Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, The creation of a wiki for SignWriting is a* very* exciting development. In the language committee we have indicated that technical issues are what prevents a Wikipedia for sign languages at this time. The SignWriting wiki is effectively an incubator for the technology needed and for the languages to write the minimum number of articles they need for acceptance as a new language.
Given all the technical issues, I am of the opinion that a requirement for localisation can be waved. Sign languages with SignWriting would introduce the writing in lanes ie top to bottom with characters moving slightly to the right or left.
What I am looking for is agreement what technical issues need to be solved before a sign language can become a Wikipedia. Compatible policies are not an issue. I am thinking of being able to include images in the text and having wiki links. What else is absolutely required before we can move forward once there are sufficient articles ? Thanks, GerardM
They seem to be using this plugin http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SignWriting_MediaWiki_Plugin
I'm not sure about its viability, though.