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It's definitely worth supporting those projects, but is giving prizes for getting an article to "Good Article" status the best approach? Bear in mind that a "Good Article" can vary in quality between different projects. I'd have thought the main thing would be to raise the profile of the projects, so some sort of limited competition might be a good approach; possibly in the case of Wikisource it might be more useful to source and digitize works (possibly provide finances for the digitization step) such that they can be proofread on wiki. | |||
BTW, what's the story behind the "locked" projects? [[User:Mike Peel|Mike Peel]] 22:19, 13 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Revision as of 23:19, 13 July 2009
Support the devlopment Wikimedia projects in UK-indigenous minority languages
Outline
Wikimedia UK could provide prizes to people who create "Good Articles" in the following projects:
| Language | Project | Current articles |
|---|---|---|
| Welsh | WP | 23,000 |
| Books | 21 | |
| Source | 250 | |
| (Irish) Gaelic | WP | 8,000 |
| Quote | 0 (locked) | |
| Wiktionary | 1,600 | |
| Books | 0 (locked) | |
| Scottish Gaelic | WP | 7,000 |
| Wiktionary | 140 | |
| Scots | WP | 2,600 |
| Cornish | WP | 1,700 |
| Wiktionary | 46 | |
| Quote | 0 (locked) |
We could also support future projects in Ullans.
Funding may be available from:
See [1] for how Wikimedia Norway helped the Sami Wikipedia, which has 3,000 articles, using a £33,000 grant from the Sami Parliament.
Benefits
Requirements
Volunteering
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Discussion
It's definitely worth supporting those projects, but is giving prizes for getting an article to "Good Article" status the best approach? Bear in mind that a "Good Article" can vary in quality between different projects. I'd have thought the main thing would be to raise the profile of the projects, so some sort of limited competition might be a good approach; possibly in the case of Wikisource it might be more useful to source and digitize works (possibly provide finances for the digitization step) such that they can be proofread on wiki.
BTW, what's the story behind the "locked" projects? Mike Peel 22:19, 13 July 2009 (UTC)