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# [[User:Alaudo|Alaudo]] 12:19, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC) It is a must for Russian Wikipedia!! Cälil was very famous poet!
# [[User:Alaudo|Alaudo]] 12:19, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC) It is a must for Russian Wikipedia!! Cälil was very famous poet!
#[[User:Rh|Rh]] 18:12, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
#[[User:Rh|Rh]] 18:12, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
#[[User:Ronline|Ronline]] 03:32, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) More Tatarstan topics! That's great - it's wonderful to see a small Wikipedia community featuring so broadly in Translation of the Week. And it's a shame that the Russian Wikipedia is neglecting all the Tatar topics. Hopefully the other Wikipedias can redeem this. I will translate this in Romanian very soon.
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Revision as of 03:32, 1 January 2005

These are the candidates for translation of the week.

  • If a candidate has more opposing votes than supporting ones after two weeks, you may remove it from the list.
  • If a candidate has no vote after two weeks, you may remove them from the list.
  • Valid vote = Support - Oppose

Two-thirds majority in favour

Sorted by net support (number of support votes minus number of oppose votes).


Paul Wittgenstein en:Paul Wittgenstein - 11-0

- PuzzletChung (links to Vienna, Austria, Poland, Russia, New York City, USA, World War I, Ludwig Wittgenstein(philosopher - Paul's brother), and composers like Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Benjamin Britten, Paul Hindemith, Maurice Ravel, and Sergei Prokofiev.)

Support

  1. Mats Halldin 11:03, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Kooo 08:00, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC) (Has good links, too)
  3. Waerth 18:07, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) obscure subject, needs help to get in other pedia's
  4. Brise'is 18:53, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  5. Aphaia 05:24, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  6. Muke Tever 18:20, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  7. Kpjas 23:15, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  8. PuzzletChung 07:43, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  9. Node ue 00:08, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  10. Andris 01:50, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  11. shaka 12:22, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Qasím (Kasimov) tt:Qasím, ru:Касимов, en:Kasimov - 12-0

It's an article about Russian town Kasimov, formerly Tatar city Qasím, the capital of Qasím Khanate. I'll be glad if you will use ""Qasím" or "Qasim" word for the article's name. Untifler
Links: en:Russian language en:Tatar language en:Ryazan Oblasten:Russia en:Kasimovsky District, Ryazan Oblast en:Oka river en:1152 en:Vladimir-Suzdal en:Yury Dolgoruky en:Russian language en:13th century en:Islam en:Mishar Yort en:Golden Horde en:1452 en:Moscow en:Vasili II of Russia en:Kazan Khanate en:Qasim khanen:battle of Suzdalen:1471en:Qasim Khanate en:1681 en:17th centuryen:Moscow en:1910 en:2000 en:1467en:Shahgali en:1555 en:Afghan Moxammad en:1658

Support

  1. Aphaia 20:59, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) Good article, related to boh geography and history, a good start to develop Central Asian related topics.
  2. Danny 01:03, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC) Ditto. Let's hear it for Central Asia!
  3. Shizhao
  4. Untifler it's related to Central asia, even it is located in Eastern Europe as the most of Tatar state's capitals.
  5. Node ケ??WIKIPEDIA アナ? Tatarstan エヤイコシラ?スイェ ア?ヌイェ?? アイワ??アン...
  6. Ranveig 19:14, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  7. Grigory Grin 08:48, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC) It is in Russia, without an article in russian Wikipedia! ;)
  8. Muke Tever 18:20, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Kinda small though.
  9. Alaudo 12:20, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC) Tiny but to the point! Why not in Russian Wikipedia?
  10. Martorell 13:13, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  11. Maximaximax 14:27, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  12. Ronline 03:28, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) - just a question - should we use Kasimov or Qasim, the Tatar name? Although I am a supporter of Tatarstan independence, as far as the English WP article states, Kasimov only has a small Tatar population and is not part of the Tatarstan Republic. Therefore, I think we should use Kasimov when translation (it's not that I wouldn't like to see Qasim used though, but we have to be NPOV)

