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I discovered Wikipedia late 2003, but it took some time before the truth of the 'edit this page' link dawned on me. Since August 2004, I consider myself to be a [[Wikipedian]]. I like Wikipedia very much and I am especially keen on [[WP:Bias|countering the systemic bias]] of Wikipedia in the area of African languages and linguistics. I am furthermore likely to be found working on subjects like [[semantics]] and [[cognitive linguistics]]. |
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''Something I've read recently''<br /> |
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Dùngììn máárrá góshkó gáályá. |
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<div style="text-align:right"><small>''In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed is king.'' <br /> ([[Nobiin language|Nobiin]] proverb)</small></div> |
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Núnyá gale núnyá gódó. |
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<div style="text-align:right"><small>''Es gibt Wissen hinter dem Wissen.'' ([[Ewe language|Ewe]] proverb)</small></div> |
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==What I'm doing== |
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Mostly I skip from one subject to another. There is always something to do. Sometimes I like to work more project-wise on a bunch of closely related articles. In the past, I have been working like that on the Gbe languages ([[Ewe language|Ewe]], [[Fon language|Fon]], [[Anlo language|Anlo]]). Most of my efforts have gone into the parent article, [[Gbe languages]]. In the end, I will get back to the remaining articles. Or someone else will. That is the beauty of Wikipedia. |
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Currently I'm working on ''Project [[Senufo languages]]''. I'm proud of the article on the Senufo language [[Nafaanra language|Nafaanra]], which is a [[WP:FA|featured article]] as of 17 Feb 2005. Hmm, I noticed some [[Nilotic languages]] slipping through recently... maybe it is time indeed to do some work on languages on the other side of the African continent. |
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==To do, short term== |
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(long-term todo list [[User:Mark Dingemanse/todo|here]]) |
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* create maps for [[Algerian Civil War]] |
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* gather multilingual tense information for [[Grammatical tense]] at [[Grammatical tense/multilingual sources]] |
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* learn from [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Force_Dynamics&diff=8484767&oldid=8473811 this diff] ([[Force Dynamics]] EAL copyedit by MIT Trekkie) |
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* learn from [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Nafaanra_language&diff=10048061&oldid=10041256 this diff] ([[Nafaanra language]] EAL copyedit by Bishonen) |
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* [[Kenyan languages]] (strike = created) |
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** Bantu: [[Logooli language]], [[Dabida langauge]] (member of the Taita languages), <s>[[Gusii language]]</s>, [[Meru language]], [[Kamba language]], [[Embu language]], [[Gikuyu language]] (or Kikuyu), [[Giryama language]], [[Swahili language]] |
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** Nilotic: <s>[[Luo language]]</s> (or Dholuo), [[Turkana language]] (related to Karimojong, Jie, Toposa, Nyangatom), [[Camus language]] (Maa, together with Samburu), [[Maasai language]] (southern Maa) |
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***<s>[[Southern Nilotic languages]]</s> |
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****<s>[[Kalenjin languages]]</s>: <s>[[Tugen language]]</s>, <s>[[Pokot language]]</s> |
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** Cushitic: [[Borana language]] (Oromo), [[Rendille language]], [[Somali language]] (300 000 speakers in Kenya) |
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* Create [[Dadog language]], a Southern Cushitic language spoken in Tanzania according to Ehret 1980 and Heine 1976. Ethnologue has never heard about it, but it seems to be just a southern extension of [[Datooga language]] (which incidentally also should be created). |
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* Write an article on Dorobo/Ndorobo/Il Torobo/Wanderobo, the term used for groups of [[hunter-gatherer]]s in Kenya and northern Tanzania of various linguistic affiliations (Heine 1981, Van Zwanenburg 1976, Kenny 1981, Distefano 1990). |
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==Wikipedia links== |
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{{WikiProjectCSBTasks}} |
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WikiProjects and initiatives I support or subscribe to: |
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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Languages|WP Languages]] |
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* [[WP:Bias|WP Countering Systemic Bias]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Africa-related_regional_notice_board|Africa-related regional notice board]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Forum_for_Encyclopedic_Standards|Forum for Encyclopedic Standards]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Fact_and_Reference_Check|WP Fact and Reference Check]] |
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Interesting stuff |
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* [[Wikipedia:Semantic_Wikipedia_proposal]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Library]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost]] |
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* [[User:Pilaf/Live_Preview]] |
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* [[User talk:Bishonen/European toilet paper holder/Anti 'T' bias poll|Fine humour at the literary department]] |
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[[fr:Utilisateur:Mark Dingemanse]] |
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