What is your intention here, Elizabeth, besides trolling? 2011/7/26 whothis <whoth...@gmail.com>
> Looks like an excellent waste of effort. > > Maybe the problem of publishing non-publishable oral sources occurred to > someone on the team. Anyway the english wikipedia seems to be the > appropriate place for your original research. I can't wait to read all > about > it. > > I still think a research project in emesis in the global south or something > would have suited english wikipedia better but that's just me. > > Your fan > > Elizabeth > > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Achal Prabhala <aprabh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > > > At the beginning of 2011, a group of us began working on a project to > > explore alternative methods of citation on Wikipedia. We were motivated > > by the lack of published resources in much of the non-Anglo-European > > world, and the very real difficulty of citing everyday aspects of lived > > reality in India and South Africa. > > > > We are now at a stage where the project is almost complete, and we'd > > like to share our work with the broader movement, especially within > > India and South Africa. > > > > There are three languages we worked within: Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi. > > > > The project page documents the process and logistics employed, as well > > as the findings and results: > > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Oral_Citations > > > > A film made on the project is available here: > > > > > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv?withJS=MediaWiki:MwEmbed.js > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv > > or > > http://vimeo.com/26469276 > > > > There have been discussions on oral citations for some time now within > > the language communities we worked with for the duration of the project. > > At this stage, we are really interested in *your* feedback, either on > > this list, or on the Discussion section of the project page. > > > > There are still some things to come, namely: > > > > - Updates on events, meetings and discussions held around the project > > (as they happen) > > - Updates on articles created in Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi as a result > > of the project (as they happen) > > - English transcripts of the interviews and a full English subtitle track > > for further translation (we could use some help here). > > > > We would be very grateful to hear your feedback, and begin a broader > > discussion. > > > > Best wishes, > > Achal > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > -- > Oops, my karma ran over your dogma. > _______________________________________________ > 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