User talk:Ralinala
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[edit] Welcome
Thanks for your contributions to this wiki!
If you need any assistance, please contact me. The quickest way might be E-Mail.
If you create new articles, please consider adding interwiki links at the end of the page. See Univesithi ya Johannesburg for an example.
Thanks again and keep on the good work! --Johannes Rohr 20:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mukhuwa and Mushumo
Can you confirm that these articles, which have been added by IPs are legitimate content? Thanks, --Johannes Rohr 08:29, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Phalaphala
... does probably not mean "Venda language" but is the name of a radio station, right? If so, the interwiki links were broken. --Johannes Rohr 13:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] About Phalaphala
Phalaphala is a radio station that broadcast in Venda language.
I just say that if you wana listen to the venda language on air, you can tune to phalaphala FM.
[edit] Categories and interwiki links
Dear Ralinala, I'm deeply impressed by the recent surge of activity here.
However, to increase the visibility and usability, some basic conventions of the wikisphere should be observed right from the beginning. The sooner the better!
- Each page should at least have one interwiki link to the corresponding English wikipedia arcticle. e.g. in an article Afurika the following code makes the interwiki link to en:Afrika appear on the lower left edge of the screen:
[[en:Africa]]
If you have difficulties, setting these links, I can do it for you if you leave the English translation of the page name somewhere. - Each page should be member of at least one Category
- Well, the Interface should be translated to Venda, I would say, this should be a priority. If you would like to do so, drop me a note, you will need admin access for that. See m:Help:How_to_start_a_new_Wikipedia#Translate_the_interface
I think the main page should be editable for you by now, is my assumption correct? --Johannes Rohr 22:11, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] main page now unlocked
Hi Ralinala, I have now unlocked the Main Page, so everybody can edit it, including unregistered and new users. Whether it can be left unlocked, depends on the frequency of vandalism it is subjected to. --Johannes Rohr 22:04, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Interface needs to be translated.
Hi Ralinala,
sorry for nagging you again, but moving Talk:Main Page to Ambani:Hayani is not enough to translate the interface. The proper Venda names for things like the Main page, the talk page etc. have to be edited in Special:Allmessages. For this you need admin access. Please go to m:Requests for permissions to request it. Meanwhile I have done this for Main Page -> Hayani and Talk -> Ambani.
However, this does not affect the names of Name spaces like Talk:, Wikipedia:, Portal: etc. Renaming them takes more technical effort. Simply moving a page does not work. --Johannes Rohr 17:16, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article creation
Hi, for articles about countries, and some other things, a en:WP:BOT can be used to generate articles from a list of translations and a template. If you would like to learn more about this, contact me here or here. - en:User:Francis Tyers 17:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Venda special characters
I understand, Venda has the special characters ḓḽṋṱṅ
It seems you are omitting them, is there any reason for that?--Johannes Rohr 19:02, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Request for Translation Help
Greetings Ralinala!
Nice to meet you.
Can you kindly help me translate this article into Tshivenda? Please.
The "True Jesus Church" is an independent church that was established in Beijing, China in 1917. Today, there are approximately 2.5 million members in forty five countries and six continents. The church belongs to the Pentecostal branch of Christianity that emerged during the early twentieth century. Since 1997, the church was established in South Africa. The church aims to preach the gospel to all nations before the Second Coming of Jesus. The church adheres to the "Jesus-name doctrine" of the Oneness Pentecostals instead of the Trinity concept.. The ten main beliefs of the church are:
- Holy Spirit
- Baptism
- Feet Washing
- Holy Communion
- Sabbath Day
- Jesus Christ
- Holy Bible
- Salvation
- The church
- Final Judgement
Any help at all would be very gratefully appreciated, Thankyou very much. --Jason 21:12, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Typing in Venda
Ndi masiari!
Unfortunately I don't know Venda well enough, so I'll use English/Afrikaans. I see that none of the articles are using Vena diacritics. Do you know of http://translate.org.za/ that made a keyboard to type all the languages of South Afrika? You can download the software and instructions for free, or order a CD. Check out this page: http://translate.org.za/content/view/24/41/ It also has a font that ensures that your computer can display all the characters. Then you are in Venda heaven (ḽiṱaḓulu) :-)
Ongelukkig ken ek nie Venda goed genoeg nie, daarom gebruik ek maar Engels/Afrikaans. Ek sien dat geen van die artikels die Venda diakritiese tekens gebruik nie. Weet u van die werk van http://translate.org.za/ wat 'n sleutelbord gemaak het om al die tale van Suid-Afrika te tik? Mens kan die sagteware en instruksies gratis aflaai, of 'n CD bestel. Sien hierdie bladsy: http://translate.org.za/content/view/24/41/ Dit het ook 'n font wat verseker dat mens se rekenaar al die karakters kan vertoon. Dan is mens in Vendahemel (ḽiṱaḓulu) :-)