[Wikimediaau-l] Aboriginal languages (reply)

[Gnangarra]

Definately, as possibility worth exploring as that was the main thrust of my
concerns, lack of languag/culture knowledge. I know we have the wiki
expertise.

Now if Angela is available WMAU should assist her in getting there, or
sending someone else as a WMAU representative even if we dont pursue this
one it'd be good PR for WMAU anyway

Gn..

2008/8/3 Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com>

> Speaking of which, there was this article in today's, August 3, Sunday
> Herald in Sydney (and presumably syndicated in other Fairfax papers):
> "Ancient Path to Universal Knowledge" by Sarah Price
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/ancient-path-to-universal-language/2008/08/02/1217097610608.html
>
> I describes a programme by the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation
> http://www.alnf.org/ to write down what had only been oral language
> amongst aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory as a way of both
> (A) cultural preservation and (B) gaining literacy skills.
>
> This might be exactly the kind of other organisation that Angela referred
> to. Those amongst us with the time and effort to set aside might be able to
> travel to the NT with the ALNF and participating in some way. Another option
> would be to simply receive a hard copy when the programme ends and
> transcribe their results into Wikisource (without necessarily participating
> in the programme itself).
> The article does not mention the internet or any technical aspect but I
> don't believe this is any barrier.
>
> As I said In a previous post, I don't personally believe that even with
> institutional support (such as ALNF might be able to provide) that this
> justifies the creation of a wikiPedia edition for that particular language
> due to the small population size and lack of literacy in the first place
> (let alone internet access and learning how to use wikis). Rather, this
> could justify the creation of a wikiSource/wikiQuote for that language as
> the transcription of oral history matches these projects nicely (and we can
> do all the technical work for them).
>
> Does anyone thinks this is a possible "first project" for wikimedia-AU ?
>
> The final paragraph of the article gives us the contact:
>
> "The foundation is hosting a celebrity chef fund-raising dinner at the
> Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney on September 20.
> You can email alnf at bigpond.net.au for tickets to the dinner."
>
> Best,
> -Liam
>
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>
>
> On 31/07/2008, at 8:39 PM, Angela wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Gnangarra <gnangarra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The first question is do we have anyone with the language skills, the wiki
> skills and the time to dedicate to getting an aboriginal language(any one
> of
> them) Wikipedia up and successful.
>
> Literally we can could do more harm to the language, culture and WMAU
> through ignorance and misspent good intentions.
>
>
> We have people with the wiki skills and for the language skills, we
> might do better to parter with another organization that does have
> those skills. Preferably one with experience so that we can avoid the
> potential harm you mentioned. I expect there are grants available for
> this sort of work which is definitely something the chapter should
> look into.
>
> Angela
>
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