[Foundation-l] Wikimedia announcements in various sizes

[Ziko van Dijk]

When translating the fundraiser 2008 announcement, I had again the
impression that Wikimedia announcements are suitable for the context of
English language, maybe a handful of other languages and their Wikipedia
communities, but not for lesser resourced languages like Latin, Swahili or
Dutch Low Saxon.

First, it is often a large amount of text that needs hours or longer to
translate. The workforce of small Wikipedia communities is limited, and the
result is often that announcements are not translated and distributed at
all. It is also a problem that e.g. the fundraising message referred to the
Annual Report of WMF, which exists only in English or a limited number of
languages.

Second, the contenct of the announcements is directed to speakers of a
language which is the main language of thoses speakers, or a language taught
at ordinary schools and universities etc.

Third, the Wikipedia/Wikimedia structure can differ, like the existence and
strengh of a Wikimedia chapter.

It might be considerable to have in future Wikimedia announcements in
various sizes, like L, M and S. Then, a Wikipedia language edition community
can choose which one to adopt.

Ziko van Dijk

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Ziko van Dijk
NL-Silvolde