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Ideas to aggressively delete or mostly blank poor-quality entries
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
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I am currently streaming a video conference about the Cherokee language and language-revitalization efforts from Western Carolina University's Cherokee Language program
where Dr. Hartwell Francis, the former director, is speaking. To paraphrase him, he stated that the Cherokee-language community has been aware of this project for a decade, but that many of the current Wikipedia articles are of remarkably poor quality because of the influence of bot-generated entries. This makes even looking at them incredibly demotivating because the challenge of fixing them is so daunting. Thus, he suggests cleaning up the project and perhaps revitalizing it through aggressive deleting of low-quality entries.
A possible alternative to mass deletion might be mass partial blanking to encourage more human-created edits. A poor quality article could be reduced to some boiler-plate text like "XXX is in need of an article" or "XXX had the previous article replaced with this text because it was poor-quality, but please feel free to begin a new article now", but in Cherokee. I am not a Cherokee-speaker, but I could help make these edits (or teach someone else to) if a boiler-plate text and a list of the low-quality demotivating entries were provided. I plan to notify Dr. Hartwell Francis about this thread, and let him know that I believe an bold approach like this is warranted (and feasible) in order to deal with what appears like a stagnant project. Any ideas?
Biosthmors
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16:00, 26 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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ᏏᏲ, I'm from a Cherokee community in Oklahoma, as we are trying hard to get everyone involved in properly learning our language here and else where, when coming across these bot driven is so irritating. I've read and commented on some of the other comments trying to correct the mass of mistakes and misinformation on here, I've references before that the entire governing body of the Cherokee Nation as a whole needs to figure out how to if not outright eliminate these sites to stop further corruption of our language at least find out how to better monitor and correct the problems.
2600:387:1:817:0:0:0:89
08:44, 10 ᏄᏓᏕᏆ 2023 (UTC)
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Ping to
User:Ooswesthoesbes
, who I see has helped start short articles here (for example
ᏣᎳᎩ ᎫᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᏚᏓᏥᏍᎬᎢ
).
Biosthmors
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16:16, 26 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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If partial blanking or mass deletion of those pages results in more activity from native (or at least fluent) speakers, I have no objections
:) Although I believe pages like
ᏅᏃᎯ
are also important to look at, as they seem to be bot generated articles which are not fully translated and probably incorrectly as well. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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16:35, 26 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for the reply Ooswesthoesbes. For ᏅᏃᎯ, yes, I'd guess, just based on hearing people talk about Cherokee Wikipedia, that a lot is probably incorrectly translated. The concept of turning articles into much shorter versions of themselves ("stubs") should also be considered. (For reference, on English Wikipedia the concept is referred to as
"stubifying"
.) If a couple sentences of useful content can be preserved or generated, then massively chopping a gargantuan poor-quality article down to a factual sentence or short paragraph is also a significant improvement.
Biosthmors
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17:20, 26 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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Cherokee Wikipedia is a 2007 guinea pig victim of an
experiment in machine translation
run by Jeffrey Merkey. The **** was just dumped onto the pages en masse. Any page longer than one sentence was produced by a computer program, and no human ever looked at it.
Seb az86556
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21:41, 26 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for the info. I found
this
showing more info about their contributions elsewhere.
Biosthmors
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21:53, 27 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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It's a very bad situation indeed. Automatic translation is especially bad when used for languages that are totally unrelated and function with a different grammar, such as from English to Cherokee. I propose to use a bot to add a template on top of all pages, so we can work to a way to fix them. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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13:41, 28 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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My understanding is that there are several hundred articles on this wiki? I've been clicking the random page generator
button
(top left "ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᎤᏆᏓᏛ", for anyone who doesn't know] and blanking down to "Subject ...", as I just did
here
. This is blunt, but I just want to get started. I did see someone edit a page on this wiki to add a category, marking an article as machine translated. Maybe most of the horrendous articles are already categorized? I'll post that category when/if I find it.
Biosthmors
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18:11, 29 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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Category:Machine-translated articles
. So after one cleans one up, remove the category? I just did this with
ᏓᎬᎾ ᏥᏳ ᏗᏔᎳᏗᏍᏗ ᏚᎦᏘᎸᏒᎢ
Biosthmors
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18:31, 29 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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908
articles on chr wikipedia as of february, for what it's worth.
Biosthmors
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22:53, 29 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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If we just had a list of articles on here sorted by size that would really help, since the large ones appear to be the garbage ones.
Biosthmors
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23:26, 29 ᎠᏄᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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Special:LongPages
is the link for this.
Biosthmors
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14:32, 3 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
Thanks Biosthmors
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I now start from number
10
13 or below in that list to find candidates to cleanup, for what it's worth.
Biosthmors
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15:33, 17 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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That's good
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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14:59, 18 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks
Biosthmors
for starting this conversation and
Ooswesthoesbes
and
Seb az86556
for providing context and clarification on the machine translation debacle. I see that editor was banned from Wikipedia a decade ago.
I also gave some remarks at the symposium at Western Carolina (I'm Derek). I think there would be interest in organizing an edit-a-thon out at Western Carolina, and hopefully we could get some of the fluent speakers to attend along with advanced learners. It would be great if, in preparation, we could clean all the garbage articles out. I like the idea of blanking them with boilerplate. It would be nice if there was a bot to do this, but if there are just a few hundred articles, we could probably get it done manually? I'm not a speaker, but could coordinate the translation of the boilerplate or template by a fluent speaker.
What else should we be considering if we wanted to reboot this project with an edit-a-thon? --
R12ntech
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18:24, 9 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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I'm pretty sure we can get a user run a bot to mark all pages automatically. That shouldn't be too much work. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:18, 10 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Shall I make a request so someone will run a bot on this wiki to mark all pages with a category like
[[Category:To be checked]]
? Or would you prefer the category to have another name? --
Ooswesthoesbes
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09:23, 13 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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That would be great, thanks. --
R12ntech
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15:40, 13 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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A user has already indicated she is willing to help us out
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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16:28, 18 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Hi. Is it correct that simply all pages in the main namespace should be added to the category "To be checked"? Should I run my bot with or without a bot flag? --
MF-Warburg
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12:12, 19 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Yes, that's correct. As there are virtually no edits on this wiki, I think a bot flag is not necessary. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:34, 20 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Done. By the way, I also unprotected a lot of pages in the Wikipedia namespace, see
Special:Log/protect
, which might be worth to look at / update / delete / ... --
MF-Warburg
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12:59, 20 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Thank you very much! Hopefully we can address the issue soon
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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14:53, 20 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Biosthmors
, if you look
here
, Cherokee is currently at the top of the "100+ articles" list. If you start mass blanking and/deleting existing pages, then Cherokee's ranking in the list would decrease to near the bottom. In the past, language editions such as Chamorro, Dzongkha, Sango, Venda, Kirundi, Inupiak, Inuktitut, Xitsonga were all proposed by various users for
Closure
due to the low number of articles and no native speakers contributing, Language projects that were closed down (ie. locked down) include Ndonga, Choctaw, Kuanyama, Marshallese, Hiri Motu, Afar and Muscogee.
Even Zulu wikipedia was proposed for closure in the past, now would anyone even think of closing Zulu Wikipedia?
Mass deletion/blanking of pages will not result in a revival of Cherokee wikipedia, it would result in its continued stagnation and attract zero native speakers to edit here.
Imagine if all the stubs of Kashmiri Wikipedia were deleted right now, would a flood of Kashmiris start editing there? Highly unlikely.
There are other methods that can be utilized to revive a Wikipedia project and they ought to be explored. --
Philip J
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04:18, 27 ᎧᎦᎵ 2019 (UTC)
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There are 16,000 Cherokee speakers. If each Cherokee speaker created 1 article on Cherokee Wikipedia, then there will be 16,000 articles. Just ensure that they create good quality articles and not short 1 sentence stubs. The
New Kituwah Academy
teaches Cherokee to students. Maybe they can be contacted to participate here as part of a school classroom project? --
Philip J
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04:32, 27 ᎧᎦᎵ 2019 (UTC)
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The biggest problem here is that there are 0 contributors with enough knowledge to create true articles. Contacting the Cherokee nation has been tried earlier, maybe through the wrong channels.
It should be noted that inactivity or no contents is generally no longer considered to be a valid reason to lock or delete a wiki nowadays. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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09:40, 27 ᎧᎦᎵ 2019 (UTC)
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Random thoughts for someone knowledgeable about Cherokee
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
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I searched for
ᎠᎹᏍᎧᎦᎯ
at cherokeedictionary.net but there were no hits. I noticed that one source defined a waterfall as ᎠᎹ ᎦᏙᎣᏍᎬᎢ, but I believe that was derived from a self-published source, for what it's worth. I wonder if it is an incorrect title.
Biosthmors
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10:14, 2 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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That website didn't have a definition for badger, so it's not as comprehensive as I was hoping, for what it's worth.
Biosthmors
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16:56, 2 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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When the ancient Cherokee saw waterfalls I am sure they believed them to be mystical. ᎠᎹ ᎦᏙᎣᏍᎬᎢ refers to nothing that I can find or have been taught. However, it may be derived from an "overfill of water", "absess or abundance of water", or even a "flood". What I do know is the Cherokee held, and for some still do hold, that water has a Spiritual connection to us and therefore the word(s) for waterfall have other meanings. ᎠᎹᏍᎧᎦᎯ means "waterfall" but also a name for "Water Spirits". ᎠᏥᎳᏗᏰᎯ, another word for "waterfall", also is a name given for the "Will o' the Wisp" which we now know to be the phenomenon when gases are released from a swamp and produce a light like a floating orb but to the ancient Cherokee would be seen as having Spirit connections. --
Tsistunagiska
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14:51, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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Being that the Cherokee language is a descriptive language and not just a general reference along with each waterfall having different characteristics and uses each community originally described waterfalls differently and so they were called different names.
2600:387:1:817:0:0:0:89
11:54, 10 ᏄᏓᏕᏆ 2023 (UTC)
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I'm surprised to see that Jupiter
ᏧᏈᏓ
has Cherokee names for 50 of its moons. Where could that be verified? The word list cited in the article doesn't go into that kind of detail.
Biosthmors
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23:00, 2 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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ᏓᏆ
is linked, through Wikidata I presume, as being about baleen whales. But the
consortium word list
states ᏓᏆ just means whale.
Biosthmors
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17:12, 6 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Now fixed.
Biosthmors
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16:11, 9 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Category:ᎠᎾᎵᏏᎾᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩ
shows the word being used most commonly for economics here, but ᎠᎾᎵᏏ
ᏀᎢ
ᏍᏗᏍᎩ (my emphasis) is given when one searches for a match at
Biosthmors
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20:08, 2 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Shall I move the category to the correct form "ᎠᎾᎵᏏᏀᎢᏍᏗᏍᎩ", including all the pages that are in it? --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:52, 3 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Maybe we should wait for someone who knows more about Cherokee to comment? I've heard some words can be represented with alternate forms. But if you want to be bold and go ahead and do so, I wouldn't object. Thanks.
