Uicipeid:Talla a' Bhaile

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WP:TB

'S ann aig Talla a' Bhaile far an tèid draghannan teicneòlach, steòrnaidhean, is eagrachadh a' Wikipedia a dheasbair. Thathar ag iarraidh gun cuir sibh an t-ainm oirbh is an ceann-latha ris an teachdaireachd agaibh (le bhith a' sgrìobhadh ceithir tilde ~~~~).

Briogaibh an seo gus teachdaireachd ùr a chur ann.

Announcement

Sorry for using the English language here, but I thought that the Village Hall may be the best place to notify Gaelic-speaking Wikipedians of two new facilities at the English language edition of Wikipedia:

Scottish Wikipedians' notice board and Scotland Portal

Please take a look, click the Watch tab, sign-up and contribute. All are most welcome!

(If this is not the best place for this notice, please copy it to the approprite gd page where most discussions/debates/announcements are made. Thanks.)--Mais oui! 12:16, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Interwiki Bot Status

Hi. I would like to get my interwiki bot YurikBot marked as a bot in your language. The bot is already operating in almost 50 languages, and it would lower the server load and improve the quality of articles if all interwikies are updated at the same time. You can read more or ask questions here. I always run the latest version of the Pywikipediabot (i am also one of the developers of this project). The request for the bot status is here. Please support. Thank you. --Yurik (en) 23:36, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Granted bot status -- Derek Ross | [[User talk:Derek Ross | deasbair]] 00:32, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

TuvicBot

I would like a bot flag to run my interwiki-bot TuvicBot (using Pywikipedia). This bot will run in manually assisted mode, adding and updating interwiki-links, using the Dutch wiki as a starting point. I'm mostly planning to solve interwikis that autonomous bot skip because they're ambigious. (And sorry for not speaking in your language :-() --Tuvic 17:23, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

If nobody has objections, I'll start my bot tomorrow. --Tuvic 10:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay. I'll grant it Bot Status now. -- Derek Ross | [[User talk:Derek Ross | deasbair]] 00:25, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Any remarks or suggestions can be made at my talk page, if needed. --Tuvic 10:01, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikimania 2007 Team Bulletin

Published by the Wikimania 2007 Taipei Team, Wikimania 2007 Team Bulletin provides the latest news of the Team's organizing work to everyone who is interested in Wikimania; it also gives the Team chances to announce calls for help/participation, so assistance in human and other resources can be sought in a wider range. Team Bulletin is published at the official website of Wikimania 2007 and released to the public domain. Issue 1 and Issue 2 has already published.--218.166.212.246 01:55, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Citation Templates

Is it possible to copy citation templates over frm the English Wikipedia? MichealT 19:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Preparation of Fundraiser 2007

Hi, this is just a first introduction message to tell you: there is more to come. I am dealing with the Project Management of the Fundraiser 2007 and therefore will search for contacts of wikimedians who can help us to do our tasks on all projects. I am actually also building the structure for the fundraiser on Meta. We will need people who help to design buttons, translate texts of buttons, documents, sitenotices etc. Should you feel you want to co-operate please let me know. You can reach me on my meta user page or by e-mail at scretella (at) wikimedia (dot) org. If you wish to notify us that you would like to co-operate on translations, it would be nice if you used e-mail and copied the e-mail to me and Aphaia (aphaia (at) gmail (dot) com). Thank you for your attention and I hope to meet you soon! Cheers :-) -- 4 September 2007 Sabine

Wikimedia Election Notice

If you are able, please translate this notice to as many possible languages and post it anywhere applicable.

The Wikimedia Election Committee is accepting candidates for the 2007 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election. Please see [1] for more information.

There is still time for a new candidate to be considered for election, and you may now endorse the candidate of your choice (up to 3 candidates) on the endorsements page, [2]. Please read the instructions carefully prior to endorsing. If you can translate the instructions, please do.

If you have any questions, please contact any member of the election committee, who are listed here [3].

Posted on behalf of the Election Committee,
Philippe

Translation of the Week

Most other languages have a translation of the week. I don't see one for Gaelic. May I suggest en:Canadian Gaelic as a suitable first candidate? Nicolas 10:58, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Election Notice, Please Translate

The 2008 Board election committee announces the 2008 election process. Wikimedians will have the opportunity to elect one candidate from the Wikimedia community to serve as a representative on the Board of Trustees. The successful candidate will serve a one-year term, ending in July 2009.

Candidates may nominate themselves for election between May 8 and May 22, and the voting will occur between 1 June and 21 June. For more information on the voting and candidate requirements, see <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2008>.

The voting system to be used in this election has not yet been confirmed, however voting will be by secret ballot, and confidentiality will be strictly maintained.

Votes will again be cast and counted on a server owned by an independent, neutral third party, Software in the Public Interest (SPI). SPI will hold cryptographic keys and be responsible for tallying the votes and providing final vote counts to the Election Committee. SPI provided excellent help during the 2007 elections.

Further information can be found at <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2008/en>. Questions may be directed to the Election Committee at <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Board_elections/2008/en>. If you are interested in translating official election pages into your own language, please see <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2008/Translation>.

For the election committee,
Philippe Beaudette

Manual for new and small Wikipedias

Hello, at Meta there are pages created to help new and small Wikipedias: Manual and Wikipedia and help pages. You are welcome to have a look and comment. Kind regards--Ziko 22:38, 13 an Lùnastal 2008 (UTC)

New UK wikimedia chapter

A plan is in the works to found a new UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, and we are currently gathering support from the community. If you are interested in being part of this new UK chapter as a member, a board member or as someone with a general interest in the chapter, please head over to m:Wikimedia UK v2.0 and let us know. We also welcome help in making finishing touches to the plans. An election will be held shortly for the initial board, who will oversee the process of founding the company and accepting membership applications. They will then call an AGM to formally elect a new board, which will take the chapter forward, starting to raise funds and generally supporting the Wikimedia community in the UK.

