Hi,
There's a request for a Wikipedia in Antigua and Barbuda Creole:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Antigu…
It's probably eligible, and I'll mark it as such in a week if there are no
other comments, but it would be nice if someone on the committee can check
the following:
1. Is it OK to use the name "Antigua and Barbuda Creole" when discussing it
in English, given that the language is also spoken in other countries?
2. Is the spelling "Aanteegan an' Baabyuudan", which is provided as the
autonym good?
See also the discussion at
https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Support&oldid=13151924#Request_to_e…
Thanks!
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Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
Hi all.
I would like to ask for comments on the approval of *Wt/bew*. It has been
active since Oct 2023, and it has been 5 months that 3 or more editors have
been active[1]. Although it wasn't 6 months in a row, considering the
contributions before that, I think it's acceptable to have less than 3
people in just one month. There are about 6979 pages including templates.
Most important core messages have already been translated(96.25%)[2]. This
will be completed 100% by them soon. The request has already been
submitted[3].
I would like to ask for your opinion on the approval of this, thank you for
your consideration.
[1]
https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=wt/bew&wiki=in…
[2] https://codelookup.toolforge.org/bew
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Betawi
Kind regards,
Sotiale
Hi.
I would like to ask for comments on the approval of *mswikiquote*. It has
been active since Jan 2024, and it has been 7 months that 3 or more editors
have been active[1]. There are about *1041 *pages including templates.
Most important core messages have already been translated(100%)[2]. The
request has already been submitted[3]. This language already has Wikipedia
and Wiktionary, so no additional verification process is needed unless
there are special circumstances.
I would like to ask for your opinion on the approval of this, thank you for
your consideration.
[1]
https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wq/ms&wiki=inc…
[2] https://codelookup.toolforge.org/ms
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikiquote_Malay
Best regards,
Sotiale
Hi,
There's a new request for a Wikipedia in Noakhali (or Noakhalian):
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Noakha…
The ISO 639 code oak was approved just a few months ago:
https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/oak
The code is so new, that Ethnologue still doesn't have a page for it; if I
search for "Noakhali" in the search box, it finds it as a dialect of
Bengali.
So I can think of two potential issues:
1. If ISO 639 approved a code, it may mean that the language is distinct
from Bengali. Or not. ISO 639 already approved some codes for languages
that weren't distinct. I guess that this is not the case here, because the
politics here are not the same as in the Balkans, for example, and also
because Glottolog lists this language in a branch that is quite far from
standard Bengali: https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/noak1234
2. The language doesn't seem to have a standardized written form. Formally,
it's not necessarily a problem, but it may be an impediment in practice.
I'm somewhat inclined to mark it as eligible, but I'd really love to hear
more opinions.
Thanks!
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Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
Hi,
There's a request for Wikipedia in Dolgan:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Dolgan
The language has relatively few speakers, but it's definitely living and
has a code. In addition, the person who is proposing it appears to be
serious—for example, he already translated the most used messages on
translatewiki.
Any other comments?
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Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore