[Foundation-l] Cherokee Wikipedia Name Suggestion

[Oldak Quill]

Not at all. The best way to improve the site would be to work with
other langauge Wikipedias and within Wikimedia. Are you being active
in seeking members?

On 13/07/06, Jeff V. Merkey <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
> Robert Scott Horning wrote:
>
> >Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Oldak Quill wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Most Wikimedia projects don't translate "Wikipedia", "Wiktionary", and
> >>>"Wikimedia", they transliterate them. Even non-Latin alphabets do
> >>>this: Russian Wikipedia is called "Википедию" which transliterates as
> >>>Ve-I-Ka-I-Pe-Ye-De-I-Ya (those are the names of the letters, at
> >>>least). Does Cherokee have some kind of formal transliteration system?
> >>>
> >>>On 12/07/06, Jeffrey V. Merkey <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>The name should be:
> >>>>
> >>>>ᏗᎪᏪᎵ ᎦᏣᏄᎳ
> >>>>
> >>>>(digoweli gatsanula)
> >>>>"the books = pedia " " that are fast = wiki "
> >>>>
> >>>>to match the actual meanings of the words "wiki" and "pedia".
> >>>>
> >>>>The current name of the site, while catchy, is not accurate for the
> >>>>language, and was synthesized.
> >>>>
> >>>>Just a suggestion...
> >>>>
> >>>>Jeff
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>Yes. it does have one for words like this, but taking potshots at the
> >>name can create something you do not intend.
> >>
> >>Let's look at it:
> >>
> >>Wi-gi-que-di-ya
> >>
> >>wi  - (negative imperfect past tense)
> >>gi - to combine
> >>que - incomplete verb root about an animal
> >>di - plural for a non living object
> >>ya - broad area of concern (means "pertains to or covers a broad area or
> >>topic)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >While it is interesting some of the points and counter points about this
> >issue, isn't this something better left to be discussed on project pages
> >by participants and made as a local decision?  At least I would feel
> >more comfortable with people who are involved with the development of
> >the project (aka Cherokee Wikipedia content developers) instead of
> >getting European or Austrialian attitudes from people who may never even
> >add a single word to that project.
> >
> >This whole discussion strikes me as something very similar to when the
> >name Wikipedia itself was coined, along with all of the other major
> >sister projects and their names.
> >
> >
> >
> There are no participants on the site.   The site has been dead for
> months.  Probably because NONE OF THEM SPEAK CHEROKEE.
> Perhaps best thing is to close the site completely and I'll just manage
> the fork off Wikipedia.
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff
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