Geni 23:34, 29 an Lùnastal 2008 (UTC)

Translation request SUL

hello! I have made commons:Template:User SUL, this template give a link the main account of the user's SUL. Could someone translate this template? Thank you very much. Otourly 09:19, 9 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

Done, see here: Template:User SUL--Sionnach 18:06, 9 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much Otourly 07:49, 10 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

Noms irlandais

Salut, je suis un nouvel utilizateur, je n'ai pas encore un bon écossais, mais dans l'avenir j'aimerais pouvoir travailler avec vous. Je veux savoir, si certains mots qui n'existent pas en la langue gaelique (comme encyclopédie ou quelques noms de pays) peuvent être utilissé mots de la langue irlandaise.
--MelParlez 11:43, 19 an Gearran 2009 (UTC)

Irish names

Hi, I am a new user. Still I do not speak well scottish gaelic, but in the future I would like to be able to help. I wanted to know if for certain words that do not exist in Gael (as encyclopedia or some names of countries) the Irish names can be used.
--MelParlez 11:43, 19 an Gearran 2009 (UTC)

-> Done. Freagairt an seo [4] --Sionnach 17:35, 19 an Gearran 2009 (UTC)

J'essayerai en français mais je ne suis pas un bon niveau! Moi, je pense que c' est une bonne idée certains noms d' utiliser de l' Irlandais pour les noms qui n' existent pas en écossais, mais malheureusement...I give up! It's more common to use English names for words in Scottish gaelic that don't exist yet. Or to use the name of the country in its own language, depending on the country. However, there are not too many countries that don't have a Gaelic name anymore. --Steaphan30 04:31, 20 an Gearran 2009 (UTC)

Thak you very much! --MelParlez 01:04, 29 an Giblean 2009 (UTC)

Bot request for Almabot

Hello, I would like to have my bot granted the bot flag to update interwiki links on your wiki. Details below:

• Operator: Nakor
• Automatic or Manually Assisted: Automatic, with manual runs to fix issues found on the French wikipedia
• Programming Language(s): pywikipedia
• Function Overview: interwiki links
• Edit period(s): daily
• Already has a bot flag (Y/N): yes, on 63 wikis as well as global flag (150 wikis)

I will run a few test edits. Thanks. Nakor 01:20, 19 An Cèitean 2009 (UTC)

Done. -- Derek Ross | deasbair 22:12, 26 An Cèitean 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Nakor 00:32, 27 An Cèitean 2009 (UTC)

An t-Og-mhios

Nach bu chòir dhuinn an duilleag seo (agus 1 an t-Og-mhios, 2 an t-Og-mhios msaa) a ghluasad? Lorg mi:

• An t-Òg Mhios: Roy Wentworth (a ".doc" file, I forgot where I downloaded it from)
• An t-Og-Mhios: SMO [5]
• An t-Òg-mhios: Mark Colin (an clò - Appendix 10), Akerbeltz [6]
• An t-Òg-mhìos: Dwelly [7], Taic [8]
• An t-Ogmhios: Angus Watson (an clò)
• An t-Ògmhios: Mark Colin (an clò - "main space"), Akerbeltz [9], GOC pp 15 & 29
• An t-Ògmhìos: SMO [10].

Mar sin, nach bu chòir dhuinn an GOC a leantainn (leis na litreachaidhean eile mar redirects), on a tha e coltach gur e an litricheadh as trice cuideachd? --Duncan 12:59, 14 an t-Òg-mhios 2009 (UTC)

Deagh bheachd. Ach cò am fear a ghabhas sinn? Bhithinn fhèin airson An t-Ògmhios no An t-Ògmhìos.--Each-uisge 13:28, 14 an t-Òg-mhios 2009 (UTC)

Bidh sin ceart gu leòr dòmh. 'S fheàrr leam fhìn An t-Ògmhios, 's e sin an litreachadh as cumanta, agus tha e a' leantainn GOC cuideachd. --Sionnach 14:58, 14 an t-Òg-mhios 2009 (UTC)

Glè mhath. Gluaisidh mi fhìn na duilleagan an ath deireadh seachdain gu An t-Ògmhios, 1 an t-Ògmhios msaa (agus cruthaichidh mi na redirects eile agus redirects gun alt cinnteach airson a' mhìos fhèin cuideachd), mura atharrachaidh sinn ar n-inntinn fon àm sin. --Duncan 15:10, 14 an t-Òg-mhios 2009 (UTC)

Dèanta. 'S dòcha nach do dhìochuimhnich mi rud sam bith. Chan eil fhios 'am ciamar a dh'atharrachadh sin an dèidh na h-ainmean-sgrìobhte sna còmhraidhean seo - ach cha chreid mi gu bheil sin cudromach. --Duncan 17:05, 19 an t-Òg-mhios 2009 (UTC)

Mòran taing, b' e tòrr obrach a bh' ann! Airson na còmhraidhean an seo, 's e cuspair eile a th' ann as fheàrr leam dèanamh air an TranslateWiki. --Sionnach 21:19, 21 an t-Òg-mhios 2009 (UTC)

Small request

Hello! I am a Polish wikipedian and I would like to ask you for writing a new article about former Polish President who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 – Lech Wałęsa. I have looked for his article in your Wikipedia but without success. Polish Wikipedians will be grateful for your help. Thank you so much in advance! PS article in English you can find here. Best wishes from Poland, Patrol110 19:58, 25 an t-Sultain 2009 (UTC)

I made a stub. --Thrissel 13:37, 2 An Cèitean 2010 (UTC)

Galician

Hi from Basque Wikipedia. I just saw in the language list of Wikipedias in your Main Page (Wikipedia ann an cànain eile) that Galician language is classified as "Celtic language" (Cànanan Ceilteach) which is false or a big mistake. The Galician language isn´t a "Celtic language", the Galician language is a Romance language and descend from Latin, like Spanish, French, Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Asturian, Occitan, Romanian... the Galician language is very similar to Portuguese language, and 1000 years ago they are the same language: the Galician-Portuguese language.