Oppose

Pronuciation

  • Please, use Tatar names of khans (in brackets after the link) in you article, if if is possible;
  • Translations for Japanese, Korean and Chinese: Şahğäli - Sh-a-h-g(h)-a-l-i; Äfğan Möxämmäd - A-f-g(h)-a-n Myo-(k)hya-m-mya-d or M-o-kh-a-m-m-a-d (sorry, I can't prepare audio file :( ); Gorodets Meschorskiy - G-o-r-o-d-e-ts M-e-shyo-r-s-k-i

--Untifler 20:42, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Lapland war en:Lapland war, fi:Lapin sota - 10-0

lt:Laplandijos karas

This is article about unknown battles of WW2.

Support:

  1. Untifler
  2. Shizhao
  3. Node ケ??WIKIPEDIA アナ? lapin sota エヤイコシラ?スイェ ア?ヌイェ?? アイワ??アン... go lappland!!!!!!!
  4. Kooo 03:30, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC) Let the unknown be known.
  5. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Obscure history.
  6. Dirgela2 07:59, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  7. Ronline 12:29, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC) - OK, so we've had Pohjola already, but it would be great to have another article about Finland.
  8. Andris 01:50, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  9. Avihu 13:33, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  10. Rh 17:56, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose:

Xöömej en:Xöömej - 9-0

This article is about unusual singing. (it may be little translation of the week's co-article) --Untifler 14:48, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. --Untifler 14:48, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. PuzzletChung (I love this topic.)
  3. Node
  4. Ranveig 20:37, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC) (I think the squiggles that were here erlier were my little goof)
  5. Kooo 03:32, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC) I've seen a video about this. It's interesting.
  6. Aphaia 22:15, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  7. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  8. Ronline 12:27, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC) Thanks for recommending this, Untifler. This would be really interesting to have as an article.
  9. The Anome 00:31, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) Worth having just for the article title. I look forward to seeing this.

Oppose

Oum Kalthoum fr:Oum Kalthoum (en:Umm Kulthum)- 9-0

Possibly the most important Arab vocalist of all times. Good article in French. We can certainly get some help from the Arabic Wikipedians to make it even better. Possibly even add a sound file (wink wink to TUF-KAT). So far it exists only in Arabic and French with a tiny English stub.

The stub is fast becoming a swan....

Support

  1. Danny
  2. Weft 19:40, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. A-gia^u 09:27, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. GL 19:32, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  5. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  6. Node ue 23:47, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  7. Anthere 14:01, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  8. M/ 23:32, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  9. Joanot 17:13, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

大熊猫 (Giant Panda) zh:大熊猫 (en:Giant Panda) - 9-0

Support

  1. Shizhao 07:19, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. --Untifler 17:50, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. Node ケ??WIKIPEDIA アナ? giant panda エヤイコシラ?スイェ ア?ヌイェ?? アイワ??アン... plus, it's cute as hell! yay for pandas!
  4. Kooo 03:26, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC) Already started (fi). The article pictures are in commons. Also it is notable because of the WWF symbol.
  5. Muke Tever 18:20, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  6. M/ 00:17, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  7. Clemens 19:59, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  8. --YongxinStudy 06:52, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  9. Ronline 03:30, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) I felt guilty for opposing this before ;-) I think it's an important article, and we haven't had any Chinese themes yet, so let's go ahead and translate this!

Oppose

第五福竜丸 ja:第五福竜丸 - 6-0

It's an atricle about the ship which was bombed by hydrogen bomb in Marshall Islands. Only in Japanese. Kzhr 13:04, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

See also en:Daigo Fukuryu Maru.

Links to tuna, nuclear weapon/hydrogen bomb, Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, radition/burn, anti-nuclear movement, etc. A-gia^u 21:11, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. Kzhr 13:04, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC) nominator, vote is assumed
  2. A-gia^u 20:07, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) Obscure but significant topic for detailing a possibly/hopefully unique event in history. Translating from ja: is challenging, though, but will try have finished a stub.
  3. Trilobite 08:23, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. Node ue 20:55, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • Still lacking for example an English translation. --Node ue 20:46, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  5. Aphaia 15:56, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC) I started to translate it into en.
  6. Muke Tever 16:44, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

  1. Muke Tever 18:20, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Would like to see it translated into something European so I can read it.
    • Now has the beginnings of an English translation. --Node ue 00:03, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    Ok. Looks interesting. --Muke Tever 16:44, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Matsuo Basho Matsuo Basho - 8-2

- Aphaia (links to: 1644, November 28, 1694, Japan, poet, Edo period, haiku) see also 松尾芭蕉

Support

  1. Mats Halldin 11:00, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Kzhr 12:43, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. Waerth 18:07, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) obscure subject, needs help to get in other pedia's
  4. Node ケ??WIKIPEDIA アナ? 松尾芭蕉 エヤイコシラ?スイェ ア?ヌイェ?? アイワ??アン...
  5. Ranveig 22:16, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  6. jeanjean
  7. Muke Tever 18:20, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Obscure, Japanese, what's not to like? ;)
  8. Rh 18:16, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Ronline too long
  2. Weft 22:15, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Ainu language, アイヌ語 - 7-2

ja:アイヌ語, en:Ainu language

I think that this article ill be more interesting if Japaneses will develop English version. Untifler

Links: en:Japanese language, en:Ainu, en:Kurile Islands, en:Sakhalin, en:Hokkaido, en:Honshu, en:language isolates, en:endangered languages, en:language revitalization, en:pitch accent, en:postposition, en:katakana, en:Yukar.

Support

  1. A-gia^u 01:18, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC) Figures on aspects of the Ainu are often iffy (and therefore sources should be documented), but overall, worthwhile.
  2. Clemens Not such a well-known language; needs to be translated.
  3. Node ケ??WIKIPEDIA アナ? アイヌイタ? エヤイコシラ?スイェ ア?ヌイェ?? アイワ??アン!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
  4. Ranveig (if it's too big, leave out less important parts)
  5. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Big yes, but we have all week, no?
  6. Joanot 01:54, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  7. --.:Ajvol:. 11:02, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC) It's not big

Oppose

  1. Shizhao too big
    • This doesn't mean you can't translate a stub version... --Node ue 20:46, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Ronline too big

Comments

  • How about translating only its first paragraph and table? So it's not so big.--Aphaia 05:22, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Musa Cälil tt:Musa Cälil, en:Musa Cälil - 6-0

This is an article about Tatar poet, a prisoner of war during WW2.

Support

  1. Untifler 22:10, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Muke Tever 15:45, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC) All right. But what's an "orden" ?
  3. PuzzletChung 04:51, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  4. Steffen Löwe Gera 13:45, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  5. Alaudo 12:19, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC) It is a must for Russian Wikipedia!! Cälil was very famous poet!
  6. Rh 18:12, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  7. Ronline 03:32, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) More Tatarstan topics! That's great - it's wonderful to see a small Wikipedia community featuring so broadly in Translation of the Week. And it's a shame that the Russian Wikipedia is neglecting all the Tatar topics. Hopefully the other Wikipedias can redeem this. I will translate this in Romanian very soon.

Oppose

Albireo en:Albireo - 4-0

An article for a star, thus an astronomical topic. Links to binary star, Cygnus constellation, swan, Bayer designation, telescope, apparent magnitude, light year, and optically double. --PuzzletChung

Support

  1. PuzzletChung nominator, vote assumed
  2. Shizhao 13:27, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Astronomy, a good topic.
  4. Node ue 00:03, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Asperger's syndrome en:Asperger's syndrome - 6-2

Excellent article. Important subject <w>. Some languages have little information, so it could use a lot of translations very well. The images can be moved to commons.

Support

  1. Gerrit 21:11, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. A-gia^u 09:34, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC) Important subject; long article but introductory paragraph offers a good stub.
  3. Node ue 01:07, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC) Agree with A-gia^u
  4. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Too big, but deserves some representation.
  5. Andris 01:49, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  6. Anthere 14:03, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Shizhao 11:50, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC) too big
  2. M/ 00:03, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC) already present in 11 languages, half of them as complete as the english version.

Lao en:Lao - 4-0

A well-known Southeast Asian people, but surprisingly only en: deals with it.

Support

  1. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Looks good, also a decent size for translation of the week.
  2. Node ue 23:50, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. Dirgela2 08:10, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  4. PuzzletChung 08:51, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Scimitar en:Scimitar - 4-0

-- Muke Tever. An article about curved swords of Asia. Links to sword, (and many more specific types of swords, such as shamshir, tulwar, kilij, kopis, khophesh, falchion, saber, cutlass) as well as Asia, Arab, Alexander the Great, Macedonia, and Ancient Egypt.

Support

  1. Muke Tever 16:20, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC) right, suppose I could sign it ;)
  2. Node ue 18:27, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. Ausir 14:59, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. PuzzletChung 08:56, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Schwa en:Schwa - 4-1

Also at de:Schw, nl:Schwa, als:Schwa. Links Linguistics, Phonology, Latin alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Unicode, Vowel, Consonant, Dialect, and a good number of languages. --Pjacobi 19:04, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC)

Support

  1. Pjacobi 19:04, 2004 Nov 8 (UTC) nominator, vote is assumed
  2. PuzzletChung (although it requires to take examples from the language of each WP, i think it's worth doing.)
  3. --Untifler 18:07, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. Kooo 03:28, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC) Translation will be somewhat hard. Thus it needs our help.

Oppose

  1. Muke Tever 15:43, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC) Agree with Kooo: Looks challenging, therefore it must be done. :) Went back and re-read the article. It is too English-centric: it needs to be rewritten for other language wikipedias, not just translated.

Neutral

  1. A-gia^u 03:28, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC) Important topic, but half of the article uses English as reference. Could possibly skip over that half but definitely not a quickie.
  2. Agree... --Node ue 20:46, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. [[User:Mxn|Minh Nguye^~n (talk, blog)]] – Might be a problem for languages that don't quite have the sound, like Spanish or Vietnamese, but it is an interesting article. Could be organized a bit with headings. 19:32, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Pyramiden von Güímar de:Pyramiden von Güímar/en:Pyramids of Güímar - 4-0

I wrote this Article about a mystery of world's history more than one year ago. It contains Links like Tenerife, Canary Islands, Thor Heyerdahl, Guanche, Christopher Columbus, pyramid, etc. I could upload better versions of the pictures (and others) on Wikimedia Commons. If wished I could make an English translation.--Steffen Löwe Gera 13:44, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The English version is online now, images on Commons will follow soon. --Steffen Löwe Gera 20:01, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
The Commons pictures are available now. --Steffen Löwe Gera 19:38, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

PS: The Spanish Wikipedia has got a long article about the village (es:Güímar), but the link to "Pirámides de Güímar" is still red.

Support

  1. Steffen Löwe Gera 13:44, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. eo:Montanesko 213.73.76.22 20:54, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC) - ekstreme interesa artikolo!
  3. PuzzletChung 08:57, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  4. Rh 18:14, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Chemical equilibrium en:Chemical equilibrium - 3-0

An important topic in Chemistry but only en: has it. Links to Kinetics, chemical reaction, hydrogen, nitrogen, ammonia, standard state, concentration, temperature, molar gas constant, e (mathematical constant), energy, entropy, and enthalpy. --PuzzletChung 03:45, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. PuzzletChung 03:44, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. Shizhao 07:13, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC) good!
  3. eo:Montanesko 213.73.76.22 21:00, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Bill Hicks en:Bill Hicks - 2-0

A genius of comedy. One can translate the first chapter only, possibly the legacy too. Links to Gulf war, LA Riots, Woody Allen, One minute silence, Tool (band) and many other articles.--Kooo 16:56, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. Kooo 16:56, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) American culture... looks challenging.

Oppose

Lago di Bolsena it:Lago di Bolsena - 2-0

Links to many geographic terms, apart from Lake: River, Vulcan, Island. Links also to some historical and artistical personages, as it:Amalasunta and Vignola. Last, but not least, 8 towns are near the lake. For those who can't understand italian, fr:Utilisateur:Spedona has translated the article into French: fr:Lac de Bolsena. --M/ 16:15, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. M/ 16:15, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. eo:Montanesko 213.73.76.22 20:58, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Other Candidates

Ryukyuan languages Ryukyuan languages

- node

Support

  1. Mats Halldin 10:59, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Node ue 23:07, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. Muke Tever 18:20, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Languages are good.

Oppose

  1. Aphaia 16:10, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC) Intereting, but need NPOVize. Even today lanugage or dialect is controversial, but this article spports a particular side.
    • It may be controversial among 日本本土人民 (general population of the Japanese mainland), or even some 日本本土言語?者 (Japanese mainland linguist), however all experts on the topic (not general linguistics or even Japanese linguistics, but rather the speech of the area in question) agree unanimously that these are multiple languages and are separate from Japanese. Specialists around the world do not call them dialects, and the introduction to the article in 言語?大?典 (under 琉球語) is strongly opposed to calling them dialects.
    • I don't know anything about the topic but it seems to me that specialist of a particular idiom (as oposed to other linguists) have a vested interest in presenting their very own research object as very distinctive and original. GL 20:40, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • The article is written by me, this is not based on original research but on something experts agree on. --Node ue 01:02, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • That was not intended as an attack against you ;-) but as a simple remark about what "all experts on the subject (not general linguistics or even Japanese linguistics etc," agree on.
    For example, see http://ryukyu-lang.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/intro/img/dist.gif which doesn't even show the distance between Tanegashima and the Tokara islands, and from Tokara to mainland Japan, which I think is at least 300km and maybe more. Now, you may raise an objection and say that mainland Japan is not home to multiple languages but only to dialects, however there is another difference in that the mainland (as shown in the image, excluding Kyushu and Hokkaido) is made for the most part of just two large islands with the only obstacle for population movement being the Japan Alps, whereas the Ryukyus are separated from the mainland by hundreds of kilometers, and are separated from each other by huge distances of ocean; in addition in feudal times there were other languages spoken in Japan (for example Kumato, Hayaso, etc), although the most diversity was in Kyushu there was also a considerable bit of linguistic diversity in Honshu and Shikoku, which was only quashed by conquerings and unifications. However, it took until the 1100s for the main island of Okinawa to become unified under one goverment, (previously divided into three kingdoms) and the other districts (Amami, Miyako, and Yaeyama) were taken much later and were much more difficult to govern from the capital. The way linguists decide if two languages are separate or just dialects is lexical comparison using a Swadesh list (a list of 207 core vocabulary words). Using this method, Okinawan of Naha is 72% similar to Kagoshimaben and 71% similar to Hyojungo, while Kagoshimaben and Hyojungo are 81% similar to each other. This proves that, compared to mainland dialects, Naha vocabulary is almost an equal lexical distance from two mainland dialects spoken hundreds of kilometers apart. In addition, although there is no set boundary between dialects and languages, most linguists set it at 80% or very close because less than 80% is difficult for mutual intelligibility, for example with some effort you might be able to understand a short folktale in Kagoshimaben, but you probably wouldn't be able to understand a short folktale in the speech of Naha. There is a proverb on Okinawa, "nmarijima nu kutuba wasshiinee, kuni n wasshiin". The way to say it in Hyojungo is "umarijima no kotoba wo wasuretara, kuni mo wasureru". Each word is related, yes, but this is just one short sentence. Such simple words as "boy" and "girl" are wildly different from the way it is said in Tokyo - boy is "wikiga" and girl is "winagu", in Naha. Personal pronouns are different too, "I" is "wan" in Naha, and in Yonaguni it's "banu". As I said before about expert vs popular knowledge, although many people believe Sanskrit is the parent of all Indo-European languages, this is 100% false according to every single expert in the field, so we don't include that opinion in the article because it has no expert backing.
  2. too difficulty --Shizhao 14:38, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • If you do not understand it, then perhaps another person from zh: can translate it? --Node ue 20:46, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

neutral

  1. Waerth 18:07, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Brise'is 18:44, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Square (geometry) zh:正方形(en:Square (geometry))

da:Kvadrat, de:Quadrat (Geometrie), es:Cuadrado, et:Ruut, fr:Carre' (ge'ome'trie), he:ריבוע (הנדסה), it:Quadrato (geometria), nl:Vierkant, pl:Kwadrat (geometria), pt:Quadrado, ru:Квадрат, sl:kvadrat (geometrija), simple:Square, sv:Kvadrat, vi:Vuo^ng, zh:正方形

