Hi,

Apparently there is some activity in the Coptic Incubator Wikipedia:
portal: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/cop
activity: https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/cop&wiki=incubatorwiki#distribution_2017-02
request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Coptic_3

And there's a request to translate MediaWiki into this language:
https://incubator.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Incubator:Community_Portal&oldid=4099303#Translatewiki

However, translatewiki and UniversalLanguageSelector are not yet enabled in this language. As far as I know, the language is not exactly alive as a modern language. It's definitely eligible for Wikisource, so it can be in the UniversalLanguageSelector (although I need to make sure what is the autonym - "ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ"?).

But what about a Wikipedia, and what about translating the MediaWiki user interface strings into it? These would probably be revivalist projects because there are no L1 speakers.

If it's not eligible, I'd rather not enable it on translatewiki. Personally, I would support marking it as eligible, but are there other opinions?

It was already rejected in 2008:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Coptic_2

... But that was long ago, and maybe it's worth reconsidering?

Thank you!

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