Having a test project doesn't necessarily mean community interest; having a test project with dozens of articles might indicate that. In many cases, users with no relation to the language (in particular, User:Jose77) have started test wikis with text all in English for hundreds of languages. So the fact that we have an Adangme Test-wp http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ada/Main_Page created by Jose77 means absolutely nothing about community interest or access.
2011/5/26 Milos Rancic <[email protected]>: > On 05/23/2011 12:58 PM, Milos Rancic wrote: >> Here is the article at Strategy wiki: >> http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Missing_Wikipedias >> >> Some important ideas have been mentioned during this discussion. Feel >> free to add them there. >> > > Copied from [1] > > I've started to categorize languages according to some principles [2]. > (Task is presently far from being done.) Some of the are exact, some of > them are arbitrary categories: > * Does the language have any Wikimedia test project (usually at > Incubator) or not? If yes, that usually shows that there is interest in > creating that project. We should see how things are going there, do they > need our help and which kind of help they need. > * If literacy is low and there are no efforts to improve it, efforts > should go that way. > * Is it about the language without writing system? If yes, efforts > should go that way. > * Does the language have Wikimedia project in a "macrolanguage"? That > likely means that speakers would be happy to use their macrolanguage > project or that they are already using it. However, it doesn't > necessarily mean that and should be checked. We have a number of > macrolanguage editions which cover probably hundred of "individual" > languages. > * Special cases. Up to now, there are three categories (described inside > of that section): > ** "Macrolanguage" is widely used. (Arabic languages, Mongolian languages.) > ** Writing system gives de facto literacy in L1 if L2 is known. (Chinese > languages.) > ** Language is spoken in well developed areas of the world by > non-endangered population. It is assumed that population want or doesn't > want Wikimedia projects because of their internal reasons. Examples are > Mainfränkisch and Albanian Gheg (with Incubator project) and Upper Saxon > (without Incubator project). > * Languages not inside of any of the category above should be the second > priority (after those with test projects). It is likely about languages > spoken by people without [good] Internet connection or some other > reasons. Every case should be analyzed separately. If it is about low > Internet penetration, then we should create alternative ways of reaching > that population and instructing them how to create and edit wiki > encyclopedia in their language. > > Feel free to add your ideas here or at Strategy wiki. > > [1] > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Missing_Wikipedias#Language_categorization_9389 > [2] http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Missing_Wikipedias > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
