Vicilibri:Porta communis

Salve!

Please use this page to discuss Vicilibri Latina, as well as just to have general discussion.

Things to Do

Please list anything down here.

Requesting magistratus status

Salve, Vicilibri! I am requesting adminship at Meta. I want to expand this Wikibooks project. I am interested in Latin, and thought I could help. Frozen Winddisputatio 23:32, 12 Octobris 2010 (UTC)

withdrawn, for now. Frozen Winddisputatio 21:44, 13 Octobris 2010 (UTC)

Historia Romana

(EN) I'm new to this wiki, and it looks like there's not much going on. Perhaps a fitting topic to work on would be roman and ancient history. I don't have much time, but I'd be willing to work on it a little. What do people think?

(LA) Novus apud hanc vici sum ac nihili mihi multum volutum videt. Fortasse res operem dandi apta sit historia romana antiquaque. mihi temporis non multum est, sed rarum operem dare propensus sum. quid sentitis? Mogle 24:21, 1 Decemberis 2006 (UTC)

(EN) Hi! If you plan to create textbook-style content, then Vicilibri is the right place here. If you plan to work on encyclopedic content (objectivity, relying on sources), you might want to consider the sister project Vicipaedia, the free encyclopedia written in Latin. As a starting point, you may want to take a look at w:Categoria:Imperium Romanum or w:Categoria:Roma antiqua. Greetings, --UV 23:13, 1 Decembris 2006 (UTC)

(LA) Fortasse Vicipaediam Latinam inspicere vis, encyclopaediam liberam Lingua Latina scriptam? --UV 23:13, 1 Decembris 2006 (UTC)

Move Source Material to Vicifons

There are hundreds of things that we need to do. Something that anyone can do is tag articles which need moving to Vicifons. Do this by putting in the template {{Vicifons}}. Articles tagged with this are listed in Categoria:Vicifons. Dbmag9 16:56, 30 Maii 2006 (UTC)

If you see an article here tagged with {{Vicifons}} but it is already there, please change {{Vicifons}} in the text to {{Vicifons2|NAme of article}}. See Wikibooks:Vectura for more information. Dbmag9 12:51, 1 Iunii 2006 (UTC)

Translate Interface

At the moment I'm concentrating on system messages which appear regularly. If you see one, list it below. Dbmag9 16:56, 30 Maii 2006 (UTC)

• All the editing commands.
• Loads more.

Build a Community

There is no community here. That is not good. People, when you come here, stay here, and get other people to come here. I will soon make a welcoming message for new users. Please, make people, new and old, welcome here! Dbmag9 16:56, 30 Maii 2006 (UTC)

Make useful Content

Vicilibri and Vicifons are two very different things. Vicilibri is for textbook-style content that you have made yourself, while Vicifons is for public source material that is notable for some reason. They are both important and useful, but they are very different. Please don't confuse them further. Dbmag9 16:56, 30 Maii 2006 (UTC)

Purpose

We need a purpose here. We have a general one: Vicilibri is for textbook-style content that you have made yourself, but this is not enough. Please put below clear ideas about what you want from Vicilibri.

• Vicilibri should be something that people who speak Latin (yes, I know, there are no native speakers) can go to, and learn how to do something. Dbmag9 16:02, 6 Iunii 2006 (UTC)
• la.wikibooks will have only books written for the pleasure of writing in latin. There are no speakers and making a book is a more complex thing than writing a dictionary voice or an enciclopedic one this make, this site one of the most slowgrowing wm project. So now ve have only 0 pages. I can put here all my experience of it.books sysop and my poor latin. I will traslate here the latin book. let's try. The Doc 19:25, 5 Iunii 2006 (UTC)
• I noticed that the Latin Literature deserves from little to no space to technical and medieval textbooks. Even if I understand that this should be a point of collision with Vicifons, the inclusion of such prose (according to criteria to be discussed and shared with Vicifons) would prevent this project to be completely empty. What about this?
  • I'll take my poor English and my poorer NeoLatin to help any scriptor willing to tinker with latin prose composition (as I currently do at la.wikipedia). My experience in wikibooks is near to zero, but where I don't reach, others will. εΔω

Questions

On this project, would it be possible to write original fiction or poetry that I would like to share or have edited by other Latin Litterates?

Also, I think one great use of time and effort would be to create a latin language grammar and primer for another language such as English, French, or probably even more useful, Greek.　　

asked Usor:60.47.42.236 --UV 19:10, 11 Iunii 2007 (UTC)

Please see Disputatio:Pagina prima#Thinking of Contributing. --UV 19:10, 11 Iunii 2007 (UTC)

Betawiki: better support for your language in MediaWiki

Dear community. I am writing to you to promote a special wiki called Betawiki. This wiki facilitates the localisation (l10n) of the MediaWiki interface. You may have changed many messages here to use your language in the interface, but if you would log in to for example the Japanese language Wiktionary, you would not be able to use the interface as well translated as here. In fact, of over 1,700 messages in the core of MediaWiki, 1030 messages have been translated. Betawiki also supports the translation of messages for well over 100 extensions, with over 1,550 messages. Translators for over 70 languages contribute their work to MediaWiki this way every month.

