MF: the Simple English wikipedia was approved long before we had regulations about ISO codes and suchlike (cf. http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaSIMPLE.htm), and we do not usually "uncharter" active wikis, even if they wouldn't pass our current requirements (I understand that there are a number of European dialects with wiki projects which do not have an ISO code of their own).

However, while our regulations stipulate that subsequent wiki projects are easily granted for languages which already have an active project, I see the need, as I have written, to not allow that for languages without ISO code. So: Simple English *wikipedia* can continue but we shouldn't allow other projects (like the requested wikiversity) for Simple English.

Is that consensus-able? (badly translated from German "konsensfähig")

On 06-Feb-16 6:46 PM, MF-Warburg wrote:

I am well aware of the recent discussion here about a "subtag" for Simple English (at which, however, something like "en-x-wpsimple" was mentioned, not en-simple).

However, that doesn't mean it now has an ISO 639-1 or -3 code as our policy requires and that also doesn't prejudice Langcom's decision on the eligibility.

2016-02-06 16:42 GMT+01:00 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com>:

Hoi,

That is just a matter of asking for inclusion in the standard. Michael is well placed to do so.

Thanks,

     Gerard

On 6 February 2016 at 16:39, MF-Warburg <mfwarburg@googlemail.com> wrote:

Who decided that?

2016-02-06 16:20 GMT+01:00 Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>:

en-simple.wikipedia.org is now permitted.

> On 5 Feb 2016, at 15:59, MF-Warburg <mfwarburg@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> There is a proposal at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikiversity_Simple_English>
>
> IMHO, this needs to be rejected, as "Simple English courses" can easily be hosted on en.wikiversity (also, there is of course no ISO code).

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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