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SignWriting in Literature

"SignWriting Encyclopedia
Projects: Wikipedias in
American Sign Language
and Tunisian Sign Language
by
Valerie Sutton
with the Ever-Expanding
Wikipedia Team of SignWriters
& Software Developers

This presentation is dedicated to
the memory of Michael Paul Sutton.

"SignWriting Encyclopedia
Projects: Wikipedias in
American Sign Language
and Tunisian Sign Language

by
Valerie Sutton
with the Ever-Expanding
Wikipedia Team of SignWriters
& Software Developers

This presentation pays tribute to all those who have made Wikipedias in written Sign Languages possible.

WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION donated the server space on Wikimedia Labs and Wikimedia Incubator.

GERARD MEIJSSEN encouraged us and taught us what was needed to make a Wikipedia. See Gerard's blog...

STEPHEN E. SLEVINSKI JR. developed the software and encoding necessary for writing sign languages in vertical columns in SignWriting on the web and on Wikipedias.

YAIR RAND developed the JavaScript Keyboard making it possible to type SignWriting directly in text fields on the web.

MOHAMED ALI BALTI ("Dali") founded the Tunisian Sign Language Wikipedia, contributing three articles in 2016. Dali also wrote an Instruction Manual teaching other writers how to write an article in the Sign Language Wikipedias, using SignPuddle Online and the RAND JavaScript Keyboard.

ADAM FROST founded the American Sign Language Wikipedia. As the Deaf ASL Editor, Adam translated the Wikipedia menus from English to ASL using "Translate Wiki". Adam contributed the first ASL article in the ASL Wikipedia: "Charles-Michel de l'Épée", and he continues to edit articles and gives teaching and tech support to new ASL writers.

NANCY ROMERO contributed 48 articles in written ASL to the ASL Wikipedia. They are amazing articles! Now they are collected in a book called the "American Sign Language Encyclopedia". Download the PDF below.

JASON NESMITH, Deaf ASL writer, contributed 3 articles: "Elon Musk", "Star Wars" and "3-D Printers". Jason's articles are really fascinating and so timely ....see Papers below...

HOLLY SHARER, Deaf ASL writer, wrote "Salvador Dali". Learn about his unusual life! ....see Papers below...

CHARLES BUTLER contributed the ASL article: "Helen, Georgia", his old hometown.

NATASHA ESCALADA-WESTLAND started an article on "Social Security" basing the article on ASL videos on the US government web site.

THANKS to these brilliant contributors, the world now has Wikipedias in American and Tunisian Sign Languages!

In this presentation, I will review the above history, and then teach viewers how to link to the Wikipedias, how to find articles, and then, how to read them in SignWriting!

Valerie Sutton
July 21, 2016

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This was presented on July 21, 2016
signed in American Sign Language by Adam Frost, Jason Nesmith and Holly Sharer, with interpreting by the CODABrothers.com!

Related Links

Presentation 8
“Encyclopedias in Written ASL:
Writing 48 Articles for the ASL Wikipedia”
by Nancy Fray Romero

Presentation 31
“Digital collaboration with machine-readable
sign language text in the SignWriting script”
by Stephen E. Slevinski Jr

Presentation 41
“The Javascript-based SignWriting Keyboard
for Use on Wikimedia and throughout the Web”
by Yair Rand

Presentation 55
“Moving Forward with Sign Language Projects
in Formal SignWriting (FSW) ”
by Stephen E. Slevinski Jr


SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects

ASL Wikipedia on Wikimedia Labs

ASL Wikipedia on Wikimedia Incubator

Tunisian Sign Language Wikipedia
on Wikimedia Incubator

4 PAPERS

	Valerie Sutton Inventor, SignWriting & Sutton Movement Writing www.SignWriting.org www.MovementWriting.org www.ValerieSutton.org Sutton Biography 2014 Sutton Biosketch 2014
	Stephen E. Slevinski, Jr. Software Developer of the Sign Language Wikipedias www.SignPuddle.org https://slevinski.github.io Download Biography
	Yair Rand Developer of the RAND SignWriting Keyboard used to type Wikipedia articles in SignWriting Download Biography
	Mohamed Ali "Daly"Balti Founder of the Tunisian Sign Language Wikipedia Contributed the first 3 articles in the Tunisian Sign Language Wikipedia. Also wrote an Instruction Manual for the RAND Keyboard. Download Biography
	Adam Frost Deaf ASL Editor & Founder of the American Sign Language Wikipedia Wrote the first ASL article in the ASL Wikipedia. Translated Wikimedia menus from English to ASL. Edits new ASL articles. Download Biography
	Nancy Romero ASL Article Writer for the ASL Wikipedia Contributed 48 Articles in the ASL Wikipedia Download Biography
	Jason Nesmith ASL Article Writer for the ASL Wikipedia Contributed 3 Articles: "Star Wars "Elon Musk" "3-D Printers" Download Biography
	Holly Sharer ASL Article Writer for the ASL Wikipedia Contributed Article: "Salvador Dali" Download Biography
	Charles Butler ASL Article Writer for the ASL Wikipedia Contributed Article: "Helen, Georgia" Download Biography
	Natasha Escalada-Westland ASL Article Writer for the ASL Wikipedia Contributed Article: "Social Security" Download Biography

This presentation is dedicated to
my nephew, Michael Paul Sutton
November 18,1988 - July 21, 2015
We love you Michael!