Deasbaireachd a' chleachdaiche:Derek Ross

You're now sysop and bureaucrat. Have fun! --Brion VIBBER 08:22, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
How can I get that, Derek? --AileanMacRaith 08:32, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Ailean, gheibh mi dhuibh sysop ma sgriobhidh sibh userpage beag (briogas air ainm agaibh) ag ràdh cò tha sibh agus cò às a tha sibh.  -- Derek

Tha deuchainn.

oibrich e! -- Derek

Haigh, a Derek! I translated the Irish Wikipedia (Vicipéid), and I hope that the Wikipediae in Gaeilge and Gàidhlig can collaborate. Gabriel Beecham
Bhiodh sin math, a Ghabriel. -- Derek

Bhuel, a Derek, I suppose that content isn't directly transferable (except when used as a general reference for translation in conjuction with something else), but one issue would be the interfaces. For example, seeing the name "Mùthadhan ùran" gives me the inclination that "Úrathruithe" might be a more stylish phrase on the Irish wiki than "Athruithe deireanacha". -- 213.94.253.59 22:08, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

:I like the idea of some kind of Inter-Gaelic interface for the three languages. --Creachadair 16:41, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Cooperation with the Irish Gaelic Wikipedia

Do I live in Sassain or Sasainn? :-)
The BBC spell it the latter way, Wikipedia the former. Nickshanks 00:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Good question.  It pains me to say that the BBC are correct (although according to my copy of Maclennan, you live in Sasunn).  I'll fix the Wikipedia entry if you haven't already done so. Cheers -- Derek

Hi Derek,
I was thinking perhaps you could promote this Wikipedia by sending e-mails to young netizens in the Hebrides or the Highlands, or just people in general with pages in Gaelic? You might also look for a web community for Gaelic-speakers, but you might want to be careful that it is for people who actually speak Gaelic instead of those who just want to learn it as posting messages at the latter will probably be a waste of time (nobody knows enough to contribute) or may actually be bad for the Wikipedia (people might write in a mix of English and Gaelic, they might write word-by-word translations from English using just a dictionary without actually knowing any grammar).
If you personally know anybody whose native language is Gaelic, that might be a good start. -- Anonymous editor
These are good ideas.  There is no doubt that we need interested native speakers to do this properly. The problem is that with only 65,000 or so worldwide, it may be difficult to interest enough in contributing.  That is why we need to welcome learners as well despite the problems that you have listed above. I will try spreading the word as you have suggested but the native speakers that I know are not interested in the Internet unfortunately and here in Western Canada, I am less likely to meet others. -- Derek

Hi guys - I've been away for a good while because my house was burgled and my laptop was stolen. GRR!  I'll hopefully have a new computer soon to start contributing more regularly to this.  To add my tuppence worth, I don't really care about English creeping into Gaelic - it's happening with all languages.  As long as we get more people to start using it, that is the important thing.  So use verbs like watcheadh and catcheadh if you like but keep creating a useful Gaelic resource.  And remember, the more that is created, the more likely new users will contribute, so it is VERY important to keep on at it just now. --AileanMacRaith 12:32, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I'm very sorry to hear that you've been burgled, Ailean.  I know what an unpleasant experience it is.  I hope that you have managed to get things sorted out without too much bother. When you have your new computer and are ready to edit again, we will be delighted to get your help on the English and on the Gaelic versions.  But we will certainly keep on at it in your absence. It may be a bit early to wish you a prosperous New Year but at the least I hope that 2005 treats you better than 2004 has. Cheers. -- Derek Ross |  Talk 07:27, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Moran taing, Derek, airson mo chur nam sysop (tha mi direach air ais bho na laithean saora agam is mar sin bha mi beagan slaodach le bhith freagairt). Eoghan 20:11, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Tha sin math, Eoghan. Bha mi a' smaoineachadh gun robh sibh saoithreach. Tha mi an dochas gun robh sibh riaraichte le na laithean saora agaibh. -- Derek Ross |  Talk 05:28, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Arbroath - Obar Bhrothaig

Tapadh leibh. Bha mi a' smaoineachadh air an de. -- Derek Ross |  Talk 19:52, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Saoil dè tha dol fo'n ghrian le MediaWiki:Badipaddress?
Thòisich mi lethbhreac sa Ghàidhlig an raoir, ach an diugh tha mi a'faicinn san eachdraidh gun deach e air ais ri default, ann am Maigh!, agus gun do chuir sibhse lethbhreac eile ann!
Seanns gu bheil mi a'deanamh rudeigin gòrach. A bheil fhios agad dè thachair? - Eoghan 22:14, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hmmm, dh'fhaoidte gun do dheasaich mi seann lethbhreac, an t-amadan a th'annam ... Codhiù, chuir mi feadhainn eile a-staigh, a'togail air an deagh thòiseachadh agad fhèin. Eoghan 02:21, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Not at all, Eoghan. I am very pleased with what you are doing. Please continue the fine work. You are doing far better than I ever could.  Please revert my edits if they seem stupid. I only changed badipaddress because in that one case you seemed to have translated the name of the message rather than the message itself. I am very pleased to see the grammar and spelling fixes and the English text disappearing as your work progresses. Talking of which, my apologies that my reply is in English but I am not fluent enough to be sure of getting my message across in Gaelic when it gets a little more complicated and I wanted to be sure that I said what I meant to say to you. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 06:51, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Haidh Derek, just for my wiki-education, why are the dates of the edits out of order, though? Did the system revert it back to the default?
I took a look at the French and German equivalents, and they both talk about the IP address in their translation. On the other hand, the Irish version says no such user, etc. so I wonder if the eireannaich have actually got it wrong?

I do not know for sure why the dates are out of order. That is strange and I would guess that it is probably a minor bug.  The only way to be sure would be to download the WikiMedia code from SourceForge and examine it. As for the French and German versions of badipaddress, I see what you mean. Perhaps it would be better to translate the German message than the English one. It certainly looks like a better message. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 03:13, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Codhiu, codheth, cùmaidh mi air an eadar-theangachadh agus tòisichidh mi gu luath air na duilleagan-fàilte (style guides is a leithid). Feumaidh deasbair beag bhith againne air sin. Cuideachd, seans gum bu chòir dhuinn lethbhreac Gàidhlig a dhèanamh airson a'php gus nach feum sinn faclan Bearla mar category agus image a chleachdadh sna h-aistean.

Na reubaibh mu na faclan Bearla. Tha eadar-theangachadh sam bith nas fheàrr na ni sam bith.  Cuideachd, tha mi a' smaoineach gun robh sinn saor a mùthadh faclan mar "image" gun a mùthadh an php -- tha an facal airson "category" air fràngach "catégorie". -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 06:08, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Rud no dhà eile, tha mi a'faicinn gu bheil cuideigin neo-ainmichte air mòran mòran aistean goirid a chur air bhoile. Ged a fheumas sinn bhith taingeil le cuideachadh sam bith, chan eil mi toilichte a dh'fhaicinn tòrr obair neo-ainmichte, pàirt dheth sa Bheurla codhiù, agus a'cleachdadh keywords gum feum sinn eadar-theangachadh uair air choireigin. A bheil beachd agaibh? Eoghan 02:25, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Again, this is a tricky one so I'll answer in English.  Basically you have taken the words out of my mouth. If the user concerned wasn't anonymous, I'd leave a note on their talk page.  I'm pleased that they are contributing and I don't want to scare them off but I wish they weren't just creating lists or copying the bare minimum from the English Wikipedia.  I'd rather have fewer articles with more content.  I see nothing wrong with taking articles from the English or German wikipedias and translating them fully but these skeletal entries are a problem.  We need to inform the person concerned of the sort of format somehow. Perhaps you could create some variant of the  template message so that we could append it to the beginning of articles which need fixed. That would at least allow us to call the anonymous editor's attention to the problems that will be caused by these "articles". -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 06:08, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Derek a charaid
I have to say I am guilty myself of perhaps establishing a few articles and putting in a few lists but only of things I can think people might wish to apply their own knowledge to such as Sohailre MacGill-Eain or Runrig no rudan mar sin.  I do however fully expect to expand many of the articles myself when I have the time.  But I think that seeding an article acan allow other people to run with it.  I do have to also admit that only recently did I start logging in, for some reason I found it hard to.  However, I did notice that some one is just putting inmassive lists of thigns like languages, some of them without either AGelic Translation or even an attempt to agelicise the words, this I don't feel as comfortable about.  I am however now logging in, and was quite quite proud that I did the 100th article, only last friday.  Also once we get to 1000 articles i think that this thing will really take off.
Le speis
Meatbong

I hope that you are right, MB. I think that it probably would take off with 1,000 good (although short) articles and I'm quite happy with the paragraphs that you have done on Runrig, etc. They make a good basis for expansion. It's just that the lists and partial articles that our well-meaning anonymous contributor has been adding need some content, however small. Otherwise the article count just gives a false impression which readers will be very quick to detect when they actually look at the articles. In my experience people are more likely to contribute to an article when it has a small but valid core that they can build on. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 16:19, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Aye, I think a stub is only useful if it's likely to be fleshed out reasonably soon. I can't see that happening any time soon with this cornucopia of micro-stubs so now our statistics, random page, and so on, are pretty much useless.
One way of contacting this person might be to temporarily block the IP address. I believe this would flash some kind of message up?
Re Template:Cleanup - sure, as soon as I've figured out a nice word for Template :-) Eoghan 23:35, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

hi, I'd better throw my chips in...
Yes I'm "well meaning", but I think it's a bit harsh to block my IP(s). I'm biased on that score... however my aim has been to push past the 1,000 mark, since it looks better in some ways. Manx Gaelic for example has just two articles, which is almost worse that not existing.
And, in actual fact not all my contributions are "ungaelic" - cf Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn, Aonghas Padraig Caimbeul, Dun Aluinn etc, I just think that a purely Gaelic scope is not a good thing. It's not as if other people can produce them if they want to, (although my fear perhaps, is it may confirm a widely held misconception that Gaidhlig is not doing well enough because it is too inward looking -- if the scope is mainly such). Personally I can't stand most of Runrig, but go ahead. Be sure to include Scatha, Hoi Polloi (even Ultravox!) and various other non-folk bands that have tried Gaidhlig songs in their time though. As I've said before, the people who need to know about Gaelic culture most are those who currently play no part in it, hence the need for Gaelic culture related articles to be developed on English wikipedia for example... they're the people who will ultimately help Gaidhlig, because there's more of them, and their support is a positive thing. Currently there's a hundred and one myths about Gaidhlig floating around Scotland, ranging from the idea that it was never spoken in the south, to having no words for email, internet etc, to being only spoken by old people in islands. (Besides which, there's a wheen of stuff from Nova Scotia, which would be good here...)
"I think a stub is only useful if it's likely to be fleshed out reasonably soon. I can't see that happening any time soon with this cornucopia of micro-stubs"
I would argue that the stubs in actual fact facilitate development, and I have been coming back to some of them and developing them (I will certainly do this with the ones relating to countries). Properly developed for example, the entries for countries and counties, kings of Scotland etc can be very useful for schools. They aren't orphans. Some are already being fleshed out. As Meatbong "I think that seeding an article acan allow other people to run with it." - that's what I'm hoping.
My last question is when is a stub not a stub? Just how long must it be? I'm not sure what the purpose of wiping all non-Gaelic subject matter is.
"That would at least allow us to call the anonymous editor's attention to the problems that will be caused by these "articles"."
Take a look at the other Wikipedias, some of them have vast amounts of changes on the one day. I don't know what the fear is, but I have an idea or two what it may be. The whole idea of a wikipedia is that it grows and that everyone joins in... If you don't like my "stubs", you can always add your own stuff to them.
Mar sin leibh nis, tha mi'n dochas nach bidh fuadach nan artagailean a' tighinn co-dhiu...

