Langcom January 2017

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Punjabi Wikisource
by Satdeep Gill 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

Hello everyone, We have been working on developing Punjabi Wikisource in the past few months. We already have some validated texts and Google OCR is now working on Gurmukhi script. The page on Wikisource is here: https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page/ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Check the stats here: https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=1&title=%E0%A8%AA%… We would also like to request a different project because Multilingual Wikisource community does not want me to run the OCR bo, even though i had already applied for a bot flag. Check here: https://wikisource.org/wiki/User_talk:Satdeep_Gill#your_bot -- Regards Satdeep Gill +91-9465155746

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Proposal for eligibility of the [Wikipedia in] Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
by Milos Rancic 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

I am passing through the requests and the first one is the request for Wikipedia in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic [1]. The situation is a kind of complex, but I see no reason not to verify the language itself [2] as eligible, as it should be done with possible request for Chaldean Neo-Aramaic [3]. Syriac language [4] -- and we have a Wikipedia in that language [5], encoded as the group of Aramaic languages [6] -- has been split around 1st century AD, meaning that the differences between them are likely to be comparable with the difference between Romance languages. It also includes the languages that are not Assyrian nor Chaldean Neo-Aramaic. Anyway, this is just eligibility verification, not the approval of the project. If there is a real interest in creation of a separate Wikipedia, we will be able to decide about practical implications at that point of time. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Assyri… [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaldean_Neo-Aramaic [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language [5] https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/ [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_language

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Proposal for "on hold" status for Wikipedia in Buhid
by Milos Rancic 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

I propose "on hold" status for the request [1] for Wikipedia in Buhid [2] with the comment "waiting for native speakers". Buhid is an Austronesian language spoken by 8,000 people in Philippines. The proposer is not a native speaker. If we get any native speaker, we should make the proposal eligible. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Buhid [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buhid_language [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bku

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Proposal for rejection of Wikipedia in Avestan
by Milos Rancic 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

I propose rejection of the proposal for the Wikipedia in Avestan [1]. It's an extinct language [2][3]. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Avesta… [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avestan [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ave

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Proposal for "on hold" status for the request for [Wikipedia in] Enets
by Milos Rancic 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

The request [1] is about a nearly extinct Uralic language [2][3]. I wouldn't reject the proposal, but we definitely need native speakers to consider the proposal as a valid one. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Enets [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enets_language [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/enf

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Dinka
by Milos Rancic 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

Oliver, I think this is your area... According to Ethnologue, Dinka [1] is a Nilo-Saharan "macrolanguage", with languages Northeastern Dinka [2], Northwestern Dinka [3], South Central Dinka [4], Southeastern Dinka [5] and Southwestern Dinka [6]. The whole population is 1.4 million, it's about very poor South Sudan. Is there a sense to create one Wikipedia or to go with separate languages? [1] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/din [2] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/dip [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/diw [4] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/dib [5] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/dks

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Proposal for the new member
by Milos Rancic 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

Satdeep Gill (User:Satdeep Gill) approached Amir and me and expressed his wish to become a Language committee member. He is a very active Indian Wikimedian -- both online and offline --, as well as he knows at least Punjabi, Sindhi and Urdu (I suppose Hindi, as well). As we don't have anyone with primarily linguistic skills from India (Santhosh is a programmer), I would welcome his membership in the LangCom.

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Bulk rejections
by Milos Rancic 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

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Proposal for "on hold" status for [Wikipedia in] Bahraini Arabic
by Milos Rancic 29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

I suggest marking the requiest for Wikipedia in Bahraini Arabic [1] on hold. Although it could be valid per se, there is a negative attitude towards the language itself among the native speakers [2]. So, while the request could be valid in a distant future, it is presently invalid and we should wait till the population get positive attitude towards their native language, if they get it ever. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Bahran… [2] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/abv

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Ghomala eligible
by Milos Rancic 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

It seems that I haven't written here that I've made the request [1] for Wikipedia in Ghomala [2] eligible (on January 23rd). It's a Niger-Congo language spoken by 350,000 people in Cameroon. [3] [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ghomala [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghomala%27_language [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bbj

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