Tell us about Vietnamese Wikipedia

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Name of the Wikipedia

Tiếng Việt - vi

Questionaire

Contributors

• Wikimedia Statistics can be difficult to interprete. What is your impression, how many steady contributors do you have?
  • About 40 or 50, in my opinion. Vinhtantran 01:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• Are your contributors mostly native speakers?
  • Yes, I guess vi.wiki has only not as much as 10 active non-native speakers, except Vietnamese in overseas. Vinhtantran 01:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
    • I knew many Oversea Vietnameses are actived in English Wikipedia and French Wikipedia but when I asked them join Vietnamese Wikipedia they always refused. I thinks Vietnamese Wikipedia is lack of attractiveness, even with local Vietnamese.--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• Where do your contributors live (regions/country)?
  • • Mostly in Vietnam, some in France, Germany, US, Canada... Vinhtantran 01:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• I know a member lives in Russia, Norway and Japan.--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• How common is it that your contributors meet in real life?
  • About 2 months/meeting. Vinhtantran 01:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Other Wikipedias

• Do you have special contacts with another Wikipedias (maybe in related languages)?
  • Reading en.wiki for references. Vinhtantran 01:37, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
    • Sometime we came to French Wikipedia for Franco-Vietnamese related materials.--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• Do you translate a lot from other Wikipedias? Which ones?
  • Yes, most of my article in vi.wiki is translated from en.wiki. Vinhtantran 01:37, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
    • • As well as fr.wiki.--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Organization and support

• Is there a Wikimedia chapter in your country? How does your language relate to it?
  • • No, there is not. Vinhtantran 01:37, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• Are there work groups in other organizations about Wikipedia?
  • • No, I don't think so. Vinhtantran 01:37, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

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 are many students studying Vietnamese in Vietnam, but I don't have any contact with them, it's pity. Vinhtantran 01:41, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• Who (else) supports you?
  • • Some admins in other Wikipedia languages who are willing to answer my question about their native language. Vinhtantran 01:41, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Meta Stewards, especially steward Drini, usually help us in anti-vandal stuffs.--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

• How looks your public outreach for your edition? Do you have flyers, give lectures, trainings etc.?
  • Not much, sometimes a newspaper cites, criticizes about Wikipedia, but that's all, we haven't done much. Vinhtantran 01:41, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
  • People didn't trust Vietnamese Wikipedia as much as English Wikipedia, they said that Vietnamese Wikipedia articles' quality is so poor and inaccuracy. In my own knowledge, they read English Wikipedia first if they know English (even their English skill is basic).--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• Do you get feedback from readers?
  • Yes, from my friends, and new Wikipedia users. Vinhtantran 01:41, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
    • Someone even type "(??) or what is this" into the article.--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• What other encyclopedias exist in your language?
  • Of course, we have Viet Nam Encyclopedia. Vinhtantran 01:41, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Content

• Does your edition concentrates on certain topics, like your region and language, or Latin Wikipedia on Roman history and Christianity?
  • We don't concentrate to any certain topics, but we are proud for some articles about Vietnam war, cuisine, history and Buddism. Vinhtantran 01:44, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
    • What a pity that other topics such as sex, society and Vietnam's politic-related are usually get deleted because "it isn't nobtable". It's also a lot of sockpuppeteer are actived and prevent Vietnamese Wikipedia from developing new topics by using vote-for-deletion project page (a result of "judging based on public “community” voting not discussion" lol).--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
• Did your edition enjoy text donations, for example from older encyclopedias?
  • We cite some definition from Viet Nam Encyclopedia, and often refer to historical material about feudalism in Vietnam. Vinhtantran 01:44, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• Yes, some local author let us use their text (and some of them are Wikipedians too).--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Language

• Is there a generally accepted norm about your language (spelling, dictionary, pronunciation)?
  • Yes, our language enjoys uniform standard pronunciation, I think so, except some dialects. Vinhtantran 01:46, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• How do you deal with different spellings, dialects etc. (like B.E. lift and A.E. elevator)?
  • Ignore, because I respect the one who created the page and most Vietnamese-speaking will understand although they may not say it. Vinhtantran 01:46, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
    • • Sometime the differences lead to conflicts (máy bay vs tàu bay,họa vs hoạ, phúc vs phước...) but they're quickly resolved, our editors isn't so serious or they simply don't want involve conflicts.--Rjanal 10:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Others

This Wikipedia isn't bad, but it really lacks of good editor and solid rules so it prevent itself from developing. You people don't watch the number of article, they are big because someone created a lot stubs and articles about sometown in Sahara with four people.. everyday, everymonth and everyyear. I'm an former editor (I has worked for Vietnamese Wikipedia for 4 years and recently left it, from the time I'm and highschool stundent to now I'm going to graduating from university, because I didn't see any development of this Wikipedia except the number of article) and everything I wrote above is from my point of view, no offense is given.--Rjanal 11:12, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

See also

• Tell us about your Wikipedia