Wikizziunariu:Cìrculu

Lu Cìrculu

Ntroduzzioni

Siddu vuliti lassari un missaggiu, jiti â fini dî missaggi, criati un tìtulu, p'asempiu: ==Tìtulu==, e lassati chiddu chi vuliti diri. Siddu vuliti jùnciri na discussioni, criati li suttatìtuli, p'asempiu: ===Suttatìtuli===, ecc.

Maiuscolo/minuscolo a inizio parola

Per piacere tente presenti che questo wiktionary "conosce" la differenza tra maiuscolo e minuscolo - quindi al contrario con wikipedia le parole vanno inserite con inizio corretto.
Esempio: non Tedescu, ma tedescu per creare una nuova voce. Grazie!!! -- SabineCretella 18:11, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Ciau Sabine - I'll be working on the system messages soon. Congratulations on a wonderful job setting this up thus far. You'll note that sometimes I leave messages providing alternatives and other times I am simply making straight out edits. I don't wish to impose the Wikipedia style manual - maybe at some stage both wiktionary and wikipedia will reopen the issue and redecide it jointly - I would rather more voices decide such things than too few (within limits of course).

While I am here - I have to say again that tedescu looks thoroughly Italian to me. Piccitto doesn't have it at all. He has Tudiscu: tedesco, lingua tedesca; and he has tidiscu as a secondary entry. Now I'm not fussed at the moment because it's still early days, but also because this sort of problem will come up again, and again and again. Some will want pre 1800 spelling, others will search out the spelling of around 1950 a la Piccitto (such as myself) and others will search out the spelling of 2000, which will nearly always represent corrupted Italian - something, which I feel, is best avoided for the integrity of a Sicilian dictionary. But - this is the sort of policy question that a committee will eventually have to decide - and I would propose that there be an overiding committee for both wikipedia and wiktionary so that the same standards apply - just a suggestion. Salutamu. --pippudoz 11:05, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Tedescu, tidiscu, tudiscu

Ciau Pippu! I changed to tudiscu as it is used on wikipedia - the others are inserted as synonyms. And this is the point where I will open another discussion thread about "which words to insert". As for other terms you will find it is more apropriate to change the term: just do so - I often don't know which one to choose. As for the several mails that came through the forum: I'll insert most things by tomorrow evening and then come back to the forum with the next issues. I am a bit sorry that I am causing so many messages there. Ciau, Sabine --SabineCretella 09:19, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Which word is the correct one?

We frequently will have the discussion on which version of the word is the "correct" one to be inserted - imho as long as a word is used it is to be inserted, since we are not writing wiktionary for people who already know the language, but for people who don't know it. So what really needs to be done is then to insert a note that explains that even if "a" is used in at text, "b" would be preferred. Adding to old versions a note that it is indeed a way to express a certain concept, but it is out of date and therefore one should refer to the actual term. It makes no sense to exclude any used words as this would prevent people from understanding the language. Even in German, Italian etc. dictionaries often you find words specified with "historical word" or something like that. -- SabineCretella 09:53, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Ciau Sabine - excellent point, I was going to make a similar myself. Just as Wikipedia (across all languages) is getting more serious about using references (rifirimenti, culligamenti, liami) - we have to employ the same discipline in Wiktionary. I propose two things (and apologies to all about getting slack in using Sicilian - quannu la basa veni finita, scrivu tutti li mei missaggi 'n sicilianu, pi ora è megghiu pi Sabine e autri siddu scrivu 'n ngrisi):

1. To make sure the advancement of the Sicilian language is proceeding in the best possible manner, that Wikipedia and Wiktionary be viewed as sister projects. For maximum effect, I propose that there be one overarching committe to oversight the policies of both. As an initial suggestion, the exising Wikipedia committee of four, be expanded to six or seven to include the primary people working on Wiktionary. If need be, we review all existing policies in Wikipedia to ensure that everyone is happy that they are viable and will suit Wiktionary.
2. Regarding Wiktionary specifically, it is best if all entries have some sort of authority, not just academic, but literary is ok too. There are sufficient examples of scholarly and literary works in Sicilian to ensure that virtually the whole of the vocabulary can be referenced back to at least one authorative usage. This concept isn't foolproof, but it is a whole lot better than people putting in words off the top of their heads (not that that has happened yet, but it might in the future). Salutamu, pippu.

