[OSGeo-Edu] Re: Multilanguage Dictionary

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I was discussing this with Martin Spott today, 	he may take a look at  
it.  However, I'm not sure I understand why we can't just use the  
http://wikitionary.org site itself.

Same with wikibooks.org - can we use that too?

The idea of forking content away from these other online systems is  
kind of discouraging to consider, but if there are holes at their end  
that we cannot help fill, then I guess it makes some sense.

Tyler

On 16-Oct-08, at 10:08 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:

> Hi EduCom,
>
> (re. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Multilanguage_Dictionary)
>
> the multilanguage dictionaly idea was dropped today:
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 6:39 PM, OSGeo <trac_osgeo at osgeo.org> wrote:
>> #188: Wiktionary software installation on "osgeo2"
>> ---------------------- 
>> +-----------------------------------------------------
>>  Reporter:  neteler  |       Owner:  tmitchell
>>      Type:  task     |      Status:  closed
>>  Priority:  normal   |   Component:  WebSite
>> Resolution:  wontfix  |    Keywords:
>> ---------------------- 
>> +-----------------------------------------------------
>> Changes (by tmitchell):
>>
>>  * status:  assigned => closed
>>  * cc: sac at lists.osgeo.org (added)
>>  * resolution:  => wontfix
>>
>> Comment:
>>
>>  I've discussed with some from the wiktionary team.   
>> Wiktionary.org merely
>>  uses a mediawiki installation with a bunch of extra templates and
>>  conventions.  There are no clear install instructions to match their
>>  existing set up.  I suggest that we use wiktionary.org directly  
>> for our
>>  terms instead of installing a custom instance.  It will not be
>>  straightforward otherwise.
>>
>>  We could create a category for "geospatial" to help track our  
>> terms in
>>  their system if we want.  http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ 
>> Category:Geography
>>  is also a good start.
>>
>>  Make sense?
>>
>> --
>> Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/188#comment:3>
>> OSGeo <http://www.osgeo.org/>
>> OSGeo committee and general foundation issue tracker.
>
>
> So nothing.
> Personally, I find the original Wiktionary.org messy and overkill
> (confusingly organized with respect to Wikipedia), see for example:
>  http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/place
> -> why as usual translations on the left *but also* in the article  
> itself??
>
> But well, I understand that it's complicated to install for us.
> No idea how to go ahead with this.
>
> Markus
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 4:44 PM, Charlie Schweik
> <cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu> wrote:
>> Hi OSGeo edu folks,
>>
>> Here's an email from Nicol Hermann related to the multilanguage
>> dictionary. This is a great dialog.
>>
>> I think we need one or more people to sign up and take ownership  
>> of this
>> multi-language edu sub-project and lead it toward some goal in  
>> 2008. Any
>> takers?
>>
>> Charlie
> ...
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Tyler Mitchell
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