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This list the list of Wikimedia Incubator users working on the Konkani WIkipedia. If you are contributing , please add your name here so that we can know you are around.

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[edit] List of Wikimedia Incubator Members Contributing to Konkani Wikipedia

[edit] If you need assistance

Just a note: User:Deepak D'Souza is mostly online during normal workhours(IST)(including Sat). In case you need some help he will probably be around. Just click here: User_talk:Deepak D'Souza to go to his talk page.leave a message by clicking the (+) sign on top, add your comments/queries and click "Save page" button. In case you are an unregistered user(or not logged in ) he will reply on his own talk page. If you are a regular user he will reply on your talk page. Please not that there may be a time delay or it may not be possible to reply on the same day due to work, but he will try his best.


[edit] Typing in devnagari/kannada/malayalam scripts

Try using the software baraha. Its easy to use, you just have to type in english and you will automatically get the text in the indic scripts. If you have download restrictions at your place but you still want to contribute you can use either Quillpad which is an online web based conversion system available in several languages or the one at Utopianvision or anyother web based systems.

[edit] How you can help

What you can do to help the Konkani Wikipedia:

  • Translate articles of relevance to Goa, and to generally building the body of knowledge in Konkani. There are tonnes of copyright-free articles which you can translate into Konkani at http://en.wikipedia.org This is specially suited for people with linguistic and translation skills (whatever script).
  • Play around with the Wikipedia and see how it works. It's not complex. The starting point is to create a login for yourself. Then, everything follows. This is specially suited for tech people. But don't believe it's a complicated tech job!
  • Build awareness about the attempt to build the Konkani Wikipedia, and tell others about it. It will only work if there is enough "critical mass" and interest around it.
  • Above all, promote the language of your choice (any script!) using this tool of the 21st century. It's a powerful tool, so let's make use of it.

Starting points:

The best thing here is: you can promote any script you want via the Konkani Wikipedia. Romi, Devanagari, Kannada (and I guess even Malayalam or Perso-Arabic). So instead of clashing swords, let's sharpen our pens, and increase the amount of sharable Konkani information in cyberspace. The Wikipedia (for a number of reasons) is a great place to do it. And all this knowledge becomes sharable.

A special thanks to Deepak D'Souza for his persistence, Sangeeta Naik (SangeetaDiwar) for persistently working on it, Isidore Dantas for his meticulous Konkani translations from Mumbai, and Equinox for signing up as one of the early contributors. --Fredericknoronha 09:49, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

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