Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > The creation of a wiki for SignWriting is a* very* exciting development. In > the language committee we have indicated that technical issues are what > prevents a Wikipedia for sign languages at this time. The SignWriting wiki > is effectively an incubator for the technology needed and for the languages > to write the minimum number of articles they need for acceptance as a new > language. > > Given all the technical issues, I am of the opinion that a requirement for > localisation can be waved. Sign languages with SignWriting would introduce > the writing in lanes ie top to bottom with characters moving slightly to the > right or left. > > What I am looking for is agreement what technical issues need to be solved > before a sign language can become a Wikipedia. Compatible policies are not > an issue. I am thinking of being able to include images in the text and > having wiki links. What else is absolutely required before we can move > forward once there are sufficient articles ? > Thanks, > GerardM
They seem to be using this plugin http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SignWriting_MediaWiki_Plugin I'm not sure about its viability, though. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
