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    Hi Profo Rubens Almeida,<br>
    <br>
    It would be great if you and your students added articles to the
    Libras Wikipedia on Incubator.  This would show that interest
    continues and encourage others to contribute as well.<br>
    <br>
    Personally, I no longer have time to work on Wikimedia projects.  I
    am happy to discuss and point people in the right direction.  <br>
    <br>
    There are two primary issues to discuss about the sign language
    Wikipedias.<br>
    <br>
    First, the sign language Wikipedias depend on two resources that I
    setup on Wikimedia Foundation Labs.  These servers are running on a
    deprecated operating system.  They were going to be shut down for
    security reasons.  Once I informed the lab admins that the sign
    language Wikipedias depended on these servers, they encouraged me to
    find other volunteers who might be able to perform the server
    upgrade.  I was able to find two people who were interested.  They
    will be upgrading these servers and the current servers will not be
    taken down until their replacements are ready.<br>
    * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://swserver.wmflabs.org">https://swserver.wmflabs.org</a><br>
    * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://swis.wmflabs.org">https://swis.wmflabs.org</a><br>
    <br>
    Second, the stylesheets for Incubator have evolved over the years. 
    The stylesheets for the sign language Wikipedias have not been
    updated accordingly.  There may be issues with formatting.  Adding
    new articles would encourage developers to update the stylesheets
    for the sign language Wikipedias.<br>
    <br>
    Regards,<br>
    -Steve<br>
    <br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://steve.signwriting.org">https://steve.signwriting.org</a><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/9/22 7:03 PM, Profo Rubens
      Almeida wrote:<br>
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8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Bookman Old
            Style",serif">Hello Valerie and all
            SignWriting List members,<span></span></span></p>
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8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Bookman Old
            Style",serif">I was very relieved to
            hear the excellent news that the Wikipedias in SignWriting
            will not be removed!
            In fact, I didn't know I was taking that risk. I am happy to
            know that I will
            be able to run the project of publishing articles in Libras.<span></span></span></p>
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8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Bookman Old
            Style",serif">I look forward to
            starting the project with students from SignWriting courses,
            aiming to publish
            articles in Libras for the Wikimedia Incubator.<span></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Bookman Old
            Style",serif">Hugs!<span></span></span></p>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Em sáb., 8 de out. de 2022 às
          15:21, Valerie Sutton <<a
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          List<br>
          October 8, 2022<br>
          <br>
          Thank you, Steve and Professor Rubens, for a conversation
          about the Wikipedias in written sign languages.<br>
          <br>
          There are three:<br>
          <br>
          Wikipedia in American Sign Language (ASL)<br>
          <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ase"
            rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ase</a><br>
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          Wikipedia in Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS)<br>
          <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/bzs"
            rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/bzs</a><br>
          <br>
          Wikipedia in Tunisien Sign Language<br>
          <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/tse"
            rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/tse</a><br>
          <br>
          A couple of months ago we were told that the Wikimedia
          Foundation might take them down….offline.<br>
          <br>
          But...<br>
          <br>
          Some good news! Steve explained to me this morning that the
          Wikipedias in SignWriting are not going to be taken down
          afterall. There are some technical issues behind the scenes,
          but once those issues are resolved we are able to use the same
          venue as before. They are still there and they will continue
          and we can still add articles to the Wikipedias online. Isn’t
          this great news?<br>
          <br>
          Thank you Steve for explaining this to me and I hope,
          Professor Rubens, that your projects will continue in Brazil
          and that others will consider posting new articles …<br>
          <br>
          Val ;-)<br>
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