Biosthmors
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19:27, 3 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Is there a difference between "economy" and "economics" in English? --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:13, 4 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Yes. Why do you ask about that? ᎠᎵᏏᏅᏙᏗ is given as economy in the Noquisis word list, for what it's worth. And I'm assuming a bit that ᎠᎾᎵᏏᎾᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩ means economics anyhow, from context. A recent post
here
shows two varieties (Eastern and Western) for the word for
en:w:Fire Pink
, for what it's worth. I wonder if ᎠᎾᎵᏏ
ᎾᎯ
ᏍᏗᏍᎩ and ᎠᎾᎵᏏ
ᏀᎢ
ᏍᏗᏍᎩ are just two different dialectal forms.
Biosthmors
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23:55, 5 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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In that case, let's leave it for now. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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10:24, 7 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Biosthmors
Ooswesthoesbes
I hope tagging you both is ok. Biosthmors is correct in the dialectal differences. The Eastern or Kituwah dialect uses "ts" in place of the more widely used "tl" in the Western or Overhill dialect. These differences are not only found in written but also spoken Cherokee. "Ts" in the Western dialect is spoken as a soft "J" as in jaw. At any rate, ᎠᎾᎵᏏᏀᎢᏍᏗᏍᎩ is most often used for "economics" while ᎠᎵᏏᏅᏙ is used for "economy". For what it is worth, Economic is ᎠᎳᏏᏅᏙᏗ while Economical is ᎠᎳᏏᎾᎯᏍᏗ, respectively. --
Tsistunagiska
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16:22, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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Tagging is always okay. That way people get a message and know there is something to read here.
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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17:14, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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The word "ᎠᎾᎵᏏᏀᎢᏍᏗᏍᎩ" appears to be the result of a bad transliteration conversion. It transliterates to "analisinahisdisgi". The word "ᎠᎾᎵᏏᎾᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩ" also transliterates to analisinahisdisgi. The first form with "ᏀᎢ' in the middle is incorrect. Reasoning: "Ꮐ" is an obsolete glyph that is not used and has not been used since nearly the creation of the Syllabary (relatively speaking). --
ᎹᎦᎵ
I wonder what
ᏅᏓ ᎢᎦ ᎡᎯ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎨᏳᏣ
means and if there an English-language Wikipedia article on the same topic.
Biosthmors
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22:10, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2018 (UTC)
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The only words I think I can out of it are "sun", "son" and "girl", so maybe it's somekind of story/myth? --
Ooswesthoesbes
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09:48, 6 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2018 (UTC)
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Interface translation
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
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This Wikipedia was created before the Incubator system, so there has apparently never been a major push to complete the interface translation. If anyone wants to work on this, the Cherokee portal on translatewiki is here:
, and the direct link to the "most important messages" for the Mediawiki interface is here:
Here's a brief article on the topic:
Translating the software that powers Wikipedia
--
R12ntech
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19:32, 11 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for these links. One of the interface links I have been creating a decent amount is one via
Template:Commons
. However, I just(
diff
) unlinked the term ᏫᎩᎻᏗᎠ ᎪᎼᏄᏍ in this template because I'm guessing ᏫᎩᎻᏗᎠ ᎪᎼᏄᏍ means Wikimedia Commons and a separate link to/about that project seems slightly spammy, as if we're promoting Wikimedia Foundation wikis over other sources.
Biosthmors
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15:22, 19 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2018 (UTC)
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It would be nice to have
Template:Stub
translated into Cherokee.
Biosthmors
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13:07, 15 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Yes, any idea how to translate this? --
Ooswesthoesbes
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10:44, 19 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Admin
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
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Considering we probably got a lot of clean-up work to do, I want to request admin rights to delete unsalvageable pages, so we don't get a way too long backlog. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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14:59, 18 ᎧᏩᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Temporary admin access has been granted, so I can delete pages now for clean up. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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10:13, 1 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Cool. Would it be reasonable for you to post here (or somewhere else) what you might delete and why? Maybe we could use this thread as a place to propose/discuss/act upon articles people think would be better off deleted. To begin, I've noticed some random pages around here, such as
Zemeros flegyas
, a S. and SE Asian butterfly species, or
Ayyavazhi
, a Hindu denomination. I would guess that those articles would be good candidates to delete because they are in no way connected to the Cherokee language, culture, or history, as far as I am aware. (Actually I notice that Ooswesthoesbes you created the one on the butterfly, for what it's worth.)
Biosthmors
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20:22, 2 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Sure, post them here.
Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is an ideal platform for Sprachausbau: showing that the Cherokee language is more than just connected to its own culture, and can be used to discuss everything in all domains (including things on the other side of the world, or even further). A more valid reason to delete
Zemeros flegyas
would be that it has no real contents except for an image and the chances are low that it will be expanded. (As you are aware, I have only superficial knowledge of Cherokee and can't write my own sentences. I created the article a long time ago. Then they wanted to
close this wiki
, and I tried to do some activity to prevent closure). --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:50, 3 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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I agree with what you're saying about Sprachausbau. I'd say the unlikeliness that it will be expanded would be the best reason. My cleanup activities around here (
example
) are premised on the idea that the beginning of a sentence (despite it not containing any significant content) will make it easier for someone to write a decent introductory sentence or two on a topic.
Biosthmors
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19:22, 3 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Sure
:) Mark any page you see fit for deletion with
{{Delete}}
, and I'll run through them. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:13, 4 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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ᎠᏑᏫᏍᏗ
means rouge according to
, but it is currently the title of the article for color. Color appears to be
ᏗᎧᏃᏗ
, which is currently only a redirect to ᎠᏑᏫᏍᏗ. Perhaps we should delete the redirect at ᏗᎧᏃᏗ and move the color article there, then delete the leftover redirect for ᎠᏑᏫᏍᏗ?
Biosthmors
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19:37, 3 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Done. However, I kept the redirect for now, as it is
linked a lot
. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:13, 4 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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I have personally used ᎠᏑᏫᏍᏗ for color and ᏗᏑᏫᏍᏗ for colors but ᏗᎧᏃᏗ is listed as the word for color in many dictionaries and word lists. Thank you for keeping this as a redirect @
Ooswesthoesbes
. Perhaps the confusion is that rouge is color and therefore the words are interchangeable. I don't believe either is incorrect at this point. --
Tsistunagiska
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19:12, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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Delete?
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
I placed
{{Delete}}
on
Sung Jae-gi
. I think we should delete it because it seems unlikely it will ever be expanded to contain quality Cherokee-language content. I also don't like the idea that it has an English name as a title, but I imagine that can't be avoided sometimes. For comparison, at
en:w:Sung Jae-gi
, the article has been getting an average of
12
page views a day, for what it's worth.
Biosthmors
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16:33, 15 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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That page is just POV-pushing spam (self-promotional), so it's gone. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:53, 16 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᏩᎦᏧᎧᏅᏍᏕᎾ ᎤᏂᎾᏗᏅᏗ
, an article on market trends. I think this article should be deleted because it is a highly specialized topic that is unlikely to be edited, was machine-translated, and seems better scrubbed from the site than to even leave a stub. The article hasn't had any significant edits in the last 12 or so years. I only see that some minor edits (such as fixing transliterations into the Cherokee script) have been made.
Biosthmors
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02:36, 23 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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I agree, it is way too specific for now. It's better to focus on articles with more priority. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:49, 23 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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I marked
ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ
because it appears to be a common word for flower (but can also mean either rose or orchid per the online dictionary) that is currently redirecting to the rose article. Flower (ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ) is a fundamental topic that should exist as a red link until a standalone article is created, in my opinion.
Biosthmors
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02:19, 25 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Agreed
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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09:29, 25 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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I would leave this as is. ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ is used for "flowers". I have seen ᎠᏂᎠᏥᎳᏍ used for "flowers" too. Flower(singular) is most often spelled ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ(blossom) or ᎱᏥᎸᎭ but I have even seen it shortened to ᎠᏥᎳᏍ or ᏥᎳ. Rose could be my namesake, ᏥᏍᏚᎾᎩᏍᎧ(Wild Rose), or both ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ(plural) and ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ(singular), respectively. I have seen ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ used to refer to orchid before. --
Tsistunagiska
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12:39, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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I marked
ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ
with
{{Delete}}
. It took me longer than usual to get a decent idea about what's the topic of the article. The online dictionary gives definitions of aid, charity, rescue, assist, protect, intercede, and relief for the term. Wikidata thinks it's about the Great Commandment. One reason I'm of the opinion to delete is because there isn't an apparent lead section/first sentence to orient readers. (
ᎧᏁᏨ
means word so I'm guessing that first section is about etymology?) For what it's worth,
en:w:Charity (virtue)
and
en:w:Charity (practice)
are separate topics on English Wikipedia. It seems charity is the topic of the article. There have been no significant edits to the article in the last 12 years, only minor changes from Roman letters into the Cherokee syllabary since the machine-translated data dump. It just seems better to delete this one to me.
Biosthmors
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17:56, 29 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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Done. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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12:27, 30 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2018 (UTC)
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I did not get to see the content of the article prior to deletion but if it was not depicting the act of offering aid, charity, assistance, protection or intercession or the action of rescuing then it was probably incorrectly attributed. ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ is a word of action, not a simple virtue. Good catch! --
Tsistunagiska
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12:49, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎬᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗ
. This machine-translated article is intended to be about tools. However, the term ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎬᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗ is defined as instruments in the Cherokee online dictionary. (Another term is used for tools.) It appears this article is so bad that it can't even get the title right. We might as well scrap it.
Biosthmors
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13:31, 8 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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ᎪᎱᏍᏗᎬᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗ does mean "instrument" but can also refer to a "tool" to complete a task. When referring to "tools"(plural) then ᎪᎱᏍᏗᏗᎬᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗ is used. --
Tsistunagiska
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13:00, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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Similarly, I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᏁᎵᏒ
. It is supposed to be about thought, but the dictionary defines it as assumed. Another word is given for thought.
Biosthmors
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23:34, 12 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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This is a case where the bot (if used) most likely took Nelisv and split the syllables as Ne-li-sv which is ᏁᎵᏒ, however, the proper split is Ne-li-s-v which is ᏁᎵᏍᎥ. --
Tsistunagiska
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13:13, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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And I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᏕᎦᏃᏣᎸ
because it is machine-translated to be about telegraphy, but the dictionary defines ᏕᎦᏃᏣᎸ as publication. For what it's worth, the dictionary says telegram is ᎠᎾᎦᎳᏔᏅ.
Biosthmors
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13:08, 13 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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I'll deal with those pages once I get the necessary tools. Did you forget to place the deletion template on
ᏕᎦᏃᏣᎸ
or have you changed your mind? --
Ooswesthoesbes
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10:00, 14 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Great. Yes, I forgot to place the template. I'll do that now. Thank you.
Biosthmors
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13:09, 14 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Please delete
Coat of Arms
. It's drive by tagging/vandalism.
Biosthmors
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00:50, 24 ᎧᏩᏂ 2019 (UTC)
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Done. If any new pages are created by vandalism, you can just tag them. I will regularly check Recent changes anyway
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:14, 24 ᎧᏩᏂ 2019 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏦᏒ ᎠᏓᏅᏒ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗᎢ
with the following rationale: One can see the discussion at
for example. I would suspect this article was established for promotional purposes. It's just not important enough for an article here.
Biosthmors
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19:54, 20 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2019 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ
. The article is about
but we don't even have an article on elephant at the moment here. This topic is just too technical to be useful at this point in time on this project, in my opinion.
