[Sw-l] Sign Language Wikipedias will continue!

[Stephen Slevinski]

Hi Profo Rubens Almeida,

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.

Personally, I no longer have time to work on Wikimedia projects.  I am 
happy to discuss and point people in the right direction.

There are two primary issues to discuss about the sign language Wikipedias.

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.
* https://swserver.wmflabs.org
* https://swis.wmflabs.org

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.

Regards,
-Steve

https://steve.signwriting.org


On 10/9/22 7:03 PM, Profo Rubens Almeida wrote:
>
> Hello Valerie and all SignWriting List members,
>
> 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.
>
> I look forward to starting the project with students from SignWriting 
> courses, aiming to publish articles in Libras for the Wikimedia Incubator.
>
> Hugs!
>
>
> Em sáb., 8 de out. de 2022 às 15:21, Valerie Sutton 
> <sutton at signwriting.org> escreveu:
>
>     SignWriting List
>     October 8, 2022
>
>     Thank you, Steve and Professor Rubens, for a conversation about
>     the Wikipedias in written sign languages.
>
>     There are three:
>
>     Wikipedia in American Sign Language (ASL)
>     https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ase
>
>     Wikipedia in Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS)
>     https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/bzs
>
>     Wikipedia in Tunisien Sign Language
>     https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/tse
>
>     A couple of months ago we were told that the Wikimedia Foundation
>     might take them down….offline.
>
>     But...
>
>     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?
>
>     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 …
>
>     Val ;-)
>
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