To summarize: yes to eligibility and interface translation? 2017-07-21 19:22 GMT+02:00 Oliver Stegen <[email protected]>:
> I follow Gerard's line of argumentation and agree that there must be > enough documents in Coptic out there which aren't yet on the web and would > be a great playing field for Coptic Wikisource editors. Hence I'm also in > favour of localization. > > +1 > > Oliver > > On 21-Jul-17 14:19, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > > Hoi, > I am all in favour of having a Wikisource to start off with. When they > have reasonable activity and a substantial part of the user interface > localised, I would even consider a Wikipedia. > > Having a Wikisource is something I want to be liberal with; it is a great > way of producing tangible results for a language and it is very much a > project aimed at editors.. not much traffic to be expected. The work though > may be picked up elsewhere. > > So yes to a Wikisource and yes to localisation.. Wikipedia maybe when > there is sustained activity. > > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 21 July 2017 at 09:46, Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Apparently there is some activity in the Coptic Incubator Wikipedia: >> portal: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/cop >> activity: https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&t >> itle=Wp/cop&wiki=incubatorwiki#distribution_2017-02 >> request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/ >> Wikipedia_Coptic_3 >> >> And there's a request to translate MediaWiki into this language: >> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Incubator: >> Community_Portal&oldid=4099303#Translatewiki >> >> However, translatewiki and UniversalLanguageSelector are not yet enabled >> in this language. As far as I know, the language is not exactly alive as a >> modern language. It's definitely eligible for Wikisource, so it can be in >> the UniversalLanguageSelector (although I need to make sure what is the >> autonym - "ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ"?). >> >> But what about a Wikipedia, and what about translating the MediaWiki user >> interface strings into it? These would probably be revivalist projects >> because there are no L1 speakers. >> >> If it's not eligible, I'd rather not enable it on translatewiki. >> Personally, I would support marking it as eligible, but are there other >> opinions? >> >> It was already rejected in 2008: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/W >> ikipedia_Coptic_2 >> >> ... But that was long ago, and maybe it's worth reconsidering? >> >> Thank you! >> >> -- >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >> “We're living in pieces, >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> >> > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_4574436041654692490_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > >
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