I'm not sure this is the right list for this, but I've been thinking about this for awhile now. Surely, some languages that Wikipedia is offered in are unnecessary and obsolete. For example Gothic and Allemanisch and many other German dialects. Anybody who can uses Wikipedia in a German dialacet spoken in Germany can also at least read standard German.
Why am I against such languages? A) They are an additional cost and Wikipedia isn't exactly swimming in money and B) the contributors of these Wikipedias would be making contributions to the larger more popular and also more necessary standard version of the language. I know this from several cases that good editors switched from Standard German to their local dialect, for "a laugh".
Of course, this doesn't apply to all dialects and all dead languages. Latin for example is still used in academic circles and is therefor not dead in my opinion. However, I don't see many people writing in Goth anymore.
What is the general opinion on this, am I alone in thinking that this is maybe an issue that needs to be addressed?
Ian [[User:Poeloq]], who is running the risk of making some enemies ;-)