Talk:Dag, Jonathan!

English Wikibooks and Foreign Language books.
Hello,

Preserving the text of an extinct language is a noble goal, and I appreciate the effort which is being made here. However as QuiteUnusual noted, I am unsure if the book in its current form is a good fit for English Wikibooks. In the long run, the English Wikibooks community is ill prepared to maintain texts in other languages. You might consider further annotating your text, so that the original Negerhollands text is side by side with an English translation, perhaps using a collapsable box template to hide it from the reader until desired (Since having them visible side by side by default can defeat some of the language learning value of the text.). If you think this is a good direction for the book but need technical assistance, I would be happy to help! This would be closer to an annotated English text, and would be much more likely to survive an rfd nomination by becoming more in line with Wikibooks policy.

Another option would be to make a Negerhollands edition of Wikibooks (dcr Wikibooks), and transwiki Dag, Jonathan! there. I know a lot less about that process, but this is perhaps ideal if you plan on developing more texts in Negerhollands.

--Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 21:43, 1 August 2021 (UTC)