History: Invitation to join wiki-translation

This is an invitation to join wiki-translation community. This is a community dedicated to discussing the impact of the wiki phenomenon on the world of translation. This is a place for people who are interested in translation using a massively collaborative wiki paradigm, where they can exchange best practices and tools, and discuss how to improve them.

Instructions on how to join can be found on this page:

The following is a sample of topics which are deemed relevant:

• Practices and tools for translating any wiki content, including but

not limited to Wikipedia pages.

• Practices and tools for translating any content (wiki or

not) which is open, constantly evolving and may never reach a final
stable state.

• Practices and tools for translating any content using a wiki-like

process. By that, we mean a process that presents many of the
characteristics of wikis like: open, massively collaborative,
asynchronous, loosely coordinated and controlled, volunteer-based,
etc....

• Practices and tools for creating and using wiki-like dictionaries

and resources (ex: Wikipedia, Wiktionary,
OmegaWiki) for the purpose of translating any content (wiki or not).

• Research and development to make any of the above easier and more

efficient.

The wiki forum has an accompanying mailing list (Put URL
here) which can be used to broadcast messages to the whole community. The present wiki on the other hand, provides a static snapshot of the community's current best
understanding of these and related topics.

We understand that a wiki-paradigm for translation may be
controversial for people who have invested much time and money into
more traditional paradigms. We feel that our community can learn much
from such people and they are cordially invited to participate.
However, keep in mind that this is not a place for arguing about the
desirability of translating in a wiki-way. This list starts from the
position that translation in a wiki-way is happening right now and
that it will continue to do so for years to come, and it aims at
discussing ways in which that kind of translation can be improved.

We look forward to your participation, and hope you will find it
useful and worthwhile.