Wikipedia American Sign Language

Sun Apr 22 00:54:45 UTC 2007

SignWriting List
April 21, 2007

Wikimania 2007, the third international Wikimedia conference, will be  
held from August 3, 2007 to August 5 in Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.

The official website of Wikimania 2007:

http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikimania 2007, the third annual international Wikimedia conference  
will be held August 3-5 in Taipei, Taiwan at Chien Tan Overseas Youth  
Activity Center.

Both a scientific conference and a community event, Wikimania brings  
together members of various Wikimedia projects in order to exchange  
ideas, build relationships, and report on research and project efforts.

It also provides an opportunity for Wikimedians and the general  
public alike to meet and share ideas about free and open source  
software, free knowledge initiatives, and wiki projects worldwide.

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On Apr 21, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Cherie Wren wrote:

> For Taiwan, I would MAKE time!  ::grin::
>
> cherie
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com>
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:50:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Wikipedia American Sign Language
>
> I have to smile at that because I am basicably in the same boat.  
> (That and time.)
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Cherie Wren" <cwterp at YAHOO.COM>
> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:46:18
> To:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Wikipedia American Sign Language
>
> Oh I would LOVE to go to Taiwan.  Unfortunately, the pocketbook  
> disagrees...  ::grin::
>
> cherie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com>
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 3:20:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Wikipedia American Sign Language
>
>
> SignWriting List
> April 21, 2007
>
> Hello Everyone!
> This is so inspiring to realize we are taking this first step
> forward. Thank you for offering to write an article...the most busy
> people have volunteered...but you are also those who know the issues
> so well ...so maybe this is where we need to begin...to inspire
> others to start writing too...
>
> This morning I had the pleasure of speaking for almost 2 hours on the
> phone with the Netherlands, with one of the Wikimedia languages
> subcommittee members, whom I met, through email conversations
> recently, and we talked about creating an SVG version of our IMWA
> symbols, to enhance future computer programming...
>
> And I was also given support for the idea of experimenting with
> writing our first encyclopedia articles in ASL, on our SignPuddle
> site...the more writing the better...
>
> And I was informed about other Wikimedia events...such as the
> Wikimania Conference 2007 in Taiwan, I believe? And I was asked if
> someone would want to present SignWriting at that conference...Anyone
> want to travel to Taiwan?
>
> I am going to step out in the beautiful Springtime air and be back
> shortly -
>
> Val ;-)
>
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>
>
> On Apr 21, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Cherie Wren wrote:
>
> > I volunteer to help...
> >
> > cherie
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
> > To: List SignWriting <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
> > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:41:27 PM
> > Subject: [sw-l] Wikipedia American Sign Language
> >
> > SignWriting List
> > April 20, 2007
> >
> > Hello SW List Members!
> >
> > As you all know, recently there has been interest in creating a
> > possible ASL Wikipedia, or at least, the beginning of writing an
> > Encyclopedia in ASL...
> >
> > Since we are new to writing and posting documents on the web, in our
> > SignPuddle 1.5 Literature Puddle online, I realize that this is a
> > very big leap forward, to start writing encyclopedia articles in  
> ASL!
> >
> > To write such an article, we would need to either choose an article
> > already written in another encyclopedia, and then translate it from
> > English to ASL and then write it in SignWriting in SignText...
> >
> > or...
> >
> > write it directly from our own knowledge of physics, or geography or
> > whatever the article is about!
> >
> > This seems like a big new project, doesn't it?
> >
> > Sooo...here is my thought...
> >
> > Do we have volunteers to help us write one test-article for a new
> > encyclopedia written in ASL?
> >
> > It will be our FIRST article for an encyclopedia in ASL...like a  
> test
> > drive. Then we can show the document to those at Wikimedia and to
> > others too...It will be an historic and interesting adventure...
> >
> > I know many of you are already overloaded with projects, so only
> > volunteer if you feel you have the time. We could create an
> > Encylopedia team of writers, and each person could take a small
> > section of the translation and writing...
> >
> > And there is no rush and no deadline.
> >
> > Plus we need to choose the one article we want to write...
> >
> > But before we choose the article, is there anyone interested in
> > volunteering to write an article for an Encyclopedia?
> >
> > Once we have a few volunteers, I will write to the Wikimedia  
> language
> > committee to suggest that maybe they can choose one article for  
> us to
> > translate from the Wikipedia in English online...
> >
> > Those are my thoughts...
> >
> > What are yours?
> >
> > Val ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?
> > Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?
> Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.