According to some mail from the board some years ago, we can nowadays proceed with approving new languages without contacting them at all, no? ;) Am 14.09.2016 12:29 schrieb "Amir E. Aharoni" &lt;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il > Hi Christophe, > > According to the Language Committee Handbook,[1] I am notifying you that > the committee supports the creation of the Livvi-Karelian Wikipedia at the > domain olo.wikipedia.org. > > Livvi-Karelian[3] is one of the Karelian languages, spoken in Northern > Russia. The Wikipedia in it has been active in the Incubator for over a > year, and the texts in it were verified by an external expert (see the > forwarded email below). > > If there are no objections from the Board, then after four days I will > request the creation of the domain from Wikimedia's operations people. > > Thank you! > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee/ > Handbook_(committee) > [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/langcom/2016- > September/thread.html > [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livvi-Karelian_language > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > ‪“We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Amir E. Aharoni &lt;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il&gt; > Date: 2016-09-14 13:19 GMT+03:00 > Subject: Re: [Langcom] wp/olo expert approval > To: Wikimedia Foundation Language Committee ‫‎&lt;langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >‎‬ > > > Thanks! > > It's been over a week without objections, so according to > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee/Handbook_(committee) , > I am moving to Board approval. > > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > ‪“We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ > > 2016-09-05 21:11 GMT+03:00 Oliver Stegen &lt;oliver_stegen(a)sil.org> >> Looks convincing; I approve. >> >> Oliver >> >> On 05-Sep-16 13:30, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> The Wikipeda in the Livvi-Karelian language has been pretty active in the >> incubator. After noticing it, I sent a request to an expert I found: Tatyana >> Pashkova <https://petrsu.ru/persons/486/pashkova>, candidate of sciences >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidate_of_Sciences> in the Petrozavodsk >> State University >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrozavodsk_State_University>, >> specializing in Karelian languages. This was back in July, and today she >> finally replied and said that the language is indeed Livvi-Karelian (see >> the forwarded email conversation in Russian below). >> >> The activity in the incubator >> <https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/olo&wiki=incubatorwiki> >> is still pretty good, with at least four contributors making dozens of >> contributions every month for the last year, and the translation of the >> most used messages >> <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate?filter=%21translated&action=translate&group=core-0-mostused&language=olo> >> is complete. >> >> Given all this, I suggest approving it and creating the domain >> olo.wikipedia.org. >> >> -- >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >> ‪“We're living in pieces, >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬ >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Татьяна Пашкова &lt;tvp-1979(a)mail.ru&gt; >> Date: 2016-09-05 13:59 GMT+03:00 >> Subject: >> To: ‫amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il‬ >> >> Уважаемый Амир!!!! Все статьи, на которые Вы мне отправили ссылки, >> написаны на ливвиковском наречии карельского языка. Я это подтверждаю. С >> уважением, Пашкова >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Татьяна Пашкова >> >> >> 2016-07-24 15:36 GMT+03:00 Amir E. Aharoni &lt;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il&gt; >> : >> >>> Уважаемая Татьяна Владимировна, >>> >>> Меня зовут Амир Аарони. Я обращаюсь к вам от имени языкового комитета >>> Википедии, свободной многоязычной энциклопедии в интернете. >>> >>> Нам была подана просьба открыть новый раздел Википедии на ливвиковском >>> карельском языке. Для этого нам требуется небольшая консультация эксперта >>> по этому языку. >>> >>> Всё, что требуется, это понять, действительно ли написаны статьи в >>> инкубаторе-черновике этой Википедии на это языке. >>> >>> Вот заглавная страница: >>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/olo/Pi%C3%A4sivu >>> >>> И вот несколько примеров статей: >>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/olo/Komiettu >>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/olo/Mustu_loukko >>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/olo/Kosmoj%C3%A4rvi >>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/olo/Ala-Kuittijärvi >>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/olo/Atomu >>> https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/olo/Arheolougii >>> >>> Большое спасибо! >>> >>> -- >>> Амир Аарони >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing listLangcom@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing list >> Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > >

Counting how much time is needed for a project to come to this stage present, I don't think four days are a big deal. It's also a good idea to give the Board a legal method to block project creation, than to come into awkward situations. On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Amir E. Aharoni &lt;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il&gt; wrote:

Yes, it would be good then to add it into the policy. On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:39 AM, MF-Warburg &lt;mfwarburg(a)googlemail.com&gt; wrote: