Re: [Wikimedia-l] Happy Africa Day: keyboards for all the languages of Africa

2019-05-25 Thread Shlomi Fish 
On Sat, 25 May 2019 10:19:45 +0300
"Amir E. Aharoni"  wrote:

> Hello, and happy Africa day!
> 
> [ crossposted to African Wikimedians list, general Wikimedia list, and
> mediawiki-i18n ]
> 
> To celebrate this, I am announcing the completion of a little pet project
> that I started a year ago: it is now easy to type in all the languages of
> Africa in which there is a Wikipedia or an active Incubator.
> 
> This is available in all Wikimedia projects and in translatewiki.net. This
> release is intended for desktop and laptop computers. For mobile phones and
> tablets, I strongly recommend trying apps such as Gboard, SwiftKey, or
> African Keyboard.
> 
> For full details and project description see this blog post:
> https://aharoni.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/happy-africa-day-keyboards-for-all-african-wikipedia-languages/
> 
> Or jump straight into the (easy!!!) technical documentation here:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/Africa
> 
> These keyboards were tested by myself, and some of them were also tested by
> a few other people who speak these languages, and as far as I know they are
> easy to enable and disable and the work correctly. However, it's possible
> that some things are missing: I could have missed some letters, I could
> have made mistakes in documentation, I could have missed some languages.
> Please contact me if you find any problems.
> 

Thanks for your work.

> Thanks!
> 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [African Wikimedians] Happy Africa Day: keyboards for all the languages of Africa

2019-05-25 Thread Gerard Meijssen 
Hey Isaac,
Would you be willing to either write an article about using the Yoruba
keyboard. Particularly what it takes to learn to use it and if/how you use
other software? It would deserve a place on the Wikimedia blog because the
keyboard effort deserves much more attention :)
Thanks,
  GerardM

On Sat, 25 May 2019 at 11:28, Isaac Olatunde 
wrote:

> Hello Amir,
>
> Thank you for this great work. I have been enjoying the Yoruba keyboard you
> designed for me over over three years ago. I am proud to say that in have
> translated over 250 articles from English Wikipedia to Yoruba Wikipedia
> using the keyboards and I have trained others on now to use it and they
> have also translated over 200 articles to Yoruba Wikipedia. Without, this
> keyboard it's usually uninteresting for native speakers to contribute to
> Yoruba Wikipedia but that problem has now been mitigated by your work.
>
> Again, thank you so much on behalf of the Yoruba Wikipedia community.
>
> Regards,
>
> Isaac
>
> (Apology for mistakenly posting with the indaba email connected to my
> device)
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2019, 8:29 AM WikiIndaba 2019 Nigeria <
> wikiindaba2019scholars...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Hello Amir,
> >
> > Thank you for this great work. I have been enjoying the Yoruba keyboard
> > you designed for me over over three years ago. I am proud to say that in
> > have translated over 250 articles from English Wikipedia to Yoruba
> > Wikipedia using the keyboards and I have trained others on now to use it
> > and they have also translated over 200 articles to Yoruba Wikipedia.
> > Without, this keyboard it's usually uninteresting for native speakers to
> > contribute to Yoruba Wikipedia but that problem has now been mitigated by
> > your work.
> >
> > Again, thank you so much on behalf of the Yoruba Wikipedia community.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Isaac
> >
> > On Sat, May 25, 2019, 8:20 AM Amir E. Aharoni <
> > amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
> >
> >> Hello, and happy Africa day!
> >>
> >> [ crossposted to African Wikimedians list, general Wikimedia list, and
> >> mediawiki-i18n ]
> >>
> >> To celebrate this, I am announcing the completion of a little pet
> project
> >> that I started a year ago: it is now easy to type in all the languages
> of
> >> Africa in which there is a Wikipedia or an active Incubator.
> >>
> >> This is available in all Wikimedia projects and in translatewiki.net.
> >> This release is intended for desktop and laptop computers. For mobile
> >> phones and tablets, I strongly recommend trying apps such as Gboard,
> >> SwiftKey, or African Keyboard.
> >>
> >> For full details and project description see this blog post:
> >>
> >>
> https://aharoni.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/happy-africa-day-keyboards-for-all-african-wikipedia-languages/
> >>
> >> Or jump straight into the (easy!!!) technical documentation here:
> >>
> >>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/Africa
> >>
> >> These keyboards were tested by myself, and some of them were also tested
> >> by a few other people who speak these languages, and as far as I know
> they
> >> are easy to enable and disable and the work correctly. However, it's
> >> possible that some things are missing: I could have missed some
> letters, I
> >> could have made mistakes in documentation, I could have missed some
> >> languages. Please contact me if you find any problems.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
> >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com
> >> ‪“We're living in pieces,
> >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
> >> ___
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> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [African Wikimedians] Happy Africa Day: keyboards for all the languages of Africa

2019-05-25 Thread Isaac Olatunde 
Hello Amir,

Thank you for this great work. I have been enjoying the Yoruba keyboard you
designed for me over over three years ago. I am proud to say that in have
translated over 250 articles from English Wikipedia to Yoruba Wikipedia
using the keyboards and I have trained others on now to use it and they
have also translated over 200 articles to Yoruba Wikipedia. Without, this
keyboard it's usually uninteresting for native speakers to contribute to
Yoruba Wikipedia but that problem has now been mitigated by your work.

Again, thank you so much on behalf of the Yoruba Wikipedia community.

