[Mihalic] FW: Tok Pisin Wikipedia

[John Burton]

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2004 11:21 PM
> To: mihalic-owner at anu.edu.au
> Subject: Tok Pisin Wikipedia
> 
> 
> Hello.
> I am not a linguist nor a specialist in Tok Pisin so I did 
> not register 
> on the Mihalic list. Nevertheless I would like the following 
> message to 
> be posted to the members of the list. Would you accept it?
> If you think the message is too long, please let me know, and I will 
> make a shorter version.
> Thank you in advance for your help,
> Jean-Luc
> 
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> 
> Hello to all members of the Mihalic list,
> 
> This is to let you know that a Tok Pisin Wikipedia has 
> opened, and that 
> it requires your help. (Please excuse my English, I am not a native 
> English speaker).
> 
> Maybe you have heard of Wikipedia, or even used it: it is a free, 
> open-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia. It is 
> entirely made by 
> internauts on a volunteer basis, like I do.
> 
> You can have a look on the English Wikipedia on this page: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org
> 
> The magic of Wikipedia is that anyone can contribute any page at any 
> time! If you want to change something in a page, just click 
> "edit this 
> page" and modify the source at will!
> 
> Wikipedia exists in 60 or 80 languages now. While the English 
> Wikipedia 
> has close to 250,000 articles, some other Wikipedias have only a few.
> 
> The Tok-Pisin version can be accessed here: http://tpi.wikipedia.org
> 
> It has only about 20 articles, and they are written in very bad Tok 
> Pisin so far, or even in English with a space for Tok Pisin 
> translation. 
> But it is only a start. You can help turning it into a real 
> educational 
> tool for all Tok Pisin speakers and all people interested in the 
> language. It will also help to promote TP and PNG.
> 
> There are many way you can help:
> 
> -- You can correct the Tok Pisin phrases in articles. Even one single 
> correction on one single word will be appreciated.
> -- You can add new articles
> -- You can add dictionary entries
> -- You can help translate parts of articles that appear only 
> in English
> -- You can update news or add any content you wish, as long as it is 
> neutral (no commercials; no religion; no politics as such)
> -- You can translate this e-mail into Tok Pisin and send it 
> back to me 
> at tp at almalang.com
> -- You can prepare frames for new articles
> -- You can look into books and create new dictionary entries
> -- You can look at other Wikipedias and see all what can be done.
> 
> If you are involved in Tok Pisin language education:
> 
> -- You can have your students prepare new articles and put 
> them online. 
> It can be a good incentive for them.
> 
> In all cases, you may transmit this to anyone who could be interested.
> 
> In hope to meet you soon on Wikipedia, thank you in advance 
> for your help.
> 
> Milaiklainim (Jean-Luc)
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> http://tpi.wikipedia.org
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