I know that I am throwing a lot of items out there in a short time for your information. Most of what I am trying to do for now is to dispose of old requests, particularly ones that should not really be controversial. To that end, in this email I am addressing the following requests—opened in 2010 or earlier—for Wiktionaries:
* Meänkielihttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Me%C3%A4nkieli: Marked as eligible. (There is a Wikipedia request already marked as eligible.) * Wymysoryshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Wymysorys: Marked as eligible. (There is a Wikipedia request already marked as eligible, under "Vilamovian") * Romagnolhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Romagnol: Marked as eligible. As you know, there is a Wikipedia in "Emilia-Romagna" (langcode eml). SIL subsequently retired that code, dividing into a code for Emilian (egl) and one for Romagnol (rgn). The Wikipedia is really in Emilian and will eventually be recoded. There is a Wiktionary request for Emilian already marked "eligible". But Romagnol is also clearly eligible. * Slovincianhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Slovincian: Rejected. Has no valid language code; generally considered a dialect of Kashubian (csb). (The last non-housekeeping edit on this request was in 2010.)
I also marked a new request, Wikisource Urduhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikisource_Urdu, as eligible, because it clearly is.
Respectfully, Steven
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Steven White Koala19890@hotmail.com wrote:
Slovincian: Rejected. Has no valid language code; generally considered a dialect of Kashubian (csb). (The last non-housekeeping edit on this request was in 2010.)
Slavistics recognizes Slovincian as a language system on the same level as Kashubian is. Traditionally, both of them are treated as "outer dialects of Polish". If I remember well, unlike Kashubians and Poles and like Sorbs, Slovincians had closer inter-Slavic connections with South Slavs.
However, the language is extinct. As far as I remember, the last speaker died in 1950s, so rejecting it is fine, as there should be a visible movement and at least a couple of native speakers before it could be considered as a legitimate for a Wikimedia project.