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Request for a new language edition
Wiktionary Igbo
submitted
verification
final decision
This proposal has been approved.
The
language committee
has deemed that there is sufficient grounds and community to create the new language project.
A committee member provided the following comment:
phab:T314635
Jon Harald Søby
talk
11:16, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
reply
The community needs to develop an
active test project
; it must remain active until approval (
automated statistics
recent changes
). It is generally considered active if the analysis lists at least three active, not-grayed-out editors listed in the sections for the previous few months.
The community needs to complete required MediaWiki
interface translations
in that language (
about localization
translatewiki
check completion
).
The community needs to discuss and complete the settings table below:
What
Value
Example / Explanation
Proposal
Language code
ig (
SIL
Glottolog
A valid ISO
639-1
or
639-3
language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name
Igbo
Language name in English
Language name
Igbo
Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on
Special:Preferences
, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ...
Language Wikidata item
Q33578
item has currently the following values:
English label: Igbo
native label
(P1705)
: Asụsụ Igbo, Igbo
instance of
(P31)
subclass of
(P279)
: language, modern language / Igboid
Wikimedia language code
(P424)
: ig
writing system
(P282)
: Igbo alphabet, Igbo Braille, Akagu
number of speakers, writers, or signers
(P1098)
: 27,000,000
Item about the language at Wikidata. It would normally include the Wikimedia language code, name of the language, etc. Please complete at Wikidata if needed.
Directionality
LTR
Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)?
Links
Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents.
Site URL
ig.wiktionary.org
langcode.wikiproject.org
Settings
Project name
Wikshọnarị
"Wiktionary" in your language
Project namespace
Wikshọnarị
usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace
Kwuookwu_Wikshọnarị
"Wiktionary talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace)
Enable uploads
no
Default is "no". Preferably, files should be uploaded to
Commons
If you want, you can enable local file uploading, either by any user ("yes") or by administrators only ("admin").
Notes: (1) This setting can be changed afterwards. The setting can only be "yes" or "admin" at approval if the test creates an
Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP)
first. (2) Files on Commons can be used on all Wikis. (3) Uploading fair-use images is not allowed on Commons (
more info
). (4) Localisation to your language may be insufficient on Commons.
Optional settings
Project logo
File:Wiktionary logo Ig.svg
This needs to be an SVG image (
instructions for logo creation
).
Default project timezone
Africa/Lagos
"Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see
list of valid timezones
Additional namespaces
For example, a Wikisource would need "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk", "Author", "Author talk".
Additional settings
Anything else that should be set
Once settings are finalized, a committee member will
submit a Phabricator task
requesting creation of the wiki. (This will include everything automatically, except the additional namespaces/settings.) After the task is created, it should be linked to in a comment under "final decision" above.
Proposal
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Hello Everyone!
Igbo language is spoken by more than 44 million people all over the world and it has rich vocabulary with different dialects. In the past one year there has been much activity on the
Igbo Wiktionary test project
and the content is increasing rapidly.
In summary, I would say that this test project (
Igbo Wiktionary
) has a so much potentials so I would request that it be approved.
--
Uzoma
19:20, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
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Discussion
edit
I remember the time when the Igbo Wikipedia had exactly one article. Things look so much better now, as they look for projects in African languages in general. Just one thing: as far as I could find out, you, Uzoma, seem to be the only regular contributor to the Igbo Wiktionary. Is that correct?
Steinbach
(formerly Caesarion)
16:46, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
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Steinbach
(formerly Caesarion)
I would say yes for now to your question, but soon we will have more regular contributors and even an administrator. Just like the Igbo Wikipedia, we will make it happen.
--
Uzoma
22:16, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
reply
Support
--
Rubbish computer
Talk
Contribs
16:04, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
reply
Support
in my official capacity as the Program Officer for the
Rapid Grants program
. The
Igbo Wikimedians User Group
has been able to support good community engagement on this Wiktionary project over a significant part of the past year, both supported by grants as well their own voluntary initiatives. There are also additional, regular contributors now, including
Oby Ezeilo
and
Obihoja
I JethroBT (WMF)
talk
07:58, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
reply
Strong support
As a test Wiki administrator i equally want to appreciate
Igboanude
a retiree and the oldest Igbo Wiki editor who has been adding content and editing the igbo Wiktionary.--
Oby Ezeilo
talk
14:19, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
reply
Settings
edit
Hello. We still need to know the settings for the project namespace, its talk pages, and the logo preferably in an SVG version. --
MF-W
12:04, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
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Igboanude
Oby Ezeilo
Timzy D'Great
Queenbella001
Lebron jay
Martins202
Nwonwu Uchechukwu P
Austine E Raph
Chrysella
, and
Juliegwen
Akwugo
Chikeme Chizurum
Love4sure
Olugold
Iwuala Lucy
Chidimmanwaeze22
Accuratecy051
Palow s coba11
Samstringz
Sayvhior
Senator Choko
, and
Viva33
Daberechi16
Dera xoxo
Zilzy
Austine E Raph
Kingsley Nkem
, and
Efoby
As asked here, how to translate the "Wiktionary:" and "Wiktionary_talk:" namespaces in Igbo? (boldly replaced the logo field to
svg one
) --
Liuxinyu970226
talk
01:58, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
reply
Hello, In Igbo Language Dictionary is called akwụkwọ nkọwaokwu, but I prefer spelling wiktionary in Igbo (Wikshọnarị) to make it stand out from other dictionaries. Furthermore will like the logo to carry a touch of the Igbo alphabets. For the talk page, we can translate it as ebe nkwupụta okwu or ekwumekwu.
Oby Ezeilo
talk
13:54, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
reply
So what should be the project_talk? ebe nkwupụta okwu Wikshọnarị? ekwumekwu Wikshọnarị? Wikshọnarị ebe nkwupụta okwu? ekwumekwu Wikshọnarị? --
Liuxinyu970226
talk
23:32, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
reply
The logo says "Wikshọnarị". Please confirm that that is the translation of "Wiktionary" you want to use for the ig.wiktionary domain and if "Okwu Wikshọnarị" is the appropriate translation of "Wiktionary talk:" namespace then. Ping
User:Oby Ezeilo
User:Igboanude
--
MF-W
13:00, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
reply
Note: If Olugold said well in the
Wikiquote request
, it looks like "Ńkàtá_Wikshọnarị" would be better than "Okwu".
Liuxinyu970226
talk
14:01, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
reply
Please Note: In Igbo Language, Nkata or Mkparịtaụka means Discussion and not Talk. We can leave it at kwuookwu Wikshọnarị (Its a short sentence that represents ekwumekwu or nkwupụta okwu while ebe nkwupụta okwu means where you can speak/talk) --
Oby Ezeilo
talk
11:36, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
reply
Talk-kwuookwu/kwupụta okwu
Akwugo
talk
20:38, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
reply
Wiktionary-wikishọnarị
Akwugo
talk
20:39, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
reply
And then, which timezone to use? Is "Africa/Abuja" from Wikiquote ok or not? --
Liuxinyu970226
talk
01:28, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
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