Merging projects/Akan–Twi

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Akan–Twi situation

This page outlines the pros and cons of merging the Akan Wikipedia, which is written in Akan and the Twi Wikipedia, which is written in Twi. The proposal may involve merging other projects or merging all projects in these two languages (Akan and Twi). Please see below.

Previous discussions

• Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Akan Wikipedia
• Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Twi Wikipedia
• Talk:Language_committee#Akan_vs._Twi
• Another native Akan speaker comment
• More confirmation from a native speaker
• Brief mention of Akan and Twi (in Esperanto)

Proposals

Proposal 1

Move all Twi Wikipedia (tw) content to the Akan Wikipedia (ak), and close tw.wikipedia.org. In this sense, the projects will be merged.

Pros of Proposal 1

• Twi may be considered a dialect of Akan
• Merging projects would make knowledge in these similar languages available to speakers of both
• « [T]here is an "Akan" orthography for writing all the languages called "Akan". »
• "Twi" is sometimes used as a synonym of "Akan". They are extremely similar.
• Several native speakers agree with the proposal (confirmation from a native speaker)

Cons of Proposal 1

• The "standard Akan" is just an academic proposal and is not actually spoken.
• There are several major dialects. Create one Wikipedia for each. (see proposal 2)

Comments on Proposal 1

•  Support as nominator. PiRSquared17 (talk) 00:31, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
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Proposal 2

Create Wikipedias for each dialect of Akan, on demand. The site "ak.wikipedia.org" could be changed into some kind of static portal between the dialect editions.

Note: Originally proposed by Kwekubo.

Pros of Proposal 2

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Cons of Proposal 2

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Comments on Proposal 2

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