User talk:Slaia

Welcome to Meta!

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Third Pywikibot workshop on Friday, April 29th, 16:00 UTC

Hello! The third workshop on the topic of "Writing Pywikibot scripts" is coming up - it will take place on Friday, April 29th at 16:00 UTC. You can find more details on the workshop and a link to join here. This workshop will introduce participants to writing basic scripts via the Pywikibot framework. Please follow through with the prerequisites if you plan to attend this workshop, particularly understanding how classes and methods work in Python, among others listed in the workshop details on the wiki page. We look forward to your participation!

Cheers, Srishti (talk) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:46, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

[Small wiki toolkits] Fourth Bots workshop at Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (May 20-22nd)

Hello, The fourth workshop on the topic of "Running popular bots on wikis" is coming up - several sessions will be run as part of it at the upcoming Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 (May 20-22nd). You can find more details on the workshop here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits/Workshops#How_to_run_a_popular_bot_on_your_wiki.

This workshop will introduce participants to a few popular bots in the Wikimedia ecosystem, how to set them up on the wikis, and tackle problems concerning the setup. This workshop will organize three sessions around InternetArchiveBot, YoBot, and SuggestBot. See more details https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306593. We look forward to your participation! Cheers, Srishti via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:25, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

[Small wiki toolkits] Final feedback survey

Hello! You are receiving this message as you have attended a small wiki toolkit workshop this year. If you missed attending our last feedback session on the small wiki toolkits workshops, here is a short survey that you could fill out to let us know your technical learning needs and ideas and suggestions for improving the workshop format for the next year. If you attended the feedback session, you can still fill out the survey to share ideas that you couldn't do so more anonymously during our meeting last week. We look forward to learning from your suggestions and including them in the planning for next year. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVhqgZYXQG8Fgw25xRS0n7eKMleOKy5i1tM5Ty3mGACtcTag/viewform. Cheers, Srishti - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:10, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in the small wiki toolkits workshops this year!

Small Wiki Toolkits Badge

Hey there! Thank you for participating in the Small Wiki Toolkits workshops this year - it was pretty cool having you around :) We have a small token of appreciation for you in the form of a badge that you can add to your user page! We are still going over the workshops organized this year, so we’ll update you early next year with our future plans. See you in 2023! Cheers, Srishti (on behalf of the SWT organizing team) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:00, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Name of the "Special" namespace in Nias

Hello. I just noticed your comments about the translation of the "Special:" namespace at Requests_for_new_languages/Wikibooks_Nias#Note_about_namespace_Special. If the translation is wrong, it can and should be fixed independently of that request, and for all Nias wikis. Ping also User:Amire80. --MF-W 15:05, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

I can do it, but I'm wondering: where does "Si tohude" come from? I see it at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270418 , but where did @MF-Warburg get it?

When I add namespaces, I try to keep a "paper trail" that leads to a native speaker. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 15:46, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

That translation was provided here by User:Banio ba Hinako. --MF-W 15:59, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

It was proposed at the time by somebody who were not very versed in Nias. Tohude means stand out in Nias. The closest word to special is ni'oniagö. But most Nias speaking people just use the Indonesian word spesial. Slaia (talk) 16:44, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, @MF-Warburg.

@Slaia, can you please verify that the rest of the namespaces are correct? Here's the current list:

• MEDIA: Media
• SPECIAL: Si tohude Spesial
• TALK: Huhuo
• USER: Sangoguna
• USER TALK: Huhuo zangoguna
• PROJECT TALK: Huhuo $1
• FILE: Berkas
• FILE TALK: Huhuo berkas
• MEDIAWIKI: MediaWiki
• MEDIAWIKI TALK: Huhuo MediaWiki
• TEMPLATE: Templat
• TEMPLATE TALK: Huhuo templat
• HELP: Fanolo
• HELP TALK: Huhuo wanolo
• CATEGORY: Kategori
• CATEGORY TALK: Huhuo kategori

Some possible issues that I see are:

• "User" is "Sangoguna", but "User talk" is "Huhuo zangoguna". Is it correct that the word for user is written once with an "s" and once with a "z"?
• Similarly, "Help" is "Fanolo" and "Wanolo". Is that correct?

But maybe the language's grammar requires it, and it's OK. I just wanted to use the opportunity to check. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 17:03, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

They are correct. The change of the word starting with s, f, etc is a grammar thing. The nouns in Nias change its first letter based on its position and its part of speech. Thank you. Slaia (talk) 18:33, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Actually, @Slaia, I need to double-check something. In Indonesian, the "Special" namespace is not called "Spesial", but "Istimewa". But in Nias, it's still supposed to be "Spesial", right? Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 07:35, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I have checked. Indonesian Wikipedia uses the word istimewa. There is also another word khusus. But the word spesial is also wide spread among the Indonesians. Thanks. Slaia (talk) 08:42, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Final result of the 1st cycle of ESEAP Community Connector Endorsement

We are glad to announce the successful candidates for the 1st cycle of the ESEAP Community Connector (ECC) Endorsement! We extend our warmest congratulations to all who have received 30 or more positive endorsements. Their dedication and enthusiasm will be invaluable in strengthening our ESEAP region.

You can view the full list of successful candidate names by clicking on the link below:

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We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who applied and participated in the selection process. We appreciate ESEAP Wikimedians' interest in contributing to the ESEAP region, whether as candidates or endorsers.

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We look forward to a successful journey with our new ESEAP Community Connectors!

On behalf of ESEAP Community Connectors,

Robertsky (talk) 13:07, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Join us for “Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages”!

Hello Slaia,

We’re excited to invite you to an inspiring global virtual gathering: the first Capacity Exchange Translat-a-thon.

Together with Language Diversity Hub, the Capacity Exchange (CapX) team will host its first Translation Marathon dedicated to ensuring linguistic equity in access to this amazing tool aimed to connect Wikimedians.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:55, 13 November 2025 (UTC)