Re: Wikipedia

Especially in the snow, blessaðir séu heilagir hófar hennar! I'm
feeling devout already.

Llama Nom



--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Haukur Thorgeirsson"
<haukurth@...> wrote:

> Heill, James.
>
> I'm not quite sure what the point of an Old Norse
> Wikipedia would be :) Presumably it would mostly
> be useful as an exercise in writing the language
> for the people contributing. If this is something
> that motivates you then go right ahead.
>
> Personally I mostly contribute to the English version.
> I'm somewhat skeptical if the Icelandic Wikipedia has
> the critical mass of potential contributors to become
> a truly useful resource. On the other hand even a handful
> of good articles is nothing to complain about.
>
> Dálítið spaugilegar myndirnar hérna af ósýnilega bleika
> einhyrningnum, friður sé með henni, á ferð um landið:
>
> http://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%c3%93s%c3%bdnilegi_Bleiki_Einhyrningurinn
>
> Kveðja,
> Haukur
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > There's been some discussion on the wikipedia

mailing list

> > about
> > the possibility of an Old Norse Wikipedia - a free-content, user-

editable

> > encyclopedia in Old Norse! There's already one in Icelandic,

Gothic, and

> > Old English. Why not Old Norse? It has a language code (non),

and is

> > very
> > rich and expressive. Anyone want to help out by requesting it

on the

> > wikipedia mailing list (they want at least 5 people to pledge to
> > contribute)?
> >
> > James