[Foundation-l] Allow new wikis in extinct languages?

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
You got it backwards. It is exactly for the "Elmer Fudd" and Klingon that
new languages are denied. When people do a crappy job, the egg is on the
face of Google.
Thanks,
     Gerard

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:

> I used to be very interested in the Google In Your Language program.
> However, it is very poorly maintained by Google. Languages that have
> been fully translated for months do not go live for much longer than
> they should, new languages are not accepted, no matter how many
> speakers they have, despite the fact that they have versions in Elmer
> Fudd and Klingon... that's just plain INSULTING to languages like,
> say, Yucatec Maya, which someone propsoed to translate but were
> denied.
>
> Mark
>
> On 11/04/2008, Marcus Buck <me at marcusbuck.org> wrote:
> > Crazy Lover hett schreven:
> >
> > > perhaps, the ancient greek wikipedia proposers,
> >  > specially Leigh, are interesting in translate the
> >  > interface of Google, there is a translation in latin,
> >  > and Why not in ancient greek? if there is translations
> >  > in absurd "languages" like "Elmer Fudd", "Hacker",
> >  > etc. there is not reason to denied one in ancient
> >  > greek.
> >  >
> >  > you can sign up, as translators, in:
> >  >
> >  >
> https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=transconsole&passive=true&nui=1&continue=http%3A%2F%2F
> >  >
> >
> > I wanted to submit a translation some time ago, but they said, they
> >  don't accept additional translations at the moment... People are
> >  messaging Google "Hey, hello big billion dollar company, you can get
> >  localization, for free! Just take it! You don't have to pay a dollar!"
> >  and they say no! Wtf is wrong with them?! It was no Elmer Fudd, it was
> a
> >  real language! But that seem's to be the current state...
> >
> >
> >  Marcus Buck
> >
> >
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  foundation-l mailing list
> >  foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> >  Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>