Langcom February 2017

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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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Proposal for approval of [Khowar Wikipedia]
by Satdeep Gill 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

Hi everyone, Khowar community has been consistently contributing to develop Khowar Wikipedia in Wikimedia Incubator. <goog_1750628597> Here is the request on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Khowar Catanaylsis shows at least 3 editors for more than 2 years: <goog_1750628605> https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=wp/khw&wik… While there have been more than 3 editors during some months as well. I believe the creation of Khowar Wikipedia will give the necessary boost the whole community and the members who have stopped editing in the past will resume editing. All the required messages have been translated on translatewiki. Hence, I propose the creation of Khowar Wikipedia. -- Regards Satdeep Gill

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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 eligibility of [Wikipedia in] Dogri
by Satdeep Gill 03 Feb '17

03 Feb '17

Hi all, The first Indic language request I saw today was a request for Wikipedia Dorgi.[1] Dogri is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.[2] The Wikipedia article mentions that Dogri is written in both Devanagari and Perso-Arabic scripts. I personally have known Dogri to be written in Devanagari and certain books published by the Government of India have also used Devanagari script.[3] The person who proposed the project has also used Devanagari script while writing the language name in the language. Hence, I suggest marking this proposal eligible for a Dogri Wikipedia in Devanagari Language. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Dogri [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogri_language [3] http://english.bharatavani.in/book/dogri-dogri-dictionary-part-1/ -- Regards Satdeep Gill +91-9465155746

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Falam Wikipedia eligible
by Milos Rancic 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

I've marked the request [1] for Wikipedia in Falam [2] eligible. It's a "developing" Sino-Tibetan language spoken by around 100,000 people, mostly in Myanmar [3]. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Falam-… [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falam_language [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/cfm

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