Where to start to insert words

Here we have different possibilities - start from the

• "list of 1000 basic words" in English and translate it into sicilian
• go ahead with groups of words (names of months, days, seasons, countries etc. (please see my main page of the user profile User:SabineCretella where I started to insert groups of words to insert
• take "correct" texts, create wordlists out of them and insert vocabulary based on these words (please send me these texts in order to enable me to create a list of words)
• take proverbs, quotations, poems or better literature in general and insert these words

the last two options for sure represent words that sould be in wiktionary as they are used words - once inserted everyone of us should add what he/she is able to do - classification, definition, translations, synonyms and notes.
Reading the discussion of the use of "x" in Sicilian words I thought about how many people use this kind of writing. If there's a percentage and people are likely to come across these words in texts they should be inserted as well - then it is up to the notes to clarify from which period they are. Do you have any further notes on this? -- SabineCretella 13:48, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC) If you have further ideas on how we could retrieve words, please let me know.--SabineCretella 13:48, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

All that makes good sense - I like the idea, wherever possible, of clarifying whether a particular word is a local variation and having links to the other forms, showing whether the word is archaic, indicating whether its use has been taken from poetry, what peiod, etc. On the question of "x" - this is merely a start of what could be a never-ending series of questions: what form or forms of spelling of particular words are acceptable? To be honest, I don't think that "x" (the same sound as is found in Catalan, e.g. xocolata) has been used in a serious way since around the 16th century. So to me, it is the equivalent of introducing archaic letters from Old English, like б, etc. It is precisely for this reason that we may need a committee to set policy about what goes in, how it goes in, etc. - no different to what you would find in any wikipedia. The same questions arise about cacuminal DD, whether it be shown as DD, or DDH or DDR. There are people who want to push all sorts of strange orthographies and I would hate for wiktionary to be captured by such people, i.e. we should stay within the limits of recent scholarly work, within the limits of the 4 greatest Sicilian poets Meli, Tempio, Martoglio and Buttita, and we should try and steer clear of personal adventurism and experimentation - otherwise, you end up with something that lacks credibility. I'm not trying to put up obstacles, nor do I have personal agendas, accept a search for the most widely accepted, researched and expressed form of written Sicilian. Lastly, where did you find jnnaru? I have seen jinnaru, innaru and ginnaru - all forms that we could put in the dictionary, but jnnaru? It doesn't seem to follow any of the normal conventions. The "j" at the start of a word in Sicilian (where it is used, plenty support not using it at all) has a consonantal value, so in this case it would have to be jinnaru. Salutamu. --pippudoz 22:17, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I found jnnaru on the website mentioned on the linguasiciliana forum - the one that also has the pronounciation. If you go on google and insert it you receive 70 pages that use it. So now I am going to add jinnaru, innaru and ginnaru :-)
This is the difference of wiktionary to wikipedia - while wikipedia defines a standard language or creates redirects to the standard words on wiktionary you need to define the words and out of this definition one understands what is standard or not. German is also a good example for this: not too long time ago German rules for writing were changed by a committee, but there are still many people writing following the old rules - so it is necessary to insert these terms adding a note that the spelling is "before official changes" were made.
As you see: it is not an easy task over here :-)
If you find links to poems I should include in the creatin process for the word lists, please let me know - and thank you for the edits. There we will have one problem: I now have this list of approx. 7000 words I am adding step by step (yesterday the servers were so slow that at a certain point I gave up) and you are taking out the non valid words - and this is great - but next time I create the list, these words will be in there again. So now I need to figure out a system on how we can avoid them in the list and on how you can edit only the new entrances. Maybe before uploading we should decide this - I am going to write a message to the forum.
--SabineCretella 07:39, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

List

Another thing that is different to wikipedia is the use of templates. I copied the list from the Italian wiktionary here Wikizziunariu:Template. They help to share information between other wiktiuonaries. For example "nglisi" was copied and pasted from the Dutch wiktionary adding Sicilian (you will find that the Italian wiktionary as well as some other ones have the same lists of translations). This can be done in particular for basic words (languages, names of places, days, months, planets, everyday terminology like house, hand, leg etc.
Maybe we should create a basic template for every wordtype. -- SabineCretella 07:50, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Binvinutu ô Wikizziunariu!!!

