Yes. I am looking for an expert to check the Incubator in Fante, the other variety of Akan.
-- 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 ה׳, 23 במרץ 2023 ב-18:38 מאת MF-Warburg < [email protected]>: > 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] >>> >> _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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