Langcom February 2023

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by Amir E. Aharoni

Hi! Can we perhaps approve Georgian Wikisource already? :) It has LOTS of pages in the Multilingual Wikisource, and recently, they were recategorized. https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/?title=Georgian&cat=1&wiki=sourceswi… I can't think of a reason to keep it there. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

3 weeks

Request for comments on approval of Batak Toba Wikipedia

by Sotiale Wiki

Hello, everyone. I hope you are staying safe. I would like to ask for comments on the approval of Wp/bbc. It has been active since February 2020, and it has been 17 months that 3 or more editors have been active[1]. There are about 799 pages including templates. Most used core messages have already been translated[2]. The request has already been submitted[3]. I would like to ask for your opinion on the approval of this. Thank you. [1] https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/bbc&wiki=in… [2] https://robin.toolforge.org/?tool=codelookup&code=bbc [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Toba_B… Regards, Sotiale

6 months, 1 week

merge of Akan and Twi Wikipedias

by Amir E. Aharoni

Hi, See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_A… I think that the proposal is sensible: * ak is a macro language code ( https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/aka ), which includes Twi (tw) and Fante (fat). Avoiding macro language codes is in line with our general policy. * Anecdotally, over the years, lots of people from Ghana told me about their confusion about where they should write, and in which variety. * Less anecdotally, there has been good activity in the incubator and translatewiki in Fante (fat): translatewiki: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Portal:Fat incubator: https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/fat&wiki=in… * There are fewer than 600 articles in ak.wikipedia, and it won't be too hard to move the good content to tw.wikipedia. * There's much more activity in tw.wikipedia than in ak.wikipedia: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_A… * There have been no objections on the discussion page since it was created a month ago. So I'd suggest approving that. I'd further suggest removing Akan as a language for MediaWiki localization: there are almost no translations into it, and almost all of those that exist are identical to the translations of the same strings into Twi ( https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate?filter=translated&action=p… ) All that said, I have been talking a lot to editors from Ghana in the last few years, and some of them are personal friends, so it's possible I have a conflict of interest or an incomplete understanding of how things work there. Other opinions are welcome. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

1 year, 1 month

Closure of Wolof Wikiquote

by Sotiale Wiki

Hi all. I would like to support this request and propose the closure of the wiki. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_W… > It actually has very little content, and little progress has been made since the last closure request. < https://wo.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jagleel:Toutes_les_pages?from=&to=&namespace=0 > As the content is minimal and virtually neglected as in the link above, I am in favor of the closure of this project. I hope other members will also look at this and provide your opinion. Regards, Sotiale

1 year, 1 month

Suggested approval of Gungbe Wikinews

by Jon Harald Søby

Hi all! I would like to suggest the approval of the Gungbe Wikinews [1]. The test wiki was started in October, and has had a steady and solid activity ever since [2], with a core group of 8 active users who have made a substantial number of edits. According to Samatics, their most active contributor, they average about 7 new articles per day (I haven't double-checked this number, but have no reason to doubt it). For comparison, the 14 newest articles on the English Wikinews as of right now range from February 12 to January 8, so that's one article every 2.5 days – meaning the Gungbe Wikinews is already one of the most currently active Wikinews editions. They even have an audio Wikinews subproject [3] with spoken news articles! The localization of MediaWiki into Gungbe is great and ongoing, currently MediaWiki core is at 70 % [4]. [1] https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wn/guw [2] https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wn/guw&wiki=in… [3] https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wn/guw/Linlin-hihia [4] https://codelookup.toolforge.org/guw -- mvh Jon Harald Søby

1 year, 1 month

Suggested approval of Angika Wikipedia

by Jon Harald Søby

Hello all, I would like to suggest the approval of the Angika Wikipedia (anpwiki) [1]. They have had stable activity all year [2], and the most used messages are almost fully translated [3] (only 6 missing messages, but that can be done in a few minutes). [1] https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/anp [2] https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/anp&wiki=in… [3] https://codelookup.toolforge.org/anp -- mvh Jon Harald Søby

1 year, 1 month

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