Hoi,
No we have an indefinite ban on incubator for the people posing as if they
speak a language they do not speak.
Thanks,
GerardM
On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 at 22:25, Steven White <[email protected]> wrote:
> This really upsets me. But if the content is in Urdu, then (a) we ask
> what's going on, (b) we don't approve, and (c) in all likelihood, we
> propose an indef block on Incubator, given that many of the same characters
> were involved in a problem around the Khowar project a couple of years back.
>
> Steven
>
> Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook>
>
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> *From:* Langcom <[email protected]> on behalf of Jon
> Harald Søby <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 7, 2019 5:33 AM
> *To:* Wikimedia Foundation Language Committee <[email protected]
> >
> *Subject:* [Langcom] Wikipedia in Saraiki
>
> Hi all!
>
> I wanted to let you know that I'm in touch with an expert with regards to
> verifying Wikipedia in Saraiki
> <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fincubator.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWp%2Fskr&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cdc60e7578e584deb515d08d74b0986c2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637060376596195282&sdata=SoLBKQzmES5TiqNIBMct9ibZ6JZQTUW2JmHRF5aXejo%3D&reserved=0>
> (skr). It was previously mentioned by Seven in an email titled "Final
> approval for four projects" from August 16.
>
> The expert checked one page and said it is in Urdu and not Saraiki
> (although it is *about* Saraiki topics). He said he will get back to me
> to check more pages in a week or two.
>
> However, after he said that, I've checked several pages with Google
> Translate from Urdu to English, and they all produce very legible content
> (for Google Translate). That makes me suspicious that maybe all the content
> is in fact in Urdu – if it was in fact in a smaller language, I would
> expect a certain amount of words that Google Translate just doesn't
> understand.
>
> So the question is, what do we do if it turns out that most/all content is
> in Urdu?
>
> --
> mvh
> Jon Harald Søby
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