So this remains a contentious issue. IIRC, previous discussion tried to
come up with a plan for specialized wikis in heritage languages. Does a
community where the majority (or even *every* community member) no
longer speaks the original language have a right to preserve it in WMF
projects? I would like to see this happen, and nys:wp looks like a great
prototype and pilot to me. Hundreds of Aboriginal, First Nation and
Native American languages might follow suit. This also is part of the
"sum of human knowledge" even if (for sociolinguistic and/or privacy
reasons) it is not possible to compose continuous texts in those
languages any longer.
Fwiw,
Oliver
On 10-Feb-18 01:04, Michael Everson wrote:
Here is a paragraph chosen at random from the Incubator.
The Darlmoorluk (English names Australian Ringneck, or Twenty-eight Parrot from
its page number in an old book of birds in Perth[source?]) is a native dweller
of the Australian south-west, a particularly unique *jerda* (bird) within
Noongar *boodjar* (country). Darlmoorluk's possess predominantly black heads,
often with subtle blue hues around the cheeks, *wer* red *wer* yellow markings
around the nose *wer* neck [1]. Physically, the most recognisable attribute of
the *jerda* are the vibrant greens of the Darlmoorluk’s body.[1] Occasionally,
there are hints of yellow *il* the jerda's breast, which is a physical
indicator of hybridisation between Darlmoorluk *wer* other *trowan* (green
parrots) from regions beyond Noongar *boodjar*.[1]
I have put non-English words between *asterisks*,
This is not a Wikipedia article localized into an Australian language.
Compare Winaray https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnardius_zonarius
Compare Western Mari https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Барнард попугай
Compare Welsh https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parot_torchfelyn_y_mal%C3%AE
On 7 Feb 2018, at 07:08, Gnangarra <[email protected]> wrote:
Where are we this, its 12 months since I was first contacted by committee
members and told that this is ready to go I'll help get it through. In Berlin I
spoke with the committee they were happy with the project and requested the
translations the key terms to be done. We have been translating focusing on
translating article content. we have exceeded the activity criteria.
Delaying getting to nys.wikipedia is holding back WMAU ability to further
engage with over 300 Indigenous language as they are all watching and waiting
to see what happens with one of the strongest continuous languages.
I would not want this to serve as an example to 300 indigenous languages.
Sorry, but this does not, so far, qualify, in my opinion. Replacing all
examples of “and” with “wer” is not enough.
Michael
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