As a linguist I cannot support the argument that "it is only a dialect", as the continuum between language and dialect is often arbitrary and political. However, based on the argument that Sichuanese Mandarin does not have an ISO code, I support the rejection of this request. Should they succeed in getting an ISO code for their language (for which there seems to be good reason if I understood the linguistic arguments correctly), then the request can be reopened or renewed.

Fwiw,
Oliver

I propose to reject <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Sichuanese_Mandarin>. The page is a bit messy, but what is certain is that it is only a dialect and has no ISO 639-3 (nor any other) codes.

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