Hi!
Talking with Gerard on how to promote wiktionary we thought about a "the word of the day" list where people can subscribe and where we just take a word from the wiktionary each day and send it to the group together with the link on wiktionary.
I started a page on this on meta as well: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_word_of_the_day
I thought about using yahoogroups for this as if the group listed in the directory it is immediately also included in many search engines - and people don't necessarily need to know about it through the wiktionary website, but just subscribe to the group on yahoo and are then lead to wiktionary. This means there are going to be links from other websites to the group and from there to wiktionary. Sooner or later this will lead to further contributors.
I am going to insert a link to the subscription of the group when I write to my discussion lists on other themes. So there will be an automatic return after a while.
As an internal exchange we can subscribe to this list and use these words as "words to be completed" - this means that I e.g. receive the word from the English wiktionary and if my language is missing I simply go there and add it.
So if you'd like to start subscribing to see what I send out every day, just send a clean message to: laparoladelgiorno-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
I also need a second person that can substitute me when I cannot send out the word (it is going to be seldom, but it could happen).
And of course, if you would like to create your "word of the day" -list in your language: I'll insert this in my word of the day newsletter - so more people will see the other languages that of course use other words ....
Yann: I just had an idea - but we need people who help us - I'll write this in a separate mail.
OK, let me know what you think about this.
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Hoi, One word a day, is easy, just add what you know in your language. Add a pronunciation, it takes a minute. Even though a year has only 365 days. It does add up.
Thanks, GerardM
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Sabine Cretella wrote:
Hi!
Talking with Gerard on how to promote wiktionary we thought about a "the word of the day" list where people can subscribe and where we just take a word from the wiktionary each day and send it to the group together with the link on wiktionary.
I started a page on this on meta as well: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_word_of_the_day
I thought about using yahoogroups for this as if the group listed in the directory it is immediately also included in many search engines - and people don't necessarily need to know about it through the wiktionary website, but just subscribe to the group on yahoo and are then lead to wiktionary. This means there are going to be links from other websites to the group and from there to wiktionary. Sooner or later this will lead to further contributors.
I am going to insert a link to the subscription of the group when I write to my discussion lists on other themes. So there will be an automatic return after a while.
As an internal exchange we can subscribe to this list and use these words as "words to be completed" - this means that I e.g. receive the word from the English wiktionary and if my language is missing I simply go there and add it.
So if you'd like to start subscribing to see what I send out every day, just send a clean message to: laparoladelgiorno-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
I also need a second person that can substitute me when I cannot send out the word (it is going to be seldom, but it could happen).
And of course, if you would like to create your "word of the day" -list in your language: I'll insert this in my word of the day newsletter - so more people will see the other languages that of course use other words ....
Yann: I just had an idea - but we need people who help us - I'll write this in a separate mail.
OK, let me know what you think about this.
Ciao, Sabine
Vuoi la parola del giorno nella tua cassella di posta? Invia un'e-mail vuota a: laparoladelgiorno-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:17:04 +0100, Sabine Cretella sabine_cretella@yahoo.it wrote:
Hi!
Ciao Sabine
Talking with Gerard on how to promote wiktionary we thought about a "the word of the day" list where people can subscribe and where we just take a word from the wiktionary each day and send it to the group together with the link on wiktionary.
A neat idea. I think for promotion the most imporant is the activity on the project itself, but promotion on external sites, particular other Wikimedia projects are effective. How about improvement of Wiktionary article on your language Wikipedia?
And not only for the promotion of the project itself but also for the Foundation's promotion I am now planned to create Wiktionary page on the foundation wiki. Though I don't ask opinion of the board as is, some board member said it would be good each project has its own page. The page newly created would be not so long (if possible no scroll bar! ) but provide visitors (they are potential donors) with sufficient information on the projects; its history, its mission, its size and stats, future planning of publishing (iirc there is no plan for wiktionary yet). The workspace is curently http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aphaia/WMF/Our_projects/Wiktionary. If you would like to see our draft for Wikipedia (some people helped its development), it is on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aphaia/WMF/Our_projects/Wikipedia (and now filled meta:Wikipedia, too).
Your collaboration will be appliciated. Cheers.
Hi Aphaia!
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aphaia/WMF/Our_projects/Wiktionary. If you would like to see our draft for Wikipedia (some people helped its development), it is on
You mean I should modify the Italian version http://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pagina_principale according to the example you provided? Or translate the page into Italian?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aphaia/WMF/Our_projects/Wikipedia (and now filled meta:Wikipedia, too).
And for this one?
Do you need translation?
Ciao, Sabine
Ciao Sabine! Sorry for not clear wording on my latest mail. I would be better to change the Subject.
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:35:41 +0100, Sabine Cretella sabine_cretella@yahoo.it wrote:
Hi Aphaia!
You mean I should modify the Italian version http://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pagina_principale according to the example you provided? Or translate the page into Italian?
None of them. it would be put on the foundation Wiki as the close introduction of Wiktionary. The Foundation Wiki is not so popular but donors visit it. Now there is a short description with all other project/ http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects
I would like to enrich that description to give our Wikitionary a separate page. The page for all project still will remain and a link to "further information" will be added.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aphaia/WMF/Our_projects/Wikipedia (and now filled meta:Wikipedia, too).
And for this one?
So it is a draft for Wikipedia page. I would like to create such a page for Wiktionary too: mission statement, history, statistics ...
Do you need translation?
When we finish it, yes, but not now. I love we make another draft for Wiktionary. And I am sure on this mailinglist the most appropriate people who do this work are gathering.
wiktionary-l@lists.wikimedia.org