Biosthmors
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20:00, 20 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2019 (UTC)
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Similarly, I placed on
{{Delete}}
on
ᏏᏆᎤᏤᏣᏍᏗ
as it's also a technical biological concept (
). I went ahead and deleted the link back to that Cherokee article on Wikidata. I also went ahead and created an article on opossum with a picture (
ᏏᏆ ᎤᏤᏥᏍᏗ
), since we didn't previously have one.
Biosthmors
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21:57, 20 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2019 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
Zemeros flegyas
. It's an Asian species of butterfly, and I don't see how there would be a Cherokee word for it. There were no hits when searching for the English word "Zemeros" in the Cherokee online dictionary. Honestly, I don't see why we should host obscure articles here that have no conceivable connection to the Cherokee language. I feel like this encyclopedia needs to prioritize things that are relevant in Cherokee if we are to attract those wishing to preserve and revitalize the language. Any article we host here, in my opinion, is an implicit request for contributions from those with Cherokee knowledge. And since Cherokee is endangered, and that resource (Cherokee knowledge) is exceedingly scarce, I feel like we should be mindful of that and typically only host relevant concepts or things of general interest to a global population. (A random Polish town or village would not qualify, for example. I recall seeing those on this site.) For examples of relevant concepts in Cherokee,
this link
shows files with terms for animals, insects, and plants that are documented on the Cherokee Nation website.
Biosthmors
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20:35, 20 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2019 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᎠᏣᏅᏙ
. This word is defined as
ornament
, and despite that, this title used to host the article on plasma, which has been moved and is now at
ᎩᎦ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ
. An inappropriate redirect remains. Thanks.
Biosthmors
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18:26, 29 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2019 (UTC)
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I placed on
{{Delete}}
on
Ayyavazhi
. It is a Hindu denomination of 8 to 10 million people according to the English Wikipedia. One day when there's an article on Hinduism (one doesn't currently exists according to Wikidata) perhaps it can be mentioned there. This topic is too specialized for this project's purposes at this moment. When so many things that do have Cherokee words for them aren't covered here I just don't see the point. The same goes for
Carl Menger
. Perhaps he could be mentioned on an economics article should one be written. I placed the delete template there as well.
Biosthmors
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23:39, 29 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2019 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on the redirect
ᎠᏬᎭᎵ
. It redirects to the concept of eagle, however it appears that this redirect is main word for eagle according to a dictionary search. So I propose moving
ᏬᎭᎵ
(eagle) there when it is deleted. Thanks.
Biosthmors
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20:06, 13 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᎢᏃᎵ
. It is currently linked to Wikidata as the American badger. However, I can't find a word for badger on the online dictionary. There also isn't a word for badger on the Cherokee Nation poster of animals.
However, I did find the word
ᎢᏃᎵ
on the Consortium Word List, which says it means "black fox". After looking that up it might refer to a historical person as
or to an animal as
, or both concepts perhaps. I propose deleting it for now as it appears we have it wrong for the moment.
Biosthmors
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20:19, 13 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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The Cherokee word for badger is
ᎤᎫᎾ
. --
Tsistunagiska
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13:36, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᎬᏂᎨᏧᎵ
. I couldn't find any evidence that this was the correct word for the red fox. For what it's worth,
ᏧᎵ
is the accepted word for fox according to the Cherokee Nation poster of animals.
Biosthmors
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20:28, 13 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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ᏧᎳ
seems to be the current entry on fox for what it's worth. Maybe ᏧᎳ and ᏧᎵ are synonyms. To be determined.
Biosthmors
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17:45, 14 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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The Cherokee Nation word list
gives ᏧᎳ for fox. Interesting. The Raven Rock/Eastern dialect dictionary gives ᏧᎳ ᎩᎦᎨ for the red fox. Both the Noquisis word list and the Raven Rock Dictionary give ᏧᎳ for fox, so with three sources I think it's safe to say ᏧᎳ is the predominant word for fox.
Biosthmors
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17:19, 20 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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ᎬᏂᎨ is described as "the color of death" which also refers to black and used in many names of animals such as black bear (ᎬᏂᎨᏲᎾ). ᎩᎦᎨ is the color of red. ᏧᎵ may refer to the plural of fox and therefore when speaking of the entire species of black fox you may refer to it as ᎬᏂᎨᏧᎵ. ᏧᎵ also appears in words like ᏧᎵᎬᏩᎳᏅᎯ which means "process". To your later point, ᏧᎳ is also accepted as the written word for "fox" but may refer to a single fox. That would justify the differences between what is written in the above mentioned poster and the words you located in the dictionaries. It could also be differences in the dialects as I am studying the Western Dialect, which is more commonly used. ᎢᏃᎵ does refer to Chief Blackfox of the Cherokee and not the animal.--
Tsistunagiska
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20:32, 3 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᏗᏂᏃᎨᏂ
because the dictionary says it is defined as "arms" but right now it is tied to the concept of rifle via Wikidata. When you go to the dictionary to search for arm, then you see that ᏗᎧᏃᎨᏂ is the NC medical definition for arms. And ᎦᏃᎨᏂ is given as the term for his arm. Given that all of these words have
ᏃᎨᏂ
in them, I suspect this is a biological term, and not one for armaments. Given the ambiguity, and the fact there's no real content, I say we should just delete it.
Biosthmors
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20:34, 15 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
Ꮄꭲꮹ
. It appears someone interested in Japanese culture added the article, but it isn't a Cherokee word I think it's safe to assume. If we're proven wrong later, the article can be recreated. I also placed the delete template on
Ꮌꮩ Ꭶꭰꮚꭱꮎ Ꮙꮚꮎ Ꮤꮳ
as it is something relevant in Japanese but not in Cherokee, I presume. Ethnologue says ~1500 people speak Cherokee right now. I imagine they are talking about something else in Cherokee than random things that are concepts in Japanese.
Biosthmors
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18:04, 17 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᎠᏫᏳᏍᏘ
. I could not find a match for antelope in the either online dictionary or the
animals poster
. I don't know how we can make sure this is the right word. For what it's worth, the google definition says that antelope are African and/or Asian, so I'm not sure a Cherokee word for them even exists. And as an aside, specific Cherokee words for
bird species
abound. I'm guessing we're missing a lot of those articles.
Biosthmors
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20:47, 17 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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I can imagine words for non-native animals exist. In Limburgish, we've got words like
tieger
too, while tigers do not natively occur in our region. For now, I'd give this one the benefit of the doubt. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:17, 20 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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ᎠᏫᏳᏍᏘ is the Cherokee word for antelope. This one is correct. There are multiple word dictionaries on the internet. I am working to consolidate most into one but it is an arduous task as I am adamant about accuracy. --
Tsistunagiska
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20:53, 3 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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I placed
{{Delete}}
on
ᏡᎬᎢ
. It is a redirect to the current tree article
ᏡᎬ
, but I find ᏡᎬᎢ more frequently as the word for tree in the dictionary. Also, for what it's worth, ᏡᎬ is only defined in the online dictionary as a Microsoft computing term for a data tree. I guess leaving it as a redirect to ᏡᎬᎢ is fine though.
Biosthmors
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16:51, 21 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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ᏡᎬᎢ or ᏡᎬ have been used as "tree". I have also seen ᏣᎵᎫ and ᎢᏢᎬ used to describe a tree, however that may have been to represent a specific species of tree and not a tree in general. ᏕᏡᎬ has been used to describe trees in plural. --
Tsistunagiska
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13:42, 5 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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Prolonging temporary admin access
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
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Biosthmors
and other users: my admin access expires on the 30th of July. I would like to prolong it, as I have used it a few times the past three months. I hope you agree with that
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:11, 21 ᎫᏰᏉᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Works for me!
Biosthmors
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16:34, 22 ᎫᏰᏉᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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They've prolonged it for half a year, to expire on 30 January
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:18, 31 ᎫᏰᏉᏂ 2018 (UTC)
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Is it time for another renewal
Ooswesthoesbes
, or did they already grant you the user rights again? Best.
Biosthmors
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21:18, 9 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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No, I'll make the announcement
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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10:39, 12 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Temporary admin access again
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
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Dear people, as my admin access expired over a month ago, I would like to reapply if you all agree
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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10:40, 12 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Agreed. Thanks.
Biosthmors
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13:38, 12 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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I informed meta
here
. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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10:47, 19 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Granted for 6 months. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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16:29, 19 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Site notice
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
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The site notice posts "
Do you speak ᏣᎳᎩ ᎧᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ? Help us to revive the Cherokee Wikipedia! Discuss the future of this project on ᏫᎩᏇᏗᏯ:ᎾᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎸ ᎾᎿᎢ.
" for all newcomers to view I presume, and I just never dismiss it. I use the link to ᏫᎩᏇᏗᏯ:ᎾᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎸ ᎾᎿᎢ to come here from time to time. But no matter what Cherokee Wikipedia page I view right now, the link to ᏫᎩᏇᏗᏯ:ᎾᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎸ ᎾᎿᎢ is bold and doesn't actually link here. Any ideas? Thanks.
Biosthmors
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13:42, 12 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Well it's an active link again, and I guess I just closed out a browser window and reopened one. I'm don't know what would cause this.
Biosthmors
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13:52, 12 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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It must be, as for me it is functioning just fine too. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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09:55, 14 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Hi guys
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
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I'm one of those that originally tried to whip up some steam in regards to this Cherokee Wiki a million years ago (I added the Cherokee keyboard under the edit box etc). I'm glad to see some more people being active. I am nowhere near a good speaker though, so mostly I just help in the background. I just wanted to say I'm here too! Cheers,
Nesnad
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18:14, 28 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Hello there! Thanks for your contributions, and thanks for saying hello. I saw
this in the news
about students writing in Cherokee. Maybe reaching out to
tsalagi dideloquasdi
, the Cherokee immersion school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, is worth a shot? I wish I knew more Cherokee, but I just know a tiny amount. But I'm happy to help answer questions about editing here if someone with Cherokee knowledge has any questions. Best wishes.
Biosthmors
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01:48, 29 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Hi!
:) That might be a good idea indeed. --
Ooswesthoesbes
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10:18, 29 ᎠᏄᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Hello again
Nesnad
! I was wondering if you might be able to help out with something (two somethings actually). First, what does
ᏛᎿᎢ ᏙᎪᏪᎸ
mean? I tried to look those words up at
but I didn't get any hits. Also, I was uncertain if ᎦᏂᏝᎢ is the right word for animals. I shared alternatives to that spelling at
Talk:ᎦᏂᏝᎢ
. Do you have any thoughts? Many thanks! And best wishes.
Biosthmors
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20:39, 25 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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As I said above, I am less than a good speaker, so I guess I failed. 2011 is too long ago to remember what sources I was studying from, but clearly I got excited to learn something new and added a page that was wrong? From the grouping it is pretty clear I thought I learned how to classify animals scientifically, but that is clearly wrong as you point out. Should be redirected or renamed, I think the list is somewhat useful though. Although I suppose the subsets of the list (although I didn't make them) should be checked too. Cheers,
Nesnad
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01:00, 27 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Ah no worries, and thanks for the reply! I don't think there's any rush to do anything with
ᏛᎿᎢ ᏙᎪᏪᎸ
. Perhaps it's a good idea for an article based on a good source you were using. Best wishes.