I have no intention of blocking anyone who is contributing in good faith.  Rest assured on that point.  And I agree with you about needing a more cosmopolitan scope as well (without losing a Gaelic focus, I hope).  So please carry on with your work. My only wish is that you change the format of the articles that you are adding a little.

The reason is the seeding issue which you referred to. I am sure that we both agree that articles need to be easy to add to and need to show the sort of structure that the Wikipedia uses. Lists and articles involving boxes are not so good for that because of the added complexity of the table syntax for the "boxy" articles makes them more difficult for beginners to edit; and because the lists -- while they are great for navigation and seeding -- aren't so good for more than very basic information.  Also I think that people tend to add more list entries to a list article rather than descriptive information on its topic. In my opinion the ideal stub article consists of a line or two of description on the article topic followed by a See also section containing a list of links and I'd appreciate it if you were to bear that in mind when adding new topics.

To sum up I think that we have the same aim of encouraging contributions and I don't doubt that having a thousand articles on a range of topics is a good part of it. I would just ask you to consider that the format and content of the articles also plays a part and to change the format of your new articles a little to take that consideration into account. Cheers -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 16:52, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Seo a' chiad latha a tha mi faicinn an duilleig seo.  Dh'fheuch mise uair ri duilleag gu tur ùr a sgrìobhadh do Wikipedia Ghàidhlig.  Aig an àm sin, cha robh mi uabhasach eòlach air na dòighean aig a' Wikipedia Ghàidhlig ach cha b'fhada gus an robh.  Bha mi dìreach air toiseachd tòiseachaidh a dhèanamh air an duilleig nuair a chaidh tiotal na duilleig atharrachadh le moderator gus an duilleag aonachadh ri duilleig eile air cuspair nach robh buileach co-ionann.  Thachair seo uile gun fiù agus aon fhacal rium agus se cuideigin nach robh uabhasach eòlach air a' chuspair a rinn e.
Dh'fheuch mi ris an stuth a thoirt as an duilleig sin agus dh'innis mi dhan a' mhoderator sin gun an stùth a sgrìobh mi a chur dhan an duilleig eile (bhon nach do dh'aithnich e neo i eadar-dhealachadh eadar an dà chuspair).  Chaidh an teacs a chur air ais air an duilleig a thagh e neo i.  Chaidh binn a chur orm: vandalism air an duilleig a bha mi fhín a' sgrìobhadh!  Cha robh mi fiù s comasach air còmhradh ris/rithe; mar eisimpleir, dh'fhàg mi teachdaireachd ann an talk a' ceasnachadh na ceartachaidhean, mas fhìor, a rinn e neo i air an teacs; cha do fhreagair e neo i a' phuing.  Chaidh mi gu duilleig air Wikipedia eile a thogail mo ghearan s cha d'fhuair mi cus éisdeachd an sin: air a' cheann thall, cha robh ann ach cothrom dhan a' mhoderator an rud a bh' aige a ràdha a-rithist.
Se an gearan as motha a th' agam gu robh mi gu tur ùr gu Wikipedia Ghàidhlig.  Cha robh dùil agam idir ris an t-seòrsa làimhseachaidh a fhuair mi agus abair gun do chur e uabhas orm fhaighinn a-mach gu robh Wikipedia Ghàidhlig a' déiligeadh ri luchd-cleachdaidh ùra air an dòigh sin.  Bho sin a-mach, tha mi 'g innse do Ghàidheil eile gun a dhol faisg air Wikipedia Ghàidhlig gus an cuir i fàilte beagan nas blàithe air luchd-cleachdaidh ùra agus gus am fàs i beagan nas fhoighidniche leòtha.  Tha buidheann agam fhìn air an làrach-lìn agus cha bhiodh am beachd as lugha agam am peanasachadh mar sin.  Chan e eucoirean a th' ann an luchd-cleachdaidh ùra.  Cha do sheall am moderator sin ach aineolas anns an dà sheadh dhen fhacal sin.  Se droch shanasachadh a bh' ann dhan a' Wikipedia Ghàidhlig.  Cha chanadh tu gur e Wikipedia Ghàidhealach a bh' innte idir bho mar a thachair dhòmhsa.

@ Halò 86.155.191.213, a charaid, ged nach eil fhios agam dè thachair gu mionaideach  agus cò an rianaire a bha gad bhacadh, tha mi fhìn uabhasach duilich an sgeulachd agad a chluinntinn. Mar is trice cha tèid luchd-cleachdaidh ùra air am bacadh idir,  ma bhios iad a’ sgrìobhadh anns a'  Ghàidhlig,  air sgàth ‘s gum bi dhìth air Wikipedia Ghàidhlig air a h-uile duine a bhios dèonach cuir ris.  Ach tha e doirbh dhomh a ràdh a-nise dè chaidh ceàrr an dèidh ùine cho fada, chan eil mi cinnteach an robh mi ann aig an àm ud.

Co-dhiù, tha fàilte cridheil bhuamsa ortsa. Is dòcha gum b’ urrainn dhuinn an seann sgeulachd fhàgail  agus tòiseachadh ùr a dhèanamh a-rithist? Tha mi fhìn deònach cuideachadh a thoirt dhut,  ma bhios ceist no trioblaid sam bith agad a-rithist. Dìreach sgrìobh naidheachd air an duilleig agamsa. No nam  bhiodh cunntas agad bhiodh e nas fhasa bruidhinn riut. (Le cunntas pearsanta s' urrainn dhut post-dealain a sgrìobhadh thugam cuideachd). Leis an dòchas gum bi thu a’ faicinn mo fhreagairt --Sionnach 19:44, 27 an t-Òg-mhios 2009 (UTC)

@ Derek Ross: Sorry for using your talk page, but this message seemed to be to important to be left unnoticed. Cheers --Sionnach 19:44, 27 an t-Òg-mhios 2009 (UTC)
Ghluais mi an deasbad chun na duilleige agam-sa, faic User talk:Sionnach#Gearan
@IP: Tha mi an dòchas gum bi sibh a' lorg an duilleag agam-sa, cha toil leam a bhith a chleachdadh duilleag a tha aig neach-cleachaidh eile. Sgrìobh mi freagairt an sin.
@ Derek, please join the discussion if you want to, a second opion would be great. --Sionnach 18:49, 1 an t-Iuchar 2009 (UTC)

Love to, Sionnach, but my Gaelic isn't good enough to keep up with the points that you and 86.155.191.213 are making. I have been reading the dialogue but not fast enough. I am grateful to you for replying to 86.155.191.213, since I would not have been able to do so without using English which I thought would not be polite and so did not want to do. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 05:45, 3 an t-Iuchar 2009 (UTC)

Derek, chuir mi dreach ann airson Template:Cleanup. Tha e a'feumainn beagan markup, tha mi a'smaoineachadh, ach seans gun dean e an gnothath airson an ceartuair. Eoghan 02:03, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

'S toil leam obair agad. Of course, I couldn't help adding the little bit of markup that you mentioned. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 05:57, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Derek,
Tha mi air dreach a thoiseachadh airson an duilleag-failte aig
User:Eoghan/Failte (dreach).
Cha do dh'eadar-theangaich mi a h-uile rud bho'n Bheurla, ach a'chuid as motha.
Tha rud no dha ri dheanamh air fhathast.
Chan eil mi a'smaoineachadh gum faod sinn radh gu bheil "huge amount of information" againne fhathast, mar a tha sa Bheurla. Mar sin, chan eil mi cinnteach an doigh as fhearr a sgriobhadh an earran "Browsing Wikipedia".
Cuir fios thugam ma tha rudeigin a dhìth air, no rudeigin cearr.
Ma nì e an gnothach, cuiridh mi san aite cheart e.
Am bu choir dha bhith dìonta?
Eoghan 20:35, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Eoghan, it doesn't need to be an exact translation. I think that the best approach is just to reword or remove things which don't apply and remember that it doesn't have to be perfect.  I realise that you want to get it as good as you can but, as I'm sure you already know, our readers love changing things even when we both think that an article is already perfect! So let's put your draft in place. It looks good enough to me already. Thanks for the hard work!
On your second issue I'm inclined not to protect any of these pages until we absolutely have to.  When I started with the English Wikipedia, there was no such thing as page protection, and initially there was little need for it. It's really needed now because of the large numbers of people using the English Wiki.  My hope is that the smaller numbers using this one will allow us to leave more of the pages unprotected. Cheers -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 19:24, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Gasda. Tha an duilleag "beò" nise. Cuideachd, chruthaich mi duilleag log (se Wikipedia:Leabhar-aistridh nan cleachdair ùra a'Ghàidhlig a chur mi air). Nach cuir thu an t-ainm agad ris gus nach bi mi nam aonar! Eoghan
Ceart gu leòr. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 06:43, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Hi Derek, I've made a logo for gd.wikipedia using the correct font: http://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wiki1.png
You can download it to your harddrive and upload it over wiki.png (it's protected, so I can't).
--Node ue 02:20, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Thanks, Node.  You're a hero. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 18:45, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Haidh Derek,
Tha mi air a'chuid as motha de na duilleagan coimhearsnachd a chur suas nise. A bheil feadhainn eile ann a tha cabhagach na do bheachd?

