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