Langcom March 2026

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Proposed approval of Interslavic Wikipedia
by Jon Harald Søby 29 May '26

29 May '26

Hi all, I would like to propose the approval of the Interslavic Wikipedia [1]. As the name implies, Interslavic [2] is a constructed language which is a mix of Slavic languages. It got its ISO 639-3 code in 2021 [3], and one thing that might be considered a bit "special" about this test Wikipedia is that one of the language's creators, Jan van Steenbergen [4][5] (and possibly others?), is one of its top contributors, so I think the external verification step can safely be skipped. The test Wikipedia has had impressive sustained activity since August 2024 [6], and there is also a pre-existing Interslavic community in Miraheze [7], which demonstrates that the language and community is viable. The localization efforts are also very good, with all most used messages and almost all of MediaWiki core translated into Interslavic with the Cyrillic alphabet [8], and even more into the Latin alphabet [9]. All in all, I think this project is in good health and ready for approval. PS! There are still some partially unresolved issues related to language conversion (between Cyrillic and Latin), but that should have no bearing on approval. [1] https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/isv [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interslavic [3] https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/isv [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Steenbergen [5] https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:IJzeren_Jan [6] https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/isv&wiki=in… [7] https://isv.miraheze.org/wiki/Med%C5%BEuviki:Glavna_stranica [8] https://codelookup.toolforge.org/isv-cyrl [9] https://codelookup.toolforge.org/isv-latn -- mvh Jon Harald Søby

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Request for comments on approval of Magahi Wikipedia
by Sotiale Wiki 28 May '26

28 May '26

Hi all. I would like to ask for comments on the approval of *Wp/mag*. It has been active since Jan 2023, and it has been *18* months that 3 or more editors have been active[1]. There are about *12878* pages including templates. Most important core messages have already been translated(99.83%)[2]. 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=Wp/mag&wiki=in… [2] https://codelookup.toolforge.org/mag [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Magahi Best regards, Sotiale

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Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
by Victoria Doronina 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Dear all, You have probably already seen the announcement about the Wikinews closure on Wikimedia-l, the Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard on Meta-Wiki (with comments already), and the consultation page Talk:Public consultation about Wikinews on Meta-Wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Public_consultation_about_Wikinews#Boa…> . This includes all Wikinews currently in Incubator. Please update the LangCom pages to say that it no longer accepts applications to the new Wikinews projects opening. -- Kind regards, Victoria Victoria Doronina <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/dr-victoria-doronina/> (she/her), UTC Wikimedia Foundation Trustee Community and Affiliates Liaison Human Rights Liaison Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Please help us make it a reality."

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Lorrain code
by MF-Warburg 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Please see < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_committee#Appropriate_languag… ?>

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