I have (finally!) got the new improved bilingual (French/English) KayakWiki up and running. There are still a few kinks to work out, but it's running reasonably well. It runs on a new server with the latest versions of all Wiki and related software. To access KayakWiki, the URLs are: French: <http://fr.kayakwiki.org/Accueil> English: <http://en.kayakwiki.org/Main_Page> The pages currently on the French wiki have been translated by Olivier Parsy of Belgium last year. My French skills are not anywhere near what is required to do translations, so anyone who wishes to contribute is welcome. At this point, the pages most in need of copying and translating from the English wiki are the administrative pages (how to edit a page, etc - on the English wiki under the KayakWiki Housekeeping category). There is also a pool wiki: <http://pool.kayakwiki.org/Main_Page>, which is used to store files common to both French and English wikis (e.g. - photos). I am endeavouring to make the pool a bilingual site - tricky since it's not supported directly in the wiki software. However, the pool wiki should never have more than a few pages (upload, view files, instructions etc). With the dirty work now done, I can add other language KayakWikis with relative ease. If there is _serious_ interest (i.e. folks that will actually do the contributions/editing/etc), I can add German/Dutch/Swedish/... in the future. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hello Mike, > I have (finally!) got the new improved bilingual (French/English) KayakWiki up and running. Great idea! This is a good start for the French speaking community. I'll help whenever I can. Regards, Dan Ctti Montrial, Quibec *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Dan Cote wrote: > Great idea! This is a good start for the French speaking community. I'll > help whenever I can. Glad to hear it. There may be a few hiccups in the first week or two. With people (and Google/Yahoo/other search engines) banging on it, I'm finding problems I never would have found in testing. I fix them on the fly, so the wiki suddenly disappears for a few moments occasionally. If you have a problem, give it a couple of minutes and try again. If a problem persists, let me know on the Problem Reporting page (link on the main page/Accueil or e-mail (address on User:Michael Daly page). Let others on the French paddling forums know, too, if you frequent them. In addition to general kayaking information, we need input on paddling destinations in Quebec, for example. I'd really like to see the French KayakWiki do well. Mike PS - the French text on the pool wiki has been translated mostly by Altavista's Babel (with modifications by me). Let me know if the French is really atrocious or good. When I try to write in French, I have no idea whether it's international French, Quebecois or Acadien - or franglais for that matter! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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