Tell us about Friulian Wikipedia

Name of the Wikipedia

Vichipedie furlane - Friulian Wikipedia Friulian language

Questionnaire

Contributors

Wikimedia Statistics can be difficult to interpret. What is your impression, how many steady contributors do you have?

I'd say about 5, then some others with minor edits. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are your contributors mostly native speakers?

Yes, even if their level can vary since our language is not taught in schools --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where do your contributors live (regions/country)?

They are mostly from different parts of Friuli, in north-east Italy. But for example I live for a big part of the year elsewhere in Italy, and there are probably some contributors from other countries --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How common is it that your contributors meet in real life?

No meetings so far --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Other Wikipedias

Do you have special contacts with another Wikipedias (maybe in related languages)?

I have contacts with a couple of people from Italian and Catalan wikipedia. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you translate a lot from other Wikipedias? Which ones?

I translate a lot from Catalan Wikipedia, since I find their articles complete but not too long; then also Italian and English, maybe others as reference. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Organization and support

Is there a Wikimedia chapter in your country? How does your language relate to it?

There is a Wikimedia chapter in Italy, but I don't see a lot of support coming from them. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are there work groups in other organizations about Wikipedia?

Not as far as I know --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your Wikipedia and the linguistic community

Is there a language institution for your language, like an Academy, or a club of people interested in your language? Do you have contact with them?

Yes, there is one, but there aren't any contacts at the moment. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Who (else) supports you?

Nobody, although we have a friendship with a monthly magazine in our language --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What does the public outreach for your edition look like? Do you have flyers, give lectures, trainings etc.?

We didn't really make advertisement or such a thing, since the community is quite small. We had reviews on local newspapers, though, and also on a local radio. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you get feedback from readers?

Yes, we sometimes get feedback on discussion pages and in the village pump, not only comments, but proposals and critics too; we try to answer to everybody. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What other encyclopedias exist in your language?

There aren't any. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Content

Does your edition concentrates on certain topics, like your region and language, or Latin Wikipedia on Roman history and Christianity?

We try to balance local topics and general topics; local topics are probably more interesting, but also more demanding, since there isn't much in the Internet and you have to do some research on books and essays. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did your edition enjoy text donations, for example from older encyclopedias?

No, there isn't lot of text available online in our language. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Language

Is there a generally accepted norm about your language (spelling, dictionary, pronunciation)?

Yes, there is a standard form, used in the official documents; however it is not widely known since it's not taught in schools; there are also different spellings, which are seldom used though. The standard form doesn't imply a pronunciation, everybody is free to use local pronounce. It is worth a note that there is always understability among different variants of Friulian. --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How do you deal with different spellings, dialects etc. (like B.E. lift and A.E. elevator)?

I love my dialect, but keeping different variants in a single Wikipedia is a tough job, especially when the community is small. Therefore, we use the official standard for the text of the articles; for the moment we try to adapt to standard ortography all contributions, while leaving local words if they are comprehensible. We allow local dialects for things like toponyms --Klenje 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Links

Main/Front page of your Wikipedia: http://fur.wikipedia.org