User talk:Universal Life/Archive 4

Wikiproject Transport Newsletter September 2013
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User talk:109.93.214.179
Hi, I just wanted to ask how do you know that the name of the language is written Јудео-Еспањол instead of Ђудео-Еспањол? Are you a speaker of Judaeo-Spanish? Did you change it because you prefer the Bulgarian Cyrillic spelling over Serbian? Thank you --Universal Life (talk) 19:02, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Gezi Park protests
Good day, Can you make a new move request with the same reasons cited for your Gezi Park protests proposal? Since the last discussion was closed.. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 15:03, 2 February 2014 (UTC) Hey Fitzcarmalan,


 * I'm sorry for replying so late. I'm very busy in the outside world and sometime go on & off in Wikipedia. I've been willing to nominate for a name change of the article. But I haven't had the time to even check the article for progress. I'll see what can I do, in a convenient time. Thank you


 * P.S. I saw your user page and I liked it a lot :) --Universal Life (talk) 02:38, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries i can understand that. And thanks, appreciate it :) Fitzcarmalan (talk) 02:58, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Wikiproject Transport Newsletter March 2014
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Wikiproject Transport Newsletter May 2014
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The Pulse (WP:MED newsletter) June 2014
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Ladino Wikipedia talk
Hi! I left a message on the Ladino Wikipedia about the possibility of adding a Ladino image description to File:Calendar Thessaloniki 1896.jpg (an Ottoman era calendar)

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 11:22, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

Medical Translation Newsletter
 Wikiproject Medicine; Translation Taskforce

Medical Translation Newsletter

Issue 1, June/July 2014 by CFCF, Doc James

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This is the first of a series of newsletters for Wikiproject Medicine's Translation Task Force. Our goal is to make all the medical knowledge on Wikipedia available to the world, in the language of your choice. note: you will not receive future editions of this newsletter unless you *sign up*; you received this version because you identify as a member of WikiProject Medicine

Spotlight - Simplified article translation

Wikiproject Medicine started translating simplified articles in February 2014. We now have 45 simplified articles ready for translation, of which the first on African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness has been translated into 46 out of ~100 languages. This list does not include the 33 additional articles that are available in both full and simple versions.

Our goal is to eventually translate 1,000 simplified articles. This includes:
 * WHO's list of Essential Medicines
 * Neglected tropical diseases
 * Key diseases for medical subspecialties like: oncology, emergency medicine (list), anatomy, internal medicine, surgery, etc.

We are looking for subject area leads to both create articles and recruit further editors. We need people with basic medical knowledge who are willing to help out. This includes to write, translate and especially integrate medical articles.

What's happening?

I've () taken on the role of community organizer for this project, and will be working with this until December. The goals and timeline can be found here, and are focused on getting the project on a firm footing and to enable me to work near full-time over the summer, and part-time during the rest of the year. This means I will be available for questions and ideas, and you can best reach me by mail or on my talk page.
 * IEG grant

For those going to London in a month's time (or those already nearby) there will be at least one event for all medical editors, on Thursday August 7th. See the event page, which also summarizes medicine-related presentations in the main conference. Please pass the word on to your local medical editors.
 * Wikimania 2014

There has previously been some resistance against translation into certain languages with strong Wikipedia presence, such as Dutch, Polish, and Swedish. What was found is that thre is hardly any negative opinion about the the project itself; and any such critique has focused on the ways that articles have being integrated. For an article to be usefully translated into a target-Wiki it needs to be properly Wiki-linked, carry proper citations and use the formatting of the chosen target language as well as being properly proof-read. Certain large Wikis such as the Polish and Dutch Wikis have strong traditions of medical content, with their own editorial system, own templates and different ideas about what constitutes a good medical article. For example, there are not MEDRS (Polish,German,Romanian,Persian) guidelines present on other Wikis, and some Wikis have a stronger background of country-specific content.
 * Integration progress


 * Swedish Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: patient info, for professionals. The same can be said for English, but has really given us all the more reason to try and create an unbiased and free encyclopedia of medical content. We want Wikipedia to act as an alternative to commercial sources, and preferably a really good one at that. Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May.
 * Dutch Dutch translation carries with it special difficulties, in part due to the premises in which the Dutch Wikipedia is built upon. There is great respect for what previous editors have created, and deleting or replacing old content can be frowned upon. In spite of this there are success stories: Anafylaxie.
 * Polish Translation and integration into Polish also comes with its own unique set of challenges. The Polish Wikipedia has long been independent and works very hard to create high quality contentfor Polish audience. Previous translation trouble has lead to use of unique templates with unique formatting, not least among citations. Add to this that the Polish Wikipedia does not allow template redirects and a large body of work is required for each article. (This is somewhat alleviated by a commissioned Template bot - to be released). - List of articles for integration
 * Arabic The Arabic Wikipedia community has been informed of the efforts to integrate content through both the general talk-page as well as through one of the major Arabic Wikipedia facebook-groups: مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي, something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.