'S toil leam an obair agad. -- Derek
Gabhaidh teachdaireachdan an t-siostam treis fhathast a dh'eadar-theangachadh, ach rinn mi barrachd air paipear.
Eoghan 20:59, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Ma ghabh e treis, gabhaidh e treis. Chan eil e cabhag. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 20:21, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

A bheil thu a'faicinn rudeigin cearr leis a'WP Ghaidhlig o chionn treis?
Tha iomhaigh a'Wikipedia air ais ri Beurla, chan eil an javascript airson "special characters" ag obair, agus a-reir choltais chan eil an stor-data nua-aimsireil.
Bha mi air falbh o chionn seachdainn ach bha e mar seo o chionn an de codhiu. Eoghan 21:13, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Tha mi a'faicinn, ach I haven't managed to fix it yet. Tha me a'feuchainn fhathast. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 20:34, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Eoghan, I have finally fixed the scripting problem but could you translate the English text, please ?  The page needing attention is MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 06:27, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Deanta, ach de fo'n ghrian thachair ris an stor-data? A bheil fhios agad ca'n deach iomhaigh a'WP? Eoghan 21:33, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

A'leantainn ri #Badipaddress, tha mi gu math cinnteach gum feum sinn php eile a chur an seilbh. Faic meta:Namespace agus
meta:MediaWiki_namespace.
Bhitheadh a nas fhearr sin a dheanamh gu luath.  Cha b'urrain dhuinn gnethan a shuidheachadh is a leithid gus am bi na h-ainmean-fanais suidhichte. Eoghan 21:13, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Cha b'urrain dhomh mo chur an aghaidh am mìleamh aiste a chur ann (Bathar-bog).
Air Special:Statistics:

As aonais sin, tha 1000 duilleagan ann le brìgh.
Nuair a tha mi air a'chuspair, tha rudeigin ceàrr leis an duilleig stats, tha mi'm beachd.
Codhiù, tha mi  an dòchas gum b'urrain dhuinn uile nise na h-aistean a mheudachadh gu ceart ...
Eoghan 02:09, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

:Is math sin! — Nickshanks 02:36, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Tapadh leibh airson cumhachdan sysop a thoirt dhomh. Ni mi a h-uile oidhirp cuideachadh cho trìc 'sa s'urrainn dhomh.
" I was thinking perhaps you could promote this Wikipedia by sending e-mails to young netizens in the Hebrides or the Highlands, or just people in general with pages in Gaelic?"
This is something i have been considering over the previous week or so. If those involved in various aspects of gaelic society (im specifically thinking foghlam here) were made aware of an Duille Mòr and its potential it would only take a dozen or so regular/semi regular contributors to see it enlarge at pleasing rate. For example a gàidhlig teacher could ask her Higher level students to write essays which could then be saved onto wikipedia as well as writing articles themselves. Staff at an Commun Ghaidhealach/CNAG/Sabhal Màr Ostaig/Collaiste a' Chaisteal could also contribute articles of the highest possible fluency and quality while also reading through the efforts of the less fluent among us. There is a conference - http://www.cnag.org.uk/gaidheilog.htm - in a months time which will deal with issues facing Gàidhlig and its future in all areas which i will be attending. I intend to raise awareness of an Duille Mòr and hopefully ensure its promotion in the relevant circles which would ensure an increase in contributions.
AnSiarach
Tha mi air post-dealain a chuir gu Alasdair Moireasdan, MSP na h-Eileanan an Iar; Iain Fearchar, MSP an t-Eilean Sgiathannach; Aonghas MacNiall, MP na h-Eileanan an Iar agus Muireach MacLeoid ,neach-Deasachaidh am paipear naidheachd 'an Gaidheal Ur' ag innis mu dheidhinn an Duille Mòr.
Please go ahead, AnSiarach. I think that these are excellent ideas. As a Gaelic learner who is currently working in Alberta, I am in a very poor position to support you in a practical sense, but you have my complete backing for anything that you can do to raise awareness of and participation in this Wikipedia. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 21:23, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

* Halló Derek! If you can help improuving the "{{int:Allmessages}}" – "" files "LanguageGd.php" and "MessagesGd.php" to run the Scottish Gaelic projects please log in at , go to Betawiki:LanguageGd.php and MessagesGd.php at section "contact persons" and list your name. We can start with the new messages translated already and continue step by step.
* If you are on IRC please visit the channel #wikipedia-BiDi.
* For other "LanguageXx.php" and "MessagesXx.php" files please see Betawiki:category:Internationalization. Thanks in advance! Best regards Gangleri · T · m: Th · T 17:35, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Please give a bot bit to User:SieBot so it will not flood your RC as it adds interwiki links. User:SieBot is active on about 90 Wikipedias at this moment. Cheers! Siebrand 17:03, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

O chionn goirid rinn mi an Template:Baile. Tha e ag obair ceart gu leòr a-nis. Mar sin dheth bu toil leam semi-protection fhaighinn airson na duilleig seo. Mòran taing!--Sionnach 19:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Tha an semi-protection dheth mar thà. Mar sin, tha mi boilisgeach. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 23:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

: Sorry, there seems to be an misunderstanding. I would like to get semi-protection for this Template, if possible. I took me quite some time to create it and by now there are more than 50 pages depending on it. I just don't wont anybody messing around with it. Beannachdan --Sionnach 18:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

:: Tapadh leat. I really appreciate your backup!--Sionnach 21:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Derek, could you please have a look at this user and the recent changes this morning (29.Sept.)? I have been watching him for a while, as he started to add english articles to the Gàidhlig Wikipedia, tagging them with : Translation needed.  I left a couple notes on  his talk page, trying to get him to work together, but I never got an answer. Then this morning things went a little out of hand  (at least in my opinion), see example: An Rìoghachd Aonaichte. Sorry, but  I thought  I just leave the mess there as it 's up to  you to decide how to deal with this.--Sionnach 12:52, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Better have a look at this one from yesterday evening as well: An t-Aonadh Eorpach.--Sionnach 05:35, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

:Tha mi a' dol le na tha Sionnach ag ràdh. Chan　eil an cleachdaidhear seo gu feum idir, 's tha e a' fàgail bùrach air a chùl le bhith a' dòirteadh altan Beurla a-steach anns a' wikipedia. 'S e Wikipedia Gàidhlig th'ann an seo, bu chòir gum mair e mar sin!--Steaphan30 05:37, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Tapadh leat! Could you please take a look on those as well:
*A' Bheurla  Article, connected with
*Template:A' Bheurla ,
*Template:Infobox Language/IPA notice,
*Template:Infobox Language/genetic2,
*Template:Infobox Language/statesregion,
*Template:Infobox Language/family-color,
*Template:Infobox Language, and
*Template:Tl.
Please set back  Template:Bogsa-fiosrachaidh Dùthaich. I rather have the original than a mess that's not working properly.--Sionnach 05:17, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
If you are around, could you have a look here as well:
* The Flowers Of Romance, which seems to be an hoax
* The Flowers of Romance, which seems to be the real one.
Tapadh leat.--Sionnach 20:16, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
And again: Please delete this page, added by this user.  It is a copy from my subpage (which I use for translation and other work), and is not ready yet to be used in Wikipedia.--Sionnach 06:15, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

As there are more than 100 countries without the Infobox:country, I would like to get a good template to fill in the missing ones. I already asked for help in the German Wikipedia, as they  created  this one Template:Baile for me. But so far  it doesn’t seem to work this time. So I would like to find out if  you perhaps know someone in the English Wikipedia who could help me creating it, as I have no idea how this <include, noninclude and # if > stuff is working correctly. I made an example here (sorry for the German, I’ m not finished with the translation yet),  or I could improve this one.  I would really appreciate your help. --Sionnach 20:59, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll see if I can sort it out for you but it will have to wait until later today. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 16:14, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

:Mòran taing. That would be great, but there is no need to hurry, just when you have time.--Sionnach 20:35, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

:: I'm  ready on this one, except for a few minor changes with some words/translation. But it would be nice to have the parameters optional (#if), so it could be used not only for countries. Can you help me with that? Beannachdan--Sionnach 14:21, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

:::I'll give it a bash. Haven't really worked with templates before so it'll be a learning experience. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 02:37, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

::::Good luck! It's driving me nuts. If it wouldn'd be for the benefit of a 150 missing infoboxes in gd, (it's taking forever to add them by hand), I'm getting close to give up without help form outside. Thanks for trying!--Sionnach 07:08, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Looks like finally I've got something worked out, you can have a look on Template:Dùthaich. I' m going to try it out now on some more articles. Any further suggestions are welcome.--Sionnach 10:07, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Ready, it seems to be working fine. Is there a chance to get semi-protection for the page: Template:Dùthaich now? Beannachdan--Sionnach 09:43, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

:Mòran taing!--Sionnach 20:51, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Derek, as I don' t want to start out by creating a mess on pages where I haven't been before, I would like to asked you this:
This User from de: is willing to help me to set up Templates properly (rather than the try and error ones from me). But to do so, I need to add this to this page. Will that be all right? Le meas --Sionnach 21:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

It will. Even if there is an unforeseen problem, I am sure that you and Dapete will manage to sort it out between you. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 00:25, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Derek, the last couple days I saw this  robot User:EDUCA33E around here. It looks strange to me, as it is not on the bot-list. I don't know  much about bots, so I thought I just let you know. Le meas --Sionnach 19:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Moran taing, a Shionnach. The bot's not flooding the Mùthaidhean ùra page so I'm not too worried. Educa33e looks like a trustworthy user going by his/her fr.wikipedia credentials and so I'm inclined to allow him/her to continue running the bot from his/her personal gd: account for the moment. If the bot does start causing problems by being too active or whatever, just block the gd: account and leave a note on the fr:User talk:Educa33e page, suggesting that he/she gets in contact with one of us to request a dedicated bot account here. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 22:51, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

:I don’t know, what you call too active, but after today I  went ahead and left a note at his/her French talk page. But so far  I didn’t block his/her gd:account yet. I’ll hope that this is allright with you. Beannachdan --Sionnach 16:09, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Perfectly alright.  Cheers -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 19:50, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

:Moran taing! ...still learning at lot...<smile> --Sionnach 20:01, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

(copy from :fr:User_Talk:EDUCA33E)
Dear EDUCA33E, I saw that your Bot is more active in WP:gd lately.  I would kindly suggest that you would  contact our local Bureaucrat Derek Ross  on his talk page  for a dedicated bot account in WP:gd. Merci! gd:Sionnach | deasbair --84.63.27.244 (d) 25 novembre 2007 à 17:01 (CET)
----
Hi ! As you can see I have been requested to make a bot flag request. So I create a dedicaced account : User:Le Pied-bot for bot purpose. This bot has flag on those wiki. Now I will edit with User:Le Pied-bot instead of my primary account User:EDUCA33E for bot purpose. Thanks. Cordialy, Le Pied-bot 17:13, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Bot status has been granted. Happy editing! -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 19:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks ! Cordialy, EDUCA33E 21:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing. Cheers. AnSiarach 18:59, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Derek Ross. I see that you have contributed to the messages in the namespace MediaWiki. Thank you for that. As Scottish Gaelic did not yet have any generic messages in MediaWiki (only on this wiki), we imported the messages from Special:Allmessages into betawiki:. Betawiki also supports the translation of messages for 116 extensions, with about 1,600 messages. I would like to invite you to join the Betawiki community and help improve MediaWiki localisation for the languages you are able to contribute to.
If you have any further questions, please let me know on my talk page on Betawiki. We will try and assist you as much as possible. You can also find us on the Freenode IRC network in the channel #mediawiki-i18n where we would be happy to help you get started.
Thank you very much for your attention and I do hope to see some of you on Betawiki soon! Cheers! Siebrand@Betawiki 15:56, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Scottish Gaelic MediaWiki messages imported into Betawiki

