[Wikimedia-l] Creating content in Dari

2012-10-05 Thread James Heilman
The language Dari is in the incubator. I have been adding articles translated from English by professional translators to it. I am having trouble getting the templates to work and there does not seem to be much / any editors their. Wondering if their is someone who could help? One of the articles

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Creating content in Dari

2012-10-05 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, There has not been a request for the Dari language. A request for Dari will be seriously considered because its similarity to Farsi or Persian is such that it is mutually intelligible. Thanks, GerardM On 5 October 2012 09:45, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: The language Dari

[Wikimedia-l] Logo for new travel guide

2012-10-05 Thread James Heilman
A new logo for the travel guide is being requested. If anyone is interested in proposing one please add it here http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_Guide/Logo -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Logo for new travel guide

2012-10-05 Thread Lodewijk
Hi James, I would suggest to wait with the vote until the name of the project is known definitively. What the name looks like could influence the design. So my suggested timeline would be to give 3 more days after the definitive decision by the WMF legal counsel on the name to submit/change

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Logo for new travel guide

2012-10-05 Thread Rjd0060
I mentioned this at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Travel_Guide/Logo#Timing as well. I'm not sure I understand the response so far but we'll see. :-) --- Ryan User:Rjd0060 On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi James, I would suggest to wait

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Logo for new travel guide

2012-10-05 Thread David Gerard
On 5 October 2012 11:53, James Heilman jmh...@gmail.com wrote: A new logo for the travel guide is being requested. If anyone is interested in proposing one please add it here http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_Guide/Logo Oliver suggested we ask b3ta. I wholeheartedly concur. - d.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Creating content in Dari

2012-10-05 Thread JP BĂ©land
I answered you about the templates on the languages list. JP 2012/10/5, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com: Hoi, There has not been a request for the Dari language. A request for Dari will be seriously considered because its similarity to Farsi or Persian is such that it is mutually

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Logo for new travel guide

2012-10-05 Thread Lodewijk
I'm also having a hard time to understand the argument No sufficient time... Apparently James has a sense of urgency, but I'm unsure /why/ there is such a hurry that a few extra days/weeks is out of the question. Lodewijk 2012/10/5 Rjd0060 rjd0060.w...@gmail.com I mentioned this at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Logo for new travel guide

2012-10-05 Thread James Forrester
On 5 October 2012 14:57, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: I'm also having a hard time to understand the argument No sufficient time... Apparently James has a sense of urgency, but I'm unsure /why/ there is such a hurry that a few extra days/weeks is out of the question. Indeed.

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Translations of the Wikimedia Highlights for July and August 2012 available in numerous languages

2012-10-05 Thread Tilman Bayer
Hi all, the following translations have become available for the July 2012 and August 2012 Wikimedia Highlights, which combine some of the most relevant information from the Wikimedia Foundation Report and the Wikimedia engineering report for each month with a selection of other important events

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Creating content in Dari

2012-10-05 Thread James Heilman
We at Wikiproject Medicine are working in collaboration with Translators Without Borders (TWB). TWB does humanitarian translation for other NGOs. The project is described more fully here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_task_force And progress can be seen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Logo for new travel guide

2012-10-05 Thread James Heilman
Okay I guess it would be nice but not necessary to have a new logo for launch. It is fairly clear at this point what name the new project will be going with. Thus I see no reason why we cannot begin looking at logos now. James Heilman ___ Wikimedia-l