Langcom January 2017

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Approval of Ingush Wikipedia
by MF-Warburg 19 Jul '17

19 Jul '17

Hi all, I think Ingush Wikipedia can be approved, from the activity viewpoint. The translation of the most-used messages is complete (< http://tools.wmflabs.org/robin/?tool=codelookup&code=inh>) and there has been a quite high activity since almost ten months now < https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/inh&wik… >. Now we would of course need verificiation of the content. Searching the archives, I found a mail from Amir from 10 November 2011. Back then, a linguist had said the language in the test-wiki was not quite what would be expected from literary Ingush. However, the current editors are all different from the ones that were active five years ago. Amir, could you check with that linguist or someone else from the Ingush State University again about the quality of the content? Best regards, MF-W

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Western Balochi
by Amir E. Aharoni 07 May '17

07 May '17

Hi, I received a few requests to check the status of Western Balochi incubator (bgn). The code bgn is legit, the translation of most-used messages is complete, and the activity in the incubator is reasonable. A lot of pages are written; many are just one or two lines long, but I don't think that I mind. Do we want to verify that it's the right language? -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

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Request for Wikipedia in Ewondo eligible
by Milos Rancic 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

I've made request [1] for Wikipedia in Ewondo [2] eligible. It's a Niger-Congo language spoken by more than 500,000 people in Cameroon [3]. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ewondo [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewondo_language [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ewo

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Campidanese Sardinian, suggesting eligibility
by Milos Rancic 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

I suggest eligible status for the Wikipedia in Campidanese Sardinian [1]. It's used primarily for oral communication, but it's a standardized variety, with literature heritage. [2][3]. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Campid… [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campidanese_dialect [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sro

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Proposal for eligible status for Wikipedia in Cora
by Milos Rancic 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

I propose eligible status for the proposal [1] for Wikipedia in Cora [2]. It is an Uto-Aztecan language spoken by ~10,000 people in Mexico [3]. Ethnologue says it's "developing". [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Cora [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_language [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/crn

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Suggesting eligible status for Wikipedia in Elfdalian
by Milos Rancic 05 Mar '17

05 Mar '17

The request [1] is for a North Germanic language [2] spoken in Sweden. There is no Ethnologue page about it, but there is SIL page [3], which indicates it's about a relatively new addition. It's spoken by ~2000 people, but Sweden is one of the richest countries in the world and I am sure this language has a chance to become a valid encyclopedic language. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Elfdal… [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfdalian [3] http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ovd

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Re: [Langcom] Doteli Wikipedia
by Janak Bhatta 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Hi Langcom team, The articles on Doteli Wikipedia has been growing at good rate now. Active number of editors also growing on. There is a good numbers of Doteli language experts and scholars resides in Kathmandu, Nepal and western part of Nepal. Some of them were touched with me. I will keep them in this thread, so that they can verify the content written in Doteli incubator project. The statistics shows the activity of Doteli Wikipedia. The wiki has exceeded more than *2K* articles in various topics. Please follow the link below. Main page of Doteli Incubator project <https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/dty/Main_Page> The Doteli Wikipedia activity here: Doteli incubator stats <https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/dty&wik…> With Best Regards Janak Bhatta Kathmandu, Nepal +977-9851100522 On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Biplab Anand <biplabanand(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Biplab Anand <biplabanand(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 6:49 PM > Subject: Re: [Langcom] Doteli Wikipedia > To: Wikimedia Foundation Language Committee <langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Hi Amir and all, > AFAICT there is good numbers of Doteli language experts resides in > Kathmandu, Nepal and westen part of Nepal. I hope Janak will keep them in > this thread, so they can verify the content written in Doteli incubator > project. > > Biplab > > Hi Janak, > > Thanks for your email. > > I took a look at the statistics and at some pages. > > The activity statistics look quite good, although they are lower for this > month. The most important is to keep this incubator activity as high as > possible. > > The translatewiki statistics look good as well. > > The articles look OK as far as I can tell, but I don't actually know the > language, so I cannot verify it further. Is there anybody in the Langcom > who can find a Doteli expert? > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > ‪“We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ > Hi Janak, > > Thanks for your email. > > I took a look at the statistics and at some pages. > > The activity statistics look quite good, although they are lower for this > month. The most important is to keep this incubator activity as high as > possible. > > The translatewiki statistics look good as well. > > The articles look OK as far as I can tell, but I don't actually know the > language, so I cannot verify it further. Is there anybody in the Langcom > who can find a Doteli expert? > > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > ‪“We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ > > 2016-10-13 8:08 GMT+03:00 Janak Bhatta <janak.bhatta.np(a)gmail.com>: > >> Dear Language Committee, >> >> We are glad to share you about the growth in contribution in Doteli >> Wikipedia Incubation recent days. >> >> The Incubator project of Doteli Wikipedia seems growing day by day and >> the community members are really doing great stuff in incubator projects >> and translate wiki to move this project out from incubator. >> >> The wiki has exceeded more than 1K articles in various topics. Please >> follow the link below. >> Main page of Doteli Incubator project >> <https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/dty/Main_Page> >> >> The Doteli Wikipedia activity here: >> Doteli incubator stats >> <https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/dty&wik…> >> >> >> We have been communicating various organizations related to Doteli >> language for collaboration. They have shown interest to support the Wiki to >> make it a rich Wikipedia. >> >> Now, we have got a mentionable number of contributors, number of articles >> and considerably good interface translation. Therefor we request to publish >> Doteli Wikipedia out from the incubation. We assure to give qualitative >> and quantitative contribution in this wiki. >> >> With best regards >> Janak Bhatta >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing list >> Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > >

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Proposal for eligible status for Eastern Bolivian Guarani Wikipedia
by Milos Rancic 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

I would mark this proposal [1] as eligible if there is no Guarani Wikipedia [2], so leaving here for the standard procedure. Guarani Wikipedia uses Paraguayan Guarani, so I suggest eligible status for this request. Eastern Bolivian Guarani language [3] is spoken by more than 50,000 of people mostly in Bolivia, but also in Argentina (where it's known as Western Argentine Guarani) [4]. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Easter… [2] https://gn.wikipedia.org/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Bolivian_Guaran%C3%AD_language [4] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/gui

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Lingua Franca Nova
by MF-Warburg 08 Feb '17

08 Feb '17

There is a request for Wikipedia in "Lingua Franca Nova", which is a constructed language with an ISO 639-3 code. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Lingua…> I'm bringing it up because there is currently a very active contributor on Incubator. A previous request was rejected in 2008. Of course, the Language Proposal Policy says: If the proposal is for an artificial language such as Esperanto, it must have a reasonable degree of recognition as determined by discussion (this requirement is being discussed by the language committee). What are your opinions about the degree of recognition? Can the language be eligible or should it be rejected? I have never heard of this language before, but I am of course only a linguistic layman.

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Proposal for Wikipedia in Bandjalang
by Milos Rancic 08 Feb '17

08 Feb '17

There is a proposal [1] for Wikipedia in Bandjalang [2]. It is a Pama–Nyungan language [3], an indigenous languages of Australia. The problem with indigenous languages of Australia is that they are used by very small number of speakers. The rule is that there are just few dozen of speakers. According to Ethnologue, the language is "shifting" [4], meaning that it is not likely that there are young speakers. Usual action in the situations like this one is to put the proposal "on hold" and wait for native speakers. However, I think that WM AU could do something here. And that's why I've added Gideon Digby into communication. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Bandja… [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandjalang_language [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pama%E2%80%93Nyungan_languages [4] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bdy

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