I would like to introduce a new language on Wikipedia. The language is called chiTumbuka. It is a language widely spoken in the northern and north-central regions of Malawi, eastern parts of Zambia and to a lesser extent, southern parts of Tanzania, Africa. It is estimated that chiTumbuka is spoken by between 4 and 5 million people and 'understood' by a further million or so.
The main reason I want to start a section for this language is to encourage young people to speak it and at the same time enable our parents, some of whom have limited knowledge of English, have access to information via, among other media, the internet.
With the (coming?) introduction of Wikinews, it is my hope that I will have time to translate some of the news into this language. When I was young, there used to be English-Tumbuka dictionaries but I haven't seen a single one for over a decade. I want to preserve my language and hope to introduce an English-Tumbuka e-dictionary along the way. This might also help tourists from Anglophone countries like the US, the UK, Canada, Australia know a few phrases of the language before visiting the aforementioned countries in which the language is spoken.
Any suggestions as to how I can go about setting this language up will be highly appreciated. To avoid clogging other members' inboxes, please contact me privately on dinnette(a)softhome.net with whatever suggestions/assistance you may have. Thanks for you time.
Kind regards
Dinnette
Hey,
Does anyone have a start date for the Catalan, Gujarati,
Japanese, Malayalam, Marathi, Portugese, Sotho, Swahili, Ukrainian, Urdu,
and Walloon wikis? I'm updating the Multilanguage list on
ang.wikipedia.org, and would like to make the list complete.
James
The following has appeared in the Afrikaans section of the Wikisource
main page, but we have had nothing else in Afrikaans.
> Dit is ook 'n demonstrasie van gemeenskapsekuriteit. (As jy "stront"
> aanvang, gaan iemand dit uitvee en regmaak. Probeer eerder iets sinvol
> skryf.)
Can anyone tell me whether this is something that belongs there.
Afrikaans, as the first language alphabetically, seems especially prone
to silliness.
Looks as though I'll need to keep this permanently protected.
Ec
I would like to introduce a new language on Wikipedia. The language is called chiTumbuka. It is a language widely spoken in the northern and north-central regions of Malawi, eastern parts of Zambia and to a lesser extent, southern parts of Tanzania, Africa. It is estimated that chiTumbuka is spoken by between 4 and 5 million people and 'understood' by a further million or so.
The main reason I want to start a section for this language is to encourage young people to speak it and at the same time enable our parents, some of whom have limited knowledge of English, have access to information via, among other media, the internet.
With the (coming?) introduction of Wikinews, it is my hope that I will have time to translate some of the news into this language. When I was young, there used to be English-Tumbuka dictionaries but I haven't seen a single one for over a decade. I want to preserve my language and hope to introduce an English-Tumbuka e-dictionary along the way. This might also help tourists from Anglophone countries like the US, the UK, Canada, Australia know a few phrases of the language before visiting the aforementioned countries in which the language is spoken.
Any suggestions as to how I can go about setting this language up will be highly appreciated. To avoid clogging other members' inboxes, please contact me privately on dinnette(a)softhome.net with whatever suggestions/assistance you may have. Thanks for you time.
Kind regards
Dinnette
Sj wrote:
>Wikipedia is lately among the 5 most visited reference sites,
>according to our favorite spotty public eyeball yardstick, and somehow
>takes up two spots in the top ten. At least now we're linked from the
>main Reference page.
>
>
We were listed on it before too, just before the last press release, but
for some reason disappeared from the list for a while. It looks like
there's somewhat of a disconnect between Alexa's automatically generated
information and the stuff that requires more human input.
--Michael Snow
Classmate finders, that is.
Wikipedia is lately among the 5 most visited reference sites,
according to our favorite spotty public eyeball yardstick, and somehow
takes up two spots in the top ten. At least now we're linked from the
main Reference page.
http://www.alexa.com/browse/categories?catid=10
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I am very sad that I have to report this, but Node is deleting stub articles
in the Yiddish wikipedia. This happens to be a language that I can read, so I
know what the text says. Yes, they are stubbish, but they are the beginnings
of articles, and at least there is some activity. I do not know why Node has
decided to delete those articles, as there is no explanation. It doesnt matter
if it is a stub about Reb Elimelech of Lizensk or Brittaney Spears (both of
which he deleted by the way).
To Node, I am asking you to stop dealing with languages you do not know. Let
the smaller language Wikipedias grow naturally, without interference from
non-speakers.
Danny
Wikimedia's new biggest fan is named Sean Michael Kerner, and he
published about it in yesterday's NewsForge:
http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/04/11/22/1750202.shtml?tid=137
Kerner is dutifully critical, calling the documentation "somwhat
'dispersed'," noting that tweaking skins "involves a bit of effort,"
and wishing for an interface for automatic backups of the database,
and for "more granular control of users and permissions in one master
dashboard". But he ends with embarrassingly high praise:
"Downloading, installing, and running MediaWiki for my own purposes
has only enhanced my admiration for both the wiki and the WikiMedia
Foundation. It's not only easy to use, it's also easy to install and
deploy. In the true spirit of the open source community MediaWiki is a
shining example of what open content collaboration is all about."
Oh, and he actually suggested contributing to the documentation
effort. I reckon he read [[m:Things we wish people would write about
us]] before sitting down at his keyboard.
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