Examples:
She always closes the window before dining (English)
(Illa) claudit semper fenestram antequam cenat (Latin)
(Ela) fecha sempre a janela antes de jantar/cear (Portuguese)
(Ela) fecha sempre a fiestra/xanela antes de cear (Galician)
(Ella) siempre cierra la ventana antes de cenar (Spanish)
(Ella) sempre tanca la finestra abans de sopar (Catalan)
(Ela) barra sempre/totjorn la fenèstra abans de sopar (Occitan)
Elle ferme toujours la fenêtre avant de dîner/souper (French)
(Lei/Ella) chiude sempre la finestra prima di cenare (Italian)
Ea închide totdeauna fereastra înainte de cină (Romanian)...

Greetings from the Basque Country to Scotland. Euskalduna 21:46, 25 am Màrtan 2010 (UTC)

Hi Euskalduna, thanks for your notice, of course you are right about the Galician language not being a "Celtic language". Just fixed it. Greetings back to the Basque Country from the Gaelic Wikipedia --Sionnach 21:36, 9 am Màrt 2010 (UTC)

Wikimania Scholarships

The call for applications for Wikimania Scholarships to attend Wikimania 2010 in Gdansk, Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel, accommodations, and registration at the conference. To apply, visit the Wikimania 2010 scholarships information page, click the secure link available there, and fill out the form to apply. For additional information, please visit the Scholarships information and FAQ pages:

• Scholarships
• Scholarships FAQ

Yours very truly, Cary Bass
Volunteer Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation

Images from Geograph

There are a number of images here that have been uploaded from geograph.org.uk. This is the list. In each case I propose to: upload the image to the Commons if it is not already there; ensure that all articles here use the Commons version; tag the image here for deletion. — RHaworth 00:23, 20 an t-Sultain 2010 (UTC)

At the moment, sorry, but no. I'll need some time to have a closer look on this issue. See this discussion as well.--Sionnach 15:24, 20 an t-Sultain 2010 (UTC)

See this discussion on Commons as well. --Sionnach 22:15, 20 an t-Sultain 2010 (UTC)

Hi. The main advantage of storing files at Commons is that they are available to all projects (this also includes Gaelic Wiktionary and the other Gaelic projects). It's not a good idea to store them in both places because one of the two versions may lack information that is present in the second. It's the double amount of work to maintain both. I created a list of all duplicates that are present locally and on Commons here.

You may be interested in reading br:Wikipedia:Kumuniezh/An davarn/sizhunvezh 37, bloaz 2010#Images. It would be a good idea to start a project to review all the files hosted on gd.wp. I am willing to help with this. --Slomox 22:57, 20 an t-Sultain 2010 (UTC)

Hi Slomox, welcome here and thanks a lot for offering your help. I'm afraid I don't know much about files and Commons, and I guess, no one does around here. So to start out with I would really like to know if it is a "must" that all picture have to be uploaded to Commons and if all duplicates "must" be deleted or if these are just a suggestion for maintainance purpose. I' m sorry that I have to bother you with this right know, but the answer to this question is really important to me after seeing how user:RHaworth was acting in other small Wikipedias and some of their reactions.

A project as you suggest might take quite some time. On my behalf I still want to write article here and I'm quite busy in RL as well, but I'll try to have a closer look at your list next weekend. --Sionnach 20:52, 21 an t-Sultain 2010 (UTC)

It's not a must. However it's in everybody's interest. Additional content for Commons and other projects, less maintenance necessary for the local project. It's especially useful for smaller projects without users who have copyright expertise. My own home project is nds.wp. Two years ago we outsourced all our images to Commons and disabled any uploads on the local projects. We too had no copyright experts. The advantage of using Commons as an image host is that there are less chances that problematic content stays undetected. Commons has many users with copyright experience and they will weed out any problematic files. That means that files could be deleted, but if it happens it happens for a reason, because they potentially infringe other people's rights. In the end that means less legal risk for the members of your community.

As mentioned in the other discussions an Exemption Doctrine Policy is a must-have required by the Foundation (either an EDP or a free-content-only policy).

A full cleanup will take time and it's okay if it takes time. But with only 628 files your wiki is a relatively easy case, it's doable ;-) --Slomox 22:49, 21 an t-Sultain 2010 (UTC)

Good that's not a must. The reason for this is that I would like to keep some pictures lokaly here in gd to show examples how it is done and to encourage users to contribute valuable files that are important for the Gaelic community. But here is the next problem, as I mentioned earlier: We don't have the proper templates, for example Cc-by-sa-2.0 and so on. Do you know of someone who could help us on the technical side (an english version would do, I probably could find someone for translation)? Loading up templates from the en Wiki won't work, there are just in a big tangle together. --Sionnach 21:19, 22 an t-Sultain 2010 (UTC)

The reason for this is that I would like to keep some pictures lokaly here in gd to show examples how it is done and to encourage users to contribute valuable files that are important for the Gaelic community I don't understand that. They can contribute files that are important for the Gaelic community on Commons too, can't they? But anyway, I can help importing them if you think you need them. Which ones do you need? --Slomox 10:40, 27 an t-Sultain 2010 (UTC)

Of course they can, and some allready did. But most users around here were/are just absolut Wikipedia beginners struggling with the very beginnings of editing. Quite often Commons scares them away. For me it would be much easier to show them how a license looks like and to advise them that they have to add a license rather following them all the way up to Commons.

I would be great if you could help us to set up some licenses. To start out I would like the Cc-by-sa-2.0 license. Which are the other most commonly used licences? --Sionnach 21:58, 27 an t-Sultain 2010 (UTC)

2010 Fundraising Is Almost Here

Hello Wikipedians, I am Dan Rosenthal and I am working for the Wikimedia Foundation during the 2010 Fundraiser. My job is to be the liaison between your community and the Foundation. This year's fundraiser is intended to be a collaborative and global effort; we recognize that banner messages which may perform well in the United States don't necessarily translate well, or appeal to international audiences.