Biosthmors
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01:47, 27 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Biosthmors
Nesnad
Ooswesthoesbes
The Cherokee word for animals is ᎡᎿᎢ and for animal is ᎦᎾᏝᎢ. ᎦᎾᏝᎢ is Gan(a)tlai where the "a" is silent and only added to bring the word into compliance with Sequoyah's Syllabary. --
Tsistunagiska
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20:46, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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It looks like there was some classroom and/or Cherokee Nation involvement here back in 2009 on
ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ
(the article for Tsalagi Dideloquasdi, the Cherokee Immersion School) and
ᏪᏌ
, for what it's worth.
Biosthmors
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18:28, 27 ᏕᎭᎷᏱ 2019 (UTC)
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Multilingual Shared Templates and Modules
ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ ᎰᏪᎸᎦ
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Hello chr-wiki community! (
Please help translate to your language
I recently organized a project to share templates and modules between wikis. It allows modules and templates to be “language-neutral”, and store all text translations on Commons. This means that it is enough to copy/paste a template without any changes, and update the translations separately. If someone fixes a bug or adds a new feature in the original module, you can copy/paste it again without any translation work. My bot
DiBabelYurikBot
can help with copying. This way users can spend more time on content, and less time on updating and copying templates. Please see
project page
for details and ask questions on talk page.
P.S. I am
currently running
for the Wikimedia board, focusing on content and support of multi-language communities. If you liked my projects like maps, graphs, or this one, I will be happy to receive your support. (any
registered user group
can vote). Thank you! --
Yurik
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Hello all! I'm Jonathan. I'm an editor on the English Wikipedia, but this is my first time here on the Cherokee Wikipedia. Nice to meet everyone!
I was wondering if anyone is still trying to revive this wiki. If so, who's still here? What's being done? Is there any way I could help?
I live in North Carolina, so I thought maybe I could try to get in touch with local Cherokee. I don't have any personal relations to the Cherokee people, and don't speak Cherokee, but after reading that Cherokee is on the verge of becoming extinct I was hoping I could help out in some way...
Does anyone know of any good Cherokee language learning materials? Are any Cherokee speakers currently working on this wiki? What are some topics that need articles? Are there any decent translation tools from languages with many good articles into Cherokee? What are some of the best existing articles on this wiki?
Might it make sense to try to write some decent articles in English about topics that are relevant to the Cherokee people, and then try to translate them into Cherokee?
Here are some topics that I think might be relevant:
anything about the Cherokee language
Cherokee ceremonies, rituals, etc
Modern Cherokee people (the various tribes, areas with significant Cherokee populations, etc)
Cherokee schools, immersion programs
important Cherokee literature
Cherokee language learning materials (maybe have a section in the wiki that provides links to such materials)? My idea is to help anyone who is interested learn enough Cherokee to be able to write basic articles for this wiki.
If there's anything I can do to help out, let me know!
JonathanHopeThisIsUnique
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02:55, 30 ᏚᏂᏅᏗ 2019 (UTC)
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Hi!
:) I'm still regularly watching this wiki for since of life or vandalism, but it has gone quiet recently. The general lack of knowledge of the Cherokee language prevents us from doing anything more than remove incorrect automatic translations and other clean-up activities.
The overall poor quality of the articles seems to put off any true speakers of the language, which is unfortunate. If you happen to be in contact with any of them, you can always point out that we need their help!
:) --
Ooswesthoesbes
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08:36, 30 ᏚᏂᏅᏗ 2019 (UTC)
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Thanks for responding so quickly, and nice to meet you!
Currently I only know one person of Cherokee ancestry, a good friend of mine. He doesn't speak Cherokee, but I can check if he's in contact with anyone who does, perhaps his extended family.
Beyond that, do you know of any wikis that focus on Cherokee affairs? Even if not necessarily written in Cherokee, perhaps such wikis might be helpful in preserving Cherokee culture... And in the other direction, do you know of any other Wikimedia Foundation projects that deal with Cherokee matters?
JonathanHopeThisIsUnique
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17:39, 30 ᏚᏂᏅᏗ 2019 (UTC)
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It's always worth trying, so of course you can ask
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As far as I'm aware, we've got the Cherokee Wikipedia, and a lot of Cherokee affairs on the English Wikipedia, but I don't know of any wiki that focusses solely on Cherokee. --
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08:26, 31 ᏚᏂᏅᏗ 2019 (UTC)
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I am from the english wikipedia. If you need anything from me let me know. I am on the SWMT.
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Greetings
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I am very honored to find such a discussion like this. I will promote this with the (
) Cherokee Heritage Center the next time I am able to communicate with them. Perhaps that will get some interest going. This is a perfect way to keep the written language alive. --
Tsistunagiska
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10:35, 4 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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Greetings from a long time avid pursuer of Cherokee, who can sort of pronounce Cherokee words and recognize an occasional word. I've memorized the syllabary and can sing the first verse of Amazing Grace. I do try very hard to be accurate, although I know very little.
I could type in things in the language ( at least when using my phone, not this Chromebook ). Oops, not logged in. I am Anijilvsgi/ R. D. Flowers.
I am retired and have some time available, and am willing to do work for the language and this wiki, that needs only a little knowledge of the language. I do have some reference material, including the 27 lesson language book. I could type lists from it and other sources, and even short reasonable use conversational passages.
I live in Chattanooga, TN, and have only a 1/64 traceable Cher ancestry (of which I am proud). I have many issues of the Journal of Cherokee Studies, and if given permission by the copyright holders, could even type in stories and/or articles from it.
There is someone more knowledgeable by far than me, that I will approach to see if he will get involved here.
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ᏏᏲ, There's already several other avenues the 3 bands CN, UKB and EBC are using to preserve and keep the syllabary and language relevant in every day life, here in Oklahoma all 14 counties within the boundaries of the nation are free language classes, there's 8 colleges that teach all aspects of the language (prefixes, suffixes, tons and glottal stop), Tahlequah and The Qualla in North Carolina have immersion schools. There's online classes through Cherokee Nation Language department, RSU College in a joint effort has also posted the series called Cherokee Lesson 1and 2 which is 96 beginning to intermediate classes on YouTube for free. All of these and other current resources ect are Approval and Accredited through and by all of the Cherokee Nation. Not just a open source where anyone can easily improperly use, distort or just corrupt the use of the syllabaries giving a wrong impression of usage of our language.("Example in another comment the user used the syllabary based on the english phonetic spelling to write the word Wikipedia (ᏫᎩᏇᏗᏯ = wikiquediya) obviously they don't grasp our language and this is absolutely 100% Not how the syllabary is used. Our language is based on sounds and the description those sounds convey.) (Example; ᏗᎧᏁᎢᏍᏗ ᏕᎦᏛᎬᎢ is used mean dictionary, even though the actual meaning is roughly "the written collection of knowledgeable, intelligent, informative papers acquired/accumulated in one book/series/collection ect.) There's over 2 thousand ways prefixes and suffixes can be used to change a meaning of a root word. For someone that has hear and understands the basics of our language to develop conversational skills it takes 40+ hours a week for 2 years. On Mar 5, 2023 and Aug 30, 2023 a total of 12 citizens graduated the The Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program,
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Related conversation about Scots Wikipedia
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Siyo! There's an interesting discussion about the Scots Wikipedia happening over at Meta, maybe some of you have already seen it:
m:Requests for comment/Disruptive editing on sco.wikipedia on an unparalleled scale
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17:23, 26 ᎦᎶᏂᎢ 2020 (UTC)
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Wado,
R12ntech
. There are similarities. Hopefully our solution here is to link up with fluent speakers aided by the Cherokee Nation and/or Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to promote this wiki as a useful tool and beneficial to the preservation of the culture and language of the Cherokee at-large.
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Speaking of bad machine translations: The first translator I found on google gives the name of this page as "I am going to Beer-sheba; near the blacks of the same." Which is obviously BS.
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00:19, 30 ᎧᏩᏂ 2022 (UTC)
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Well I'll inform you; Dr Durbin Feeling compiled the first Cherokee Dictionary in 1975, since 2001 The Cherokee Nation, UKB United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee's and the Eastern Band of Cherokee's have been participate together creating reference materials, immersion school, since 16 we've started online classes and several other appropriate and approved resources for the preservation of our language, culture and heritage without influences from ("Foreign or other outside people/groups".) We also have Fluent First Language Cherokee Speaks or Fluent second language specks that are also certified teachers/professors in these colleges where Cherokee is taught; the University of Oklahoma, Northeastern State University, Rogers State University, Western Carolina University, the University of North Carolina, the University of Arkansas, Stanford University and the University of Kansas. RSU with the approval of CN have posted a series of 96 videos on YouTube, they are an intermediate series for those who already have a understanding of our language and the complexity of glottal stops, tones and the thousands of combinations of prefixes and suffixes so each syllabary can describe what it's meant too. (All without corruption of outside influences.)
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Cherokee localization for Telegram!
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Hello, Cherokee Wikipedia editors. I don't speak Cherokee, but I'm here to tell you that, since this week, Telegram has a platform for localizing/translating the app to Cherokee language. You have to join the translation discussion group here to begin translating the Telegram app:
Thank you!
How can I help to expand?
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Hey there! This is an editor from Tagalog Wikipedia, and I was wondering if I could help expand Cherokee Wikipedia. How can I decode the alphabet? Do you know any reputable online translators for Cherokee? If there is no online translator, is there a trusted person that I can contact? Thanks! ~~~~
no, no, and no. But thanks.
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ᏏᏲ, Contact Cherokee Nation language department for all approved materials to learn more about our language, everything else is not approved by the CN and is extremely easy to be corrupted by those who don't actually understand our language and are using the English phonetic spelling of the syllabaries to write in syllabary corrupting the correct use of the syllabaries, (such as this example ᏫᎩᏇᏗᏯ from another comment below trying to write Wikipedia in syllabary usingthe phonetic spelling wigiquediya, which means absolutely nothing and it's obvious they don't realize our language and words are descriptive sounds not the english alphabetical spellings which is just used for teaching non speakers the sounds of each syllabary (This is the word for a dictionary or rather the description for dictionary ᏗᎧᏁᎢᏍᏗ ᏕᎦᏛᎬᎢ, it roughly means a large collection of useful, knowledgeable, intelligent informative words compiled together on paper in one location!) Also several other languages like Chinese, Korean, Japanese have some similar English alphabetical spellings of their language and think they can apply our syllabary to their own language or translate our language into theirs, our words and descriptions are not even remotely close to each other.
Through the CN you can download Free
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Also the best reference online cherokee directory is Cherokee-English Dictionary Online Database
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04:43, 10 ᏄᏓᏕᏆ 2023 (UTC)
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Sometimes, translators are not good. Use a dictionary.
Yes,
here
is a Cherokee script generator/decoder (you can do either Latin to Cherokee script or Cherokee to Latin script). I don't know of any (good) machine translators for Cherokee (apparently the Cherokee Nation is helping Google Translate add Cherokee and
the Google search engine is available in Cherokee
), so I would recommend using an online dictionary.
Country list in Cherokee
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Hi, I just have been contributing (note I'm Australian so I don't know HEAPS of Cherokee) and I found an online list of every country and dependency name in Cherokee (written in Cherokee script). Feel free to view it
here
. It would be useful so we can A expand this Wikipedia and get to 1,000 articles and B so we can (eventually) make a Cherokee version of
en:List of sovereign states
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Unless any of those countries or anything is approved by the Cherokee Nation and ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏓᏡᎬ The Cherokee language consortium department it's just meaningless gibberish and a absolute misuse and horrible misrepresentation of my people and our language.
