<div dir="ltr">I am not on any board of directors for any organization (and happy to keep it that way).<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 5:39 AM Barbara Page <<a href="mailto:barbarafpage@gmail.com">barbarafpage@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">Got it. Thanks.<div class="gmail_msg">Barbara Page , Barbara (WVS)</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">ps James Heilman has asked me to translate med articles into Kreyol. Are you or any other female on the WikiMed Foundation board?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg">On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder <span dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><<a href="mailto:ssnyder@wikimedia.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">ssnyder@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">Also: The time is listed in one sentence with a link to a page that will convert UTC to your own timezone, plus a long list of timezones that are common for editors. If you are translating to a language that is mostly spoken in one region, please feel free to skip the less relevant time zones, and to add specifically relevant ones. Most German speakers don't need to know the Japanese timezone, and vice versa. It's good to put the CEST time in the German translation, and the JST time in the Japanese translation.<div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:56 AM Barbara Page <<a href="mailto:barbarafpage@gmail.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">barbarafpage@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">Hello!<br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div>The kreyol translation is on your Wikimedia talk page.<br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div>Best Regards,<br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div>Barbara Page<br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_extra m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder <span dir="ltr" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><<a href="mailto:ssnyder@wikimedia.org" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg" target="_blank">ssnyder@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">Please translate: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2017" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2017</a> <div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">You may remember that the Technology department did a major test in April 2016 to see how well they could recover from a major disaster. During this test, it was not possible to edit Wikipedia or any of the other WMF wikis for about 30 minutes on two days.</div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">They are repeating this exercise this year. This will affect editors and contributors around the world, at Wikipedias, Wiktionaries, Wikivoyages, Commons, and other WMF sites. Please translate the main announcement into as many languages as possible. Last year, we had complete translations into about 40 languages, and partial translations into a couple of other languages.</div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">This should be a relatively quick translation job. The main change from last year is the dates and times. I have just checked (by creating part of the German translation), and about 60% of the sentences are identical to last year and stored in translation memory. </div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">(Also, if you read German, please review the parts of the German translation that I copied. :-)</div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">If you have questions, you can reach me in e-mail or on wiki.[1] </div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">THANK YOU!</div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Whatamidoing_(WMF)&action=edit§ion=new" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Whatamidoing_(WMF)&action=edit§ion=new</a> </div><span class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637m_-1209071830708064590HOEnZb m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><font color="#888888" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div></font></span></div><span class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637m_-1209071830708064590HOEnZb m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><font color="#888888" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">-- <br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">Sherry Snyder (WhatamIdoing)<br class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg"><div class="m_-675511045527324622m_6295782326750006637gmail_msg gmail_msg">Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation</div></div></div>
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