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Contents 1 Transparent-ize the Favicon! 2 Araona test wiki is false 3 LocalisationUpdate enabled 4 New import sources 5 Volunteers still needed

[edit] Transparent-ize the Favicon!

I am new to this project, but am also here to make a simple request. The favicon has a white background, which I absolutely HATE, and yet, the logo on the top left corner has a transparent background. Can we make the favicon background transparent too? Deathgleaner 21:55, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

I know, but the image is directly taken from http://incubator.wikimedia.org/favicon.ico and not part of the wiki (i.e. not uploaded on the wiki). You'll have to request on Bugzilla to copy http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Incubator-favicon.png to http://incubator.wikimedia.org/favicon.ico. Regards, SPQRobin 22:08, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Araona test wiki is false

I knew or suspected it all the time, but I think I have to report it now: the so called Araona test Wikipedia is an utter hoax. See Talk:Wp/aro/Main Page. The reasons for this conclusion are:

• The language has less than a hundred speakers. Even a Wikipedia in an Amerindian language like Quechua, with 100,000 times as many speakers, hardly attracts native speakers, only second language learners (the most active contributor, the only one to declare himself a fluent speaker, is a German). And an Araona Wikipedia would attract this amount of native attention?
• According to the English Wikipedia article, knowledge of Spanish is not universal under speakers. That means they live in an isolated community, possibly even as a Naturvolk. Are these people likely to have access to internet?
• Along with Latin characters, they use a script which is supposedly the Aroana's native script. Now there is no evidence at all that this language has a native script (matter-of-fact: how many languages in South America do?) and the script used is the Phoenician one. Most people won't recognise it, because they haven't had the fonts installed in the first place, but stop and think: why on earth would anyone employ this script for an Amerindian language?

Of course, virtually nobody speaks Araona or indeed any language closely related to it (see en:Tacanan languages), so the people behind it can go ahead and write down any gibberish that looks Amerindian in some way. As a matter of fact, User:Erebedhel does live in the area, and his Spanish user account seems to reveal a keen interest in Aymara, which he does speak at least to some extent, and in other aspects of indigenous culture. However, his contributions show no link with any Araona heritage: no edits to articles about their language (the Spanish Wikipedia has none!) or anything else related to the Tacanan-speaking peoples. So, the most logical conclusion to me is that Erebedhel is trying to test whether someone really watches Incubator. We have had such tests before, after all. Steinbach 08:25, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

This is quite possible, there are more like these. Anyway, the policy requires languages to be verified, so if this is not written in Araona it won't get an own Wikipedia. SPQRobin 17:23, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] LocalisationUpdate enabled

I'd like to inform you that the LocalisationUpdate extension is enabled on (I think) all Wikimedia projects. SPQRobin 15:01, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

This means that all localisations done at translatewiki.net will become available in a timely manner. The worst case scenario is now to have your localisations available everywhere in three days.. this used to be three months!! Thanks, 77.250.53.164 17:10, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] New import sources

I propose that the following wikis will be added to our import sources (at the moment, that are Meta, Commons and English Wikipedia). This would be useful for importing pages to translate for test projects easier.

• de:
• fr:
• es:
• pt:
• nl:
• ru:
• wikt:
• b:

If there is no opposition after one weak, I will make a bugzilla request. --MF-W {a, b} 15:17, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure, why not :) SPQRobin 10:38, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Submitted as bugzilla:20973. --MF-W {a, b} 13:26, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Volunteers still needed

Hi all,
Although we soon will remove the centralnotice that is up, the Wikimedia Foundation is still looking for volunteers to serve as subject area experts or to sit on task forces that will study particular areas and make recommendations to the Foundation about its strategic plan. You may apply to serve on a task force or register your name as an expert in a specific area at http://volunteer.wikimedia.org.

The Foundation's strategy project is a year-long collaborative process which is hosted on the strategy wiki, at http://strategy.wikimedia.org. Your input is welcome (and greatly desired) there. When the task forces begin to meet, they will do their work transparently and on that wiki, and any member of the community may join fully in their work. This process is specifically designed to involve as many community members as possible.

Any questions can be addressed to me either on my talk page here or on the strategy wiki or by email to philippe at wikimedia.org.

I hope you'll consider joining us!

Philippe 02:08, 1 October 2009 (UTC)