A tutti gli utenti nuovi :-) è bello vedere che state lavorando qui - grazie!!!! (scusate l'italiano ... ;-) --Sabine 00:09, 10 Frivaru 2006 (UTC)

Grazie mille!

Ciau a tutti, viramenti nun parro sicilianu, ma grazie a chistu situ, sto imparannu! Mia famigghia materna (i miei bisnonni) furo di Trapani, ma iddi immigraro nti Stati Uniti centu anni fa! Vogghiu ringraziari tutti voiautri pi criari e manteniri lu situ e speru chi c'ha moltu successu. Allisana Riccardi

Barbecue

Complimenti per il lavoro! Come mai su ogni voce compare un titolo Barbecue ? E soprattutto, sembra che non ci siano i permessi per per cambiare le pagine! salutamu

Pruverbiu

La vecchia 'un voli jocu: voli pani, vini e focu.

talianu: (La vecchia non vuole giocare: vuole, invece, pane, vino e fuoco. ) L'esperienza mira al sodo!

Nomi d'armali

• cunigghiu = coniglio selvatico (oryctolagus coniculus);
• liebbru = lepre comune (lepus europaeus)
• vispisa di pantana = spioncello (onthus spinoletta);
• coturnice = (alectoris graeca);
• quagghia = quaglia (coturnix cuturnix);
• turtura = tortora (streptopelia turtur);
• currintina = calandro (anthus campestris);
• calandra = calandra (melanocrippa);
• zividduni = prispolone (anthus trivialis);
• merlu = merlo (turdus merula);
• coddu virdi = germano reale (anas platyrhynchos);
• addina = folaga (fulica atra);
• adduzzu = gallinella d' acqua (gallinula chloropus);
• passiru = passero (passer italiae);
• passiru = passera mattugia (passer montanus);
• struneddu = storno (stornus bulgaris);
• trizzarola = alzavola (anas crecca);
• pica = gazza (pica);
• irbaiola = canapiglia (strepera);
• friscruni = fischione (anas penelope);
• carrubbaru = codone (anas acuta);
• sirretta = marzaiola (anas querquedula);
• cucchiaruni = mestolone (anas clypeata);
• moiu = moriglione (aythya ferina);
• accirotta = beccaccino (capella gallinago);
• scavuzzu = moretta (aytthya);
• tutuni = colombaccio (columba palumbus);
• facinedda = frullino (lymacryptes minimus);
• vinaru = chiurlo (numenius arquata);
• gambella impiriali = pittima (limosa lapponica);
• cavallirotta = pettegola (tringa totanus);
• baddottula = donnola (mustela nivalis);
• vulpi = volpe (vulpus volpes);
• maisolu = piviere (charadrius apricarius);
• iadduzzu impiriali = combattente (philomalus pugnax);
• iadduzzo = beccaccia (scolopax rusticola);
• cucucchiata = cappellaccia (galerida aristata);
• calandretta = tottavilla (lullula arborea);
• lodula = allodola (alauda arventis);
• marvizzu impiriali = cesena (turbus pilaris);
• marvizzu = tordo bottaccio (turdus philomelus);
• marvizzo russu = tordo sassello (turdus ialicus);
• ciavula grigia = taccola (colocus monedula);
• cruvacchiu = corvo (corvus frugilegus);
• ciavula = cornacchia nera (corvus coroni);
• paunedda = pavoncella (vanellus vanellus).

--Antudo 12:07, 20 mar 2008

Constatazioni

Salve, intanto vorrei scusarmi se non parlo in siciliano, ma conosco solo la lingua di Dante... Vorrei porre alla vostra attenzione un paio di cose che finché sono circoscritte, sono risolvibili, dopo diventa un problema.

