I believe there is a council for new Wikiprojects/workgroups where a proposal for a new Wikiproject needs to be passed before you can actually start it (atleast that was the case when we started new projects back in 2008-9).
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:16:57 +0300
From: joyson300@gmail.com
To: wikimedia-in-en@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-in-en] Wiki-Project Mangalore!
Hey guys,
I have created a separate Wiki-Project for Mangalore. Anyone interested can add your name here. The project was deleted before, and i hope that this time there are enough people to keep it functioning.
Joyson Prabhu
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