Derek,
Direach ri radh gu bheil an dreachd ur air an Duille Mór air leth mhàth. Gach deagh durachd ris an fhear (neo te) a rinn e. Air leth mhath a fhaicinn duilleagan-taic as Gaidhlig cuideachd. Agus mu dheireadh- Tha e soillear gu bheil inbhe nan aistean fhein ag eirigh fad an t-siubhal.
Mo Bheannachd ort! Innleadair 00:26, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Agus bliadhna mhath ùr ort, Innleadair! Tapadh leat gu-leor for your very kind remarks. The improvements in the Gaelic Wikipedia have almost nothing to do with me though and almost everything to do with good people such as yourself who have put their time, effort and talent into making the wiki better. I've been particularly pleased with some of the new recruits we've had this year. Everybody has been doing really good work, amongst which is the Duille Mór makeover of course. Long may it continue! -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 07:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Derek, as you certainly saw in the latest changes,  User:Alexbot was quite busy today. Sorry, I was working some place else translating some stuff. Just to let you know, so far I didn't do anything about it (block/leave message...?) I think it is the best you deal with this matter. Tapadh leat agus beannachdan --Sionnach 17:42, 24 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, (I think!). I'll block and leave a note on its talk page explaining that he needs to tells us what it's for before we let it work with us. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 07:33, 25 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)

: Good idea, thanks a lot!   ( I think :-)  my English is getting worse trying to write Gaelic all the time) Cheers --Sionnach 23:02, 25 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)

::I have never noticed anything unusual about your English. If your Gaelic is as good (and I am sure it is), you are indeed a marvel. Cheers Derek Ross |  deasbair 06:35, 26 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)

:::Thanks for your kind words, Derek. Honestly, my Gaelic isn't as good as my English yet, but working around here helped me to improve a lot, thanks to the corrections from some of the other contributors. As I have hardly any chance for practise in Germany, I just enjoy working around here, doing something useful at the same time.

@Alexbot + featured article in WP:gd: As they are not based on a decision from the community, I wouldn't really call them "featured article". I just choose an article from time to time for the front page. Beannachdan --Sionnach 07:43, 26 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)

@Alexbot + featured article interwiki link: I have tried to set up the necessary Template:Link FA for that, but it didn't work so far. It seems to me, there have to be some changes/set ups some place else as well, but I don't know how and where.  It would be nice to have the featured articles from other Wikies showing here as well, but at the moment I wouldn't like a bunch of red links like  here showing up in the articles. But this is just my personal opinion.  Cheers --Sionnach 22:15, 28 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)

:I'll look into it later today. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 01:00, 29 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)

:: Seems like you took a really deep look -:) ! Reading through this one: Template:Link FA/doc, it seems to me that we need some changes in MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Monobook.css to get the gold star working for interwiki FA. As I have no idea about monobooks and stuff like that, I went ahead and asked for help here. But perhaps you know how to do it, that would be even better! Thanks anyways --Sionnach 16:15, 29 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)

::: Yup!  But it was such a big job I had to stop in order to get some sleep. The trouble is that all these templates are linked together in one great tangle, so if you want one of them you have to have nearly all of them. You're right about the js and css stuff being needed. I'll carry on updating stuff over the weekend. Any help that your friend on de: (or indeed anyone else on gd:, sco:, ga: or en:) is willing to give would be greatly appreciated. In particular I'm painfully aware that I haven't translated any of this into Gaelic. However one thing at a time: I think the best thing is to try and get it all working "as is" and then translating it later. Otherwise it will be too difficult to debug. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 00:08, 1 am Màrt 2008 (UTC)

:::: Well, I hope, there aren't too many left, can't keep you up all night long just copying all the en: Templates! Good idea, first to get it working allright, then I would probably stick them away in some nice Category, (I could do that), so that they could be found later, if necessary, for translation.

::::After reading throught those en: instructions, I gave it a try on MediaWiki:Monobook.css and MediaWiki:Common.js. Sorry, so far it didn't work. But I'll keep on working at it, as well stay in contact with my friend from :de. (I know that he is quite busy, so it may take a while) Tìoraidh an-dràsda --Sionnach 18:28, 1 am Màrt 2008 (UTC)

:::::Good news, the gold star is working, thanks to help here and with great support/superb explanation from  user de:WIKImaniac! Now it is up to you to deal with this one. Cheers --Sionnach 08:30, 2 am Màrt 2008 (UTC)

::::::Well done, Sionnach! And what helpful friends you have. My thanks to them too! I have unblocked Alexbot and set the bot flag. Cheers -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 06:08, 3 am Màrt 2008 (UTC)

Hi derek! I saw you're a 'crat on this wiki! Could you rename me with my classical username User:Nick1915? Note that an impostor had previously registered that account! Thanks in advance!--Nick1915b 19:50, 3 am Màrt 2008 (UTC)

PS my confirmation--Nick1915b 19:54, 3 am Màrt 2008 (UTC)

:Yeah, I was about to ask you for that. Okay, I'll give it a go. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 20:23, 3 am Màrt 2008 (UTC)

::Thank you so much! :)--Nick1915 22:12, 3 am Màrt 2008 (UTC)

Ready, the Special:Import is open now. For more information, see also: Help:Import. Beannachdan --Sionnach 18:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

PS: I added the  GNU as well. --Sionnach 17:03, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Derek, I just blocked User:CarsracBot, because it was getting a little to busy, at least in my opinion. I left a short notice about the block on his dutch userpage as well. The request for the botflag is here. Beannachdan --Sionnach 20:19, 7 An Cèitean 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I've given it bot status. Thanks for letting me know. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 21:34, 8 An Cèitean 2008 (UTC)

Could you please rename the impostor account User:GHe? This also makes it possible for me to unify my global account. Thanks.--GHe (Talk)

Done! -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 04:02, 30 An Cèitean 2008 (UTC)

Similar request to the above. While in the process of unifying my log-ins, I noticed that a user had created an "imposter" account on the GD wiki using my username. (And all he used it for was to harass Alison). Any chance you can delete or rename the imposter account? (I will repeat this request on your EN talk page so you can validate the legitimacy of my request). 86.42.109.115 18:39, 12 an t-Iuchar 2008 (UTC)

There you go! -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 18:57, 12 an t-Iuchar 2008 (UTC)

:Go raibh míle maith agat! 86.42.109.115 18:58, 12 an t-Iuchar 2008 (UTC)

::That worked a treat - thanks a lot! Really glad the interwiki imposter hole is closed with the unification change. (And hopefully means those with Steward/Sysop rights will see fewer and fewer of these requests.) Tapadh leat arís Guliolopez 19:04, 12 an t-Iuchar 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the unified login is a really good thing ! It removes a good deal of worry. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 19:18, 12 an t-Iuchar 2008 (UTC)

hi!
Could you help me? I can't speak so well Gaelic, and I tried to do this page of my village: Ecser. If you'd see the English version of it, could you translate it normally?
Thank you! My Hungarian wiki-side is this Eino81

Hi Derek, just in case you didn't notice, there is a new bot flag request here. And I guess, Idioma-bot is still waiting,  as he created his user page in the mean time as requested. By the way, SpBot is quite busy around here as well. As he is run by a German user, should I contact him and ask him to made an oficial bot-flag request here for WP:gd? Beannachdan--Sionnach 06:05, 23 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)
Tapadh leat, Sionnach. I hadn't noticed those. Please contact the SpBot user as well. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 15:36, 25 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

Contacted SpBot Owner here Cheers --Sionnach 18:27, 25 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

:There is the request. --Sionnach 05:02, 27 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

Done. Sionnach, you are a credit to the gd wiki. Thanks for all your hard work over the last year! -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 23:18, 27 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

:Hi Derek, thanks for your kind words, I really appreciate them!

:Now I have a little "job" :-) for you if you don't mind: As you know WP:gd from the beginning, could you please add your "two cents" here?  I guess a little promotion won't hurt... Beannachdan --Sionnach 17:35, 28 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

::Job done. Although I didn't really have much to add. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 18:35, 30 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

:::Tapadh leat! Very nice to see a second opinion.-- By the way: "Never met anybody, sadly": if you ever come to Germany or Scotland, just send me an E-mail...:-) --Sionnach 19:58, 30 an t-Sultain 2008 (UTC)

::::I'll hold you to that, <grin>! -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 04:12, 1 an Dàmhair 2008 (UTC)

:::::I'll hope you do :-)! --Sionnach 18:36, 1 an Dàmhair 2008 (UTC)

for keeping an eye on WP:gd. It's nice to be back again after my seminar and to see everything in good shape. Beannachdan --Sionnach 18:50, 12 an Dùbhlachd 2008 (UTC)

Och, you're making me blush... -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 02:16, 22 an Dùbhlachd 2008 (UTC)

:lol ! Didn't know it takes so little :-) Anyway, my best wishes for the oncoming Christmas Days --Sionnach 19:52, 22 an Dùbhlachd 2008 (UTC)

Hi Derek, just in case you didn't notice, there is another request for a bot-flag. Cheers --Sionnach 17:43, 19 an Gearran 2009 (UTC)

Got it. Tapadh leat, a Shionnach. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 07:25, 21 an Gearran 2009 (UTC)

Hi there.  Can you please unblock my bot?  I need to make test edits.  Thanks, Razorflame 01:53, 3 am Màrt 2009 (UTC)

Will do. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 20:33, 4 am Màrt 2009 (UTC)

:Thank you!  It has the global bot flag, and should make a few test edits before you flag it as a bot.  Thanks for your cooperation! Razorflame 17:35, 5 am Màrt 2009 (UTC)

Hi Derek, I guess, you didn't notice, there is another request for a bot flag here.  Beannachdan --Sionnach 11:58, 22 An Cèitean 2009 (UTC)

No I didn't. Thanks for pointing it out. Dealt with now! -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 22:12, 26 An Cèitean 2009 (UTC)

Hi Derek, could you please vote here, maybe it helps to solve some of the problems of what had happened to IP 86.155.191.213. Tìoraidh an-dràsda --Sionnach 15:13, 3 an t-Iuchar 2009 (UTC)

Hi Derek, I asked user:Xqt to get a bot flag, see here,  as his bot is doing more than just adding interwiki links. As far as I know changes in articles should allways be approved by the community.   Beannachdan --Sionnach 06:03, 21 an t-Iuchar 2009 (UTC)

Sounds like a reasonable thing to do. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 16:57, 22 an t-Iuchar 2009 (UTC)

