A wiktionary for American Sign Language

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
November 14, 2009

Hello Gerard!
Thank you for this message, and yes, we agree that the SignWriting  
MediaWiki Plugin is needed and will be a wonderful tool. To complete  
that job, first Steve has to finish a new version of SignText, which  
will also be a part of the new SignPuddle 2.0. There is a reason this  
needs to be finished first...it will be a part of the new SignWriting  
MediaWiki Plugin too. Steve gave me a great demo of it yesterday, but  
it is not ready yet...

It is just a matter of time...everyone has been ill with flu etc and  
we are working as fast as is possible under the circumstances.

We are estimating that the new SignText will be ready for private  
testing in the next few weeks, and when that is working well then  
Steve can start on the SignWriting MediaWiki Plugin...I guess to be  
realistic, it will not be until 2010, that we have Wikipedias written  
in SignWriting...But it is next on our list...

Meanwhile, I am happy to know that you feel that SignPuddle is doing  
the job...;-)

Val ;-)

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On Nov 14, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:

> Hoi,
> Today a request was made for a Wiktionary for American Sign  
> Language. Wiktionary is as you can imagine the dictionary at the  
> Wikimedia Foundation. From my perspective I do not really see the  
> point as SingPuddle is doing its job. It will be a challenge to fit  
> the Wiktionary for ASL.
>
> As long as the extension for SignWriting is not available, neither a  
> Wikipedia nor a Wiktionary can be started. I hope there will be an  
> experiment going in the near future :)
> Thanks,
>      Gerard
>
>
>
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