I User:Stevertigo formally request sysop/admin/developer level access to the Arabic Wikipedia. Among the first issues would be to deal with the encoding there. UTF-8 or 1256 are canditates, but it would require some proper testing. My Arabic is very limited, though, and hopefully some changes ought give some life and perhaps credibility to the Ar.Wikipedia.
I User:Stevertigo formally request sysop/admin developer level access to the Simple Enlgish Wikpedia. Among the first issues would be to deal with finding a use for the simple. Wikipedia -- among my proposals ( http://simple.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?SEnpl_For_Translation ) is the possiblitly of using simple English as a base for translating the vast catalog of English articles to other languages. By allowing the Simple Wikipedia to act as a kind of firewall, sandbox, embassy... any problems arising from the perception that non-English speakers and English speakers have of each other, will be mitigated.
If interested, please see the recent changes made to the Simple.wikipedia -- http://simple.wikipedia.com
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