Regards,

Isaac

(Apology for mistakenly posting with the indaba email connected to my
device)

On Sat, May 25, 2019, 8:29 AM WikiIndaba 2019 Nigeria <
wikiindaba2019scholars...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello Amir,
>
> Thank you for this great work. I have been enjoying the Yoruba keyboard
> you designed for me over over three years ago. I am proud to say that in
> have translated over 250 articles from English Wikipedia to Yoruba
> Wikipedia using the keyboards and I have trained others on now to use it
> and they have also translated over 200 articles to Yoruba Wikipedia.
> Without, this keyboard it's usually uninteresting for native speakers to
> contribute to Yoruba Wikipedia but that problem has now been mitigated by
> your work.
>
> Again, thank you so much on behalf of the Yoruba Wikipedia community.
>
> Regards,
>
> Isaac
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2019, 8:20 AM Amir E. Aharoni <
> amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
>
>> Hello, and happy Africa day!
>>
>> [ crossposted to African Wikimedians list, general Wikimedia list, and
>> mediawiki-i18n ]
>>
>> To celebrate this, I am announcing the completion of a little pet project
>> that I started a year ago: it is now easy to type in all the languages of
>> Africa in which there is a Wikipedia or an active Incubator.
>>
>> This is available in all Wikimedia projects and in translatewiki.net.
>> This release is intended for desktop and laptop computers. For mobile
>> phones and tablets, I strongly recommend trying apps such as Gboard,
>> SwiftKey, or African Keyboard.
>>
>> For full details and project description see this blog post:
>>
>> https://aharoni.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/happy-africa-day-keyboards-for-all-african-wikipedia-languages/
>>
>> Or jump straight into the (easy!!!) technical documentation here:
>>
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/Africa
>>
>> These keyboards were tested by myself, and some of them were also tested
>> by a few other people who speak these languages, and as far as I know they
>> are easy to enable and disable and the work correctly. However, it's
>> possible that some things are missing: I could have missed some letters, I
>> could have made mistakes in documentation, I could have missed some
>> languages. Please contact me if you find any problems.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
>> http://aharoni.wordpress.com
>> ‪“We're living in pieces,
>> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
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>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
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[Wikimedia-l] Happy Africa Day: keyboards for all the languages of Africa

2019-05-25 Thread Amir E. Aharoni 
Hello, and happy Africa day!

[ crossposted to African Wikimedians list, general Wikimedia list, and
mediawiki-i18n ]

To celebrate this, I am announcing the completion of a little pet project
that I started a year ago: it is now easy to type in all the languages of
Africa in which there is a Wikipedia or an active Incubator.

This is available in all Wikimedia projects and in translatewiki.net. This
release is intended for desktop and laptop computers. For mobile phones and
tablets, I strongly recommend trying apps such as Gboard, SwiftKey, or
African Keyboard.

For full details and project description see this blog post:
https://aharoni.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/happy-africa-day-keyboards-for-all-african-wikipedia-languages/

Or jump straight into the (easy!!!) technical documentation here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/Africa

These keyboards were tested by myself, and some of them were also tested by
a few other people who speak these languages, and as far as I know they are
easy to enable and disable and the work correctly. However, it's possible
that some things are missing: I could have missed some letters, I could
have made mistakes in documentation, I could have missed some languages.
Please contact me if you find any problems.

Thanks!

--
Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
‪“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF commitment for a Wikimedia projects archive

2019-05-25 Thread Pine W 
I postponed responding to this thread partly because I was busy and partly
because I was mentally bracing myself for a rough ride.

I thank Risker, Nathan, Philippe, SJ, and James for their calm comments
here. I wish that I had been calmer myself.

I have not discussed this thread with Fae off list, and I'm not sure how
much (if any) credit I should get for improving WMF's governance, but I
hope that I have been a net positive influence.

Seddon, I would like to ask two questions and make one request. Unlike with
some other inquiries which are directed at WMF as an institution, and to
which I think WMF should feel an obligation to respond, for these inquires
I will fully accept if you choose not to reply. I make these inquiries more
to you personally than to you in your official job. The reason that I make
these inquiries is that I have the impression that you are frustrated, and
that frustration comes across to me as being fairly broad. My questions are
1. what gives you reasons for hope in the Wikiverse, and 2. why do you
choose to be in the Wikiverse? Perhaps, if you choose, you could respond to
these questions in a new thread or on your Meta talk page, because the
questions are tangential to the original subject of this thread.
Additionally, I request that you meet with me on Google Hangouts. I am one
of the more frequent contributors to this list, and I think that I should
take my own medicine by being willing to hear candid feedback if you have
any for me. I would be appreciative if you would contact me off list so
that we can schedule a time to meet. I am often willing to give feedback to
WMF whether positive or negative, but it is not my intention to make WMF as
an organization or you personally feel that WMF/you are in a no win
situation, and I worry that I might have done that. I think that a meeting
could be good for both of us. Again, I will accept if you choose not to
reply.

Regarding the topic of WMF's responsiveness, while I am wary of the WMF in
general and I am persistently frustrated with some elements of the
organization, I am also grateful to WMF for being willing to discuss
challenging questions during the strategy process, and for continuing to
accept participation from those of us who are sometimes highly independent
citizens of the Wikiverse. Also, I am grateful for staff who are
self-motivated to respond to complaints and difficult situations. I
apologize for my previous comments in this thread being more negative than
they should have been. I have my own faults too, and sometimes I need to be
reminded of my limitations and shortcomings so that I can try to mitigate
them and try to improve.

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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