Hoi,
same here
Thanks,
GerardM
On 28 July 2017 at 18:36, Oliver Stegen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yep, that's what I vote for: +1
>
> On 28-Jul-17 18:36, MF-Warburg wrote:
>
> 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/W
>>> ikipedia_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!
>>>
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