1. alcune traduzioni linkano interi periodi (es: pidunettu«parte del calcetín que corresponde con la planta y la punta del pie» potrà mai essere una pagina? eppure vine linkata vedere per credere), che verosimilmente non saranno mai una pagina. In più vengono tradotte le definizioni, che però dovrebbero essere in siciliano, appena sotto il nome.
2. la stragrande maggioranza dei lemmi, pecca in definizioni, si limitano a dire lingua, parte del discorso e traduzioni.
3. Molte pagine e template non sono categorizzati, su it.wiktionary abbiamo risolto con un template veloce e pratico
4. appena potete vi converrebbe importarvi i 3 template template:top, template:mid e template:bottom che ho visto li usate ma riscrivendo il codice
5. eliminare template assurdi come bgclr
6. Le pagine non si copiano dagli altri progetti, si importano, Melos ha già fatto richiesta, pazientate
7. Attenzine agli admin che non sanno quel che fanno per adesso credo sia tutto, se mi viene in mente, integrerò.--Wim b 22:38, 9 mar 2008 (UTC)

• Ciao Wim b, non ti preoccupare puoi scrivere in italiano. Provo a rispondere:

1. Le traduzioni che linkano interi periodi: sono d'accordo, sembra meglio linkare ogni parola.
2. Mancanza di definizioni: hai ragione, completerò poco a poco.
3. Per ora preferisco non usare il vostro "template:in".
4. Eliminare bgclr. No, l'usate anche voi nel wikizionario italiano ed è usato in altri progetti.

Saluti

--Sarvaturi 23:56, 9 mar 2008 (UTC)

Il bgclr su it.wikt si sta levando, così come abbiamo già fatto con altri che non servono a niente. Quel template inserisce solo una parola, che si può benissimo inserire nel codice a mano. Ha più senso fare un template per il codice dello sfondo delle traduzioni, piuttosto che per non scrivere "beige". Vorrei avvisarvi che it.wikt sta avendo una leggera ma progressiva ripresa dopo 4 anni di amministrazione incompetente. Ci siamo trovati template in triplice copia, un certo {{en-ord}} che inseriva solo ''en'' , pagine tutte diverse, senza uno standard, policy assenti, spam giacenti da decine di mesi, copyviol come "lemma del giorno", ecc. Adesso è da un anno che sono cambiati gli admin e pian piano sta riprendendo una certa dignità. Quindi non sempre è conveniente copiare da "noi" posso dirvi che in un anno quasi di adminship, ancora stiamo riparando i casini che i vecchi sysop hanno fatto o fatto fare.--Wim b 01:16, 10 mar 2008 (UTC)

Con meno stanchezza addosso ho fatto una ricerca, il bgclr non è presente nei wikt inglese, tedesco, francese, ma solo nello spagnolo, ed udite udite, è lo stesso creatore che lo ha fatto in it.wikt, lo steso che anche su it.wikt ha fatto alcuni danni che stiamo tentando di riparare pian piano, appena li scopriamo. Non voglio passare sopra nessuno, ma voglio solo mettevi al corrente prima che vi riduciate come noi a dover fare un'ammazzata per rimediare, un conto è farlo su 9.146 pagine, un altro su 78.309 come stiamo facendo noi. Non prendetela come un "da noi sono di più voi siete sotto", ma come "da noi ci stiamo ammazzando, voi cercate di evitarlo finché potete". Per qualsiasi chiarimento ho settato la mail, chi volesse contattarmi in privato può farlo lì, o nel canale irc di it.wikt.--Wim b 14:50, 10 mar 2008 (UTC)

Capito perfettamente la gravità della situazione e ti ringrazio per i suggerimenti dati. Credo sia il caso di rivedere certi template che hanno poco senzo. Inoltre chiedo a Sarvaturi visto che lui conosce molto bene il dizionario di fare un breve punto della situzione e di valutare quali modifiche si debbano fare, e se necassario usare un bot. --Melos 18:50, 10 mar 2008 (UTC)

Novu utenti

Vasamu i mani a vossia.
Sugnu nu novu iscrittu a wikizziunariu, ma vienniu di la wikipedia siciliana.
Vi vulissi fari nutari ca mi pari ca ceni n'erruri nta la pagina di l'urtimi canciamenti.
Segna i canciamenti pi lu 10 giugnu 2008 ma oggi eni lu 10 lugghiu 2008.
Quarcunu sapi comu ammugghiari a faccenna?
Grazzi ppi l'attenzioni.
Maurice Carbonaro 11:16, 10 giugn 2008 (UTC)

w:Giugnettu --Melos 10:48, 11 giugn 2008 (UTC)

Bot username rename

Hi, I'd like my bot User:Computer to be renamed to User:タチコマ robot. This rename request is per my wikimedia wide bot username rename. I have decided to have a single username to more efficiently use SUL. Thanks.

