+1
Thanks, MF, for working Gerard's comments into the new policy draft so sensibly and sensitively! No further comments or changes from my side - I'd be happy to approve those new rules.
Oliver
On 04-Jul-17 13:31, MF-Warburg wrote:
Are there further comments about this? I'd invite those of you who want to change parts of the policy to edit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee/Voting_policy directly to address your concerns.
2017-06-13 19:20 GMT+02:00 Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com mailto:everson@evertype.com>:
On 13 Jun 2017, at 06:58, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com <mailto:gerard.meijssen@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hoi, > First there is no agreement. Not sure what you are talking about. > Second, for ISO-639-3 languages that are living languages there is no need for a vote. That’s our rules, yes. > Third, for other ISO-639-3 languages there is a need for a vote. I suppose there are living languages with few if any users and other languages with potentially very many. > Compelling arguments are needed and a two third majority is reasonable. What does everyone feel about this? > Fourth for codes that do not have an ISO-639-3 code the standard answer is no. Without proper arguments this should not happen. And this is the BPC 47 thing. That’s a very important and widely-implemented standard. If the 639 Agency had refused Elfdalian, we would have created a primary tag for it. That would be a situation where a non-standard answer might be useful. Michael _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom>
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