[Foundation-l] Cherokee Wikipedia Name Suggestion - VOTE PLEASE AND SOME ACTION PERHAPS

Thu Jul 13 20:35:36 UTC 2006

On Jul 13, 2006, at 2:24 PM, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:

> 1. A final decision on the name change (I would like to see "Aniyvwiya
> Gadugi" as the new name since this name will create
> the impression the site is endowed with the spiritual energy of our
> people and serve to attract Cherokee to the site, just a  
> suggestion, BTW.
> It's a cultural thing and the disclaimer ("We are not endoring the
> Cherokee Belief System in making this the name for the site, we did  
> so to
> make the site more familiar and comfortable for Native Cherokee  
> authors,
> etc." -- end quote). The name for "Cherokee Books"
> "Tsalagi digoweli" should be reserved for a Cherokee Wikibooks site  
> when
> the time comes.
>
>
> 2. Integration of the chr2syl program so people can actually USE the
> site from a regular PC keyboard. Most Cherokee edit in text in any
> event and we convert to syllabary with custom tools and fonts, but the
> average joe Schmoe Cherokee wil only have a text based computer.
>
> I think Fred Bauder would like to see the site come to life, and I  
> know
> Danny and Brad also have such a view. Can we move forward
> please. Time for a Vote.
>
> Thanks for the consideration.
>
> Jeff

I'd like to try it out.

Fred