Integration is the next step after any translation. Despite this it is by no means trivial, and it comes with its own hardships and challenges. Previously each new integrator has needed to dive into the fray with little help from previous integrations. Therefore we are creating guides for specific Wikis that make integration simple and straightforward, with guides for specific languages, and for integrating on small Wikis.
 * Integration guides

Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here

News in short


 * To come
 * Medical editor census - Medical editors on different Wikis have been without proper means of communication. A preliminary list of projects is available here.
 * Proofreading drives


 * Further reading
 * Translators Without Borders
 * Healthcare information for all by 2015, a global campaign

Abkhaz-Abaza (from User talk:Thefamouseccles)
Hi Thefamouseccles,

I've left a comment in the talk page of Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You seem to be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Same questions would apply to Abkhaz-Abaza and Ubykh as well. Thank you very much

PS. I'm not a linguist but maybe an amateur philologist (and actually a biologist), so sorry for any possible mistakes I may have made. --Universal Life (talk) 16:15, 4 August 2014 (UTC)


 * No worries - I'm not a linguist by training either (I'm an archaeologist), but that doesn't matter; people without formal training can still make excellent contributions to science even in the modern day. :) Thefamouseccles (talk) 04:09, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Abkhaz-Abaza (from User talk:D.Papuashvili)
Hi D.Papuashvili,

I've left a comment in the talk page of Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You may be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Thank you very much --Universal Life (talk) 16:22, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Abkhaz-Abaza (from User talk:Segnor Bugatti)
Hi Segnor Bugatti,

I've left a comment in the talk page of Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You may be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Thank you very much --Universal Life (talk) 16:22, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Abkhaz-Abaza (from User talk:Garzo)
Hi Garzo,

I've left a comment in the talk page of Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You may be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Thank you very much --Universal Life (talk) 16:23, 4 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I am not a specialist in this area. — Gareth Hughes (talk) 19:42, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Abkhaz-Abaza (from User talk:Ergative rlt)
Hi Ergative,

I've left a comment in the talk page of Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You may be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Thank you very much --Universal Life (talk) 16:24, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Abkhaz-Abaza (from User talk:N-true)
Hi N-true,

I've left a comment in the talk page of Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You may be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Thank you very much.

PS. I'm not a linguist but maybe an amateur philologist (and actually a biologist), so sorry for any possible mistakes I may have made.

PS2. I've seen your list of "47"s (which is very very beautiful!!). I would like to add there the one in Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino). 47 in Ladino is cuarenta y siete - the colloquial version of which is cuarentisiete - (and some people spell it with a k and some with a q -- kuarenta or quarenta) In Hebrew script it's spelled as It's rarely spelled with Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic scripts as well. --Universal Life (talk) 16:49, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * קוארינטה אי סייטי

Abkhaz-Abaza (from User talk:Khoikhoi)
Hi Khoikhoi,

I've left a comment in the talk page of Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You may be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Thank you very much. --Universal Life (talk) 16:50, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Abkhaz-Abaza (from User talk:Sephia karta)
Hi Sephia karta,

I've left a comment in the talk page of Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You may be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Thank you very much. --Universal Life (talk) 16:54, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Abkhaz-Abaza (from User talk:Adamsa123)
Hi Adamsa,

I've left a comment in the talk page of the Abkhaz language, asking few questions. You seem to be knowledgeable about the topic. I would be more than happy if you could have a look and comment. Same questions could easily apply to Adyge and Kabardian as well. Thank you very much,

PS. I'm not a linguist but maybe an amateur philologist, so sorry for any possible mistakes I may have made. --Universal Life (talk) 16:15, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I really want to help, but unfortunately I am not familiar with Abaza and Abkhaz languages. From what I know both languages share many words that have the same root, but are pronounced differently.--Adamʂa123 (talk) 23:08, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

User talk:Alokation
Hello Alokation,

Do you live in Jamalpur? If you do, I would like to learn few things about the place from you. And about the change you made to Jamalpur, Munger, I need to say that Maithili is also written with Shriharsa (Bangla) script. Bangla or Shriharsa script is not only used to write the Bengali language but other languages as well..even Nepali was written once with the Bengali script.

About the name of the city Jamalpur, except for Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu) all languages spoken there, spell it জামালপুর, while Hindi spells it জমালপুর (जमालपुर). That's Angika, Maithili and Bengali spells it with the second letter (á) and Hindi spells it with the first letter (a).

Friendly --Universal Life (talk) 18:50, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

You are Invited to Bangla Wikipedia Photography Contest 2014!
 Hello Universal Life, First of all take heartiest greetings from.

In order to celebrate it's 10 year Bengali Wikipedia has arranged a photography contest at Wikimedia Commons. It is scheduled to, start at 1 September 2014 00:00 (UTC) and end at 31 October 2014 00:00 (UTC). We welcome you participate there. Hoping to see you at the contest. Thanks.

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User:Universal Life/Judaeo-Spanish language
If you're no longer using this page (I see you haven't edited it since 2013), could you blank it? It's triggering tracking categories. No problem if you're using it, of course, or want to restore it in the future. — kwami (talk) 16:45, 7 April 2015 (UTC)


 * No problem. It doesn't matter enough for you to change what you're doing.  If you look at the bottom of the page, you'll notice some hidden categories, which we use to track articles and catch some of the errors people make.  There were a dozen user pages in those categories, most of which I've now deleted.  — kwami (talk) 00:32, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Message for you at your ladwiki talk page
Hi, I left a message requesting your help at your lad talk page. Thanks for having a look. StevenJ81 (talk) 16:48, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Ladino Projects (from User talk:Dionysia)
Hi Dionysia, I noticed in your languages subpage that one of your mother tongues is Judeo-Spanish. I also learned it at home from my grandparents. Today unfortunately the language is dying and I'm trying to keep it alive, vibrant! I'm an admin in the Ladino Wikipedia and we're also trying to create a Ladino Wiktionary, which is right now in the Incubator. I would like to invite you to join one or both projects. They're a bit messy right now, but we're trying to organise them. You wouldn't need to do much anything unless you didn't want or have the time. But it would be nice to have you around. :) Friendly --Universal Life (talk) 06:52, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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