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Hello Chrwiki folks! I noticed that MassMessages to this page are
failing to arrive
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If you would like this changed, you can just follow the instructions at
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Additionally, in your request, it might help to note that there are 3 pages (and 1 redirect) which you'd like moved:
(If I understand correctly)
I hope that information helps!
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ᏫᎩᏇᏗᏯ means nothing! First; You're using the english phonetic spelling to determine the spelling of each syllabary and Not the actual Sound of each syllabary. The qu sounds of Ꮖ Ꮗ Ꮘ Ꮙ Ꮚ Ꮛ are represented phonetically pronounced as the qu in “quite” or gw in “Gwyneth.” ( Ꮗ=que ) The ( e ) isn't pronounced as an english (E ) like in Wiki-(pe)-dia but as the "SOUND" ( e ) as in egg and occasionally as an ( a ) as in hay and most definitely not as (Pee/pE). If you were to say ᏫᎩᏇᏗᏯ to me I would snicker because it means nothing and I'll bet you'd incorrectly pronounced it.
Ꮻ= wi = pronounced as hwE breathe out h and WE
Ꭹ= gi/ki = depending on word, dialect, again the (i) is pronounced as a E as in gee or key
Ꮗ= que as in = quest (que)st
Ꮧ= di = dee as in = December (De)cember
Ꮿ= ya = as in yawning - breathing outwardly (h)(Yah)wning. So you're actual pronunciation of ᏫᎩᏇᏗᏯ is (wEkEquedEya) which means nothing, (Example: ᏗᎧᏁᎢᏍᏗ ᏕᎦᏛᎬᎢ, roughly meaning a large collection of knowledgeable/intellectual informative written words compiled on paper) or the Dictionary.) The Cherokee language is a Descriptive Language through a combination of sounds Not alphabets. The only one's and I Definitely mean the Only One's with the rights, understanding and abilities to create New Cherokee words are my chosen elders! ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏓᏡᎬ
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Hello there to anyone who sees this. I have been lurking around looking at this wiki for the past couple of months or so and have decided to finally try and get involved. I don't know much Cherokee, but I have been trying to learn. I'm posting here to see if there is anyone who is still active on this project who can fill me in on what is happening right now. A cursory glance at
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Thanks,
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Plans to enable Content and Section translation tool in Cherokee Wikipedia
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The WMF Language team is pleased to let you know that we will like to enable the Section and Content translation tool in Cherokee Wikipedia. For this, our team will love you to read about the tool and test the new
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Below is background information about the tools and how you can test the Section translation tool.
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Content Translation
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Section Translation
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Guide you to translate one section at a time in order to expand existing articles or create new ones
Make it easy to transfer knowledge across languages anytime from your mobile device
We plan to enable the tools on Cherokee Wikipedia in 2 weeks if there are no objections from your community. After it is enabled, we’ll monitor the content created with the tools and process all the feedback. In any case, feel free to raise any concerns or questions you may already have as a reply to this message or on
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Use Accredited Cherokee Language Approved Materials And Sites
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ᏏᏲ/Hi for the non Cherokee speaker with zero understanding the only approved sites for learning the Correct Cherokee language are from the Cherokee Nations language department, which is run by a committee of chosen members who represents EBC (North Carolina Eastern Band Cherokee's), UKB( United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee's) and CN (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma), they are fluent first language speaker and fluent second language speakers all with a great understanding of the language. To actually understand the Cherokee language first one has to totally grasp the understanding of how our language works, which you will not understand reading a few articles about our language because it just can't describe it in enough detail and it has to also be heard. College Students with basic knowledge and understanding of our language who are Cherokee with relatives that speak the language have to be completely immersed for 40+ hours a week for two years Upon completion, participants are expected to be, at minimum, conversational lvl. There's 85 syllabaries (there was originally 86) each syllabary represents a particular sound, today alongside each syllabary is a phonetic example of the sounds written out with english alphabet, (the alphabet Don't represent the syllabary but the syllabary represents the each sound.) A single syllabary/sound can represent a word where just a few syllabaries together can convey/represent an entire phrase. Being that Cherokee is a descriptive language saying something wrong can mean the difference between getting water (written ᎠᎹ, pronounced ama) or (salt ᎠᎹ pronounced aama) in either example the (a) sound islikethe(a) in (saw) it's just the (aa) is a drawn-out sound. Just a simple example.
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changing the syllabary will
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w:Clingmans Dome
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I’m just curious as to why the most sacred mountain to the Cherokee is NOT listed in the Cherokee Wikipedia?
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00:43, 12 ᏚᏂᏅᏗ 2024 (UTC)
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Final Reminder: Join us in Making Wiki Loves Ramadan Success
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Dear all,
We’re thrilled to announce the Wiki Loves Ramadan event, a global initiative to celebrate Ramadan by enhancing Wikipedia and its sister projects with valuable content related to this special time of year. As we organize this event globally, we need your valuable input to make it a memorable experience for the community.
Last Call to Participate in Our Survey: To ensure that Wiki Loves Ramadan is inclusive and impactful, we kindly request you to complete our community engagement survey. Your feedback will shape the event’s focus and guide our organizing strategies to better meet community needs.
Survey Link:
Complete the Survey
Deadline: November 10, 2024
Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Your input will truly make a difference!
Volunteer Opportunity
: Join the Wiki Loves Ramadan Team! We’re seeking dedicated volunteers for key team roles essential to the success of this initiative. If you’re interested in volunteer roles, we invite you to apply.
Application Link:
Apply Here
Application Deadline: October 31, 2024
Explore Open Positions: For a detailed list of roles and their responsibilities, please refer to the position descriptions here:
Position Descriptions
Thank you for being part of this journey. We look forward to working together to make Wiki Loves Ramadan a success!
Warm regards,
The Wiki Loves Ramadan Organizing Team 05:11, 29 ᏚᏂᏅᏗ 2024 (UTC)
Sign up for the language community meeting on November 29th, 16:00 UTC
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Hello everyone,
The next language community meeting is coming up next week, on November 29th, at 16:00 UTC (Zonestamp! For your timezone <
>). If you're interested in joining, you can sign up on this wiki page: <
>.
This participant-driven meeting will be organized by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Language Product Localization team and the Language Diversity Hub. There will be presentations on topics like developing language keyboards, the creation of the Moore Wikipedia, and the language support track at Wiki Indaba. We will also have members from the Wayuunaiki community joining us to share their experiences with the Incubator and as a new community within our movement. This meeting will have a Spanish interpretation.
Looking forward to seeing you at the language community meeting! Cheers,
Srishti
19:54, 21 ᏄᏓᏕᏆ 2024 (UTC)
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Launching! Join Us for Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025!
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Dear All,
We’re happy to announce the launch of
Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025
, an annual international campaign dedicated to celebrating and preserving Islamic cultures and history through the power of Wikipedia. As an active contributor to the Local Wikipedia, you are specially invited to participate in the launch.
This year’s campaign will be launched for you to join us write, edit, and improve articles that showcase the richness and diversity of Islamic traditions, history, and culture.
Topic:
Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 Campaign Launch
When: Jan 19, 2025
Time: 16:00 Universal Time UTC and runs throughout Ramadan (starting February 25, 2025).
Join Zoom Meeting:
Zoom meeting hosted by
Wikimedia Bangladesh
To get started, visit the
campaign page
for details, resources, and guidelines: Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025.
Add
your community here
, and organized Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 in your local language.
Whether you’re a first-time editor or an experienced Wikipedian, your contributions matter. Together, we can ensure Islamic cultures and traditions are well-represented and accessible to all.
Feel free to invite your community and friends too. Kindly reach out if you have any questions or need support as you prepare to participate.
Let’s make Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 a success!
For the
International Team
12:08, 16 ᏚᏃᎸᏔᏂ 2025 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct annual review: provide your comments on the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines
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Please help translate to your language
I am writing to you to let you know the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines is open now. You can make suggestions for changes through 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review.
Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
(U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C,
you may review the U4C Charter
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
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01:11, 24 ᏚᏃᎸᏔᏂ 2025 (UTC)
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Feminism and Folklore 2025 starts soon
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Dear Wiki Community,
You are humbly invited to organize the
Feminism and Folklore 2025
writing competition from February 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a
Wiki Loves Folklore
gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.
You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a generated list of suggested articles.
Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:
Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
Set up a campaign on
CampWiz
tool.
Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
Request local admins for site notice.
Link the local page and the CampWiz link on the
meta project page
This year, the Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced two new tools to enhance support for the campaign. These tools include the
Article List Generator by Topic
and
CampWiz
. The Article List Generator by Topic enables users to identify articles on the English Wikipedia that are not present in their native language Wikipedia. Users can customize their selection criteria, and the tool will present a table showcasing the missing articles along with suggested titles. Additionally, users have the option to download the list in both CSV and wikitable formats. Notably, the CampWiz tool will be employed for the project for the first time, empowering users to effectively host the project with a jury. Both tools are now available for use in the campaign.
Click here to access these tools
Learn more about the contest and prizes on our
project page
. Feel free to contact us on our
meta talk page
or by email us if you need any assistance.
We look forward to your immense coordination.
Thank you and Best wishes,
Feminism and Folklore 2025 International Team
Stay connected
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Wiki Loves Folklore is back!
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Dear Wiki Community,
You are humbly invited to participate in the
Wiki Loves Folklore 2025
an international media contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the
1st till the 31st
of March.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and
submitting
them in this commons contest.
You can also
organize a local contest
in your country and support us in translating the
project pages
to help us spread the word in your native language.
Feel free to contact us on our
project Talk page
if you need any assistance.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
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Reminder: first part of the annual UCoC review closes soon
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My apologies for writing in English.
Please help translate to your language
This is a reminder that the first phase of the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines will be closing soon. You can make suggestions for changes through
the end of day
, 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review.
Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta
. After review of the feedback, proposals for updated text will be published on Meta in March for another round of community review.
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
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00:48, 3 ᎧᎦᎵ 2025 (UTC)
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Upcoming Language Community Meeting (Feb 28th, 14:00 UTC) and Newsletter
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Hello everyone!
We’re excited to announce that the next
Language Community Meeting
is happening soon,
February 28th at 14:00 UTC
! If you’d like to join, simply sign up on the
wiki page
This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis, and collaborate on solutions. In our last meeting, we covered topics like developing language keyboards, creating the Moore Wikipedia, and updates from the language support track at Wiki Indaba.
Got a topic to share?
Whether it’s a technical update from your project, a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation support, we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to
reply to this message
or add agenda items to the document
here
Also, we wanted to highlight that the sixth edition of the Language & Internationalization newsletter (January 2025) is available here:
Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter/2025/January
. This newsletter provides updates from the October–December 2024 quarter on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects and support efforts, details about community meetings, and ideas for contributing to projects. To stay updated, you can subscribe to the newsletter on its wiki page:
Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter
We look forward to your ideas and participation at the language community meeting, see you there!
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08:28, 22 ᎧᎦᎵ 2025 (UTC)
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Universal Code of Conduct annual review: proposed changes are available for comment
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My apologies for writing in English.
Please help translate to your language
I am writing to you to let you know that
proposed changes
to the
Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines
and
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter
are open for review.
You can provide feedback on suggested changes
through the
end of day
on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. This is the second step in the annual review process, the final step will be community voting on the proposed changes.