As WP:gd was quite busy the last couple days, I guess those requests got lost, see here and here. Cheers --Sionnach 19:27, 15 an Lùnastal 2009 (UTC)

Hello, a user have requested rename on Meta-Wiki, if is possible, please handle this request. Regards --Sir Lestaty de Lioncourt 19:57, 5 an Giblean 2010 (UTC)

Hi Derek, what a nice suprise, mòran taing! I'll do my very best to keep things running smoothly around here.
By the way: I would like to get the extension: "Book collection" enabled on WP:gd as well. But as usual, they ask for a community vote, so it would be helpful if you could give your opinion here. Le beannachdan --Sionnach 06:54, 21 An Cèitean 2010 (UTC)

Sionnach, you have done more than anyone to improve this wiki over the last few years. It was only commonsense to give you the bureaucrat powers. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 19:13, 25 An Cèitean 2010 (UTC)

Hi Derek, a charaid, We would like to invite all contributors to take part in the debate to find an appropriate Gaelic form for Wikipedia that doesn't break any rules regarding phonology, intellegibility or forming good neologism. We'd like to invite views/votes from all users here as we'd like to get broad consensus. The debate is here: Name change and - since it involves quite a few technical issues - in English. Le dùrachdan --Sionnach 20:19, 23 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

Hello! Would you mind taking a look here? Thanks :) --Addihockey10 23:23, 29 dhen Fhaoilleach 2011 (UTC)

I would say no, see here here agus here.--Sionnach 07:38, 30 dhen Fhaoilleach 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I want to change my name from: "Mohamed ElGedawy" to: "محمد الجداوي", Because i have changed my username on many wikipedias.--Mohamed ElGedawy 06:55, 14 dhen Lùnastal 2011 (UTC)

Done.--Sionnach 16:33, 14 dhen Lùnastal 2011 (UTC)

Hi, sorry for writing in English. I'm writing to ask you, as a bureaucrat of this wiki, to translate and review the notification that will be sent to all users, also on this wiki, who will be forced to change their user name on May 27 and will probably need your help with renames.
You may also want to help with the pages m:Rename practices and m:Global rename policy.
Thank you, Nemo 13:26, 3 dhen Chèitean 2013 (UTC)

[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Single User Login finalisation announcement|Forced user renames coming soon for SUL]]

Hi! I created the account "Dalriada" on WP:fr on 10/02/2006. Since then, I have created 2.217 articles and made 85.134 contributions there. I have just started the "SUL process" in order to unify my accounts across the Wikimedia projects (see here). Unfortunately there is another account "Dalriada" on WP:gd (Dalriada, less than 150 contributions) which is the main obstacle preventing me to achieve the "SUL process". This account has not contributed since October 2012 and so I wonder if it is possible to "usurp" it. My account on WP:fr => Dalriada. If needed, I can of course post a message on my talkpage on WP:fr confirming this. Dalriada

Please take a look over here--Sionnach (talk) 19:55, 30 dhen t-Samhain 2013 (UTC)

Dear Derek Ross,
My aplogies for writing in English. Please translate or have this translated for you if it will help.
I am cross-posting this message to many places to make sure everyone who is a Wikimedia Foundation project bureaucrat receives a copy. If you are a bureaucrat on more than one wiki, you will receive this message on each wiki where you are a bureaucrat.
As you may have seen, work to perform the Wikimedia cluster-wide single-user login finalisation (SUL finalisation) is taking place. This may potentially effect your work as a local bureaucrat, so please read this message carefully.
Why is this happening? As currently stated at the global rename policy, a global account is a name linked to a single user across all Wikimedia wikis, with local accounts unified into a global collection. Previously, the only way to rename a unified user was to individually rename every local account. This was an extremely difficult and time-consuming task, both for stewards and for the users who had to initiate discussions with local bureaucrats (who perform local renames to date) on every wiki with available bureaucrats. The process took a very long time, since it's difficult to coordinate crosswiki renames among the projects and bureaucrats involved in individual projects.
The SUL finalisation will be taking place in stages, and one of the first stages will be to turn off Special:RenameUser locally. This needs to be done as soon as possible, on advice and input from Stewards and engineers for the project, so that no more accounts that are unified globally are broken by a local rename to usurp the global account name. Once this is done, the process of global name unification can begin. The date that has been chosen to turn off local renaming and shift over to entirely global renaming is 15 September 2014, or three weeks time from now. In place of local renames is a new tool, hosted on Meta, that allows for global renames on all wikis where the name is not registered will be deployed.
Your help is greatly needed during this process and going forward in the future if, as a bureaucrat, renaming users is something that you do or have an interest in participating in. The Wikimedia Stewards have set up, and are in charge of, a new community usergroup on Meta in order to share knowledge and work together on renaming accounts globally, called Global renamers. Stewards are in the process of creating documentation to help global renamers to get used to and learn more about global accounts and tools and Meta in general as well as the application format. As transparency is a valuable thing in our movement, the Stewards would like to have at least a brief public application period. If you are an experienced renamer as a local bureaucrat, the process of becoming a part of this group could take as little as 24 hours to complete. You, as a bureaucrat, should be able to apply for the global renamer right on Meta by the requests for global permissions page on 1 September, a week from now.
In the meantime please update your local page where users request renames to reflect this move to global renaming, and if there is a rename request and the user has edited more than one wiki with the name, please send them to the request page for a global rename.
Stewards greatly appreciate the trust local communities have in you and want to make this transition as easy as possible so that the two groups can start working together to ensure everyone has a unique login identity across Wikimedia projects. Completing this project will allow for long-desired universal tools like a global watchlist, global notifications and many, many more features to make work easier.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the SUL finalisation, read over the Help:Unified login page on Meta and leave a note on the talk page there, or on the talk page for global renamers. You can also contact me on my talk page on meta if you would like. I'm working as a bridge between Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Stewards, and you to assure that SUL finalisation goes as smoothly as possible; this is a community-driven process and I encourage you to work with the Stewards for our communities.
Thank you for your time.
-- Keegan (WMF) talk 18:24, 25 dhen Lùnastal 2014 (UTC)
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An important message about renaming users

Hello. A policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, etc.) was adopted by community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing activity on wikis with no inactivity policy.
You meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for 2 years) on the wiki listed above. Since that wiki does not have its own rights review process, the global one applies.
If you want to keep your rights, you should inform the community of the wiki about the fact that the stewards have sent you this information about your inactivity. If the community has a discussion about it and then wants you to keep your rights, please contact the stewards at :m:Stewards' noticeboard, and link to the discussion of the local community, where they express their wish to continue to maintain the rights.
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Please see this discussion as well.--Sionnach (an deasbaireachd) 15:45, 22 dhen Iuchar 2016 (UTC)

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Deasbaireachd a' chleachdaiche:AileanMacRaith

Meal do naidheachd, Ailean!  Tha sibh a-nis sysop!  -- Derek Ross 16:00, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Adding that bit of English text for Gaelic learners to the main page was a good idea. Perhaps we should mention not to worry too much about grammar and spelling since (hopefully) other people will fix mistakes that they see.  In fact it might be worth adding something for fluent speakers suggesting that they do that.
I have protected the Disclaimers page against casual changes.  However you and I can still edit it.  It's just a precaution. -- Derek Ross

How's it going. Is mise Dalta from the Gaeilge Wikipedia. I'm here to try foster some kind of helping system between the two Wikipedias. I've been thinking for a while how to do it, the only thing I can think of is if we have pages in English with both communities adding to them, then the pages can be translated into both languages. We could have something similar to a Wikiportal in the English Wiki. I understand others have come to bolster relations too, I don't know the extent of what they did, but if you have any ideas or a reaction to this idea, please let me know on the Irish Wikipedia, :ga:Úsáideoir:Dalta. If this works, I'll try arrange something similar with the other Celtic Wikis. - Dalta 22:26, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

* Halló Ailean! If you can help improuving the "{{int:Allmessages}}" – "" files "LanguageGd.php" and "MessagesGd.php" to run the Scottish Gaelic projects please log in at , go to Betawiki:LanguageGd.php and MessagesGd.php at section "contact persons" and list your name. We can start with the new messages translated already and continue step by step.
* If you are on IRC please visit the channel #wikipedia-BiDi.
* For other "LanguageXx.php" and "MessagesXx.php" files please see Betawiki:category:Internationalization. Thanks in advance! Best regards Gangleri · T · m: Th · T 17:35, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi AileanMacRaith. I see that you have contributed to the messages in the namespace MediaWiki. Thank you for that. As Scottish Gaelic did not yet have any generic messages in MediaWiki (only on this wiki), we imported the messages from Special:Allmessages into betawiki:. Betawiki also supports the translation of messages for 116 extensions, with about 1,600 messages. I would like to invite you to join the Betawiki community and help improve MediaWiki localisation for the languages you are able to contribute to.
If you have any further questions, please let me know on my talk page on Betawiki. We will try and assist you as much as possible. You can also find us on the Freenode IRC network in the channel #mediawiki-i18n where we would be happy to help you get started.
Thank you very much for your attention and I do hope to see some of you on Betawiki soon! Cheers! Siebrand@Betawiki 15:56, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Dear AileanMacRaith; please look at the links at commons:user:i18n#useful links. Thanks in advance! Best regards Gangleri
·לערי ריינהארט·T·m:Th·T·email me· 17:59, 7 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)

Tha an Special:Import fosgailte a-nis. Faic cuideachd: Help:Import. Beannachdan --Sionnach 18:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Chanainn-sa chan eil, faic an seo agus an seo. --Sionnach 07:35, 30 dhen Fhaoilleach 2011 (UTC)

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Deasbaireachd:Prìomh-Dhuilleag

*Tasglann 1 An còmhradh bho thoiseach na h-Uicipeid gu ruige 15/5/06.
*Tasglann 2 An còmhradh eadar 15/5/06 agus 31/12/2009.