Support

  1. Shizhao 07:10, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Kooo 08:33, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) It has some tough words to translate, but science articles are useful and important. This could be a good kick-off.
  3. Ranveig 22:19, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. Aphaia 05:24, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  5. user:zanimum It's hip to be a square.

Oppose

  1. Grigory Grin 08:46, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC) Too simple
  2. Muke Tever 18:20, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Already translated into more than fifteen languages.
  3. Blabak 21:23, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) ditto Muke Tever
  4. Node ue 23:07, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC) Too short, many languages already


Translations

  1. Vietnamese

Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge en:Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge

A technology topic. Also at da:Akashi-Kaikyo-broen, de:Akashi-Kaikyo-Bru"cke, ja:明石海?大橋, no:Akashi-Kaikyo-broen. Supposingly en or ja is a good start point.--Aphaia 19:56, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. Aphaia 19:56, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC) nominator, vote is assumed
  2. A-gia^u 03:24, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC) Looks like a good excuse to expand those Japanese place names...
  3. --Arnadi' 08:34, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC) I like technology topics in an encyclopedia and this could start a bridge series in each particular language wiki.
  4. --Untifler 14:10, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC) We respect all Japanese high-tech!
  5. Andris 01:48, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Node We've already got plenty of sisam mosir eyaikosiramsuye nuyep on lots of different Wikipedias, maybe this can wait.
  2. Muke Tever 18:20, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Hard to get excited about... :|

ONUCI fr:ONUCI

It's the UN peacekeeping force in fr:Co^te d'Ivoire. There's a lot of articles in the french W (fr:Accords de Kle'ber, fr:Laurent Gbagbo, fr:Politique de la Co^te d'Ivoire) in relation with the hot news.

Support :

  1. Archeos 00:41, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. GL 20:43, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. Weft 22:15, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oppose :

  1. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) like to see more than a stub first.
  2. Node Agree with Muke. Why is it cote^ d'ivore is heard about so little in ELN when it's such a hot topic? and why do so many people call it the ivory coast???
    Because "co^te d'ivoire" is French for "ivory coast". Only recently has preferred English use changed to use the French name (e.g., the en:AHD's third edition [1992] calls it Ivory Coast, but the fourth edition [2002], Co^te d'Ivoire) --Muke Tever

Taiwanese (linguistics) en:Taiwanese (linguistics)

A featured article of manageable length and complexity; already translated in German and Japanese (partly). – Kaihsu 09:49, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. Kaihsu 09:49, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Node ue 20:46, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC) Come on guys, it's been featured... and it may be large, and it may take a while to translate, but hopefully not *that* long.
  3. A-gia^u 09:31, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC) A bit long but translating just the intro, the box, and classification would be a very good start.
  4. PuzzletChung 04:46, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Ditto - just intro, box, and classification.)

Oppose

  1. Shizhao 12:01, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC) (too big)
  2. Kooo 03:38, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC) Too big, and there is no real summary-section to be translated. A translated stub would be quite incomplete.
  3. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Big is fine, but this one is a bit too big. Even for en:... why doesn't it have subpages like, oh, "Taiwanese phonology" ?

Bliki en:Bliki

- User:YongxinStudy Bliki is a combination of blog and wiki and become a new coming Internate techonlogy.

Support

  1. User:YongxinStudy 05:42, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Shizhao 06:18, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Node ue 01:16, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC) Such an emerging technology which can even be mentioned in the Blog and Wiki articles respectively is not notable enolugh yet to be TotW.
  2. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) Interesting idea, but this article doesn't look encyclopedic [yet?]. It's basically a link list with a stub description.

