Hoi,
I am ever so annoyed that this is not happening.. I feels sick to me that
we cannot punch a dent in butter. For all kinds of formalistic reasons we
stopped functioning here and as a consequence there is little that can be
done.
Again I am all in favour and imho it should have been approved a long time
ago.
Thanks,
Gerard
On 7 March 2015 at 05:59, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is yet another attempt to get a response from LangCom on this.
> Please do share some information on what's going on.
>
> Thanks,
>
> A.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Asaf Bartov <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 12:54 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Re: [Langcom] [Langcom-l] Konkani
> To: [email protected]
>
>
> Dear LangCom.
>
> The Konkani conversation seems stalled. I have just tried to check on it,
> and discovered that this response (quoted below) from Vishnu of the Access
> To Knowledge program in CIS (India) never made it to the list (according to
> the archive). Please proceed, and let the Konkani volunteers out of the
> purgatorium of the Incubator.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Asaf
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Langcom] [Langcom-l] Konkani
> Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 01:32:27 +0530
> From: Vishnu <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
>
> Dear Santhosh, MF-Warburg and other LangCom members,
>
> Yes, the current request from the Konkani Wikipedia community is to make
> the Konkani Wikipedia live in the *Devanagari script*. It has been
> mentioned in the request page on Meta and I have now highlighted it.[0]
>
> Of course, the community also wants the LangCom to consider incubating
> separate Konkani Wikipedia projects in Romi (i.e. Latin script) and
> Kannada scripts - two other popular variants of Konkani. This will
> ensure that the rich diversity of Konkani language and the knowledge in
> all these three major script variants will flourish along with the
> associated communities.
>
> If I may be allowed, I would like to bring to the notice of the LangCom
> members that CIS-A2K[1] has been putting focussed efforts on Konkani
> Wikipedia and has managed to nurture and grow a volunteer community that
> is now sustainable.
>
> The multiple scripts (Konkani is written in 5 scripts) has been a great
> challenge to understand and work with, especially when each script
> variant is tied to specific religious and regional community and has
> significant variations. We have left no stone unturned in objectively
> finding a practical solution to this multiple script issue, including a
> script converter. In this process we have consulted Konkani Wikipedians,
> Konkani linguists, professors from Konkani Department at Goa University,
> Konkani cultural experts, bureaucrats in the government, media personnel
> and arrived at the conclusion of having separate Wiki projects for each
> of the three script variants (i.e. Devanagari, Romi (Latin) and Kannada).
>
> We have also requested Fr. Pratap Naik [2] a notable linguist, who has
> worked on all the script variants of Konkani language for many years to
> give his expert opinion in writing, which is available here [3]. This
> note has been widely circulated and everyone, including the currently
> active Konkani Wikipedians (majority of which edits in Devanagari
> variant) believe that having three Konkani Wikipedias for the three
> script variants is the way to go.
>
> *May I reiterate that the current request is to only make the Konkani
> Wikipedia, in Devanagari, live.*
>
> It's been a huge personal learning for me about this rich language and
> culture and I have some intimate context [4] on the multiple scripts
> issue and would be happy to answer questions if the committee has any. I
> am reasonably positive that we will see three active Konkani Wikipedias
> soon. Having the Devanagari one live will only create a healthy
> competition.
>
> Thanks,
> Vishnu
> CIS-A2K, Programme Director
>
>
> [0]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_
> languages/Wikipedia_Konkani_2
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_
> Knowledge/Work_plan_July_2014_-_June_2015/Konkani
>
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratap_Naik
>
> [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_
> Knowledge/Konkani_Wikipedia
>
> [4] http://www.sfxkutamuae.com/news.asp?id=8698 (I have since then been
> invited to be part of the Konkani Language Planning-Steering Committee
> by the Global Konkani Conclave)
>
>
> --
> *T. Vishnu Vardhan*
> Programme Director - Access to Knowledge
> Centre for Internet and Society
> www.cis-india.org <http://cis-india.org>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Asaf Bartov
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