[Foundation-l] Tell us about your Wikipedia

[James Taylor]

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikigames

It's just a simple proposal that I posted. I'm curious about it; I could use
some feedback.


On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk at googlemail.com>wrote:

> It would be great, Samuel, if such a general pin board for all
> Wikipedias would come to life. For the "Tell us" project I went to
> quite a number of village pumps, but sometimes it is difficult to post
> (if you don't speak the language). At Esperanto Wikipedia we now
> discuss how to make our village pump / Embassy easier to find.
>
> Someone from Simple English Wikipedia noted that it could be a
> starting point for small Wikipedias, as translating from it is easier
> tran translating form English Wikipedia.
>
> At
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ziko/Basic_Wikipedia_and_help_pages
> I started to write some Wikipedia and Help pages for new and small
> Wikipedias, because simply translating those from English Wikipedia
> are often rather complicated and a huge amount of text. And sometimes
> they are not suitable for every language edition.
>
> Ziko
>
> 2008/8/29 David Moran <fordmadoxfraud at gmail.com>:
> > I'm generally interested in making the Wikipedias more interconnected,
> > linguistically, and maintaining a global community spirit.  I think it's
> > vital to Wikipedia's mission, in fact.  I create a lot of articles,
> mostly
> > related to ancient Greece and Rome, and always try to make sure I include
> > interwiki links to the article in other-language Wikipedias.  The Catalan
> > Wiki, in particular, has a pretty spectacular breadth of classics-related
> > articles.  It's made me want to learn the language.
> >
> > --Ford MF
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk at googlemail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks, me too, and I had to do it myself. :-) What is your interest
> >> in Multilingual Wikipedia affairs, are you a linguist or a small WP
> >> editor?
> >> Greetings
> >> Ziko
> >>
> >> 2008/8/29 David Moran <fordmadoxfraud at gmail.com>:
> >> > Neat.  I've been looking for a thing like this.
> >> >
> >> > Ford MF
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Ziko van Dijk <
> zvandijk at googlemail.com
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >> Would you like to tell us about your Wikipedia? I am afraid that many
> >> >> know only about the Wikipedia he edits himself. At Meta-Wiki you can
> >> >> answer to questions about your Wikipedia language edition and read
> >> >> about others:
> >> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tell_us_about_your_Wikipedia
> >> >>
> >> >> Kind regards
> >> >> Ziko
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Ziko van Dijk
> >> >> NL-Silvolde
> >> >>
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