I'm contacting you as I am currently looking for translators who are willing to contribute to this project by helping translate and localize messages into different languages and suggesting messages that would appeal to your readers on the Fundraising Meta Page. We've started the setup on meta for both banner submission, statistical analysis, and grouping volunteers together.
Use the talk pages on meta, talk to your local communities, talk to others, talk to us, and add your feedback to the proposed messages as well! I look forward to working with you during this year's fundraiser. If someone could translate this message I would really appreciate it so that everyone is able to understand our goals and contribute to this year's campaign.
Drosenthal 21:50, 21 dhen Dàmhair 2010 (UTC)

Translating the fundraiser

We have almost managed to get the Welsh version of the fundraiser onto the Welsh Wikipedia, including onto the Wikimedia UK landing pages (for users located in the UK). We have not translated the appeal letter, or the other editors' appeals, but we will get the right hand side of the donation landing page in Welsh and also the central banner, which appears above. This is much more satisfactory than having these in English. This has been quite a long-drawnout process, so if someone here wants to venture down this route and would like the benefit of our experience, then please feel free to contact me via Welsh Wikipedia. I will say, however, that subscribing to the translators-l list on meta is highly recommended. Lloffiwr 13:02, 5 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

Multilingual Challenge

Please help: replace this red text with a translation of the English message below. Thank you!

Announcing the Derby Multilingual Challenge This is the first multilingual Wikipedia collaboration. All Wikipedians can take part, in any Wikipedia language. The challenge runs from 1 May until 3 September 2011. Sign up now! " Wikipedia is particularly pleased to see that Derby Museums are encouraging the creation of articles in languages other than English." (Jimmy Wales, 14 January 2011)

Andrew Dalby 12:19, 2 dhen Chèitean 2011 (UTC)

Call for image filter referendum

The Wikimedia Foundation, at the direction of the Board of Trustees, will be holding a vote to determine whether members of the community support the creation and usage of an opt-in personal image filter, which would allow readers to voluntarily screen particular types of images strictly for their own account.

Further details and educational materials will be available shortly. The referendum is scheduled for 12-27 August, 2011, and will be conducted on servers hosted by a neutral third party. Referendum details, officials, voting requirements, and supporting materials will be posted at Meta:Image filter referendum shortly.

Sorry for delivering you a message in English. Please help translate the pages on the referendum on Meta and join the translators mailing list.

For the coordinating committee,
Philippe (WMF)
Cbrown1023
Risker
Mardetanha
PeterSymonds
Robert Harris

Facail agus ràdhan Gàidhlig 'sa Ghearmailtis

Nach ann Wiktionary Gàidhlig agus Gearmailteach ann airson a' chuspair seo? Chan e liosta de fhaclan co-cheangailte air sgàth fhreumh-fhaclachd no rudeigin mar sin, dìreach grunn eadar-theangachaidhean. (Cha chreid mi gu bheil iad a h-uile ceart buileach a bharrachd air sin.) --Thrissel 10:40, 28 dhen t-Sultain 2011 (UTC)

Dhiamh, tha thu ceart, cha bu chòir dha bhith ann. 'S mathaid gun deach a chruthachadh mus robh Uici-Fhaclair ann ach bu chòir dhuinn an duilleag sin a sguabadh às a-nis. Akerbeltz 16:15, 28 dhen t-Sultain 2011 (UTC)

Uill, chan eil duine sam bith ag obair ann an Uici-Fhaclair, is dòcha gun tèid a dùnadh uaireigin. Cha chreid mi gun dèan e cron sam bith an liosta seo a chumail. Chan eil mòran aistean againn co-dhiù! --Sionnach 21:46, 28 dhen t-Sultain 2011 (UTC)

Chanainn nach dèanadh e cron sam bidh mura biodh loidhnicheann mar È - er, Fir - Herr, Mann no 'Se m' ainm - Ich heiße/Mein Name ist ann, ach san fharsaingeachd, nach biodh e na b' fheàrr an duilleag a choimeasgadh a-steach dhan Ghearmailtis? Nam bheachd-sa, 's e giorrad nan aistean againn nas miosa na gainnead dhiubh. (Ged nach eil Gearmailtis cho dona ri Teine :-/) --Thrissel 19:18, 29 dhen t-Sultain 2011 (UTC)

Terms of Use update

I apologize that you are receiving this message in English. Please help translate it.

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is discussing changes to its Terms of Use. The discussion can be found at Talk:Terms of use. Everyone is invited to join in. Because the new version of Terms of use is not in final form, we are not able to present official translations of it. Volunteers are welcome to translate it, as German volunteers have done at m:Terms of use/de, but we ask that you note at the top that the translation is unofficial and may become outdated as the English version is changed. The translation request can be found at m:Translation requests/WMF/Terms of Use 2 -- Maggie Dennis, Community Liaison 00:48, 27 dhen Dàmhair 2011 (UTC)

Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants

I apologize that you are receiving this message in English. Please help translate it.

• Do you want to help attract new contributors to Wikimedia projects?
• Do you want to improve retention of our existing editors?
• Do you want to strengthen our community by diversifying its base and increasing the overall number of excellent participants around the world?

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking Community Fellows and project ideas for the Community Fellowship Program. A Fellowship is a temporary position at the Wikimedia Foundation in order to work on a specific project or set of projects. Submissions for 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia projects. If interested, please submit a project idea or apply to be a fellow by January 15, 2012. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships for more information.

Thanks!

--Siko Bouterse, Head of Community Fellowships, Wikimedia Foundation 13:00, 21 dhen Dùbhlachd 2011 (UTC)

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Language support group for Scottish Gaelic

The Wikimedia Foundation has brought together a new team of developers who are dedicated to language support. This team is to support all the languages and consequently it is not realistic to expect that the team members can provide proper support for your language. It is for this reason that we are looking for volunteers who will make up a language support team.

