I'm adding Nirmal, who's the Nepali contact person, to the cc. Nirmal, can you help out?
Lodewijk On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Yaroslav Blanter <[email protected]> wrote: > The pages have been restored, and hopefully will make participation in WLM > for Nepal easier. Thanks to everybody who helped. > > However, at the very least, sources must be added to every page. I will > have a look later, but I am not sure I am qualified enough to add a source > in Nepali. I will also try to write a two-line introduction for every page. > Some data are still clearly missing (such as locality for many monuments), > and wikification is non-existent. Once these problems are solved, we can > make a reasonable case for moving them back to the article space. > > We badly need a Nepalui speaker who could help with sourcing (or a source > in English). > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> (update: Yaroslav is helping to restore the pages now! Yay :) But help >> with creating proper articles is very much appreciated) >> >> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the thoughts, Nicolas. >>> >>> Right now, some help to get these pages restored and then helping to >>> edit (add reference and introduction) & move them would be great. Not sure >>> if that needs admins. >>> >>> To answer your questions: >>> * I'm actually not sure if there's another list in Nepali. But those >>> lists are language sensitive, so having an English list on newiki wouldn't >>> make a lot of sense. I guess you also wouldn't appreciate those on frwiki? >>> ;) That being said, there are some 123 languages >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nepal> being spoken in >>> Nepal. >>> * The lists for Kosi have been restored before the admin realized it was >>> 200+ pages, and decided it needed more discussion. But the good part is >>> that you can now see what all the other lists look like. It is also an >>> opportunity to show what they can become. An example would be the Indian >>> list I linked, I think. But it needs some creativity. >>> * There is a source, in Nepali :) It is linked in the list of lists (of >>> lists) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:List_of_Monuments_in_Nepal> >>> . >>> >>> Best, >>> Lodewijk >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> TLDR; What can we do? (expecially for someone like me who isn't admin >>>> on enwp and don't really know Nepal). >>>> >>>> That sad:( I'm not sure what I can do. Here some remarks (not sure if >>>> it helps) : >>>> * why go on enwp (which is notoriously complicated, and more and more >>>> so) and not on newp - it would seems more logical and it's probably easier >>>> there ? >>>> * some list have not been deleted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >>>> Draft:List_of_Monuments_in_Kosi_Zone ; indeed it's empty and look >>>> abandonned :/ I've looked to add photo and other improvement but my >>>> knowledge of Nepal. Can someone give some pointer and example of what can >>>> be done and how? >>>> * as always on Wikipedia, the problem is source... Is there any >>>> avalaible source for these lists? >>>> >>>> Cdlt, ~nicolas >>>> >>>> 2017-08-29 14:21 GMT+02:00 Lodewijk <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> A while back we discussed the lists in Nepal. Unfortunately someone at >>>>> enwiki deleted them a few days ago (see some notifications here >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Biplab_Anand/Archive1#Your_draft_article.2C_Draft:List_of_Monuments_in_Mahakali_Zone>) >>>>> because the 'draft has not been edited for six months'. A requirement I at >>>>> least wasn't aware of. These articles were moved from the project >>>>> namespace >>>>> to the draft namespace last year, after this discussion >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:List_of_Monuments_in_Nepal> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> Right now, a discussion is ongoing >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion.2FWikipedia:List_of_Monuments_in_Nepal_-_drafts_now_deleted> >>>>> how to resolve this on admins noticeboard, because apparently it's normal >>>>> to delete 200+ pages immediately, but restoring them requires discussion >>>>> :) >>>>> Some helpful suggestions and actual help to turn these drafts into normal >>>>> mainspace lists would be appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> I assume it should be possible to turn these lists into encyclopedic >>>>> lists, given that there's a good reference available (see the main >>>>> list of lists >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:List_of_Monuments_in_Nepal>). An >>>>> introduction similar to that of Indian Monuments >>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_Bihar> >>>>> should also be doable. >>>>> >>>>> Any takers? >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Lodewijk >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>>>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >>>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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