I asked the main contributor to this project about this, I don't know if this will help with the approval process[1][2]. Could you please take a look?
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_committee#Notification_from_Sylheti_Wikinews [2] https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wp/syl/Transliteration Sotiale <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> 바이러스가 없습니다.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> 2023년 6월 28일 (수) 오후 4:34, MF-Warburg <[email protected]>님이 작성: > Have you gotten any replies from the Sylheti community about this? > > Am Do., 15. Juni 2023 um 09:03 Uhr schrieb Jon Harald Søby < > [email protected]>: > >> Hello, Amiu, and thank you for pointing this out! This is indeed >> something we should look into before making a final approval. The fact that >> there is an existing open-source converter looks promising, and hopefully >> we can adapt this to MediaWiki quite easily. I'll reach out to the Sylheti >> community to ask for their input as well. >> >> tor. 15. juni 2023 kl. 07:58 skrev MF-Warburg <[email protected]>: >> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> Von: Ami Keu <[email protected]> >>> Date: Mi., 14. Juni 2023 um 23:21 Uhr >>> Subject: Fwd: A problem of Sylheti Wikipedia and possible soultions >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Ami Keu <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, 14 June, 2023 at 10:05 PM >>> Subject: A problem of Sylheti Wikipedia and possible soultions >>> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Hi Jon, >>> I don't know if this is the correct email to write this. >>> >>> Thank you for initiating approval for Sylheti Wikipedia >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/TKDRS64F5NW2BQBCT4LNNKYV3GMSPVRH/ >>> >>> I would like to point out one thing. Langcom should be aware that >>> Sylheti wikipedia uses sylheti nagri script. And not many sylheti people >>> can actually read or write this script. Most sylheti uses Bengali alphabet >>> to write sylheti (also see >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sylhetis#Sylheti_nagri_script ) >>> >>> I can see there is a discussion about this on sylheti wikipedia: >>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wp/syl/ꠝꠥꠟ_ꠚꠣꠔꠣ#আমার_সামান্য_এক_পর্যবেক্ষণ_(ꠝꠞ_ꠔꠥꠞꠣ_ꠇꠤꠀꠟ) >>> where a sylheti pointed out that there is an organization did a survey and >>> found out only 12-25 thousands people can actually write or read this >>> script. >>> >>> There are c. 10.3 millions sylheti, which means sylheti wikipedia will >>> be un-accessible for vast majority of sylheti. >>> >>> There is also pointed out that possible solutions would be lang >>> converter like some wiki has. I would request langcom to create or ask >>> developer to create a lang converter for sylheti wikipedia. Mapping already >>> exists, see https://github.com/mayeenulislam/nagri-bangla >>> >>> Thank you. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Langcom mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >> >> >> -- >> mvh >> Jon Harald Søby >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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