• If this is not the right place to make this request, please move it to the right place.

-- Cat ^chi? 16:41, 12 Au 2008 (UTC)

From User:Sarvaturi Talk

-> Hi White Cat, done, I renamed your bot account User:Computer into User:タチコマ robot. Have a pleasant trip on scn.wiktio. Best regards. :-) --Sarvaturi 17:11, 12 Au 2008 (UTC)

Alagna e la Sicilia

Ciau a tutti, pi l'amici chi abbitanu ntê paisi francòfuni, martidìa 4 austu su France 3 all'8 e 35 c'e' nu ducumintariu supra lu tinuri Robbertu Alagna e li sò liami cu la Sicilia. Salutamu. --Gmelfi 20:36, 3 Au 2009 (UTC)

• Grazzi Peppi. Salutamu! --Sarvaturi 17:54, 8 Au 2009 (UTC)

Volunteers Still Needed

Please forgive the posting in English. Would someone please translate?

Hi all,
Although we will soon remove the centralnotice that is up, the Wikimedia Strategic Planning project is still looking for volunteers to serve as subject area advisors or to sit on task forces that will study particular topics and make recommend short- and long-term strategies for the Wikimedia projects and Foundation, and the wiki movement.

To apply to serve on a task force or be an advisor in a specific area, visit http://volunteer.wikimedia.org.

The Wikimedia Strategic Planning project is a year-long collaborative process being hosted at http://strategy.wikimedia.org. Your input is welcome there, and will drive the process. When the task forces begin to meet, they will do their work transparently and on that wiki, and anyone may join fully in their work. We hope to include as many community members as possible in the process.

Any questions can be addressed to me either on on the strategy wiki or by email to philippe at wikimedia.org.

I hope you'll consider joining us!

Philippe 05:28, 4 utt 2009 (UTC)

Logo

As you have done here, the Dutch wiktionary had loyally adopted the "tile" logo before. It was not our initiative, but we did adopt it. Other people did not and we respect that. We just do not think that people who were not willing to be loyal should now demand loyalty from us for yet another logo. We do not see any reason for a new one and have decided to boycott any new one that the current procedure produces. nl:Gebruiker:Jcwf Jcwf 22:04, 22 nuv 2009 (UTC)

Logo vote

(Scusatemi ma avevo già copiato il messaggio in inglese) The Wiktionary logo vote is set to start 2009-12-07 00:01. Any translations of the voting page must be done before then. The first round will continue until 2009-12-31 23:59 at which point the second round will last until 2010-01-31 23:59. Please note that after this vote, each Wiktionary will hold their own vote whether to accept the winning logo, and none will change to the new logo without a 60% majority of Wiktionaries deciding to do so. Other Wiktionaries still need to be notified about the vote, so please help post messages into other Wiktionaries. Thank you. --Airon90 09:25, 29 nuv 2009 (UTC)

Lingua siciliana - Arfabbetu simprificatu

Ciau a tutti, vuliti cullabburari ma nun sapiti comu scrìviri li paroli siciliani? Putiti lèggiri nfurmazzioni supra la trascrizzioni di paroli siciliani: ccà. Salutamu! --Sarvaturi 01:07, 5 Friv 2010 (UTC)

Nun currispunnenza ntra catigurìi grammaticali

• cilia: andare superbo -> Forsi dû gricànicu καλία (cilìa) zoè "ventri", "panza" o forsi dû latinu "celeber" o forsi dû sicilianu "celu".
• melissi: essere ubriaco -> Forsi dû maltisi "mal" (cô) e dû francisi "hips" (hic hic: versu dû mbriacu), o forsi dû grecu "μέλισσα" (mèlissa) ca signìfica "lapa" ("chidda ca duna lu meli") o forsi dû gricànicu "melìssi" zoè "lapa".
• mittu: andare per un atto piccolo -> Forsi dû grecu "emìecton" o dû latinu "hemictum" zoè "menzu sistariu".
• pistigni: battere i piedi a terra -> Forsi dû verbu spagnolu "pisotear" (zoè "ncarcari chî pedi") o dû sicilianu "pistari" o dû latinu "pistare".

