2018 Wikipedia requests - Langcom

23 Apr 2018


      As I mentioned recently, I am going to jump to 2018 requests at this point. We still have a substantial backup to clear, but I also want the Committee to start appearing more responsive to what's currently going on. (Oliver asked recently whether he should comment/interact on-wiki, and the answer is unquestionably "Yes!" It is far better for all of you to see directly what is going on than always to depend on my commentary.)
*   Wikipedia Indonesian–Arabic Script (Jawi)https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Indonesian-Arabic_Script: No language code, and no evidence this couldn't be accomplished with a script converter. Rejecting.
  *   Wikipedia Rejanghttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Rejang (rej): This is an Indonesian language with about 350,000 speakers. Test has 50 pages. Eligible.
  *   Wikipedia Haryanvihttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Haryanvi (bcg):  This is an Indian language with about 8 million speakers. New test project recently started. Eligible.
  *   Wikipedia Masaihttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Masai (mas): This is an East African language with around 1 million speakers. No test project so far. On hold.
  *   Wikipedia Masovianhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Masovian: Masovian is the principal dialect of Polish, so a Wikipedia in this language would effectively be another Polish Wikipedia. There is no language code. Rejecting.
Steven
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