Read more information and find relevant links about the process on the UCoC annual review page on Meta
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
(U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C,
you may review the U4C Charter
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
18:51, 7 ᎠᏄᏱ 2025 (UTC)
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An improved dashboard for the Content Translation tool
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Hello
Wikipedians,
Apologies as this message is not in your language,
Please help translate to your language
The
Language and Product Localization team
has improved the
Content Translation dashboard
to create a consistent experience for all contributors using mobile and desktop devices. The improved translation dashboard allows all logged-in users of the tool to enjoy a consistent experience regardless of their type of device.
With a harmonized experience, logged-in desktop users now have access to the capabilities shown in the image below.
Notice that in this screenshot, the new dashboard allows: Users to adjust suggestions with the "For you" and "...More" buttons to select general topics or community-created collections (like the example of Climate topic). Also, users can use translation to create new articles (as before) and expand existing articles section by section. You can see how suggestions are provided in the new dashboard in two groups ("Create new pages" and "Expand with new sections")-one for each activity.
In the current dashboard, you will notice that you can't adjust suggestions to select topics or community-created collections. Also, you can't expand on existing articles by translating new sections.
We will implement
this improvement
on your wiki
on Monday, March 17th, 2025
and remove the current dashboard
by May 2025
Please reach out with any questions concerning the dashboard in this thread.
Thank you!
On behalf of the Language and Product Localization team.
UOzurumba (WMF)
02:55, 13 ᎠᏄᏱ 2025 (UTC)
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Your wiki will be in read-only soon
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Read this message in another language
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The
Wikimedia Foundation
will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
All traffic will switch on
19 March
. The switch will start at
14:00 UTC
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on
Wednesday 19 March 2025
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
GitLab
will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
. Any changes will be announced in the schedule.
Please share this information with your community.
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23:15, 14 ᎠᏄᏱ 2025 (UTC)
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Final proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter now posted
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The proposed modifications to the
Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines
and the U4C Charter
are now on Meta-wiki for community notice
in advance of the voting period. This final draft was developed from the previous two rounds of community review. Community members will be able to vote on these modifications starting on 17 April 2025. The vote will close on 1 May 2025, and results will be announced no later than 12 May 2025. The U4C election period, starting with a call for candidates, will open immediately following the announcement of the review results. More information will be posted on
the wiki page for the election
soon.
Please be advised that this process will require more messages to be sent here over the next two months.
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may
review the U4C Charter
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
-- In cooperation with the U4C,
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02:04, 4 ᎧᏩᏂ 2025 (UTC)
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Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2025: Invitation
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Please help translate to your language
Hello, dear Wikipedians!
Wikimedia Ukraine
, in cooperation with the
MFA of Ukraine
and
Ukrainian Institute
, has launched the fifth edition of writing challenge "
Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month
", which lasts from
14th April
until
16th May 2025
. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design, and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage. We accept contributions in every language!
The most active contesters will receive prizes.
If you are interested in coordinating long-term community engagement for the campaign and becoming a local ambassador, we would love to hear from you! Please let us know your interest.
We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in your language! Also, we plan to set up a
banner
to notify users of the possibility to participate in such a challenge!
OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA)
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16:11, 16 ᎧᏩᏂ 2025 (UTC)
Vote now on the revised UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter
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The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines ("UCoC EG") and the UCoC's Coordinating Committee Charter is open now through the end of 1 May (UTC) (
find in your time zone
).
Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting
on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review of the EG and Charter was planned and implemented by the U4C. Further information will be provided in the coming months about the review of the UCoC itself. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may
review the U4C Charter
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
In cooperation with the U4C --
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00:34, 17 ᎧᏩᏂ 2025 (UTC)
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Sub-referencing: User testing
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Apologies for writing in English, please help us by providing a translation below
Hi I’m Johannes from
Wikimedia Deutschland
's
Technical Wishes team
. We are making great strides with the new
sub-referencing feature
and we’d love to invite you to take part in two activities to help us move this work further:
Try it out and share your feedback
Please try
the updated
wikitext
feature
on the beta wiki
and let us know what you think, either
on our talk page
or by
booking a call
with our UX researcher.
Get a sneak peak and help shape the
Visual Editor
user designs
Help us test the new design prototypes by participating in user sessions –
sign up here to receive an invite
. We're especially hoping to speak with people from underrepresented and diverse groups. If that's you, please consider signing up! No prior or extensive editing experience is required. User sessions will start
May 14th
We plan to bring this feature to Wikimedia wikis later this year. We’ll reach out to wikis for piloting in time for deployments. Creators and maintainers of reference-related tools and templates will be contacted beforehand as well.
Thank you very much for your support and encouragement so far in helping bring this feature to life!
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15:03, 28 ᎧᏩᏂ 2025 (UTC)
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Vote on proposed modifications to the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter
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The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter closes on 1 May 2025 at 23:59 UTC (
find in your time zone
).
Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting
on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may
review the U4C Charter
Please share this message with members of your community in your language, as appropriate, so they can participate as well.
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03:40, 29 ᎧᏩᏂ 2025 (UTC)
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We will be enabling the new Charts extension on your wiki soon!
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(Apologies for posting in English)
Hi all! We have good news to share regarding the ongoing problem with graphs and charts affecting all wikis that use them.
As you probably know, the
old Graph extension
was disabled in 2023
due to security reasons
. We’ve worked in these two years to find a solution that could replace the old extension, and provide a safer and better solution to users who wanted to showcase graphs and charts in their articles. We therefore developed the
Charts extension
, which will be replacing the old Graph extension and potentially also the
EasyTimeline extension
After successfully deploying the extension on Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedia, as well as on MediaWiki.org, as part of a pilot phase, we are now happy to announce that we are moving forward with the next phase of deployment, which will also include your wiki.
The deployment will happen in batches, and will start from
May 6
. Please, consult
our page on MediaWiki.org
to discover when the new Charts extension will be deployed on your wiki. You can also
consult the documentation
about the extension on MediaWiki.org.
If you have questions, need clarifications, or just want to express your opinion about it, please refer to the
project’s talk page on Mediawiki.org
, or ping me directly under this thread. If you encounter issues using Charts once it gets enabled on your wiki, please report it on the
talk page
or at
Phabricator
Thank you in advance! --
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15:08, 6 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2025 (UTC)
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Call for Candidates for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
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The results of voting on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter is
available on Meta-wiki
You may now
submit your candidacy to serve on the U4C
through 29 May 2025 at 12:00 UTC. Information about
eligibility, process, and the timeline are on Meta-wiki
. Voting on candidates will open on 1 June 2025 and run for two weeks, closing on 15 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.
If you have any questions, you can ask on
the discussion page for the election
. -- in cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
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22:06, 15 ᎠᎾᎠᎬᏘ 2025 (UTC)
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RfC ongoing regarding Abstract Wikipedia (and your project)
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Hello all! We opened a discussion on Meta about a very delicate issue for the development of
Abstract Wikipedia
: where to store the abstract content that will be developed through functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata. Since some of the hypothesis involve your project, we wanted to hear your thoughts too.
We want to make the decision process clear: we do not yet know which option we want to use, which is why we are consulting here. We will take the arguments from the Wikimedia communities into account, and we want to consult with the different communities and hear arguments that will help us with the decision. The decision will be made and communicated after the consultation period by the Foundation.
You can read the various hypothesis and have your say at
Abstract Wikipedia/Location of Abstract Content
. Thank you in advance! --
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Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 Selection & Call for Questions
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Dear all,
This year, the term of 2 (two) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.
The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance Committee, composed of trustees who are not candidates in the 2025 community-and-affiliate-selected trustee selection process (Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Lorenzo Losa, Kathy Collins, Victoria Doronina and Esra’a Al Shafei) [3], is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2025 trustee selection process and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
May 22 – June 5: Announcement (this communication) and call for questions period [6]
June 17 – July 1, 2025: Call for candidates
July 2025: If needed, affiliates vote to shortlist candidates if more than 10 apply [5]
August 2025: Campaign period
August – September 2025: Two-week community voting period
October – November 2025: Background check of selected candidates
Board’s Meeting in December 2025: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2025 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page
[link]
Call for Questions
In each selection process, the community has the opportunity to submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. The Election Committee selects questions from the list developed by the community for the candidates to answer. Candidates must answer all the required questions in the application in order to be eligible; otherwise their application will be disqualified. This year, the Election Committee will select 5 questions for the candidates to answer. The selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the community, if they’re alike or related.
[link]
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2025 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page
[link].
Thank you!
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[6]
Best regards,
Victoria Doronina
Board Liaison to the Elections Committee
Governance Committee
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Upcoming Deployment of the CampaignEvents Extension
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Hello everyone,
(Apologies for posting in English if English is not your first language. Please help translate to your language.)
The Campaigns Product Team is planning a global deployment of the
CampaignEvents extension
to all Wikipedias, including this wiki, during the
week of June 23rd
This extension is designed to help organizers plan and manage events, WikiProjects, and other on-wiki collaborations - and to make these efforts more discoverable.
The three main features of this extension are:
Event Registration
: A simple way to sign up for events on the wiki.
Collaboration List
: A global list of events and a local list of WikiProjects, accessible at
Special:AllEvents
Invitation Lists
: A tool to help organizers find editors who might want to join, based on their past contributions.
Note
: The extension comes with a new user right called
"Event Organizer"
, which will be managed by administrators on this wiki. Organizer tools like Event Registration and Invitation Lists will only work if someone is granted this right. The Collaboration List is available to everyone immediately after deployment.
The extension is already live on several wikis, including
Meta, Wikidata, English Wikipedia
, and more (
See the full deployment list
If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please feel free to share them on the
extension talkpage
. We’d love to hear from you before the rollout.
Thank you!
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Proposal to enable the "Contribute" entry point in Cherokee Wikipedia
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Cherokee Wikipedians,
Apologies as this message is not in your language.
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The
WMF Language and Product Localization
team proposes enabling an entry point called "Contribute" to your Wikipedia.
The
Contribute
entry point is based on collaborative work with other product teams in the Wikimedia Foundation on
Edit discovery
, which validated the entry point as a persistent and constant path that contributors took to discover ways to contribute content in Wikipedia.
Therefore, enabling this entry point in your Wikipedia will help contributors quickly discover available tools and immediately click to start using them. This entry point is designed to be a central point for discovering contribution tools in Cherokee Wikipedia.
Who can access it
Once it is enabled in your Wikipedia, newcomers can access the entry point automatically by just logging into their account, click on the User drop-down menu and choose the "Contribute" icon, which takes you to another menu where you will find a self-guided description of what you can do to contribute content, as shown in the image below. An option to "view contributions" is also available to access the list of your contributions.
For experienced contributors, the Contribute icon is not automatically shown in their User drop-down menu. They will still see the "Contributions" option unless they change it to the "Contribute" manually.
We have gotten valuable feedback that helped us improve its discoverability. Now, it is ready to be enabled in other Wikis. One major improvement was to
make the entry point optional for experienced contributors
who still want to have the "Contributions" entry point as default.
We plan to enable it
on mobile
for Wikis, where the Section translation tool is enabled. In this way, we will provide a main entry point to the mobile translation dashboard, and the exposure can still be limited by targeting only the mobile platform for now. If there are no objections to having the entry point for mobile users from your community, we will enable it by 17th June 2025.
