On 17 May 2017, at 12:51, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
In relation to the ISO 639-3 code for Mapudungun (see below), I’ve asked Christophe, Board chair, if we could find the way that Language committee fill the form in the name of Wikimedia Foundation. The answer is "yes" if we communicate particular issue with the Board. It is important to know that there is such an option for the future issues and not just related with ISO 639-3.
The ISO JAC will look at arguments, not necessarily the source of a request.
=== Mapudungun ===
Mapudungun has the code which Mapuche people treat as derogatory. My position is that we should help them and make pressure over JAC to make the change.
“Pressure” doesn’t work.
To be honest, I am prepared to push this into much higher level than Wikimedia is, as they were able to change the codes for a language because one ethnicity is inherently racist and didn’t want to be connected with the other ethnicity by ISO 639-6 code name, while JAC are not capable to address colonial and racist past of their own societies.
I’m going to ignore this rhetoric.
Said so, Michael was quite nervous about that
Nonsense.
and he will definitely vote against that when I put this on vote here.
Please don’t speak for me.
I have written to the JAC to ask them what they think.
Michael Everson