• costituisti: venire al dunque, essere al dunque, venire al punto
• mpaponia: andarsene in gloria
• nannaraveddu: disporre il vascello in posizione diversa da quella naturale
• paciorca: che agisce all'impazzata
• pistocchi: ammaccare gli occhi

--Sarvaturi 09:24, 22 Friv 2010 (UTC)

• ansari: conservare (Sutera)
• anzari/azari/ozari: fare la prima aratura dopo l'estate (Sutera), arare

Wikimania Scholarships

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2010 Fundraising Is Almost Here

Hello Wikipedians, my name is Kelly and I am working for the Wikimedia Foundation during the 2010 Fundraiser. My job is to be the liaison between the Sicilianu community and the Foundation. This year's fundraiser is intended to be a collaborative and global effort; we recognize that banner messages which may perform well in the United States don't necessarily translate well, or appeal to international audiences.

I'm contacting you as I am currently looking for translators who are willing to contribute to this project by helping translate and localize messages into Sicilianu and suggesting messages that would appeal to Sicilianu readers on the Fundraising Meta Page. We've started the setup on meta for both banner submission, statistical analysis, and grouping volunteers together.
Use the talk pages on meta, talk to your local communities, talk to others, talk to us, and add your feedback to the proposed messages as well! I look forward to working with you during this year's fundraiser. If someone could translate this message I would really appreciate it so that everyone is able to understand our goals and contribute to this year's campaign. Thanks!Klyman 17:57, 20 utt 2010 (UTC)

Call for image filter referendum

The Wikimedia Foundation, at the direction of the Board of Trustees, will be holding a vote to determine whether members of the community support the creation and usage of an opt-in personal image filter, which would allow readers to voluntarily screen particular types of images strictly for their own account.

Further details and educational materials will be available shortly. The referendum is scheduled for 12-27 August, 2011, and will be conducted on servers hosted by a neutral third party. Referendum details, officials, voting requirements, and supporting materials will be posted at Meta:Image filter referendum shortly.

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Terms of Use update

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Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is discussing changes to its Terms of Use. The discussion can be found at Talk:Terms of use. Everyone is invited to join in. Because the new version of Terms of use is not in final form, we are not able to present official translations of it. Volunteers are welcome to translate it, as German volunteers have done at m:Terms of use/de, but we ask that you note at the top that the translation is unofficial and may become outdated as the English version is changed. The translation request can be found at m:Translation requests/WMF/Terms of Use 2 -- Maggie Dennis, Community Liaison 01:15, 27 utt 2011 (UTC)

Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants

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Announcing Wikipedia 1.19 beta

Wikimedia Foundation is getting ready to push out 1.19 to all the WMF-hosted wikis. As we finish wrapping up our code review, you can test the new version right now on beta.wmflabs.org. For more information, please read the release notes or the start of the final announcement.

The following are the areas that you will probably be most interested in:

• Faster loading of javascript files makes dependency tracking more important.
• New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
• The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
• Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
• Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
• Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
• The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).
• More gender support (for instance in logs and user lists).
• Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
• Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
• Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.

Report any problems on the labs beta wiki and we'll work to address them before they software is released to the production wikis.

Note that this cluster does have SUL but it is not integrated with SUL in production, so you'll need to create another account. You should avoid using the same password as you use here. — Global message delivery 16:32, 15 jin 2012 (UTC)

MediaWiki 1.19

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to upgrade MediaWiki (the software powering this wiki) to its latest version this month. You can help to test it before it is enabled, to avoid disruption and breakage. More information is available in the full announcement. Thank you for your understanding.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system (wrong page? You can fix it.). 15:17, 12 Friv 2012 (UTC)