We welcome your feedback and questions in this thread on our proposal to enable it here. Suppose there are no objections, we will deploy the "Contribute" entry point in your Wikipedia.
We look forward to your response soon.
Thank you!
On behalf of the WMF Language and Product Localization team.
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Vote now in the 2025 U4C Election
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Eligible voters are asked to participate in the 2025
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
election. More information–including an eligibility check, voting process information, candidate information, and a link to the vote–are available on Meta at the
2025 Election information page
. The vote closes on 17 June 2025 at
12:00 UTC
Please vote if your account is eligible. Results will be available by 1 July 2025. -- In cooperation with the U4C,
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Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 - Call for Candidates
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Hello all,
The
call for candidates for the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection is now open
from June 17, 2025 – July 2, 2025 at 11:59 UTC [1]. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term [2]. This is a volunteer position.
This year, the Wikimedia community will vote in late August through September 2025 to fill two (2) seats on the Foundation Board. Could you – or someone you know – be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees? [3]
Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions and how to submit your candidacy on
this Meta-wiki page
or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.
Best regards,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair of the Elections Committee
On behalf of the Elections Committee and Governance Committee
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Sister Projects Task Force reviews Wikispore and Wikinews
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Dear Wikimedia Community,
The
Community Affairs Committee (CAC)
of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees assigned
the Sister Projects Task Force (SPTF)
to update and implement a procedure for assessing the lifecycle of Sister Projects – wiki
projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)
A vision of relevant, accessible, and impactful free knowledge has always guided the Wikimedia Movement. As the ecosystem of Wikimedia projects continues to evolve, it is crucial that we periodically review existing projects to ensure they still align with our goals and community capacity.
Despite their noble intent, some projects may no longer effectively serve their original purpose.
Reviewing such projects is not about giving up – it's about responsible stewardship of shared resources
. Volunteer time, staff support, infrastructure, and community attention are finite, and the non-technical costs tend to grow significantly as our ecosystem has entered a different age of the internet than the one we were founded in. Supporting inactive projects or projects that didn't meet our ambitions can unintentionally divert these resources from areas with more potential impact.
Moreover, maintaining projects that no longer reflect the quality and reliability of the Wikimedia name stands for, involves a reputational risk. An abandoned or less reliable project affects trust in the Wikimedia movement.
Lastly,
failing to sunset or reimagine projects that are no longer working can make it much harder to start new ones
. When the community feels bound to every past decision – no matter how outdated – we risk stagnation. A healthy ecosystem must allow for evolution, adaptation, and, when necessary, letting go. If we create the expectation that every project must exist indefinitely, we limit our ability to experiment and innovate.
Because of this, SPTF reviewed two requests concerning the lifecycle of the Sister Projects to work through and demonstrate the review process. We chose Wikispore as a case study for a possible new Sister Project opening and Wikinews as a case study for a review of an existing project. Preliminary findings were discussed with the CAC, and a community consultation on both proposals was recommended.
Wikispore
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The
application to consider Wikispore
was submitted in 2019. SPTF decided to review this request in more depth because rather than being concentrated on a specific topic, as most of the proposals for the new Sister Projects are, Wikispore has the potential to nurture multiple start-up Sister Projects.
After careful consideration, the SPTF has decided
not to recommend
Wikispore as a Wikimedia Sister Project. Considering the current activity level, the current arrangement allows
better flexibility
and experimentation while WMF provides core infrastructural support.
We acknowledge the initiative's potential and seek community input on what would constitute a sufficient level of activity and engagement to reconsider its status in the future.
As part of the process, we shared the decision with the Wikispore community and invited one of its leaders, Pharos, to an SPTF meeting.
Currently, we especially invite feedback on measurable criteria indicating the project's readiness, such as contributor numbers, content volume, and sustained community support. This would clarify the criteria sufficient for opening a new Sister Project, including possible future Wikispore re-application. However, the numbers will always be a guide because any number can be gamed.
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We chose to review Wikinews among existing Sister Projects because it is the one for which we have observed the highest level of concern in multiple ways.
Since the SPTF was convened in 2023, its members have asked for the community's opinions during conferences and community calls about Sister Projects that did not fulfil their promise in the Wikimedia movement.
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Wikinews was the leading candidate for an evaluation because people from multiple language communities proposed it. Additionally, by most measures, it is the least active Sister Project, with the greatest drop in activity over the years.
While the Language Committee routinely opens and closes language versions of the Sister Projects in small languages, there has never been a valid proposal to close Wikipedia in major languages or any project in English. This is not true for Wikinews, where there was a proposal to close English Wikinews, which gained some traction but did not result in any action
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[5]
, see section 5
as well as a draft proposal to close all languages of Wikinews
[6]
Initial metrics
compiled by WMF staff also support the community's concerns about Wikinews.
Based on this report, SPTF recommends a community reevaluation of Wikinews. We conclude that its current structure and activity levels are the lowest among the existing sister projects. SPTF also recommends pausing the opening of new language editions while the consultation runs.
SPTF brings this analysis to a discussion and welcomes discussions of alternative outcomes, including potential restructuring efforts or integration with other Wikimedia initiatives.
Options
mentioned so far (which might be applied to just low-activity languages or all languages) include but are not limited to:
Restructure how Wikinews works and is linked to other current events efforts on the projects,
Merge the content of Wikinews into the relevant language Wikipedias, possibly in a new namespace,
Merge content into compatibly licensed external projects,
Archive Wikinews projects.
Your insights and perspectives are invaluable in shaping the future of these projects. We encourage all interested community members to share their thoughts on the relevant discussion pages or through other designated feedback channels.
Feedback and next steps
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We'd be grateful if you want to take part in a conversation on the future of these projects and the review process. We are setting up two different project pages:
Public consultation about Wikispore
and
Public consultation about Wikinews
. Please participate between 27 June 2025 and 27 July 2025, after which we will summarize the discussion to move forward. You can write in your own language.
I will also host a community conversation 16th July Wednesday 11.00 UTC and 17th July Thursday 17.00 UTC (call links to follow shortly) and will be around at Wikimania for more discussions.
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Wikidata Item and Property labels soon displayed in Wiki Watchlist/Recent Changes
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Hello everyone, the
Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects
team is excited to announce an upcoming change in how Wikidata edit changelogs are displayed in your
Watchlists
and
Recent Changes
lists. If an edit is made on Wikidata that affects a page in another Wikimedia Project, the changelog will contain some information about the nature of the edit. This can include a QID (or Q-number), a PID (or P-number) and a value (which can be text, numbers, dates, or also QID or PID’s). Confused by these terms? See the
Wikidata:Glossary
for further explanations.
The upcoming change is scheduled for
17.07.2025
, between
1300 - 1500 UTC
The change will display the label (item name) alongside any QID or PIDs, as seen in the image below:
These changes will only be visible if you have Wikidata edits enabled in your User Preferences for Watchlists and Recent Changes, or have the active filter ‘Wikidata edits’ checkbox toggled on, directly on the Watchlist and Recent Changes pages.
Your bot and gadget may be affected! There are thousands of bots, gadgets and user-scripts and whilst we have researched potential effects to many of them, we cannot guarantee there won’t be some that are broken or affected by this change.
Further information and context about this change, including how your bot may be affected can be found on this
project task page
. We welcome your questions and feedback, please write to us on this dedicated
Talk page
Thank you, -
Danny Benjafield (WMDE)
on behalf of the Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects Team.
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Migration to Parsoid
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Hello everyone! I am glad to inform you that as the next step in the
Parser Unification
project, Parsoid will soon be turned on as the default article renderer on your wiki. We are gradually increasing the number of wikis using Parsoid, with the intention of making it the default wikitext parser for MediaWiki's next long-term support release. This will make our wikis more reliable and consistent for editors, readers, and tools to use, as well as making the development of future wikitext features easier.
If this disrupts your workflow, don’t worry! You can still opt out through a user preference or turn Parsoid off on the current page using the Tools submenu, as described in the
Extension:ParserMigration
documentation.
There is
more information about our roll-out strategy
available, including the testing done before we turn on Parsoid for a new wiki.
To report bugs and issues, please look at our
known issues
documentation and if you found a new bug please create a phab ticket and tag the
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Temporary accounts will be rolled out soon
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Hello, we are the Wikimedia Foundation
Product Safety and Integrity
team. We would like to announce that
we plan to enable
temporary accounts
for this wiki in the week of September 1
Temporary accounts are successfully live on 30 wikis, including many large ones like German, Japanese, and French. The change they bring is especially relevant to logged-out editors, who this feature is designed to protect. But it is also relevant to community members like mentors, patrollers, and admins – anyone who reverts edits, blocks users, or otherwise interacts with logged-out editors as part of keeping the wikis safe and accurate.
Why we are building temporary accounts
Our wikis should be safer to edit by default for logged-out editors. Temporary accounts allow people to continue editing the wikis without creating an account, while avoiding publicly tying their edits to their IP address. We believe this is in the best interest of our logged-out editors, who make valuable contributions to the wikis and who may later create accounts and grow our community of editors, admins, and other roles. Even though the wikis do warn logged-out editors that their IP address will be associated with their edit, many people may not understand what an IP address is, or that it could be used to connect them to other information about them in ways they might not expect.
Additionally, our moderation software and tools rely too heavily on network origin (IP addresses) to identify users and patterns of activity, especially as IP addresses themselves are becoming less stable as identifiers. Temporary accounts allow for more precise interactions with logged-out editors, including more precise blocks, and can help limit how often we unintentionally end up blocking good-faith users who use the same IP addresses as bad-faith users.
How temporary accounts work
Any time a logged-out user publishes an edit on this wiki, a cookie will be set in this user's browser, and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created. This account's name will follow the pattern:
~2025-12345-67
(a tilde, current year, a number). On pages like Recent Changes or page history, this name will be displayed. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser. A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. However, only some logged-in users will be able to see it.
What does this mean for different groups of users?
For logged-out editors
This increases privacy: currently, if you do not use a registered account to edit, then everybody can see the IP address for the edits you made, even after 90 days. That will no longer be possible on this wiki.
If you use a temporary account to edit from different locations in the last 90 days (for example at home and at a coffee shop), the edit history and the IP addresses for all those locations will now be recorded together, for the same temporary account. Users who
meet the relevant requirements
will be able to view this data. If this creates any personal security concerns for you, please contact talktohumanrights at wikimedia.org for advice.
For community members interacting with logged-out editors
A temporary account is uniquely linked to a device. In comparison, an IP address can be shared with different devices and people (for example, different people at school or at work might have the same IP address).
Compared to the current situation, it will be safer to assume that a temporary user's talk page belongs to only one person, and messages left there will be read by them. As you can see in the screenshot, temporary account users will receive notifications. It will also be possible to thank them for their edits, ping them in discussions, and invite them to get more involved in the community.
For users who use IP address data to moderate and maintain the wiki
For patrollers
who track persistent abusers, investigate violations of policies, etc.: Users who
meet the requirements
will be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range (
Special:IPContributions
). They will also have access to useful information about the IP addresses thanks to the
IP Info
feature. Many other pieces of software have been built or adjusted to work with temporary accounts, including AbuseFilter, global blocks, Global User Contributions, and more. (For information for volunteer developers on how to update the code of your tools – see the last part of the message.)
For admins blocking logged-out editors
It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the
autoblock
option.
It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this.
