Hey all, There's been some talk about natural language wikis and the formation of new ones over at the Wikipedia-l.
I started a thread on adding Ladino wikis and got some good feedback as to what to do in the next steps.
Well, we're ready for the step where we need to ask one of our hard-at-work developers for help in making the space sub-domain available: http://lad.wikipedia.org and http://lad.wiktionary.org There are five users who support it, one is a (N) speaker, I'm quite fluent, the other's know Standard Spanish or Interlingua, so following the articles and making corrections would be a great exercise too. But most importantly the addition of these wikis will help give the Ladino community another great forum for the presentation of its heritage and the continuation of the language.
There are 160,000 fluent speakers, 200,000 counting those who grew up with the language but aren't active users of it. There are broad- casts on TV and radio in several countries, Spain, Turkey, Israel, etc. and many periodicals in Ladino. A Ladino Wiki would certainly find the support of many and the praise of older folks who've endeavored to keep their language and culture alive.
So it is with high hopes and definite expectations of growth that I request the help of one of our developers in setting up the space for these wikis. Ladino Wikipedia and Ladino Wiktionary. Who may be able to help us?
Thanks, with regards, Jay B. User:ILVI ilooy.gaon@gmail.com