Hallo,
I took the liberty to mark the following open Wikivoyage request as
"eligible", because there is an active edition of Wikipedia in this
language:
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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikivoyage_Afrik…
If anyone disagrees, feel free to revert me.
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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
Hallo!
I am going through
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_requests_for_new_languages ,
project by project, letter by letter, up to ten requests per email, one
email per day.
I am now working on Wikipedia, and today I'm handling the letters U and V,
one request in each.
== Upper Saxon German ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Upper_…
Code: sxu
My take: I don't know. Judging by the content of the English Wikipedia
article and by most of the comments on the request page, it shouldn't be
eligible, because today it's just a regional spoken variety that has few
differences from standard German. But there are also comments on the
request page that say that many books are published in it, and that it has
a distinct writing standard. So I'm not sure what to say. MF-W, perhaps you
have an opinion?
== Vai ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Vai_2
Code: vai
My take: Eligible. The request was created by someone who probably doesn't
know the language, which is not so great. But on the good and practical
site, there's quite a lot of content in the Incubator, and it looks
legitimate, so it's OK to make it eligible.
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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
Hallo!
I am going through
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_requests_for_new_languages ,
project by project, letter by letter, up to ten requests per email, one
email per day.
I am now working on Wikipedia, and today I'm handling the letter T.
I took the liberty to delete
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Taiwan…
. It was posted by a user who didn't do much else and had no substantial
content or discussion. I already tried contacting the user and got no
response.
== Toki Pona ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Toki_P…
Code: tok
My take: Eligible. It appears to be seriously active online for all kinds
of purposes, and has book publishing. I don't know for how long will this
community remain active, but I cannot think of any reasons to block it
according to the current policy.
== Triqui ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Triqui
Code: trs
My take: Eligible. Very little content in the Incubator, but the request
appears to have been created in good faith, and the creator is still
active. I pinged them on the talk page.
== Tunica ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Tunica
Code: tun
My take: Eligible, with nearly identical explanation to Triqui. This one is
more of a revitalization project and not a totally naturally living
language, but it appears to be serious enough.
== Tunisian ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Tunisi…
Code: aeb
My take: Waiting. There is some opposition in the discussion section, but
it's a common theme of "it's not a separate language, but only a dialect".
My impression from reading about that language is that it is becoming a
stable, distinct, standardized written language, comparably to the related
(but also distinct), Moroccan Arabic (ary). I am not suggesting a full
"eligible" status at the moment because the request's creator appears to be
engaged in a serious, academic attempt to stabilize an orthography. It
waited for a few years, and the request creator has also been active in
various other Wikimedia activities, so it can wait some time more until the
writing system question gets clear.
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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
Hallo!
I took the liberty to mark the Tver Karelian Wikipedia as not eligible:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Tver_K…
It has no ISO code. If it is similar to Karelian (krl), it should be merged
with the krl Incubator. If anyone thinks it's distinct, they should try to
apply for a new code.
If anyone disagrees, feel free to revert me.
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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
Hallo!
I've marked Slovak Wikinews as eligible, because there are already other
projects in this language.
If anyone disagrees, feel free to revert.
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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
Hallo!
I am going through
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_requests_for_new_languages ,
project by project, letter by letter, up to ten requests per email, one
email per day.
I am now working on Wikipedia, and today I'm handling the letters Q and R.
Two letters this time, because there are very few requests in them.
== Queretaro otomi ==
I took the liberty to delete the page
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Queret…
, which was created by a banned user and wasn't edited much by other
people. There is some content in the incubator in this language, which
doesn't look too bad, so I see no immediate reason to delete it.
== Rajasthani ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Rajast…
code: raj
My take: Waiting. See my other email about it, with the subject "Rajasthani
and Hadothi".
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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
Hallo!
I am going through
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_requests_for_new_languages ,
project by project, letter by letter, up to ten requests per email, one
email per day.
I am now working on Wikipedia, and today I'm handling the letter P.
== Petjo ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Petjo
Code: pey
My take: Eligible? The language is a nearly-extinct creole, but the content
in the Incubator looks kind of legit. Other opinions are welcome.
== Pitjantjatjara ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Pitjan…
Code: pjt
My take: Not sure. The language is eligible, but I'm really not sure that
the request is serious. It's by an anonymous user who proceeded to create a
few very short pages in the Incubator.
== Pothwari ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Pothwa…
Code: phr
My take: Waiting. There's a comment on the request page that says that it
is probably not so different from Shahmukhi Punjabi (pnb), and that the
current content in the Incubator can fit in pnb.wikipedia. I can't say
myself if this is true, but it may be. I've sent a question about it to the
expert who helped us with verifying Saraiki (skr), and who probably knows
about Pothwari, too.
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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