Mailing List Archive: Fwd: NYTimes.com: African Languages Grow as a Wikipedia Presence

Fwd: NYTimes.com: African Languages Grow as a Wikipedia Presence

Aug 26, 2006, 11:54 PM

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Hoi,
I received this e-mail by Martin Bejamin.. I think you may be interested in
reading what the Newyork Times has to say about content in African language
Wikipedias. Enjoy :)
Thanks,
GerardM

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* ARTS * | August 26, 2006
* African Languages Grow as a Wikipedia Presence
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/arts/26wiki.html?ex=1157256000&en=70f591e301156e4b&ei=5070&emc=eta1>
*
By NOAM COHEN
How do you create an online encyclopedia when few native speakers have
access to the Internet?

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Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: African Languages Grow as a Wikipedia Presence [ In reply to ]

messedrocker at gmail

Aug 27, 2006, 12:01 AM

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And no mentions of Paa Kwesi! I'm shocked!

On 8/27/06, GerardM <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hoi,
> I received this e-mail by Martin Bejamin.. I think you may be interested
> in
> reading what the Newyork Times has to say about content in African
> language
> Wikipedias. Enjoy :)
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> [image: The New York Times] <http://www.nytimes.com/> [image:
> E-mail
> This] <
> http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html?type=goto&page=www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/arts&pos=TopRight-EmailThis&camp=foxsearch2006-emailtools12-nyt5&ad=LMS_88x31_toolssponsor_atlas.html&goto=http://clk.atdmt.com/ORG/go/nwyrkfxs0040000007org/direct;at.orgfxs00000913/01/
> >
> *This page was sent to you by: * martin.benjamin@yale.edu
>
> * ARTS * | August 26, 2006
> * African Languages Grow as a Wikipedia Presence
> <
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/arts/26wiki.html?ex=1157256000&en=70f591e301156e4b&ei=5070&emc=eta1
> >
> *
> By NOAM COHEN
> How do you create an online encyclopedia when few native speakers have
> access to the Internet?
>
>
>
>
> <
> http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html?type=goto&page=www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/arts&pos=Center1&camp=foxsearch2006-emailtools15-nyt1&ad=sunshine_NP_120x60ida.html&goto=http://clk.atdmt.com/ORG/go/nwyrkfxs0040000009org/direct;at.orgfxs00000912/01/
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Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: African Languages Grow as a Wikipedia Presence [ In reply to ]

jackdt at gmail

Aug 27, 2006, 6:24 AM

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> > what the Newyork Times has to say about content in African
> > language
> > Wikipedias. Enjoy :)
> > -- GerardM

Link for those who don't want to jump thru NYT's registration hoops:
<http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060827/BIZ04/608270326/1013>.

"Swahili [...] is the first African-language Wikipedia to have reached
the 1,000-article mark" is from
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-07-31/News_and_notes#Milestones>,
see the correction at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-08-07/News_and_notes#Correction>.
--
Jeandré
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Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: African Languages Grow as a Wikipedia Presence [ In reply to ]

gerard.meijssen at gmail

Aug 27, 2006, 11:24 AM

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Hoi,
The article has also been picked up by the International Herald Tribune
and /.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/27/business/wiki.php
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/27/1757237

It does prove that there is interest for Africa in combination with
Wikipedia..
Thanks,
GerardM

Jack wrote:
>>> what the Newyork Times has to say about content in African
>>> language
>>> Wikipedias. Enjoy :)
>>> -- GerardM
>>>
>
> Link for those who don't want to jump thru NYT's registration hoops:
> <http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060827/BIZ04/608270326/1013>.
>
> "Swahili [...] is the first African-language Wikipedia to have reached
> the 1,000-article mark" is from
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-07-31/News_and_notes#Milestones>,
> see the correction at
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-08-07/News_and_notes#Correction>.
>

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