It is now almost 7 years since the work began on Konkani Wikipedia. It is still struggling to go online, where it will be accessible to all Konkani speaking people world wide. Knowledge is Power.
Lets us come together and share the knowledge we have for the betterment of our Konkani speaking community worldwide. For now and ever ! You are welcome to visit the site at bit.ly/konkaniwikipedia For guidelines on posting any literature in Konkani you may have kindly read the posting appended below by Mr Frederick Noronha. Many of us cannot spend more time on the net and would like to Post material in Konkani which will be useful for the community. In such case you are welcome to forward the material to my email address. For the love of Konkani I shall be happy to post them. You may also inform our Konkani speaking Community in Mangalore. They also have a rich collection of literature in Konkani. Script is no issue. There is a software which does an excellent job of transliterating from one script to another, be it Romi, Devanagari or Kannada. Any person willing to translate small paragraphs from English to Konkani, kindly let me know. I shall email the articles one by one. “Every drop makes the ocean” Let us keep the Konkani language alive worldwide Dev Borem Korum R Fernandes Message: 4 Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:22:54 +0530 From: Frederick FN Noronha * ????????? ???????? * ??????? ??????? <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Want to help build the Konkani Wikipedia? Message-ID: <cae9-sppc8vejgiuvcgmjpca06t4cz6gqttjgekwevxcmchz...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Work is underway here. Everyone's help is needed. Whether you have language skills or techie prowess. How to get started? Step 1 : Create Wikipedia username by clicking here : https://en.wikipedia .org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main+Page&type=signup Step 2 : Go to Konkani Wikipedia at bit.ly/konkaniwikipedia. This will take you to main page of Konkani Wikipedia Step 3 : Scroll down until you reach a bright orange box and click on 168 "all articles". This will take you to the list of all articles which have already been written on Konkani Wikipedia (in Romi, Devanagari or Kannada script). You can choose to edit any of the existing articles or create a new article. However, before creating a new article please check that a duplicate article doesnt already exist in your desired script. How to create a new article? Step 1 : Go to Konkani Wikipedia at http://bit.ly/konkaniwikipedia This will take you to main page of Konkani Wikipedia Step 2: Scroll down until you reach a bright orange box where you'll find a white search bar. After "wp/gom/" type "the name of the article you want to create. Once again, please make sure that your article doesnt already exist. Step 3: Click on 'Create Page'. This will take you to a box where you can start typing your article (very similar to a word page) Step 4: Write your article content in the empty box. Step 5: Scroll down and click on 'Show preview' to view how your article will look once saved. Step 6: If satisfied with your preview; Click Save. Step 7: If you want to continue editing your article click on 'Edit' on right hand side. How to edit an already existing article? Step 1 : Go to Konkani Wikipedia at http://bit.ly/konkaniwikipedia This will take you to main page of Konkani Wikipedia Step 2 : Scroll down until you reach a bright orange box and click on 155 "all articles". This will take you to the list of all articles which have already been written on Konkani Wikipedia (in Romi, Devanagari or Kannada script). Step 3: Click on article name that you wish to edit. Step 4: Click on 'Edit' on top right hand side. Step 5: Edit the way you would in a word document. Step 6: Scroll down and click on 'Show preview' to view how your changes. Step 7: If satisfied with your preview; Click Save. How to create a heading? Step1: Write your heading in the edit box Step 2: Select and highlight the heading content Step 3: On top of the edit box you'll see a drop down of 'Heading' click on that Step 4: Choose which level heading you want to create. Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3 etc. Note: Make sure you're logged in while editing. If your username is displayed on top right hand side that means you're logged in. Important links: Wiki mark up : http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome2WP_English_Flap_081810.pdf Introduction to Wikipedia: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf Help: Editing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing FAQ Editing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing The above note is from Nitika Tandon. Rgds, FN -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From My Window http://wp.me/1c1F About.me: http://about.me/noronhafrederick Goa,1556 <http://about.me/noronhafrederickGoa,1556>: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2