If you wish to contribute to better support of your language in MediaWiki, as well as for many MediaWiki extensions, please visit Betawiki, create an account and request translator privileges. You can see the current status of localisation of your language on MediaWiki.org and do not forget to get in touch with others that may already be working on your language on Betawiki.

If you have any further questions, please let me know on my talk page on Betawiki. We will try and assist you as much as possible, for example by importing all messages from a local wiki for you to start with, if you so desire.

You can also find us on the Freenode IRC network in the channel #mediawiki-i18n where we would be happy to help you get started.

Thank you very much for your attention and I do hope to see some of you on Betawiki soon! Cheers! Siebrand@Betawiki 16:44, 13 Decembris 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania Scholarships

The call for applications for Wikimania Scholarships to attend Wikimania 2010 in Gdansk, Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel, accommodations, and registration at the conference. To apply, visit the Wikimania 2010 scholarships information page, click the secure link available there, and fill out the form to apply. For additional information, please visit the Scholarships information and FAQ pages:

• Scholarships
• Scholarships FAQ

Yours very truly, Cary Bass
Volunteer Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation

2010 Fundraising Is Almost Here

Hello Wikipedians, my name is Kelly and I am working for the Wikimedia Foundation during the 2010 Fundraiser. My job is to be the liaison between the Latina community and the Foundation. This year's fundraiser is intended to be a collaborative and global effort; we recognize that banner messages which may perform well in the United States don't necessarily translate well, or appeal to international audiences.

I'm contacting you as I am currently looking for translators who are willing to contribute to this project by helping translate and localize messages into Latina and suggesting messages that would appeal to Latina readers on the Fundraising Meta Page. We've started the setup on meta for both banner submission, statistical analysis, and grouping volunteers together.
Use the talk pages on meta, talk to your local communities, talk to others, talk to us, and add your feedback to the proposed messages as well! I look forward to working with you during this year's fundraiser. If someone could translate this message I would really appreciate it so that everyone is able to understand our goals and contribute to this year's campaign.
Klyman 16:59, 21 Octobris 2010 (UTC)

Call for image filter referendum

The Wikimedia Foundation, at the direction of the Board of Trustees, will be holding a vote to determine whether members of the community support the creation and usage of an opt-in personal image filter, which would allow readers to voluntarily screen particular types of images strictly for their own account.

Further details and educational materials will be available shortly. The referendum is scheduled for 12-27 August, 2011, and will be conducted on servers hosted by a neutral third party. Referendum details, officials, voting requirements, and supporting materials will be posted at Meta:Image filter referendum shortly.

Sorry for delivering you a message in English. Please help translate the pages on the referendum on Meta and join the translators mailing list.

For the coordinating committee,
Philippe (WMF)
Cbrown1023
Risker
Mardetanha
PeterSymonds
Robert Harris

Terms of Use update

I apologize that you are receiving this message in English. Please help translate it.

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is discussing changes to its Terms of Use. The discussion can be found at Talk:Terms of use. Everyone is invited to join in. Because the new version of Terms of use is not in final form, we are not able to present official translations of it. Volunteers are welcome to translate it, as German volunteers have done at m:Terms of use/de, but we ask that you note at the top that the translation is unofficial and may become outdated as the English version is changed. The translation request can be found at m:Translation requests/WMF/Terms of Use 2 -- Maggie Dennis, Community Liaison 01:02, 27 Octobris 2011 (UTC)

Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants

I apologize that you are receiving this message in English. Please help translate it.

• Do you want to help attract new contributors to Wikimedia projects?
• Do you want to improve retention of our existing editors?
• Do you want to strengthen our community by diversifying its base and increasing the overall number of excellent participants around the world?

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking Community Fellows and project ideas for the Community Fellowship Program. A Fellowship is a temporary position at the Wikimedia Foundation in order to work on a specific project or set of projects. Submissions for 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia projects. If interested, please submit a project idea or apply to be a fellow by January 15, 2012. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships for more information.

Thanks!

--Siko Bouterse, Head of Community Fellowships, Wikimedia Foundation 02:53, 22 Decembris 2011 (UTC)

Distributed via Global message delivery. (Wrong page? Fix here.)

Announcing Wikipedia 1.19 beta

Wikimedia Foundation is getting ready to push out 1.19 to all the WMF-hosted wikis. As we finish wrapping up our code review, you can test the new version right now on beta.wmflabs.org. For more information, please read the release notes or the start of the final announcement.

The following are the areas that you will probably be most interested in:

• Faster loading of javascript files makes dependency tracking more important.
• New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
• The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
• Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
• Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
• Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
• The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).
• More gender support (for instance in logs and user lists).
• Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
• Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
• Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.

Report any problems on the labs beta wiki and we'll work to address them before they software is released to the production wikis.

Note that this cluster does have SUL but it is not integrated with SUL in production, so you'll need to create another account. You should avoid using the same password as you use here. — Global message delivery 16:20, 15 Ianuarii 2012 (UTC)

MediaWiki 1.19

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to upgrade MediaWiki (the software powering this wiki) to its latest version this month. You can help to test it before it is enabled, to avoid disruption and breakage. More information is available in the full announcement. Thank you for your understanding.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system (wrong page? You can fix it.). 15:08, 12 Februarii 2012 (UTC)