This language support team will be asked to provide us with information about their language. Such information may need to be provided either to us or on a website that we will indicate to you. Another activity will be to test software that will likely have an effect on the running of the MediaWiki software. We are looking for people who clearly identify their ability. Formal knowledge is definitely appreciated.

As much of the activity will be concentrated on translatewiki.net, it will be a plus when team members know how to localise at translatewiki.net. Thanks, Gmeijssen 07:03, 11 dhen Fhaoilleach 2012 (UTC)

We need your help to support your language

The Wikimedia Localisation Team is working on plural support at this time. There is a difference between how we support your language for plural in MediaWiki and how it is defined in the CLDR, the standard for such things. Currently it is NOT defined at the CLDR..

Please help us by providing us with the necessary information and PLEASE do this by joining the language support team for your language.
Thanks, Gmeijssen 07:04, 11 dhen Fhaoilleach 2012 (UTC)

Hm dunno where you looked but CLDR does have data for Gaelic plurals as of autumn last year (see [11]). Note though (though I can't recall the page) that due to something to do with Wiki code we've ended up with 2 more forms that the CLDR data suggests. Akerbeltz 23:17, 12 dhen Fhaoilleach 2012 (UTC)

Announcing Wikipedia 1.19 beta

Wikimedia Foundation is getting ready to push out 1.19 to all the WMF-hosted wikis. As we finish wrapping up our code review, you can test the new version right now on beta.wmflabs.org. For more information, please read the release notes or the start of the final announcement.

The following are the areas that you will probably be most interested in:

• Faster loading of javascript files makes dependency tracking more important.
• New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
• The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
• Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
• Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
• Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
• The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).
• More gender support (for instance in logs and user lists).
• Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
• Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
• Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.

Report any problems on the labs beta wiki and we'll work to address them before they software is released to the production wikis.

Note that this cluster does have SUL but it is not integrated with SUL in production, so you'll need to create another account. You should avoid using the same password as you use here. — Global message delivery 00:10, 15 dhen Fhaoilleach 2012 (UTC)

Làithean na seachdain

Aig an àm seo, tha Di-luain, Di-màirt ⁊c againn (Di-Ardaoin seach Diar-Daoin nam measg) mar duilleagan ceart, le Diluain, Dimàirt ⁊c mar tar ath-threòrachaidhean; chan eil DiLuain, DiMàirt ⁊c ann idir. Mas math m' eòlas, tha na cruthan leis an tàthan beagan aosda, agus na cruthan le aon litir mhòr a dh'aon inntinn le GOC. Tha mi a' meòrachadh air Diluain ⁊c a thionndadh dha na duilleagan cearta, Di-Luain ⁊c dha ath-threòrachaidhean, agus DiLuain ⁊c a chruthachadh mar ath-threòrachaidhean cuideachd. Ur beachdan? --Thrissel 10:03, 9 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Tha thu ceart a thaobh nan tàthan ach mholainn-sa na cruthan DiLuain etc leis gu bheil iad nas soilleire agus nas cunbhalaiche a thaobh litreachadh na Gàidhlig agus fuaimneachaidh. Tha measgachadh de litreachadh againn air an Uicipeid co-dhiù, cha leig sinn a leas GOC a leantainn mur eil e ciallach (no ma tha e cearr, mar a thachras). Akerbeltz 11:46, 9 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Tha DiLuain ceart gu leòr dhomsa (aig a' cheann thall, cò aig a tha fios dè a bhios san ath dheasachadh GOC) ach cha toil leam cruthan aosda - cuiridh iad ris an t-saobh-chreideamh gur e cànan a mharbh ceud bliadhna air ais a tha sa Ghàidhlig. Fanaidh mi seachdain agus mura nochd beachd eile an seo, gluaisidh mi Di-Luain gu DiLuain amsaa. --Thrissel 13:15, 9 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Tha mi leagte ris a sin. Feumaidh sinn an teamplaid atharrachadh cuideachd. Eadar dà sgeul, a bheil fhios agad mar a gheibh sinn am v.d.e a tha aig teamplaidean na Beurla gus an deasachadh? Tha na teamplaidean againn cho seann fhasanta :/ Akerbeltz 13:23, 9 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Ugh, chan eil fhios 'am idir, ach feuchaidh mi rudeigin feasgar. --Thrissel 14:06, 9 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Cha do dh'obraich e. 'S dòcha nam copypaste thu seo [12] gu ruige/an àite seo [13], ach chan eil fhios 'am an obraich e. Duilich. --Thrissel 20:57, 9 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Duilich, ach tha mi an aghaidh gan gluasad gu DiLuain, DiMàirt.... Chan eil DiLuain a' nochdadh ann an GOC no ann am faclair eile a th' agam idir. Is fheàrr leam fhìn Di-Luain, Di-Màirt air sgàth 's nach eil iad a' briseadh na riaghailtean bunaiteach Gàidhlig. --Sionnach 21:23, 12 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Uill tha Diluain sa Mhark, Stòr-dàta SMO, Wentworth is GOC; thathar ga chleachdadh leis a' BhBC, Tobar an Dualchais agus Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; lorg mi DiLuain dìreach ann an Dwelly-d (chan eil Dwelly an clò agam) agus Di-luain dìreach ann an Webster is MacFarlane. Cuideachd, tha Di-Ardaoin (DiArdaoin ann an Dwelly-d) a' briseadh na riaghailtean, oir tha am beum air -daoin seach air -ar-. Agus nuair a chleachd mi Google air "Di-luain", chunnaic mi dìreach rudan aosta mar ainmean aig seann òrain no rudan amharasach mar bhlogaichean, duilleagan gun stràcan amsaa. --Thrissel 17:23, 13 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Tha mis còrdte le Di-Luain no DiLuain etc ach bu chòir ath-threòrachadh a bhith ann on fheadhainn eile gun teagamh. 'S fhiach ceum air ais (san eachdraidh) uaireannan mus urrainn dhut ceum air adhart a ghabhail :) Akerbeltz 18:20, 13 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Tha seo a' coimhead mar clos-cluiche dhomh: 's fheàrr leatsa DiLuain na Di-Luain ach tha thu an aghaidh Diluain, 's fheàrr Sionnach Di-Luain na Diluain ach tha e an aghaidh DiLuain, 's fheàrr leamsa Diluain na DiLuain ach tha mi an aghaidh Di-Luain... 'S dòcha gum bu chòir dhuinn status quo a chumail gus gabh daoine eile pàirt san deasbad, agus gu leòr dhiubh airson nàdarr co-aonta a ràinig. --Thrissel 16:46, 14 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

