Re: [Wikimedia-l] Simple English hits 100k this week

2013-05-30 Thread Steve Zhang
Wow! What a great achievement for Simple (and for you, Sarah ;-))

On Thursday, May 30, 2013, Sarah Stierch wrote:

 And...urm...I wrote the article that hit 100k. That's not the point, but,
 just felt the need to preface...

 http://simple.wikipedia.org/**wiki/Wikipedia:Announcements#**
 May_29.2C_2013http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Announcements#May_29.2C_2013

 Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults learning how
 to speak English.

 :)

 #justsayin

 Sarah

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Simple English hits 100k this week

2013-05-30 Thread Daniel Mietchen
Hi Sarah,

that sounds like an important milestone!
Do we have any feedback as to how Simple is actually used by children
and adults learning how to speak English?

Daniel



On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:
 And...urm...I wrote the article that hit 100k. That's not the point, but,
 just felt the need to preface...

 http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Announcements#May_29.2C_2013

 Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults learning how
 to speak English.

 :)

 #justsayin

 Sarah

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Simple English hits 100k this week

2013-05-30 Thread Jon Davies
Or for people who like clear English!

On 30 May 2013 12:10, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:

 On 30 May 2013 03:36, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:

  Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults learning
 how
  to speak English.

 And for people with a learning disability.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Simple English hits 100k this week

2013-05-30 Thread Santi Navarro
Congratulations!

 Or for people who like clear English!

 On 30 May 2013 12:10, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:

 On 30 May 2013 03:36, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:

  Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults learning
 how
  to speak English.

 And for people with a learning disability.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Simple English hits 100k this week

2013-05-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
No clue. I generally translate my articles in English to it and go about my 
business. We'd have to ask around. 

Sarah

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On May 30, 2013, at 2:49 AM, Daniel Mietchen daniel.mietc...@googlemail.com 
wrote:

 Hi Sarah,
 
 that sounds like an important milestone!
 Do we have any feedback as to how Simple is actually used by children
 and adults learning how to speak English?
 
 Daniel
 
 
 
 On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 And...urm...I wrote the article that hit 100k. That's not the point, but,
 just felt the need to preface...
 
 http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Announcements#May_29.2C_2013
 
 Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults learning how
 to speak English.
 
 :)
 
 #justsayin
 
 Sarah
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Simple English hits 100k this week

2013-05-30 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter

On 30.05.2013 04:36, Sarah Stierch wrote:

And...urm...I wrote the article that hit 100k. That's not the point,
but, just felt the need to preface...

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Announcements#May_29.2C_2013

Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults
learning how to speak English.

:)

#justsayin

Sarah


Also my congratulations, and I think it is good that we have this kind 
of messages on this mailing list. These milestones are an important part 
of the Wikimedia movement.


Cheers
Yaroslav

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Simple English hits 100k this week

2013-05-30 Thread K. Peachey
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
 On 30 May 2013 03:36, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:

 Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults learning how
 to speak English.

 And for people with a learning disability.

Ahem…

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[Wikimedia-l] Simple English hits 100k this week

2013-05-29 Thread Sarah Stierch
And...urm...I wrote the article that hit 100k. That's not the point, 
but, just felt the need to preface...


http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Announcements#May_29.2C_2013

Simple English is a Wikipedia that is for children and adults learning 
how to speak English.


:)

#justsayin

Sarah

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