[Wikipedia-l] Saterlandic Frisian Wikipedia

[Mark Williamson]

> The most respected Mr. Mark Williamson wrote:
> 
> > I once had an idea, that we could set up a Hopi Wikipedia, and then
> > work on promotion of it on Hopi, get elders and teenagers involved,
> > try to get middle-aged people involved as well, and eventually hope
> > for 90% community involvement of Hopi speakers. When such a point is
> > reached, it is a virtual mirror of the real-life community, except it
> > is also working towards building an encyclopaedia.
> 
> Instead of only reporting on your hopes and dreams, I wish that you
> would, once each month or so, take the time to report on what you have
> indeed accomplished.  Which new language Wikipedias did you succeed to
> get started, and how many articles have been produced there?  So far,
> I get the impression that this number is zero, and that surely must be
> wrong.  So please enlighten me.

It depends on what you mean by "get started". I am reluctant to take
direct credit for anything since there is no successful Wikipedia
where I have contributed most of the articles.

I requested scn.wikipedia, which currently has 489 articles, and was
responsible for recruiting the person who was really responsible for
most of the actual work, Mr Giuseppe DAngelo.

I originally suggested lb.wikipedia to Catherine (Brisèis), currently
with 3476 articles, although beyond that I can take no credit with the
exception of the logo.

I don't feel that I can take much credit for any of my other
contributions, since they were mostly small, but they include things
like adding a translated table-of-contents to a previously vacant or
nearly-vacant Wikipedia, catching new users on inactive Wikipedias
quickly to suggest a course of action (request adminship, translate
interface, make logo) and to correct any mistakes they might make
(signing articles, POV), and watching for vandalism on ALL inactive
Wikipedias on a regular basis (when I'm awake, once every couple
hours).

I am also responsible for the request for fur.wikipedia, which
currently has a few articles (but it is still growing at a constant
rate - it isn't dead), although Klenje is responsible for most of the
content, and I am responsible for nearly everything so far on
nv.wikipedia, including interface translation, content formulation,
the logo, etc.

> > Unfortunately I don't have the time or the resources to begin such a
> > project,
> 
> But you certainly have the time to write a lot of messages on this
> list.

Again, I think perception of this is distorted somewhat and largely
based on a set period of time a while ago - when I first joined this
list I posted short posts often thrice in a row, flooding the list
with short annoying messages, however more recently while I still may
be the most or one of the most active, the number of messages per day
is much less.

Also, it doesn't take much time to write an e-mail, at least for me,
although it takes a lot of time to travel from Phoenix to Kykotsmovi
and to meet with officials and to write grant requests and work on
community promotion.

Mark