Difference between revisions of "Korean Wikitravel Expedition"

Latest revision as of 09:04, 21 October 2009

The Korean Wikitravel Expedition is an expedition to create a Korean language version of Wikitravel.

For more information on multilingual Wikitravel policy, please see Language version policy.

[edit] Rationale

Korean is a language spoken in South Korea and North Korea. There are 7.8 million native speakers worldwide. These travelers would be well-served by a Wikitravel travel guide in their language.

In addition, contributions in Korean would help the other Wikitravel language versions. Many Korean speaking areas are major travel destinations; having locals update information in their native tongue (which could then be translated to other languages) would make for better information in all the Wikitravel guides. Korean speakers are also frequent travelers and would have a lot to contribute on other destinations and topics.

[edit] Goals

This Expedition has the following goals:

• To collect a good base of Korean speaking users willing to take this project further.
• To choose a go-between who can keep users on the English language site up to date on developments on Korean Wikitravel, and vice versa
• To translate the interface files for Wikitravel into Korean
• To launch the new Korean language Wikitravel.
• To translate the pages and create the infrastructure necessary to make Korean Wikitravel useful and friendly for new Korean speaking contributors.
• To make Korean Wikitravel an integrated part of the Wikitravel family.

[edit] Steps

The Language version policy/ko lists the steps necessary to get a Korean language Wikitravel in place.

[edit] Gathering a team of users

To get this project started, we need at least 3 Korean speaking users willing to help start the Korean Wikitravel. This means helping to translate the interface files, create content on the new Wikitravel, and to create the necessary infrastructure to make Wikitravel welcoming and useful for the next wave of contributors.

If you're interested, please create a user account here on Wikitravel Shared, and sign the list below. To sign, type four tildes (~~~~)

• Korea1992(위키백과:심현우)--Korea1992 04:21, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
• FriedC 04:21, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
• User:Quotation Marks -- Quotation Marks 07:06, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
• Cainsang Cainsang 05:32, 27 April 2009 (EDT)

More than 3 users are welcome to sign up, but we need at least 3 to get started. EdwardKim 02:31, 10 June 2009 (EDT)

[edit] Go-between

• Korea1992
  • 안녕하세요. 이번에 위키 여행을 추진하기로 결심한 Korea1992라고 합니다. 위키백과에서는 제 본명인 심현우로 쓰고 있습니다. 여러분의 많은 참여를 부탁드립니다.--Korea1992 07:14, 26 April 2009 (EDT)

• Quotation Marks
  • 지원합니다. -- Quotation Marks 02:29, 23 May 2009 (EDT)

--FriedC 05:00, 21 October 2009 (EDT)

[edit] Language interface file

MediaWiki, the software that runs Wikitravel, uses a language interface file to make the links and names and prompts and stuff readable in other languages. We need to customize a new version to work for Korean Wikitravel.

We can collaboratively do this at en:Wikitravel:LanguageKo.php. It's started off with the Wikipedia language file, and we can use the English en:Wikitravel:Language.php file as a reference for things that need to be changed. It's mostly just changing the name of the site (Wikipedia -> Wikitravel), the name of the license, and the names of some important pages.

[edit] Issues

• 소식 없음

• Good job on this! I think you're ready to go, please contact Internet Brands and ask them to set up the Korean version. Jpatokal 12:27, 27 April 2009 (EDT)

Thx for your advice. We E-mail to tech at wikitravel.org. --FriedC 13:25, 27 April 2009 (EDT)

E-mailed Kevin Hayes again, let's see if anything happens this time. Jpatokal 05:22, 2 September 2009 (EDT)

위키트래벌 공용 한국어 대문 마련 Mkpaulo 22:50, 2 September 2009 (EDT)

위키트래벌 영문판에 한국어 대문 마련 Mkpaulo, 18 November 2009 (EDT)