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 E.

Before I go into proper requests, I should mention that I took the liberty to reject https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Eldeine , which appeared to be a one-person constructed language without an ISO code.

== East Frisian ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_East_Frisian_3

Code: frs

My take: I don't have one. The request page is quite confusing. The page title says "East Frisian", but the listed code is "frs", which is listed "East Frisian Low Saxon" in ISO 639 3 and Ethnologue sites, while the English Wikipedia says that the closest thing to just "East Frisian" is stq, in which there is a Wikipedia already. In addition, some people in the discussion claim that this language is the same as nds, and others say that it is distinct. So I cannot propose anything at the moment.

== Eastern Arrernte ==

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

Code: aer

My take: Probably *Delete*. The language is probably eligible, but the request was created by a blocked user without adding substantial details. I would have already deleted the request page for that reason alone if there wasn't some content in the Incubator: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Wp/aer/ . That content, however, is quite suspect, too: it consists of five pages, all of which are very short, and they were mostly edited by an anonymous user. So the deletion of the Incubator should be considered, too.

== Eastern Balochi ==

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

Code: bgp

My take: Nothing at the moment, but I am in contact with a promising expert, and I hope to have a more substantial update some time this month. See the email about the letter B.

== Edo ==

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

Code: bin

My take: Eligible.

== Ekpeye ==

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

Code: ekp

My take: Eligible.

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