Flag of New Zealand en:Flag of New Zealand

Support

  1. Shizhao 19:02, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) A good example for languages that don't have this kind of page yet.

Oppose

  1. A-gia^u 09:38, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC) No offense to Kiwis but flag histories are hardly obscure.
  2. Node ue 01:14, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC) What he said.

Rubjerg Knude pl:Rubjerg Knude

Support

  1. Weft 22:15, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Node ue 01:07, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC) Hmm.
    • reason...?
    • It's long, 100% in Polish only so I can't really tell if it's actually notable, it seems to be about a Jutlandish guy who did something, perhaps a musician? --Node ue 18:22, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • The interest is to popularise other languages and not just english. If you don't understand what it is, are you not curious to know it ? Weft 18:05, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • I didn't say "not English", I said "only Polish". I cannot read Polish much at all. I also gave the reason that it's long. In addition, please do not criticise my reasons for voting as I do if you aren't even willing to explain your votes (as I requested earlier). --Node ue 23:36, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • The article is actually about a (former) town in Jutland whis is now a part of Lønstrup famous for its lighthouse. I'll translate it into English later. Ausir 13:35, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Neutral

  1. Muke Tever 20:19, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC) It looks nice, but ... okay, I'd like to see it in something Western European, so I can read it. (My Slavic skills are not up to Polish yet.)

Polnische Literatur de:Polnische Literatur

Polish literature. A good article in German, but nothing but lists of authors in other languages, including, surprisingly, in Polish.

Support

  1. Danny 17:08, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Node ue 18:30, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC) Messy. A bit long, too many parenthetical remarks, spread too thin over too many sections. Might support if cleaned up.

Neutral

  1. --Untifler 22:10, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC) I'll try to translate it. Only after translation to English...
  2. Shizhao 14:16, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Ribbon en:Ribbon

This article include some topics like red ribbon, white ribbon,etc.

Support

  1. --YongxinStudy 05:08, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. Muke Tever 15:53, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC) It's probably the 1911 speaking, but despite the simple-seeming topic there's actually a decent article there. (But that was 1911... are Crefeld and Coventry still big ribbon-producing regions?)

Oppose

  1. Shizhao 08:03, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)?

Manama en:Manama

Capital of en:Bahrain. Links: Pelsian Gulf, Arabic language, Islam, Portugal and so on. --Aphaia 21:28, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. Shizhao 08:00, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Happy Birthday to You en:Happy Birthday to You

Links to birthday, (of course,) song, Auld Lang Syne, English language, copyright, Time Warner, Guinness Book of World Records, various years and various names such as Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy. --PuzzletChung 15:02, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. PuzzletChung 15:02, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Ecology en:ecology

I worked heavily on this one both in french and english. The english version has nicely improved and I really think it is a great article (I am a little baised here :-)). I suppose most languages have an article here, but many are stubs. I suggest the english one be translated or merged with local article. Anthere 14:05, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. Anthere 14:05, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. eo:Montanesko 213.73.76.22 21:03, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Shizhao 14:18, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)(too big)

避讳 zh:避讳

and ja:避諱.--Shizhao 13:20, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC) 

Let me describe this. It's the tradition to avoid using the Chinese characters of Emperor's name for names of others when writing in historical contexts. Is it correct? --PuzzletChung 08:55, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. Shizhao 13:20, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Global Voices Covenant

Covenant of multilingual bloggers and wiki'ers regarding how to coordinate efforts to share important ideas quickly across many languages and cultures at once. Not quite a wikimedia project, but would benefit from being TOTW (and would attract more translators to come help out here, too!). +sj+

Support

  1. +sj+ 14:12, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

ru:Семь_мостов_Кёнигсберга

This is a page about seven briges of Königsberg. Translation to othe languages, such as English are much smaller. --Untifler 20:46, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

'Support

  1. --Untifler 20:46, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Shizhao 13:36, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)(too big)

en:Ishigaki Rin

see also: it:Ishigaki Rin, de:Ishigaki Rin. Now translation is on-going. --Aphaia 02:39, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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