Re: [Wikimedia-l] Help on Yoruba Wikipedia Project
> The Content translation tool is currently unsupported by Yoruba Language.
Had it been its working, I would have translate hundreds of English
Wikipedia contents.
Actually, it is supported in Yoruba, and in all the languages in which
there is a Wikipedia.
It doesn't yet have support for machine translation to Yoruba, but that is
also true for most languages, including some major ones like German,
Polish, Japanese and Turkish. Despite this, thousands of articles were
translated to these languages using ContentTranslation.
ContentTranslation is not a machine translation tool, but a tool for
comfortable creation of articles as translation. It provides:
* A comfortable interface which shows the source article and a column for
typing the translation, side by side.
* Automatic adaptation of links.
* Automatic adaptation of categories.
* One-click adaptation of images (you don't have to type [[File: and to
search for the image file name).
* One-click adaptation of footnotes (you don't have to type and
format the footnote).
* Basic adaptation of formatting.
Using ContentTranslation and translating important articles from Wikipedias
in other languages such as English and French is one of the easiest way to
get the Yoruba Wikipedia growing.
Please reach out to me personally and I'll be happy to help you to do this
efficiently.
Thanks!
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2015-11-15 20:00 GMT+02:00 :
> Dear all,
>
> I don't know if it is appropriate to discuss this here but I believe I can
> get a useful advice here. The Nigerian language Wikipedia projects (Yoruba,
> Hausa, Igbo) need urgent attention. English language is the official
> language in Nigeria but the Yoruba language constitutes one of the major
> languages in Nigeria. The other two languages are Igbo and Hausa.
> Today, Yorubas along with the Igbos are the most educated ethnic groups in
> Africa but in spite of this potentials, there are poor readership level and
> contributions to the Yoruba Wikipedia projects. In fact, several existing
> and prospective Wikipedia editors as well as scholars and student who can
> contribute significantly to the project are not even aware of the existence
> of the Yoruba Wikipedia. Speaking in March 2012, in Lagos State,
> southwestern Nigeria, Jimmy Wales said: Wikipedia has seven active editors
> working in Yoruba language ("[
> http://m.voanews.com/a/wikipedia-co-founder-adding-more-african-languages-144875665/180406.html),
> an extremely low number, less than 0.0001% of active editors on the English
> Wikipedia. In fact, the seven active editors have reduce to 1 or 2. The
> truth is, I can't point to any active editors contributing in that project.
> The Wikimedia User Group Nigeria under the leadership of Olaniyan Olusola
> will need every supports at the disposal of the WMF to preserve the
> Project. We are currently planning to organize a conference entitled
> "WikiYoruba 2016" that will involve Yoruba Language scholars and student
> who can contribute to the project.
> I'm a native speaker of Yoruba language with good written skills in Yoruba
> language. I'm an experienced Wikipedian who has created over 500 articles
> on the English Wikipedia and I intend to use my experience to improve the
> Yoruba Wikipedia Project. You may also want to see (
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Wikicology/100_articles_contribution_to_Yoruba_Language_Wikipedia
> )
>
>
> Please we need the help and all forms of support to improve the project.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Olatunde Isaac (User:Wikicology)
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Help on Yoruba Wikipedia Project
Dear all,
I don't know if it is appropriate to discuss this here but I believe I can get
a useful advice here. The Nigerian language Wikipedia projects (Yoruba, Hausa,
Igbo) need urgent attention. English language is the official language in
Nigeria but the Yoruba language constitutes one of the major languages in
Nigeria. The other two languages are Igbo and Hausa.
Today, Yorubas along with the Igbos are the most educated ethnic groups in
Africa but in spite of this potentials, there are poor readership level and
contributions to the Yoruba Wikipedia projects. In fact, several existing and
prospective Wikipedia editors as well as scholars and student who can
contribute significantly to the project are not even aware of the existence of
the Yoruba Wikipedia. Speaking in March 2012, in Lagos State, southwestern
Nigeria, Jimmy Wales said: Wikipedia has seven active editors working in
Yoruba language
("[http://m.voanews.com/a/wikipedia-co-founder-adding-more-african-languages-144875665/180406.html),
an extremely low number, less than 0.0001% of active editors on the English
Wikipedia. In fact, the seven active editors have reduce to 1 or 2. The truth
is, I can't point to any active editors contributing in that project.
The Wikimedia User Group Nigeria under the leadership of Olaniyan Olusola will
need every supports at the disposal of the WMF to preserve the Project. We are
currently planning to organize a conference entitled "WikiYoruba 2016" that
will involve Yoruba Language scholars and student who can contribute to the
project.
I'm a native speaker of Yoruba language with good written skills in Yoruba
language. I'm an experienced Wikipedian who has created over 500 articles on
the English Wikipedia and I intend to use my experience to improve the Yoruba
Wikipedia Project. You may also want to see
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Wikicology/100_articles_contribution_to_Yoruba_Language_Wikipedia)
The Content translation tool is currently unsupported by Yoruba Language. Had
it been its working, I would have translate hundreds of English Wikipedia
contents.
Please we need the help and all forms of support to improve the project.
Cheers,
Olatunde Isaac (User:Wikicology)
Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Paris (Bodhisattwa Mandal)
2. Re: Q1 Fundraising Update (Pine W)
3. Re: Paris (Mardetanha)
4. Re: Q1 Fundraising Update (Anna Stillwell)
5. Re: Paris (Christophe Henner)
6. Celebrating Parisian culture and libertarianism (Fæ)
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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 07:57:30 +0530
From: Bodhisattwa Mandal
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris
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Solidarity from India for this tragic incident. Good to know that
Wikipedians in and from Paris are all safe.
Bodhisattwa
On 14 November 2015 at 12:28, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska
wrote:
> User Paterm, Polish wikipedian living in Paris is also well.
As is John Cummings, a UK citizen currently working as Wikimedian in
Residence at UNESCO in Paris.
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By the way, was there any follow up at WMF to Risker's suggestion from
awhile ago that its budget get a peer review from a similarly situated
organization?
I've taken a peek at the discussions in the current round of FDC proposals.
I have some concerns about WMF staff critiquing the budgets of affiliates
while WMF's own budget practices are in need of improvement. I would like
to see WMF make efforts to improve that will be reflected in th
