The most respected Mr. Mark Williamson wrote:
I once had an idea, that we could set up a Hopi
Wikipedia, and then
work on promotion of it on Hopi, get elders and teenagers involved,
try to get middle-aged people involved as well, and eventually hope
for 90% community involvement of Hopi speakers. When such a point is
reached, it is a virtual mirror of the real-life community, except it
is also working towards building an encyclopaedia.
Instead of only reporting on your hopes and dreams, I wish that you
would, once each month or so, take the time to report on what you have
indeed accomplished. Which new language Wikipedias did you succeed to
get started, and how many articles have been produced there? So far,
I get the impression that this number is zero, and that surely must be
wrong. So please enlighten me.
It depends on what you mean by "get started". I am reluctant to take
direct credit for anything since there is no successful Wikipedia
where I have contributed most of the articles.
I requested scn.wikipedia, which currently has 489 articles, and was
responsible for recruiting the person who was really responsible for
most of the actual work, Mr Giuseppe DAngelo.
I originally suggested lb.wikipedia to Catherine (Brisèis), currently
with 3476 articles, although beyond that I can take no credit with the
exception of the logo.
I don't feel that I can take much credit for any of my other
contributions, since they were mostly small, but they include things
like adding a translated table-of-contents to a previously vacant or
nearly-vacant Wikipedia, catching new users on inactive Wikipedias
quickly to suggest a course of action (request adminship, translate
interface, make logo) and to correct any mistakes they might make
(signing articles, POV), and watching for vandalism on ALL inactive
Wikipedias on a regular basis (when I'm awake, once every couple
hours).
I am also responsible for the request for fur.wikipedia, which
currently has a few articles (but it is still growing at a constant
rate - it isn't dead), although Klenje is responsible for most of the
content, and I am responsible for nearly everything so far on
nv.wikipedia, including interface translation, content formulation,
the logo, etc.
Unfortunately
I don't have the time or the resources to begin such a
project,
But you certainly have the time to write a lot of messages on this
list.
Again, I think perception of this is distorted somewhat and largely
based on a set period of time a while ago - when I first joined this
list I posted short posts often thrice in a row, flooding the list
with short annoying messages, however more recently while I still may
be the most or one of the most active, the number of messages per day
is much less.
Also, it doesn't take much time to write an e-mail, at least for me,
although it takes a lot of time to travel from Phoenix to Kykotsmovi
and to meet with officials and to write grant requests and work on
community promotion.
Mark