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 I. Incidentally or not, the English names of all the languages here begin with the prefix "Inter", so I'll paste the policy on artificial languages for convenience:

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If the proposal is for an artificial language such as Esperanto, it must have a reasonable degree of recognition as determined by discussion. (Some recognition criteria include, but are not limited to: independently proved number of speakers, use as an auxiliary language outside of online communities created solely for the purpose, usage outside of Wikimedia, publication of works in the language for general sale.)

I'll also throw in one Wikibooks request to round up the letter I.

== Interglossa Wikipedia ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Interglossa

Code: igs

My take: Not eligible. The request lists several examples of usage, but as far as I can see, all of them are online communities created solely for the purpose, which is explicitly mentioned as not enough for eligibility. Also, some of them appear to be about Glosa, which is a related, but separate auxiliary language project (which doesn't have an ISO 639 code).

== Interlingue Wikibooks ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikibooks_Interlingue

Code: ie

My take: Eligible, though barely. Some books were published in it in the past, so I guess it satisfies the "publication of works in the language for general sale" condition.

== International Sign Wikipedia ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_International_Sign

Code: ils

My take: Delete, unless the request creator responds to my questions at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sdf&oldid=27587988#Request_for_new_languages . The language is theoretically eligible, but with absolutely no details in the request page, it's unclear how will this project work, and it's as if it hasn't been filed at all.

== Interslavic Wikipedia ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Interslavic

Code: isv

My take: Eligible, though also barely. According to the policy, the online communities dedicated to it are not enough by themselves, but I do have to admit that they are surprisingly lively. (And although I can't emphasize strongly enough that this is _*NOT*_ a consideration for or against eligibility, I will say that because I know Russian, I can understand everything that is written in them.) In a previous email on the topic, I noted that I haven't seen evidence that there is published content in this language, but now I see that this language has been used in films, music, and books that seem to be independent of the original creator, so I guess it satisfies the "publication of works in the language for general sale" condition. I do have to express doubt that a Wikipedia in this language will be sustainable in the long term, but I cannot find any procedural reason to mark the request as ineligible.

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