Our requests for you, and next steps
If you know of any tools, bots, gadgets etc. using data about IP addresses or being available for logged-out users, you may want to test if they work on
testwiki
or
test2wiki
. If you are a volunteer developer,
read our documentation for developers
, and in particular, the section on
how your code might need to be updated
If you want to test the temporary account experience, for example just to check what it feels like, go to testwiki or test2wiki and edit without logging in.
Tell us if you know of any difficulties that need to be addressed. We will try to help, and if we are not able, we will consider the available options.
Look at our
previous message
about requirements for users without extended rights who may need access to IP addresses.
To learn more about the project, check out
our FAQ
– you will find many useful answers there. You may also
look at the updates
(we have just posted one) and
subscribe to our new newsletter
. If you'd like to talk to me (Szymon) off-wiki, you will find me on Discord and Telegram. Thank you!
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I just wanted to check on how progress is going here, like I did for ASL Wikipedia. I've seen lots of discussion (and hopefully progress soon), so I was wondering if anything was going on right now. Also, I'm just noting that this Wikipedia has almost become a semi-Wiktionary, only showing words and English translations. Is that the result of the top discussion? (Ideas to aggressively delete or mostly blank poor-quality entries, just in case the top one changes.) Also, there's been lots of talk of contacting Cherokee schools and the Cherokee Nation, and other similar things. Has anyone done that yet?
I just wanted to check up on this Wikipedia, and I hope it's doing well. I'm excited to see progress here soon, as it's sad to see any Wikipedia inactive like this (though I assume some stuff is getting done).
Sincerely,
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Server switch - Your wiki will be read-only for a short time soon
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The
Wikimedia Foundation
will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
All traffic will switch on
24 September
. The switch will start at
15:00 UTC
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.
You can contribute to the
translation or proofreading
of this banner text.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on
Wednesday 24 September 2025
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
GitLab
will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
. Any changes will be announced in the schedule.
Please share this information with your community.
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Have your say: vote for the 2025 Board of Trustees
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Hello all,
The voting period for the
2025 Board of Trustees election
is now open. Candidates are running for two (2) seats on the Board.
To check your voter eligibility, please visit the
voter eligibility page
Learn more about them by
reading their application statements and watch their candidacy videos
When you are ready, go to the
SecurePoll voting page to vote
The vote is open from October 8 at 00:00 UTC to October 22 at 23:59 UTC.
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Help us decide the name of the new Abstract Wikipedia project
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Hello
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Wikifunctions
and data from Wikidata in order to generate natural language sentences in any supported languages. These sentences can then be used by any Wikipedia (or elsewhere).
There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with votes beginning on 20 October and 17 November 2025. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on mid-December 2025. If you would like to participate, then
please learn more and vote now
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Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees
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Each year, typically from October through December, several of the movement’s committees seek new volunteers.
Read more about the committees on their Meta-wiki pages:
Affiliations Committee (AffCom)
Ombuds commission (OC)
Case Review Committee (CRC)
Applications for the committees open on October 30, 2025. Applications for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on December 11, 2025. Learn how to apply by
visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki
. Post to the talk page or email cst
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Reminder: Help us decide the name of the new Abstract Wikipedia project
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Hello
. Reminder: Please help to choose name for the new Abstract Wikipedia wiki project. The finalist vote starts today. The finalists for the name are:
Abstract Wikipedia, Multilingual Wikipedia, Wikiabstracts, Wikigenerator, Proto-Wiki
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please learn more and vote now
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ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎦᎵᏉᎩ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎩᎦᎨᏍᏗ ᎠᏎᏃᎮᏓ. ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏧᏍᏆᎦ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏓᎷᎸᏔᏅ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ. ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏓᎷᎸᏔᏅ ᎯᎠ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏕᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᏧᏂᏙᎵᎬᎢ.
ᎤᏓᎷᎸᏔᏅ ᏗᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏪᏥ 1821 ᎢᏯ ᎢᎦ ᏣᏚᎩ ᏗᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏎᏃᎮᏓ ᎠᏓᏅᏙᏗ ᎠᏎᏃᎮᏓ, ᏧᏁᏉᏓ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᎤᏓᎷᎸᏔᏅ. ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᎠᏎᏃᎮᏓ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᏓᎷᎸᏔᏅ ᎠᎴ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᏓᏅᏙᏗ.
ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᏗᎧᏃᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎢᎦ ᏗᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏓᎷᎸᏔᏅ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᏧᏂᏙᎵᎬᎢ. ᎢᏯ ᏧᏍᏆᎦ ᎤᏓᎷᎸᏔᏅ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎤᏓᎷᎸᏔᏅ ᎢᎦ ᏗᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏓᎷᎸᏔᏅ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏪᏥ ᏗᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᏧᏂᏙᎵᎬᎢ.
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Thank You for Last Year – Join Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026
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Dear Wikimedia communities,
We hope you are doing well, and we wish you a happy New Year.
Last year, we captured light. This year, we’ll capture legacy.
In 2025, communities around the world shared the glow of Ramadan nights and the warmth of collective iftars. In 2026,
Wiki Loves Ramadan
is expanding, bringing more stories, more cultures, and deeper global connections across Wikimedia projects.
We invite you to explore the
Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026
Meta page
to learn how you can participate and
your community.
Photo campaign on
Wikimedia Commons
If you have questions about the project, please refer to the FAQs:
Meta-Wiki
Wikimedia Commons
Early registration for updates is now open via the
Event page
Stay connected and receive updates:
Telegram channel
Mailing list
We look forward to collaborating with you and your community.
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Feminism and Folklore 2026 starts soon
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Invitation to Organize Feminism and Folklore 2026
Dear Wiki Community,
We are pleased to invite Wikimedia communities, affiliates, and independent contributors to organize the
Feminism and Folklore 2026
writing competition on your local Wikipedia.
The international campaign will run from
1 February to 31 March 2026
and aims to improve coverage of feminism, women’s histories, gender-related topics, and folk culture across Wikipedia projects.
About the Campaign
Feminism and Folklore
is a global writing initiative that complements the
Wiki Loves Folklore
photography competition. While Wiki Loves Folklore focuses on visual documentation, this writing campaign addresses the
gender gap on Wikipedia
by improving encyclopedic content related to folk culture and marginalized voices.
What Can Participants Write About?
Communities can contribute by creating, expanding, or translating articles related to:
Folk festivals, rituals, and celebrations
Folk dances, music, and traditional performances
Women and queer figures in folklore
Women in mythology and oral traditions
Women warriors, witches, and witch-hunting narratives
Fairy tales, folk stories, and legends
Folk games, sports, and cultural practices
Participants may work from curated article lists or generate new article suggestions using campaign tools.
How to Sign Up as an Organizer
Organizers are requested to complete the following steps to register their community:
Create a local project page on your wiki
(see sample)
Set up the campaign using the
CampWiz
tool
Prepare a local article list and clearly mention:
Campaign timeline
Local and international prizes
Request a site notice from local administrators
(see sample)
Add your local project page and CampWiz link to the
Meta project page
Campaign Tools
The Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced tools to support organizers and participants:
Article List Generator by Topic
– Helps identify articles available on English Wikipedia but missing in your local language Wikipedia. The tool allows customized filters and provides downloadable article lists in CSV and wikitable formats.
CampWiz
– Enables communities to manage writing campaigns effectively, including jury-based evaluation. This will be the third year CampWiz is officially used for Feminism and Folklore.
Both tools are now available for use in the campaign.
Click here to access the tools
Learn More & Get Support
For detailed information about rules, timelines, and prizes, please visit the
Feminism and Folklore 2026 project page
If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out via:
Meta talk page
Email us using details on the contact page.
Join Us
We look forward to your collaboration and coordination in making Feminism and Folklore 2026 a meaningful and impactful campaign for closing gender gaps and enriching folk culture content on Wikipedia.
Thank you and best wishes,
Feminism and Folklore 2026 International Team
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Invitation to Host Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 in Your Country
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Hello everyone,
We are delighted to invite Wikimedia affiliates, user groups, and community organizations worldwide to participate in
Wiki Loves Folklore 2026
, an international initiative dedicated to documenting and celebrating folk culture across the globe.
About Wiki Loves Folklore
Wiki Loves Folklore
is an annual international photography competition hosted on Wikimedia Commons. The campaign runs from
1 February to 31 March 2026
and encourages photographers, cultural enthusiasts, and community members to contribute photographs that highlight:
Folk traditions and rituals
Cultural festivals and celebrations
Traditional attire and crafts
Performing arts, music, and dance
Everyday practices rooted in folk heritage
Through this campaign, we aim to preserve and promote diverse folk cultures and make them freely accessible to the world.
Project page on Wikimedia Commons
Host a Local Edition
As we celebrate the
eight edition
of Wiki Loves Folklore, we warmly invite communities to organize a local edition in their country or region. Hosting a local campaign is a great opportunity to:
Increase visibility of your region’s folk culture
Engage new contributors in your community
Enrich Wikimedia Commons with high-quality cultural content
Sign up to organize
If your team prefers to organize the competition in
either February or March only
, please feel free to let us know.
If you are unable to organize, we encourage you to share this opportunity with other interested groups or organizations in your region.
Get in Touch
If you have any questions, need support, or would like to explore collaboration opportunities, please feel free to contact us via:
The project Talk pages
Email:
support@wikilovesfolklore.org
We are also happy to connect via an online meeting if your team would like to discuss planning or coordination in more detail.
Warm regards,
The Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
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Annual review of the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines
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I am writing to you to let you know the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines is open now. You can make suggestions for changes through 9 February 2026. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review.
Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta
The
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Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
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Join the sixth Ukraine’s Cultural Diplomacy Month on Wikipedia!
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Dear Wikipedians!
Wikimedia Ukraine
, in cooperation with the
MFA of Ukraine
and
Ukrainian Institute
, has launched the sixth edition of writing challenge "
Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month
", which lasts from
1st April
until
30th April 2026
The initiative aims to promote knowledge about Ukrainian culture abroad by creating and improving Wikipedia articles in multiple languages. This year marks the sixth edition of the campaign, which will focus on contemporary culture, making today’s artistic voices and practices more visible to international audiences.
How to participate?
Choose an article from the suggested list → Write an article in your language, or improve an existing one according to the rules → Add your contribution to the contest page and calculate your points → Win prizes and receive a certificate of participation → Become a promoter of truthful knowledge about Ukraine.
Check our main page for more information
If you are interested in coordinating long-term community engagement for the campaign and becoming a local ambassador, we would love to hear from you! Please let us know your interest.
If not, then we encourage you to translate the
landing page of the contest
and
banner
into your own language.
Also, we set up a
banner
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Action Required: Update templates/modules for electoral maps (Migrating from P1846 to P14226)
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Hello everyone,
This is a notice regarding an ongoing data migration on Wikidata that may affect your election-related templates and Lua modules (such as
Module:Itemgroup/list
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The Change:
Currently, many templates pull electoral maps from Wikidata using the property
P1846
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P180
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We are migrating this data (across roughly 4,000 items) to a newly created, dedicated property:
P14226
What You Need To Do:
To ensure your templates and infoboxes do not break or lose their maps, please update your local code to fetch data from
P14226
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P1846
P180
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list of pages
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Deadline:
We are temporarily retaining the old data on
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P1846
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May 1, 2026
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Let us know if you have any questions or need assistance with the query logic. Thank you for your help!
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