Wikipedia-l August 2006

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Questions about Gileki; a new language that has been proposed
by Mohammad Rastgaar 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi, We have proposed Gileki language. And so far We have received good amount of supportive comments. I have some questions regarding this matter though 1-How many supporters are enough to proceed to the next steps? 2-Do we need to request a wikitionary too? or this project will be available when the domain of Gileki wikipedia is ready? 3- There are two dialects that are slightly different. But the native speakers can recognize which one is what they are listening to and the other is strange( sometimes funny!!) for them,but of course they understand it. What is the best solution to this issue? I am sure there have been many similar cases before. I would be gratefull to learn from other folks experiences. Thanks a lot in advance _Rastgaar --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

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Questions about Gileki; a new language that has been proposed
by Mohammad Rastgaar 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

salaam, in emaili hast ke man be wikipedia zadam: cheers Mohammad Hi, We have proposed Gileki language. And so far We have received good amount of supportive comments. I have some questions regarding this matter though 1-How many supporters are enough to proceed to the next steps? 2-Do we need to request a wikitionary too? or this project will be available when the domain of Gileki wikipedia is ready? 3- There are two dialects that are slightly different. But the native speakers can recognize which one is what they are listening to and the other is strange( sometimes funny!!) for them,but of course they understand it. What is the best solution to this issue? I am sure there have been many similar cases before. I would be gratefull to learn from other folks experiences. Thanks a lot in advance _Rastgaar --------------------------------- Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.

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Approved new language wikipedias: what's the situation?
by novial 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi, The setting up of a wikipedia in the Novial language was approved in mid May: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Approved_requests_for_new_languages#Novial The contributors then agreed to suspend activity until the real wikipedia be created. May I ask what the situation is with making new language wikipedias? As far as I can tell no new ones have been created since then. Thanks, nov_ialiste

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New language proposal: Wikipedia...
by Frederick "FN" Noronha 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi, Can you please help me start a Wikipedia in a new language -- Konkani? It's one of the official languages of India, but one of the smallest. Spoken by between 1.7 to 5.5 million (depending on whom you ask) people mainly along the west coast of India. FN PS: See http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=knn Konkani A language of India ISO/DIS 639-3: knn Population 4,000,000 (1999 WA). Population includes 99,000 Thakuri (1991). Region North and central coastal strip of Maharashtra; Karnataka; Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Kerala. Alternate names Konkan Standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese Dialects Agari of Kolaba, Parabhi (Kayasthi, Damani), Koli, Kiristav, Dhanagari, Bhandari, Thakuri (Thakari, Thakri, Thakua, Thakura), Karhadi, Sangamesvari (Bakoti, Bankoti), Ghati (Maoli), Mahari (Dhed, Holia, Parvari). The dialects listed are closely related. Related to Katkari (Kathodi, Katvadi), Varli, Phudagi, Samvedi, Mangelas. Classification Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Southern zone, Konkani Language use Official language. Some speak nonstandard Konkani. Language development Kannada script. Newspapers. Films. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1970. Comments Hindu, Christian. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com

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WikiCharts
by Leon Weber 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

Hi all, I've finished WikiCharts now. A short description can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCharts As described there: If you'd like to have WikiCharts for your wiki, just contact me in the IRC (my nick is LeonWP). -- Leon

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Wikipedia:Verifiability
by Александр Сигачёв 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Is Wikipedia:Verifiability an official policy only on the English Wikipedia, or on Wikipedias in all languages? Does it need to be approved by local community? -- Alexander Sigachov http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ajvol

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ANNOUNCE: Skypecast - Wikipedia Conversation from Florida
by Andrew Lih 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Sorry for the late notice, but this may be interesting to folks on this list. I will be hosting a live Skypecast of a conversation/interview with Brad Patrick and Danny Wool of the Wikimedia Foundation on Friday, August 25, 2006 at 11 am EST. All are welcome to join (using Skype), and also to chime in with questions. Find details on the Skypecast here. Full details: http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2006/08/24/skypecast-wikipedia-conversation-f… Skypecast details: https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=290… -Andrew (User:Fuzheado) LONG: I'm in St. Petersburg, Florida, as part of research on a book about Wikipedia, and wanted to interview both Brad and Danny. I figured, why don't we do a "radio-like" show with us in the Wikimedia Foundation offices, and community members can chime in as well? Brad Patrick is the general counsel and interim executive director of the WMF, and Danny Wool is a longtime Wikipedian and holds the position of grants officer. Among the things we'll discuss (but we want audience participation): What does the WMF office do? Who are the people in the office? What is the difference between Wikimedia and Wikipedia? What happens on a day to day basis in the office? Where are the Wikimedia servers? What can the WMF staff do to help the Wikimedia projects? What are the challenges for the future for WMF? Please feel free to add comments/questions here, or listen live via Skype and you can "Request the microphone" just like a radio call-in show. We will try to let as many participants chime in. The time was chosen so that it occurs when most folks are awake - 11pm in East Asia, 9pm in Moscow, 4/5pm in Europe, 11am in Eastern US, 8am in Western US. If you cannot join online, I plan to make a podcast available. Caveat: This is the first Skypecast we're hosting so please be patient if at 11am we are still working out some kinks.

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Dutch rankings
by Andrew Lih 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

This is a subscription site, but perhaps some nl: folks can report the stats? Dutch *Wikipedia* rises in site rankings<http://www.telecom.paper.nl/site/news_ta.asp?type=abstract&id=138810> Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands The Dutch version of *Wikipedia* has proven a success, according to internet ratings group Multiscope. One out of three Dutch internet *... *

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Using someone's real name instead of his wikiname
by Walter van Kalken 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

On the Dutch wikipedia there is a user who is constantly using my real name in discussions instead of my wikiname. Although my real name is widely known, I do not wish that it is used on the wiki in discussions. One of the reasons is Google's indexing the other reason is my real name is known only by people who have been on the wiki for a long time. I am using my wiki alternate name for a reason. I feel that this user is violating my privacy by constantly using my real name instead of the name under which I edit. Is this a violation of our wiki privacy policy? Waerth

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Wikipedia 2010
by Magnus Manske 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

For the last days, I've been hacking on a C++ - based demo platform for both a wikipedia offline reader and new tools to use with wikipedia content. I've euphemistically dubbed it "Wikipedia 2010" ;-) I hope that people will use it as a platform to test new feature ideas that are too complex or graphics-dependent to go on the web. Internally, it offers many useful functions like getting links, categories, etc., local caching incuded. I also hope that it could become a wikipedia offline reader in the future. Screenshots, Source, Windows and Mac executables are at http://www.magnusmanske.de/wp2010/ Attention: This is *not* supposed to be usable software in any way! At least, not yet. Also, I could probably have it implemented in C#, or as an AJAX application. But I wanted a fast, easy-to-install software, and so it's C++ with wxWidgets. I will check it into SVN later today, if there are no objections. Magnus

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