No need to apologize: I speak a right-to-left language myself, and I fixed a few RTL bugs in MediaWiki, and I confirm that the original subject line is OK :)
I'll use the opportunity to also thank the excellent N'Ko Wikipedians, who are doing exceptional work to develop their language online!
בתאריך יום ב׳, 11 בנוב׳ 2019, 13:04, מאת Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com:
I thought that I had checked everything enough times, but my attempt to copy the N'Ko language translation didn't work as intended. N'Ko appears to be a right-to-left language, and Google Mail has problems when I try to write both RTL and LTR languages in the same email subject line or same email paragraph. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system#Directionality.) Sorry about that. Let's see if this comes across correctly: "ߡߎ߲߬ ߞߵߌ ߟߊ߫ ߛߍߥߊ߫ ߞߎ߲߬ߢߐ߮ ߣߌ߲߬ ߞߘߐ߫؟".
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 3:52 PM Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
*New Wikimedia affiliates*
- Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedians_of_North_Caucasus_User_Group%3E
- Wikimedians of Mali User Group
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Mali_User_Group
*Wiki Loves Monuments national winners*
Some of the national winners of the annual Wiki Loves Monuments competition that have been added to this page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2019_winners. More will be coming.
- Albania:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalaja_e_Gjirokastr%C3%AB_s.jpg 2. Armenia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_-Areni2.jpg 3. Australia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heavy_Machine_Shop.jpg 4. Azerbaijan: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KalahanaMausoleums_004_2801.jpg 5. Bangladesh: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paharpur_Buddhist_Bihar.jpg 6. Bolivia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cerro_Rico_con_un_nevado.jpg 7. Brazil: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beautiful_Sunset_in_Lapa_1.jpg 8. Canada: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Tryon_Lighthouse.jpg 9. Croatia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dvor_Veliki_Tabor_full.jpg 10. Denmark: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langdyssen_ved_Toftebjerg.jpg 11. France:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anciennes_Glaci%C3%A8res_de_Strasbou...
- Germany:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wendeltreppe_im_Deutschordensschloss...
- Greece:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%CE%91%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B4%CE%B7%CE%BC...
- India:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aguada_Fort_Top_View,_North_Goa.jpg
- Ireland:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:County_Meath_-_Tower_of_Lloyd_-_2019...
- Kosovo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katedrala_Arben_Llapashtica.jpg 17. Malta: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panorama_of_Valletta.jpg 18. Morocco: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bahia_Palace_large_court.jpg 19. Nepal: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patan_Durbar_Suqare_Scene.jpg 20. Nigeria:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Night-view-of-lekki-link-bridge.jpg
- Peru: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ayacucho54719.jpg
- The Philippines:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allan_Jay_Quesada_-_Intramuros_001.j...
- Portugal:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Padr%C3%A3o_dos_Descobrimentos_por_R...
- Romania:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palatul_Vulturul_Negru,_iarna.jpg
- Slovakia:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cintor%C3%ADnJel%C5%A1ava1.jpg 26. Slovenia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_impressive_Bled_Island.jpg 27. Spain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MONASTERIO_DE_PIEDRA_2.jpg 28. Sweden: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norsholmen_July_2019_05.jpg 29. Thailand: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DemocracyMonument.jpg 30. United Kingdom: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kilchurn_Castle_at_sunrise.jpg
*Humor*
Even those of us who often make public communications worry about making big mistakes. This video (YouTube link) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyU28D1C1-4, from the British
political
satire "Yes, Prime Minister https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yes,_Prime_Minister", shows what happened when the Prime Minister learned that Sir Humphrey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Appleby, who is the head of the British Home Civil Service <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Service_(United_Kingdom)#Head_of_the_Hom...
, made an indiscreet https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indiscreet comment that was recorded by a BBC microphone. I feel some sympathy for Humphrey because occasionally I too say something that I wish that I hadn't!
Closing comments
- Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be
appreciated on Meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations. Thanks
to
User:Lancine.koufantoh.fofana <
https://incubator.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lancine.koufantoh.fof...
and User:Aboubacar.banamoridou.toure <
https://incubator.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Aboubacar.banamoridou...
for the N'Ko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Ko_language
translation.
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