LOL sin mar a thachras air an Uicipeid. Nì mi cinnteach gu bheil ath-threòrachadh ann ge-tà. Akerbeltz 01:27, 15 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Sloinnidhean

Tha an deasbad a chaidh a chumail air a' chuspair seo air duilleag poileasaidh an-seo a-nis as dèidh dhuinn aontachadh air poileasaidh. Ma tha beachd sam bith eile agad, saoil an tog thu an-sin e? Akerbeltz 20:34, 18 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

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Ainmean chànan

Rinn sinn deasbad agus chaidh a ghluasad gu duilleag poileasaidh an-seo / The debate took place and was moved to a policy page here. Please raise further issues on the talk page there. Akerbeltz (talk) 14:13, 2 dhen Mhàrt 2012 (UTC)

Gaelic Language Policy

Maybe not the place, but I having made it through BnG's recommendations for the development of the Gaelic in Scotland and given my current professional interest in minority languages, I have perhaps a few reflections, based on my experience of life here in Kazakhstan, where the decline of the native language has been halted, and Kazakh instead is enjoying a renaissance.

• Language policy most be bold.
• Government action, including if necessary primary legislation, can be effective.
• The current Govt. is overseeing the demise of Gaelic: it's policies are marked by their timidity and as such will hasten, never mind prevent Gaelic's demise.
• Therefore, I would suggest the following proposals:
  

1. As the Language Plan rightly says, if Gaelic cannot survive in Scotland, it won't survive elsewhere.
2. Gaelic must fearlessly claim the Central Belt of Scotland. It must win the battle to be seen as the offical language of Scotland. Its predecessor languages were once the native languages of half of Europe, there is nothing imperious about this claim.
3. Areas of Scotland where Gaelic is entrenched, such as the Western Isles, and to a lesser extent, Skye, must not be shy about going over to Gaelic only in the public life of the communities. Other languages should be used as foreign languages are used elsewhere in the world. Practical monolingualism should be a possibility.
4. There must be personal leadership of the Gaelic language from the very top of government. It must be made clear that the spread of the Gaelic language is a number one priority for the Government. Also, maybe a 'Gaelic with Alec' TV show, in which the First Minister is followed through the 'trials and torments' of Gaelic lessons.
5. All senior government ministers and shadow government ministers should enroll for Gaelic language lessons with immediate effect. Likewise, prominent Scots should be aided to publically begin learning Gaelic.
6. One must have a right to be tried entirely in Gaelic, with the exception of the contribution of witnesses which should be translated into Gaelic.
7. There should be a National Gaelic Test, with a simple five or six-level system.
8. A pass at level two (beginners) should be a prerequisite for candidacy for EVERY civil service job in Scotland. Likewise with immediate effect any civil servant seeking promotion would also require a pass at level two, as would - after a three year run-in period - all university entrants on government scholarships, all entrants to the bar or judiciary, all court officers, all senior police and prison officers.
9. A pass at level three (lower intermediate) should be a prerequisite for senior civil service posts, NHS CEOs, MOD base commanders, prison governors etc.
10. Heads of Government Departments, and CEOs of government sponsored quangoes should be required to pass at level four.
11. In general, taking Gaelic language lessons and tests should be seen as an integral part of the system or promotion and career development.
12. A three-year grace period may be offered to anyone already in the system to get their languages skills up to standard while working in the government service.
13. Gaelic language and literature should be a compulsory subject for all primary school and S1-S2 students, with the change to take effect after 7 years.
14. Counter-intuitive as it may seem, native speakers should not be 'wasted' in teaching Gaelic to non-native speakers. The major push in Gaelic language learning must be to vastly increase the number of non-native speakers teaching Gaelic, not to waste the precious experience of native speakers teaching elementary Gaelic.
15. Native Gaelic speakers should be incentivised to work in policy and materials development, particularly in education. Likewise, they should be encouraged to fill teacher-training posts, University level posts, public-facing roles, such as spokesmanships etc.
16. All widely-distributed education materials, such as examination papers, curricula etc., should be bilingual.
17. All fixed, state-sponsored public signage should be exclusively in Gaelic.

I have another 20-30 recommendations that I would make based on my experience living and working here, but in the meantime I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

The basic idea is that shyness will do the language no favours.

You may - perhaps with justification - think that I am being a hypocrite, typing all of this in English on Gaelic wikipedia, but I will tell you this: in my current job and in my daily life here in Kazakhstan, there is such an expectation that you learn Kazakh, even to foreigners that even my most reluctant expat colleagues are taking private lessons or having their employers provide lessons for them. I am no exception. In one year, I have gone from literally not knowing a single word to using it in office banter and in conversation with people on a daily basis.

