From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Sep 09 15:02:19 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:02:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KdBHv-0003ek-Jd for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:02:19 -0700 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KdBHq-0003e1-OV for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:02:19 -0700 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j3so293335ugf.36 for ; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:02:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to :references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer :content-transfer-encoding; bh=pA+i40Wbd9MR1RtA+2f9Eq2dPaqMHvdWOKHo5B47TI0=; b=kvLmreyq14+K7gqwAMcTfnrHbRKfUwCW4PXlTJlb90XeWawJeqE/mTm363duh4/Qur Z15gCZikDMogWvYvMK2L56P8oun0jjbZpyoIk923/hcCMw12Spic27Ab1/7YjsT8xiEx PvTgw7YBZUHSk4lm5mk6x7khpWPvHIvnoszac= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id :mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=qelfF/9KBtbBNvnLX/K+FP0nnvVIw4LhvuXDO/BLppwrXZrmnMGlUu2jvvfT9dF+ym s8bnN/kfp0mnD1OGZnL+4bUFLj30SruZ/Wm+O5F/gqmC75PUgSTs/tEdqGnwXkK67qDk 9I2kTqCOkCSHpr7l3oY1UauY5ca7/DlowSfJk= Received: by 10.210.27.20 with SMTP id a20mr348062eba.86.1220997733030; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:02:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.4.234? ( [62.251.21.22]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k5sm33844101nfh.0.2008.09.09.15.02.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:02:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [lojban] How to spread the word From: Auke Booij To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:02:09 +0200 Message-Id: <1220997729.3549.3.camel@tulcod-desky> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 14715 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: auke.booij@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 14:46 -0700, arpgme wrote: > Re: How to spread the word > > Author: arpgme > > > Use this thread to discuss the [tiki-index.php?page=How to spread the word|How to spread the word] page. > > I believe adding (a lot) more to the Lojbanic wikipedia will attract people. Lojban is a cool written language, it has ' for an h which makes it look extra-terrestrial. Also, if we add a lot more to the wikipedia, it will make people think it's "worth" learning Lojban. Why learn a language which doesn't have any literature/Media? So, it's worth a try. Also, if you add to the Lojbanic wikipedia, it will be like practicing your Lojban skills AND if you want you can even speak it out-loud while you read/write so you can become literate/fluent. > > A good way for people to become fluent in Lojban would be, having a video online chat-room where people can talk face to face in lojban. > > > Oh, here is the website I was referring to: > > jbo.wikipedia.org > Stop right there, before this becomes a big unregulated mess. Sure, we can work on wikipedia articles, but this won't really help if it's not concentrated. So what we need to do is pick out some english article (not TOO long :P), translate it *and enhance it*. That way, we'll get a featured article, which will most certainly attract others. Esperanto has a number of these internationally featured articles right now, and it really seems to help! Imagine: attracting a few people of all linguistic civilisations, so basically from everyone. However, how we should tackle this concentration is as of yet unclear to me. I guess some website or mailing list could do it, but how would we get the entire Lojban community to listen? tulcod. To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.