It's currently at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:IShadowed/Outreach; we only started work on putting it together a couple of days ago.
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hoi, > Do you have an URL for this project ? > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 18 July 2010 15:45, Oliver Keyes <scire.fac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > There's an en-wiki project I'm getting involved in that is planning > > "outreach" to smaller wikis. Would you like me to give you a ping when we > > launch? > > > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < > > amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > > > > > 2010/7/18 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>: > > > > Amir, we talked about issues with right to left languages at > Wikimania > > in > > > > Gdansk, that is another can of wurms where we need people to pick up > > the > > > > slack. At translatewiki.net we are looking for developers who are > able > > > and > > > > willing to help solve technical issues that have to do with allowing > > > > structures commons to languages. Examples are multiple plural forms, > > > > addressing people by their gender, addressing people in a formal or > > > informal > > > > way. > > > > > > OK. This is certainly important and i am willing to hear more thoughts > > > about that. Another significant technical issue about which i would > > > want to read is how do such outreaching wiki-activists cope with poor > > > or non-existent network infrastructure in such places. > > > > > > But i am particularly curious not about the technical issues, but > > > about people's experiences - if there are any - with the actual > > > content. > > > > > > For example, i can quite easily imagine teachers in some countries > > > saying: "Why should we write encyclopedia articles or textbooks in our > > > local language? Textbooks should be written in English / Russian / > > > French / Spanish / Portuguese." Did anyone have to cope with that? > > > > > > I am not even talking about countries where it is a question of > > > language preservation; for example, in regions of Russia such as > > > Tatarstan or Sakha most people know Russian and many know Russian > > > better than their regional language. In this case, writing a Wikipedia > > > in Tatar is not an immediate educational necessity, because Russian > > > textbooks are accessible to people. It is rather a question of > > > preserving the local culture; i strongly support that, but there are > > > worse cases. > > > > > > I am rather talking about countries in, for example, Africa, where > > > people don't necessarily know English or French well, but where > > > education nevertheless functions mostly in a foreign language. Do > > > people there even imagine that it's possible or desirable to write an > > > encyclopedia in their language? Given all the technical tools and > > > support, will they actually think that it's worth doing it? > > > > > > These are the challenges about which i am most curious. > > > > > > There are, of course, many other issues, technical and non-technical: > > > lack of words for modern and foreign things, lack of standard > > > orthography, low literacy rates, etc. I am willing to hear about all > > > the aspects. > > > > > > -- > > > אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > > > Amir Elisha Aharoni > > > > > > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > > > > > > "We're living in pieces, > > > I want to live in peace." - T. Moore > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l