People's reaction when you speak to them in Kazakh is uniformly welcoming, people just grow with pride when a foreigner speaks to them in their native tongue, they really, really make the effort to continue this. It is perhaps nationalistic, but it is the best form of nationalism. And meantime, among all the work which is literally piled around my desk, I try to find for an canan Ghaidhlig. Daibhidh 12:05, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

A Dhaibhidh chòir, I'm not sure this is the right place for discussing what a government should do either, but I would like to point out to you one basic flaw in your argument. I presume that you may claim Kazakh to be the national language of the Kazakhs, but you can't claim Gaelic to be the national language of the Scots. You might find the series of articles by Paul Kavanagh starting here interesting. --Thrissel 13:23, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the links. Perhaps this was not a discussion for Wikipedia, but I have been meaning to vent on the subject for a while. Re. your point on Kazakhstan, the govt's language policy extends to all Kazakhstanis, whether ethnic Kazakhs or not. Russians, Ukrainians, Germans, Tartars, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Uyghyrs are all expect to make the effort. And there is no prohibition on learning other languages: indeed it is essential that we don't view languages as a zero-sum game. Daibhidh 14:00, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Red Links

Can anyone supply translations of the following highly-linked to pages, so that I can get the Gaelic page started, and kill a bunch of red links in the process? In advance, tapaidh leibh!

1. Country code top-level domain‏‎ (211 links)
2. List of countries by population density‏‎ (211 links)
3. Purchasing power parity‏‎ (206 links)
4. List of countries by system of government‏‎ (203 links)
5. List of countries and outlying territories by total area‏‎ (201 links)
6. List of countries by GDP (PPP)‏‎ (197 links)
7. List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita‏‎ (186 links)
8. Gearradh-arm‏‎ (109 links)
9. Daylight saving time‏‎ (87 links)

Cf. here Daibhidh 14:38, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Gearradh-arm is Gaelic for en:Coat of arms and DST would probably be best translated as Tìde Samhraidh, but the rest is beyond me I'm afraid. --Thrissel 17:57, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Odd, where do these redlinks come from? Akerbeltz 19:32, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

From infoboxes, cf eg Suòmaidh. There isn't one link from the template but a link from each page using it. --Thrissel 20:51, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

List of countries by population density‏‎: Liosta nan dùthchannan a rèir dùmhlachd-sluaigh.

List of countries by system of government:‏‎ Liosta nan dùthchannan a rèir siostam riaghaltais.--Sionnach 07:29, 28 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Cumhachd na Gaoithe

Beachdan o dhaoine sam bith... tha àireamh de dhuilleagan ann a sgrìobh Innleadair ach feumaidh mi aideachadh nach eil mi tuigsinn cus dhiubh. Tha gu h-àraidh Cumhachd na Gaoithe toinnte is do-thuigsinneach (dhomhsa). Tha dà roghainn againn: 1) 'S urrainn dhuinn an sgioblachadh 2) 'S urrainn dhuinn cur às dhaibh agus ion-phortadh a dhèanamh on duilleag Bheurla a tha fada nas tarraingiche Fàgaidh mi nòta air an duilleag aig Innleadair ach cha do dheasaich e dad on Dùbhlachd 2010 agus chan eil fhios a'm a bheil duine sam bith againn a tha comasach air sgioblachadh a dhèanamh air. Akerbeltz 19:52, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

Beachd an Innleadair:

1. Chan e nach do dheasaich e dad, ach cha do log e a-steachd!

2. Chaidh sgriobhadh air susbaint a' dhuilleig air ais ann an 2001- nuair a bha a' chiad sgeama aig AMEC airson tuathanas gaoithe air Eilean Leodhais a' nochdadh.

3. Chan e eadar-theangachadh a bha ann o thus. Mar sin, tha an duilleag seo neo-eisimileach dheth duilleag na Beurla.

Taing son freagairt. Na dìochuimhnich soidhneadh le ~~~~

Gu ìre mhòr, chan eil eachdraidh na duilleige gu diofar ach nach eil e dèanamh ciall sam bith mar a tha e gu mì-fhortanach. Saoil a bheil dùil agad a sgioblachadh barrachd? Bhitheadh e math son na h-aiste. Akerbeltz 21:25, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2012 (UTC)

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Faclairean

Nach eil gin faclairean Gàidhlig~Gàidhlig? Daibhidh (talk) 03:45, 10 dhen Mhàrt 2012 (UTC)

Chan eil ach Brìgh nam Facal le Richard Cox, carson? Akerbeltz (talk) 11:46, 10 dhen Mhàrt 2012 (UTC)

Infobox Officeholder

Hello, I'm creating an infobox template that can be used for Prime Ministers, Presidents, etc. There are a few phrases which I'm unsure of and am hoping to get correct:

• In Office (as in "period in office")
• Assumed office (as in when they took office)
• Officeholder
• Honourific suffix (example "His Excellency")
• Honorific prefix (example "PhD")

Here is an example for Ailig Salmond: Ailig Salmond Thanks! Breckenheimer (talk) 23:12, 3 dhen Chèitean 2012 (UTC)

In office: ann an rèim; assumed office: gabhail rèim; holder... hm neach-rèim; honorific pre/suffix - are you sure you mean pre and suffix? They all come before the name in Gaelic anyway (things like His Excellecy, his majesty etc), I'd call them tiotal urraim. Akerbeltz (talk) 19:47, 3 dhen Ògmhios 2012 (UTC)

"honoric-prefix" and "honorifix-suffix" is what en:Template:Infobox officeholder calls it. AFAICT the former is explained at en:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies#Honorific prefixes and the latter at en:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies#Post-nominal initials. --Thrissel (talk) 20:09, 3 dhen Ògmhios 2012 (UTC)

Ah ok, Well in that case, ro-leasachan urraim and iar-leasachan urraim. Akerbeltz (talk) 22:32, 3 dhen Ògmhios 2012 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2011 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We are interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year 2011. Any user registered at Commons or a Wikimedia wiki SUL-related to Commons with more than 75 edits before 1 April 2012 (UTC) is welcome to vote and, of course everyone is welcome to view!

