefully Nhlanhla and I can convince people to
start editing (if it hasn't been removed already)
Best,
Heather.
Heather Ford
Ethnographer: Ushahidi / SwiftRiver
http://ushahidi.com |
http://swiftly.org
@hfordsa on Twitter
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Heather Ford
Ethnographer: Ushahidi / SwiftRiver
http://ushahidi.com |
http://swiftly.org
@hfordsa on Twitter
http://hblog.org
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