Hoi,<br>I received the best of news from Valerie and Steve... The signwriting extension for MediaWiki has reached its alpha state :) This means that it is now finally possible to start the procedure, the testing that is to lead to Wikipedias in SignWriting.<br>
<br>There are already two requests; one for American Sign Language and one for Danish Sign Language. There is a procedure for the creation of new Wikipedias. One requirement is the localisation of some 500 messages. Given that SignWriting is a top down language, and top down languages are currently not supported, I will be happy with a vibrant community and some 300 articles in ASL.<br>
<br>There will also be a need to test the software itself, it will be necessary to discuss the options at the Wikimedia Foundation.<br><br>2009 could not end better bringing us the creation of the first iteration of the SignWriting extension. I hope and expect that 2010 will bring us an ASL project that will bring us a lot of attention. I wish everyone a happy, healthy and wealthy new year :)<br>
Thanks,<br> Gerard <br><br><a href="http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/01/signwriting-extension-for-mediawiki-is.html">http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/01/signwriting-extension-for-mediawiki-is.html</a><br>