Clearing out the inbox... Can I get a short confirmation that this is still wanted? Then I will see to it that akwiki be closed.
Am Do., 9. Juni 2022 um 17:53 Uhr schrieb MF-Warburg < [email protected]>: > I suggest proceeding according to the closing projects policy, i.e. to now > notify the board. > > Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> schrieb am Di., 7. Juni > 2022, 14:01: > >> So, um... if there were no objections from the Language committee for >> over a week, what's the next step? >> >> Should I create Phab tasks to start locking the Akan Wikipedia? >> >> Or do we want more discussion? Or some advice from an external expert? >> >> -- >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >> “We're living in pieces, >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore >> >> >> בתאריך יום ב׳, 30 במאי 2022 ב-11:57 מאת Amir E. Aharoni < >> [email protected]>: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> See >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Akan_Wikipedia_2 >>> >>> I think that the proposal is sensible: >>> * ak is a macro language code ( https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/aka ), >>> which includes Twi (tw) and Fante (fat). Avoiding macro language codes is >>> in line with our general policy. >>> * Anecdotally, over the years, lots of people from Ghana told me about >>> their confusion about where they should write, and in which variety. >>> * Less anecdotally, there has been good activity in the incubator and >>> translatewiki in Fante (fat): >>> translatewiki: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Portal:Fat >>> incubator: >>> https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/fat&wiki=incubatorwiki >>> * There are fewer than 600 articles in ak.wikipedia, and it won't be too >>> hard to move the good content to tw.wikipedia. >>> * There's much more activity in tw.wikipedia than in ak.wikipedia: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Akan_Wikipedia_2/activity >>> * There have been no objections on the discussion page since it was >>> created a month ago. >>> >>> So I'd suggest approving that. I'd further suggest removing Akan as a >>> language for MediaWiki localization: there are almost no translations into >>> it, and almost all of those that exist are identical to the translations of >>> the same strings into Twi ( >>> https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate?filter=translated&action=page&language=ak&group=mediawiki >>> ) >>> >>> All that said, I have been talking a lot to editors from Ghana in the >>> last few years, and some of them are personal friends, so it's possible I >>> have a conflict of interest or an incomplete understanding of how things >>> work there. Other opinions are welcome. >>> >>> -- >>> 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] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >
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