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Roinnean-seòrsa sgrìobhadairean

Ann an Category:Litreachas, tha Roinn-seòrsa:Sgrìobhadairean agus Category:Ùghdaran againn - nach bu chòir gun tèid iad a choimeasgachadh?--Thrissel (talk) 20:05, 7 dhen Ògmhios 2012 (UTC)

Ciamar a tha na roinnean ud air an uici Bheurla? Akerbeltz (talk) 23:54, 9 dhen Ògmhios 2012 (UTC)

Cha robh fhios 'am roimhe ach tha e follaiseach gur ann an dearbh feallsanachd ann - faic en:Category:Authors. --Thrissel (talk) 00:50, 10 dhen Ògmhios 2012 (UTC)

Bhithinn toilichte an cur ann an Sgrìobhadairean iad uile ma tha thu airson sin a dhèanamh, chan eil ùine gu leòr agam an-dràsta fhèin. Akerbeltz (talk) 21:06, 11 dhen Ògmhios 2012 (UTC)

Dèanta. --Thrissel (talk) 21:48, 11 dhen Ògmhios 2012 (UTC)

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Hello all. My apologies for writing in English!

I am working as the Wikipedian in Residence at the British Library at the moment. I was recently visiting the National Library of Scotland, to arrange a workshop there, and one of the things they were very interested in discussing was making contact with the Gaelic Wikipedia community. If anyone (particularly in the Edinburgh area, but anywhere is good!) is interested in talking to them about possible collaboration, please let me know and I'll put you in touch. Andrew Gray (talk) 17:21, 18 dhen t-Sultain 2012 (UTC)

I'm in Glasgow - you can get my contact details here [14]. Cheers Akerbeltz (talk) 20:34, 18 dhen t-Sultain 2012 (UTC)

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By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. Please sing up and help us with our 'User Experience' project! :) If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!

Thanks!
Pats Pena
Global Fundraising Operations Manager, Wikimedia Foundation

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Be a Wikimedia fundraising "User Experience" volunteer!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered last year on the Wikimedia fundraising 'User Experience' project. We have talked to many different people in different countries and their feedback has helped us immensely in restructuring our pages. If you haven't heard of it yet, the 'User Experience' project has the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries (outside the USA) and enhancing the localization of our donation pages.

I am (still) searching for volunteers to spend some time on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile.

The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. **All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be very low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)**

By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!!

Thanks!

Pats Pena
Global Fundraising Operations Manager, Wikimedia Foundation

Sent using Global message delivery, 20:53, 8 dhen Fhaoilleach 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Read-only mode expected.

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) Next week, the Wikimedia Foundation will transition its main technical operations to a new data center in Ashburn, Virginia, USA. This is intended to improve the technical performance and reliability of all Wikimedia sites, including this wiki. There will be some times when the site will be in read-only mode, and there may be full outages; the current target windows for the migration are January 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2013, from 17:00 to 01:00 UTC (see other timezones on timeanddate.com). More information is available in the full announcement.

If you would like to stay informed of future technical upgrades, consider becoming a Tech ambassador and joining the ambassadors mailing list. You will be able to help your fellow Wikimedians have a voice in technical discussions and be notified of important decisions.

Thank you for your help and your understanding.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system (wrong page? You can fix it.). 15:17, 19 dhen Fhaoilleach 2013 (UTC)

Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

1. Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
2. This user account must have more than 75 edits on any single Wikimedia project before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC]. Please check your account eligibility at the POTY 2012 Contest Eligibility tool.
3. Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.

To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

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Help turn ideas into grants in the new IdeaLab

I apologize if this message is not in your language. Please help translate it.

• Do you have an idea for a project to improve this community or website?
• Do you think you could complete your idea if only you had some funding?
• Do you want to help other people turn their ideas into project plans or grant proposals?

Please join us in the IdeaLab, an incubator for project ideas and Individual Engagement Grant proposals.

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking new ideas and proposals for Individual Engagement Grants. These grants fund individuals or small groups to complete projects that help improve this community. If interested, please submit a completed proposal by February 15, 2013. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG for more information.

Thanks! --Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation 20:25, 30 dhen Fhaoilleach 2013 (UTC)

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Wikidata phase 1 (language links) coming to this Wikipedia

Sorry for writing in English. I hope someone can translate this locally.

Wikidata has been in development for a few months now. It is now time for the roll-out of the first part of it on your Wikipedia. Phase 1 is the support for the management of language links. It is already being used on the Hungarian, Hebrew, Italian and English Wikipedias. The next step is to enable the extension on all other Wikipedias. We have currently planned this for March 6.

What is Wikidata?

Wikidata is a central place to store data that you can usually find in infoboxes. Think of it as something like Wikimedia Commons but for data (like the number of inhabitants of a country or the length of a river) instead of multimedia. The first part of this project (centralizing language links) is being rolled out now. The more fancy things will follow later.

What is going to happen?

Language links in the sidebar are going to come from Wikidata in addition to the ones in the wiki text. To edit them, scroll to the bottom of the language links, and click edit. You no longer need to maintain these links by hand in the wiki text of the article.

Where can I find more information and ask questions?

Editors on en:wp have created a great page with all the necessary information for editors and there is also an FAQ for this deployment. Please ask questions you might have on the FAQ’s discussion page.

I want to be kept up to date about Wikidata

To stay up-to-date on everything happening around Wikidata please subscribe to the newsletter that is delivered weekly to subscribed user’s talk pages. You can see previous editions here.

--Lydia Pintscher 16:06, 21 dhen Ghearrain 2013 (UTC)

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Need your help: Changes in plural for Scots Gaelic (gd)

For Scots Gaelic, MediaWiki will start using the plural rules for software as they are in the Unicode CLDR. This is different from what MediaWiki used up to today. These changes will go live on this wiki in a few weeks. Because of the changes, less than 100 current translations in translatewiki.net should be updated, and all possible uses of plural you have in Special:AllMessages. All details are in this thread on translatewiki.net. Thanks for your help and understanding. Cheers! Siebrand (talk) 16:47, 26 dhen Ghearrain 2013 (UTC)