I personally don't know that there should be
completely rigid rules on this, but I have some
thoughts on Wikisources.
Most texts in extinct language can be hosted in a
derivative language Wikisource or on the multi-lingual
WS. When "creating a Wikisource in an extint
language" is discussed; it really means "creating
system messages in an extinct language". The texts
are static and will not change based on the language
used for navigation where they are hosted. In case
anyone is unaware; en.WS has Anglo-Saxon, Middle
English, and Scots texts.
Birgitte SB
--- Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi,
You attempt to answer a question that is not asked.
The question is about
Wikis not about Wikipedia.
Thanks,
GerardM
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Claus Färber
<GMANE(a)faerber.muc.de> wrote:
Nathan schrieb:
> If the purpose of a Wikipedia or wiki in general
is to communicate
> information... then creating a wiki to serve
a
small group of people
> who are already fluent in other major
languages
does not serve the
> purpose. I wouldn't object to a wiki of
a type
"Wikilang" if the idea
> is only to save the crucial and various
aspects
of the language
> itself for historical purposes in a way not
conducive to a Wikipedia
> article, but a full Wikipedia or other
project
seems unnecessary.
I think that depends on the project. A Wikipedia
needs more people that
actively support it (i.e. write articles) than a
Wikinews project, which
needs more people than a Wikisource project.
IMO, it does not make sense to create projects in
languages that have
too few speakers to make it viable. If a language
has only 10000
speakers (native or second-language), there's
no
way they can produce a
full encyclopaedia in that language. However, it
only takes a
few enthusiastic individuals to create a Wikinews
project. A Wikisource
project would only need a single person who
archives free texts.
Claus
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