Dè na beachdan a th' agaibh air dreach Gàidhlig a lorg air Wikipedia? Tha iomadh pròiseact ann a tha a' cleachdadh fuaimneachadh is sgrìobhadh a tha freagarrach dhan chànan aca fhèin. 'Nam measg tha:
*Ƿikipǣdia (Seann-Sasannais)
*Uiquipedia (Asturianu)
*Vikipetã (Guaraní)
*Wikiibíídiiyají (Navajo)
*Viqùipédie (Nòrmanais)
*維基百科 (Cantonais)
Tha iomadh rud ann a tha neo-ghàidhealach a thaobh Wikipedia. Dè ur beachd? Akerbeltz 21:41, 11 dhen t-Samhain 2010 (UTC)

Hm, bha deasbad ann an uiridh a tha ri fhaicinn fon tiotal "The name of this site..." air an duilleig seo. Agus chan eil mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil ainmean mar "An Bhicipèid" no "Bhicipèidia" (molaidhean a bha ann roimhe sin) freagarrach sa Ghàidhlig. @Akerbeltz, a bheil mòladh nas fheàrr agad?--Sionnach 21:28, 14 dhen t-Samhain 2010 (UTC)

:Tha mise coimhead air a' chùis on cheàrn fhòn-eòlach agus tha an dà dhiubh a' briseadh cus riaghailtean dhomhsa (m.e. chan eil bh- math aig toiseach freumha, -pèid chan eil fuaimreag fhada ann an lide gun bheum; -ia chan eil sin ceadaichte ann an lide gun bheum...). B' fhearr leamsa coimhead air an dòigh sa làimhsich Gàidhlig le w 'na eachdraidh. Chì sinn backformationn ann glè glè thric le v a' dol gu b mar is trice (votum > bòid, vervain > bearbhain, vág > bàgh etc) ach cuideachg u (vík > Ùig) agus w a' dol gu b no f (cf warants > barantas, wall > balla, wuddacocc > budagoc etc). Mholainn-sa fhìn rudeigin mar sin mar sin dheth:

:* Uigipeid (no Uigibeid; chan eil diofar mòr eadar an dà oir cha bhi preaspiration ann an lidean gun bheum)

:* Bigipeid (no Bigibeid)

:Bhitheadh na leanas ceart gu leòr cuideachd:

:* Uicipeid (nam b' fhearr leinn a ràdh le ro-analachadh)

:* Bicipeid

:Bhiodh na molaidhean seo a-rèir phonology na Gàidhlig agus tha e cudromach, chanainn-sa, ma tha sinn ag iarraidh fàs a thoirt air a' phròiseact seo, nach dèan sin cron air a' chànan 's sinne a' gluasad a-steach do mheadhanan ùra an lìn. Akerbeltz 17:09, 16 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

::Mòran taing, tha sin glè inntinneach. Is math gu bheil cuideigin ann a tha fiosrachail is mothachail mu phonology na Gàidhlig. Tha  mi a' dol leat, nach bhiodh e math idir facal ùr a chruthachadh a tha a' briseadh a h-uile riaghailt.

::Ach air an làimh eile molainn-sa gum feum ainm ùr a bhith soirbh a thuigsinn do dhaoine aig nach eil mòran fiosrachaidh mu eachdraidh is atharrachadh  a' chànain.  Ma tha mi a’ coimhead air Uigipeid no Uigibeid; Bigipeid no Bigibeid cha mhòr gun do dh'aithnich mi iad mar fhacal eile airson Wikipedia, ach is dòcha nach eil mo chuid Gàidhlig math gu leòr :-).

::Mar sin fheàrr leam Uicipeid (mar a tha e ann an Uill, Uilleam, .. is dòcha gu bheil daoine eile cleachdte ri W -> Ui cuideachd).

:: No a bheil rudeigin mar "Bhicipeid" gu tur ceàrr? Sgrìobh thu nach eil bh math aig toiseach an fhacail. Ach de mu dheidhinn faclan mar:  bha, bho, no  Vatersay->Bhatarsaigh, Victoria->Bhioctoria, Venus-> Bhèineas? --Sionnach 20:59, 18 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

:::Seadh, ma tha sinn ag iarraidh cothromachadh eadar na dh'aithnicheas daoine agus na tha ceadaichte sa Ghàidhlig, 's e Uicipeid an roghainn as fhearr, gheibheadh tu /uçgʲɪpedʲ/ 's bhiodh sin cgl.

:::Feumaidh sinn ainmean-àite 's ainmearan eile a chumail o chèile. Gheibh thu ainmean-àite san tuiseal ghinideach mar is trice - ann an cainnt thradaiseanta nan daoine co-dhiù. Mus nochd rudan nua-aimsireil mar shoidhnichean rathaid, cha chanadh tu rudan mar "seo Bhatarsaigh" ro thric. Bhiodh fios aig a h-uile duine dè th' ann. Ach bhiodh rudan mar "tha mi dol a Bhatarsaigh; muinntir Bhatarsaigh, o Bhatarsaigh gu Steòrnabhagh..." a bu chumanta, far am faigheadh sèimheachadh co-dhiù. Sin as adhbhar gu bheil Bhatarsaigh agus Bhaltos ok sa chànan.

:::Chan eil ann am Bhictoria (agus Bhideo etc) ach faclan a chaidh an ath-sgrìobhadh gu dona. Ma dh'èisteas tu ri daoine, tha iad 'gan ràdh mar a bhitear sa Bheurla (Victoria, Video) agus chan ann */viçgdɔrʲa/ no */vidʲɔ/. 'S e dìreach dhaoine a sgrìobh sin a bha ag iarraidh dreach Gàidhlig as aonais facail Ghàidhlig. Tha faclan mar Bhèineas a cheart cho dona.

:::Tha fhios nach urrainn dhuinn cur às do gach aon dhiubh ach b' fheairrde dhuinn gun teagamh gun a bhith cur riutha. Sin mo bheachd-sa co-dhiù. Akerbeltz 14:55, 19 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

::::Eadar dà sgeul, mholainn-sa fiù An Uicipeid a bhiodh fada na bu nàdarra sa Ghàidhlig, gu h-àraid leis an uiread de Wikis a th' ann an-diugh. Feumaidh sinn smaoineachadh air adhart; ma chleachdas sinn An Uicipeid, b' urrainn dhut a ràdh "tha uicipeid agam fhìn air lusan is measan ann an Alba...", bheil fhios. Akerbeltz 14:57, 19 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

Ma tha sibh a' cleachdadh Firefox, tha dearbhair-litreachaidh addon ann a-nis a tha ag obair glè mhath sna h-uinneagan deasachaidh aig Wikipedia! Gheibh sibh e an-seo  Akerbeltz 20:02, 2 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

Mìorbhaileach! Dh'fheuch mi e agus tha e ag obrachadh dìreach sgoinneil. Mòran taing! --Sionnach 22:47, 2 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

:'S e do bheatha! Innis dhomh ma tha càil ann a tha 'gad chur drol, ok? Akerbeltz 19:07, 3 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

Hello there, Ive been informed by a Lewish man that its wrong to use the "tha mi" form or say "mas e ur thoil e" as these are "English influenced book Gaelic" and then another Lewis speaker has counter claimed this. please enlighten me as to whether native speakers use this form or view it with disdain, as I have conflicting feedback at present and its irksome to say the least.:-) Seamusalba 00:01, 19 dhen Fhaoilleach 2011 (UTC)

Yes and no. I think what he means is that the construction of tha + a verbal noun is overused by learners i.e. if you use tha mi a' saoilsinn as opposed to saoilidh mi and so on. In terms of mas e do thoil e he's right, that's an English calque that hardly any native speaker would ever use except to pull someone's leg. Politeness works differently in Gaelic, for example by using sibh, by framing indirect questions etc.

I don't mind answering questions like that but could I suggest though that you ask questions like that on a place like Fòram na Gàidhlig instead? It's a bit more appropriate. Akerbeltz 00:08, 19 dhen Fhaoilleach 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Ackerbeltz. it will come in handy next time I start an article here. Ill check them out ;-) Seamusalba 00:25, 19 dhen Fhaoilleach 2011 (UTC)
Gaelic speakers contradict each other all the time.
"In terms of mas e do thoil e he's right, that's an English calque" - Surely it's a calque from French? S'il vous plait. -MacRusgail (talk) 17:51, 22 dhen Chèitean 2014 (UTC)

Tha deagh fheum againne air teamplaidean a tha co-ionnan ri "under construction" (na thogail?), "in use", "wikify", "orphan" (dill/dilleachdan) 7c mar a tha air an Uicipeid na Beurla.-MacRusgail (talk) 17:46, 22 dhen Chèitean 2014 (UTC)

Tha feum air mìle teamplaid, chan e dìreach teamplaid dìlleachdain :/ ach chan eil mi comasach air an dèanamh idir gu mì-fhortanach. B' fhearr leam gun robh dòigh ann an tarraing a-steach on Uicipeid Bheurla. Akerbeltz (talk) 11:09, 23 dhen Chèitean 2014 (UTC)

:"in use" : tha fear ann, cleachd

:"under construction": dìreach cleachdaibh an "namespace" agaibh, agus gluaisibh e don phrìomh-roinn ma bhios an aiste deiseil.

:"orphan": gheibh sibh iad air Sònraichte:DeadendPages

:"wikify":  Tha  againn.  Ach tha mi caran amharasach mu dheidhinn. Ma sibh sibh duilleag a tha dhith air sgioblachadh, dèanaibh e, cho fad 's nach eil duine eile ag obair oirre aig an dearbh àm.

: Tha beagan fiosrachadh agam gus teamplaidean a chruthachadh, ach san fharsaingeachd saoilidh nach eil sinn feumach air torr teamplaidean a bhios a dìreach a' sgeadachadh na h-aistean gun daoine a bhios deònach an obair seo a dhèanamh. Gu ruige seo, cha do thachair dad sam bith anns na h-aistean le "sgioblachadh" annta, teamplaid ann no às. --Sionnach (talk) 12:40, 23 dhen Chèitean 2014 (UTC)
"Tha feum air mìle teamplaid"
Tha mi ag aontachadh. Ach tha na fir seo nas cudromaiche. Saoileam gu bheil iad bunaiteach.
"B' fhearr leam gun robh dòigh ann an tarraing a-steach on Uicipeid Bheurla."
Mise cuideachd!
De mu dheidhinn na h-ainmean? ->
* Under Construction - "obair"? "togalach", "togail" ("tog" mar shortcut)
* In use: "obair", "trang"
* Orphan: "dilleachdan" ("dill" mar shortcut.)
* Wikify: "ceangail"?
* Advert(isement): "sanas", "sanasachd"
* Style: "stoidhle", "doigh-sgriobhaidh" ("DS" mar shortcut").
* Translation required: "ET" (!)
"dìreach cleachdaibh an "namespace" agaibh, agus gluaisibh e don phrìomh-roinn ma bhios an aiste deiseil."
Chan eil sin freagarrach dhomhsa son h-uile rud.
Leis an fhirinn innse, chan eil mi math air teamplaidean a dheanamh/a ghiulain thairis! -MacRusgail (talk) 13:37, 23 dhen Chèitean 2014 (UTC)
Seo mo dhà sgillinn:
* Under Construction - Sa bheairt
* In use: ga chleachdadh
* Orphan: "dilleachdan" seadh ach le stràc: dìlleachdan
* Wikify:  hm leig leam smaoineachadh
* Advert(isement): "sanasachd" seadh
* Style: "stoidhle" seo nas fhearr
* Translation required: "ET" (!) LOL glan
Akerbeltz (talk) 17:17, 23 dhen Chèitean 2014 (UTC)

Sgoinneil! Tha feum aca air abbreviations/shortcuts cuideachd. e.g. "SaB", "GC", "dill", "san"/"sanas" msa. "Tapa" "let". -MacRusgail (talk) 15:27, 1 dhen Ògmhios 2014 (UTC)

Ceist teicneagach. Chan eil cuid de na teamplaidean ag obair. Chan eil na sgilean seo agam!
Chan eil "collapsible option" ri fhaighinn idir.
-MacRusgail (talk) 15:27, 1 dhen Ògmhios 2014 (UTC)

Cleachd Teamplaid:NavHead mar a rinn thu leis na teamplaidean eile a rinn thu. Chì thu na h-atharrachaidhean a rinn mi an seo. Bidh na teamplaidean a' dùnadh leotha fhèin, ma bhios barrachd na aon dhiubh air an duilleig. Tha mi duilich ach chan eil na teamplaidean bho Uici Beurla ag obair an seo idir, tha iad uile ceangailte ri cèile ann am bùrach mòr. --Sionnach (talk) 20:30, 1 dhen Ògmhios 2014 (UTC)

:Fada nas fhearr! Mile taing dhuibh! -MacRusgail (talk) 15:20, 2 dhen Ògmhios 2014 (UTC)

Nam bheachdsa tha duilgheasdan mora aig an larach-lin seo. Nach do leugh na daoine seo cail? Mapaichean mar "Alba" le Pedersen? Leabhraichean mar "Atlas airson Cloinne" neo "The Celtic Placenames of Scotland"? An Stor-Data? Mac an Tailleir?
* Bathgate	no separate form	-> Both Cheit
*Bearsden	no separate form -> aka "Kilpatrick" Cille Phadraig*
*Biggar	no separate form -> Biogar neo Bigear
*Carlisle	no separate form -> Cathair Luail
*Cowdenbeath	no separate form -> Cùl Dùn Beithe*
*Duns	no separate form -> Na Duintean*
*Eyemouth	no separate form	-> Inbhir Eighe
*Fair Isle	no separate form	-> Fara, Eilean nan Caoraich 7c
*Foula	no separate form	-> Fula, Fulaigh 7c
*Galashiels	no separate form -> An Geal Ath
*Gatehouse of Fleet	no separate form -> Taigh an Rathaid
*Grangemouth	no separate form	-> Inbhir Greinnse 7c
*Gretna (Green)	No separate form	-> (?Lian) Greatna
*Haddington	no separate form -> Baile Adainn
*Hamilton	no separate form -> Hamaltan
*Hawick	no separate form	-> Hamhaig
*Hoy	no separate form	-> Hoigh
*Jedburgh	no separate form	-> Deadard 7c
*Jemimaville	no separate form
*Kelso	no separate form	-> Cealsaigh
*Langholm	no separate form -> Langa(i)m
*Lerwick	no separate form -> Liurabhaig, Learaig 7c
*Maybole	no separate form	-> Am Magh Baoghail
*Moffatt	no separate form	-> Am Magh Fada
*Peebles	no separate form	-> Na Puballan
*Penicuik	no separate form -> Peighinn na Cuthaige
*Saltcoats	no separate form -> Baile an t-Salainn
*Stepps	no separate form	-> Na Staran
*Stonehaven	no separate form -> Cala na Creige, Sron na h-Aibhne 7c
*Stromness	no separate form	-> Sroimnis
*Whithorn	no separate form -> Taigh Mhartainn 7c
-MacRusgail (an deasbaireachd) 16:38, 29 dhen Dàmhair 2014 (UTC)

Tha mi a' gluasad a' chòmhraidh seo gu Doras na Coimhearsnachd. Thisissusanbell (an deasbaireachd) 14:52, 4 dhen t-Samhain 2014 (UTC)

Rinn mi toiseach air "Am Muir Meadhan-thìreach" - ach 's toigh leam beachdan agus leasachaidhean eile a chuir air. Taing! -MacRusgail (an deasbaireachd) 19:42, 5 dhen Fhaoilleach 2015 (UTC)
Bu toil leam do chuideachadh leis an airtaigil seo, ach chan eil mòran eòlais agam air a' Mhuir Mheadhan-thìreach agus dh'fheumainn rannsachadh an toiseach. A bheil e ceadaichte fiosrachadh ann an Uicipeid na Beurla eadar-theangachadh gu Gàidhlig? A' chiad rud a mhothaich mi, 's e gur e Am Muir a th' agaibh air A' Mhuir Mheadhan-thìreach. Tha seo a-rèir dualchainnt. Ann am faclair Teach Yourself Gaelic, 's e A' Mhuir Mheadhan-thìreach a th' ann, ach sin air sgàth 's gur ann à Uibhist a tha an t-ùghdar Boyd Robastan, agus gu bheil Muir boireann ann an Gàidhlig Uibhist. Ann an Gàidhlig Leòdhais 's badan den Eilean Sgitheanach, tha fhios agam gu bheil Muir fireann san tuiseal ainmearach ach boireann san tuiseal ghinideach. Co-dhiù, ma tha thu ag iarraidh cuideachadh le faclan no abairtean Gàidhlig a tha a dhìth ort, leig fios, bidh mi toilichte cuideachadh. --Glan-adair2015 (an deasbaireachd) 11:42, 14 dhen Fhaoilleach 2015 (UTC)

Chruthaich mi earrann ùr "San latha an-diugh" airson na Prìomh-dhuilleige. Ma bhios a h-uile rud stèidhichte, bidh an earrann seo ag atharrachadh gu fèin-obrachail agus mar sin gheibhear rudeigin eadar-dhealaichte gach latha. Tha mi an dòchas gum bi sin ceart gu leòr dhuibh. --Sionnach (an deasbaireachd) 15:10, 30 dhen Dùbhlachd 2015 (UTC)

Tha e math fhéin! --Caoimhin (an deasbaireachd) 10:00, 20 dhen Fhaoilleach 2016 (UTC)

Gaelic is missing from this page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/There_is_also_a_Wikipedia_in_your_language
Cheers, Varlaam (an deasbaireachd) 03:49, 19 dhen Fhaoilleach 2016 (UTC)

Tha e ann a-nise.  Tapadh leat! (Thanks) --Caoimhin (an deasbaireachd) 10:00, 20 dhen Fhaoilleach 2016 (UTC)

:Thank you for doing Manx as well. That is awesome! Varlaam (an deasbaireachd) 15:28, 20 dhen Fhaoilleach 2016 (UTC)

The third link in the sidebar, Cùisean an latha, links to a dead page it seems. Maybe good to either remove the link, or set up a redirect? Effeietsanders (an deasbaireachd) 12:12, 30 dhen Fhaoilleach 2017 (UTC)

Hi Effeietsanders, thanks for noticing, I hope it's working now.--Sionnach (an deasbaireachd) 18:07, 30 dhen Fhaoilleach 2017 (UTC)

Dear colleagues,
The first ‘Celtic Knot’ – Wikipedia Language Conference will take place 5 & 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Wikimedia UK. Please save the date.
The event will focus on Celtic Languages and Indigenous Languages, showcasing innovative approaches to open education, open knowledge and open data that support and grow language communities. The call for ideas closes on 10th March 2017. Our vision is for diverse participants working in Celtic and Indigenous languages ranging from Wikimedians, educators, researchers, information professionals, media professionals, linguists, translators, learning technologists and more coming together to share good practice and find fruitful new collaborations to support language communities as a result of the event.
To find out more about the conference themes and the format of sessions please visit the Celtic Knot page. Email your session proposal to ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk indicating the session type by no later than Friday 10th March.
Please feel free to forward this event to interested colleagues in your network. If you would like to more then please contact me direct at ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk
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Chuireadh an teachdaireachd seo air Doras na coimhearsnachd --Susan.nls (an deasbaireachd) 11:31, 24 dhen Ghearran 2017 (UTC)

Celtic and Indigenous Languages Conference

Tha 437,880 aiste ann an Uicidh "Serbo-Croatian" (srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски) ISO code sh. Catrìona (an deasbaireachd) 19:53, 21 dhen Mhàrt 2017 (UTC)
*Seirbea-Chràitis .https://www.tearma.ie/q/Serbo-Croatian/ Ériugena (an deasbaireachd) 15:22, 5 dhen Dùbhlachd 2021 (UTC)

Dè a' Ghàidhlig a tha air "Serbo-Croatian"?

Tha mi air dreach ùr den Phrìomh-dhuilleag a chruthachadh. Tha e san raon-cluiche agam an-dràsta. Dh'fheuch mi ga dhèanamh nas sìmplidh gus am bi fios nas fhasa gu sònraichte do dhaoine ùra fiosrachadh feumail a lorg. Fàgaidh mi san raon-cluiche e 'son seachdain gus am bi cothrom againn beachdachadh air. (Gu dearbha dh'fhaodamaid barrachd leasachaidh fhathast a dhèanamh san àm ri teachd). Chuirinn fàilte air ur beachdan. --Susan.nls (an deasbaireachd) 16:12, 10 dhen Lùnastal 2017 (UTC)

Hi all (and i'm sorry for English)!
Please extract "Sisterprojects table" into separate template (if this is non controverse with your local policies) for interwiki linking with d:Q5612101. Thanks before! --Kaganer (an deasbaireachd) 11:41, 7 dhen Mhàrt 2018 (UTC)

In English, too: Does any body know, why the user is not editing any more? --Nicola (an deasbaireachd) 12:25, 27 dhen Iuchar 2018 (UTC)


Deasbaireachd:Alba

Tá alt i nGaeilge na hÉireann ar Albain anois ar wiki ga, más mian libh comparáid a dhéanamh agus sibh ag cumadh i nGàidhlig na hAlban. Mé féin a d'aistrigh ón mBéarla é, ar ndóigh!. Le dea-mhéin. Séamus Ó Flaithbheartaigh. ("Meabhar" an suímh Ghaeilge).

Chan eil fhios agam cò sgrìobh a'phàirt air a bheil "An Geòlas," anns an duilleag seo ("Alba") ach tha e garbh doirbh a thuigse, le mearachdan anns an litreachadh agus droch ghràmair.  Feuchaidh mi fhèin a chur ceart, ach chan eil tìd' agam an dràsda.  Nam b'urrainn do chuid-eigin eile a dhèanamh, bhitheadh sin math.
Hmmm - tha mi dìreach air airteagalan eile a leughadh co-cheangailte ris a'chuspair "Geòlas," agus tha a'chuid as motha dhiubh anns an aon staid.  Tòrr obair ri dhèanamh ann a bhith 'gan ceartachadh, tha eagal orm!

Tha mi smaoineachadh gun deach an aiste seo, agus gu leòr dhan an fheadhainn eile, a sgrìobhadh le neach a bha ag ionnsachadh a'Ghàidhlig - tha mi fhèin direach air an aiste Gàidhlig a cheartachadh agus ì ann an staite uabhasach ron an seo. Mar a tha thu ag ràdh tha tòrr obair ann ri dheanamh. AnSiarach 12:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Tha mi air feuchainn a dheanamh an tuairsgeul nas so-thuigseachd. Chan eil moran eolas agam air an cuspair seo- tha e soillear rium gu robh deagh eolas aig an ti a sgriobh e anns a'chiad dol a-mach air a chuspair: Na bhith ro-chruaidh air droch gramair/litreachadh 7c. Tha am fiosrachadh math agus gabh Gaidhlig cugallach ceartachadh. Innleadair 20:48, 25 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)
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Where can i learn this language?
Thanks
4/2/07

I have tried to add a Wiki Project to this page. Are there any in Scottish Wikipedia? 86.143.55.179 18:41, 25 an Gearran 2008 (UTC)
PUNND-SASANNACH???
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DÈ?

Hello, I just made a climate map for Scotland on the English wikipedia page.
I'd love to make a version in Scottish Gaelic. If anyone here would like the translate the text in the map, I could easily add them to the map and upload a Scottish Gaelic version. Thanks! Redtitan (an deasbaireachd) 06:57, 20 dhen Iuchar 2016 (UTC)


Deasbaireachd a' chleachdaiche:Eoghan

Hi Eoghan,
I was just wondering, are you the driving force behind this Wikipedia? It could really use some promotion elsewhere on the web... do you think you might be up to spreading the word?

Hallo 24.251.242.236 a charaid. No, I'm not the prime mover here, but I certainly plan to actively work on this, time permitting! I would like to translate some of the Wikipedia keywords, but don't know how. What promotion would you suggest? By the way, could you de-anonmyize yourself, please. Eoghan 17:04, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I am the nearest thing to a prime mover here but that's not saying much.  Unfortunately most of the contributors, including myself have very little Gaelic.  So congratulations Eoghan.  You just became a sysop and now have the power to change those keywords into better Gaelic if you really want to. I made a start a while ago but the results have been rather hit and miss owing to my total reliance on "dictionary Gaelic". -- Derek Ross |  Talk 20:09, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Currently we have started a project on meta.wikipedia to get an article translated in as many wikipedias as possible every week. The article will be about a subject that usually gets rarely translated and has a lot of links to other subjects. Currently we have no-one to translate in your language. If someone is interested to participate please see: :meta:Translation of the week You can also submit articles from your own languages there that you think deserve translation, but have a small chance of it. The articles must not be to short and not to long and have lots of links to possible other articles! :en:user:Waerth

Hi Eoghan,
I wanted to create a logo for the Gaelic Wikipedia. I need for it the translation of "Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia", where "free" means "unrestrained" and not "no-cost". Best, Node

I put a request for logo translation up some time ago on meta:Requests for logos but noone has responded yet. The text we have been using here is "An Leabhar Mòr-eòlais Saor", where the word "saor" means free as in freedom. Are you responding from that post? Thanks a lot. Eoghan 16:14, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I have just discovered that an updated logo has existed since May. There is a slight problem in that it says "Mòr-Eòlais" instead of "Mòr-eòlais" but it's good enough until Node has time to do a replacement. It's just that we've never requested that it be switched on.  I'll remedy that. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 21:59, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Gasda Derek! Ach se "Mòr-eòlais" air an ìomhaigh aig Wiki.png, nach e? Leis an fhirinn innse, tha e gu math duilich dhomhsa rudan mar sin a lorg anns a'wiki. Eoghan 01:07, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Tapadh leat. Tha e air a-nis.  Mhùth mi an ìomhaigh. Chan eil cho duilich dhomsa. I have been working on the Wikipedia for a few years now so I know where most things are. -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 05:21, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Node, meatbong an-seo,
I don't know if you want to translate Wikipedia, I've noticed most languages don't, apart from the Irish but their orthography allows them to go Vicipedia.  The gaelic for free encyclopedia is An Stòr-dàta Saor . Saor has all the same meanings as free does in English, it is only when 'an asgaidh' is used in conjunction with it, is it definitely referring to no-cost.  However Leabhar Mòr-eòlais is also used for encyclopedia, but I think that Stòr-dàta is a much more acceptable form especially for the nature of this site.
Le speis
Meaty

Meatbong chòir, "stor-dàta" means database, not encyclopedia, both here in Wikipedia usage and in the wider technologically literate Gaelic world (e.g. "Stor-dàta briathrachais Gàidhlig"). It would be nice if we had a single word for encyclopedia, but the one I sent the logo folks last week is the accepted form. Eoghan 16:24, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I agree that we should use "leabhar mòr-eòlais", but I too wondered about re-spelling "Wikipedia".  Technically we should really spell it to avoid the W and the k, perhaps Uacapaedia, or something similar. Dè tha thu a' smaoinich ? -- Derek Ross |  deasbair 05:32, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Tha mi a'gabhail leat gu bheil an "k" sin a'coimhead beagan coigreach,
ach tha "Uigipidia" caran neonach cuideachd. Codhiu, chan eil am facal
"Wikipedia" as a'Bheurla mhalaichte, ach Hawaieis is Greugais.
Lorg mi an seann fhacal "uige" ann an Dwelley, a'ciallachadh "seud",
"lion" agus "eolas is tuigse". Nach eil sin freagarrach! Dh'fhaoite
gun deanadh sin bunait mhath nan robh sin 'dol a thionnsgal
nua-fhacal. Eoghan 00:48, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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Haigh, a chara,
(Tá súil agam go dtuigeann tú go bhfuil mé ag scríobh seo as Gaeilge na hÉireann! B'fhéidir go dtuigeann.) It is quite possible to translate the php file, but it does take some time and effort to struggle through it - here are my suggestions:
*Download one or two versions of Language.php from the Wikipedia SourceForge project at  (click on view to see the actual  files on each page). Having more than one allows you to compare how others translated the same pieces. Specifically, download the file Language.php, and start translating! It will eventually be renamed LanguageGd.php .
*Try and make sure that you understand the meaning of the terms you are translating - as you can imagine there is a lot of specialist vocabulary.
*There is some info on the subject - try :en:How_to_start_a_new_Wikipedia for a start.
Feel free to ask me for any other advice! Slán! -- Gabriel Beecham/en:User:Kwekubo

Moran taing. One quick question - it seems the Language.php file keeps changing (the one there is only 27 hours old). Are we translators supposed to keep up with it? Eoghan

:Well, not really. As long as you're starting out with the most recent version it should be fine, as most new features added are Template namespace based. But it might be a good idea to do an update every half year or so, just to keep it up to date.  -- Gabriel Beecham

Tha e coimhead coltach gun ro na atharraichean agam ceàrr. Chan eil an gràmar again fhèin cho math sa lùiginn. Le Meas, AnSiarach 09:05, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Na gabh dragh - deasaichidh mi e uair air choireigin. Eoghan 04:44, 31 An Lùnastal 2006 (UTC)

'S e smuain mhath a tha agad an sin nam bheachdsa. AnSiarach 08:19, 31 An Lùnastal 2006 (UTC)

Se 'matamataigs' a th'air an 'category' (:category:matamataigs). Ma tha sibh smaoineachadh gu bheil sin cearr, cuiribh a h-uile rud sa chategory seo ri 'matamataig' mas e bhur toil e. Tha :category:matamataig falamh, sin mar a tha e dearg. --Creachadair 14:28, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi Eoghan. I see that you have contributed to the messages in the namespace MediaWiki. Thank you for that. As Scottish Gaelic did not yet have any generic messages in MediaWiki (only on this wiki), we imported the messages from Special:Allmessages into betawiki:. Betawiki also supports the translation of messages for 116 extensions, with about 1,600 messages. I would like to invite you to join the Betawiki community and help improve MediaWiki localisation for the languages you are able to contribute to.
If you have any further questions, please let me know on my talk page on Betawiki. We will try and assist you as much as possible. You can also find us on the Freenode IRC network in the channel #mediawiki-i18n where we would be happy to help you get started.
Thank you very much for your attention and I do hope to see some of you on Betawiki soon! Cheers! Siebrand@Betawiki 15:56, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Tha an Special:Import fosgailte a-nis. Faic cuideachd: Help:Import. Beannachdan --Sionnach 18:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Eoghan, We would like to invite all contributors to take part in the debate to find an appropriate Gaelic form for Wikipedia that doesn't break any rules regarding phonology, intellegibility or forming good neologism. We'd like to invite views/votes from all users here as we'd like to get broad consensus. The debate is here: Name change and - since it involves quite a few technical issues - in English. Le dùrachdan --Sionnach 20:15, 23 dhen Dùbhlachd 2010 (UTC)

Hello! Would you mind taking a look here? Thanks :) --Addihockey10 23:24, 29 dhen Fhaoilleach 2011 (UTC)

Chanainn-sa chan eil, faic an seo agus an seo. --Sionnach 07:39, 30 dhen Fhaoilleach 2011 (UTC)

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Deasbaireachd:Na h-Eileanan Siar

"Skye" is in "Na h-Innse Gall" (the Hebrides) not "Na h-Eileanan Siar" (Outer Hebrides!!!)

# Chuir mi às dhan t-seantans seo: "Bha Gàidhlig aig a barrachd air 75% de na daoine ann an 1971." leis an iomradh 'Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2004) 1901–2001 Gaelic in the Census (PowerPoint) Linguae Celticae. Air a thogail 1 dhen Ògmhios 2008.' Chan eil am fiosrachadh sin anns a' Powerpoint ud; tha na h-eileanan fa leth ann ach chan eil a h-uile fear aig ìre nas àirde na 75%. Citation deleted as source did not verify information.
# Bha àireamh na duilleig ceàrr san iomradh 'Cunntas-sluaigh 2011, td. 26. Air a thogail 20 dhen Ghiblean 2014.' Cha robh na cinn-latha 'air a thogail' a' dol le ceann-latha nam mùthaidhean.
Were these references copied-and-pasted from somewhere else? Be careful to check the information they claim to cite is correct (as they are both online the info should be straightforward to find). Do not reproduce old dates of information retrieval but enter the date you (re-)verified them. --Susan.nls (an deasbaireachd) 20:27, 26 dhen Ghearran 2017 (UTC)

A rèir coltais 's e eadar-theangachadh mi-sgiobalta bho Uici Beurla: Nonetheless, by 1971 most areas were still more than 75% Gaelic speaking – with the exception of Stornoway, Benbecula and South Uist at 50-74%. leis an tùs: Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2004) 1901–2001 Gaelic in the Census (PowerPoint) Linguae Celticae. Retrieved 1 June 2008--Sionnach (an deasbaireachd) 20:40, 26 dhen Ghearran 2017 (UTC)

:Tha mi a' dol leat. --Susan.nls (an deasbaireachd) 17:03, 27 dhen Ghearran 2017 (UTC)