Hoi,
what are the requirements for an IANA language tag? Is there a need for literature in that language (that would be no problem at all, there is a long writing tradition in Erzgebirgisch, I have poems as old as of 1759 :o) ). A not so old example can be found on de.wikisource: http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Wu_da_W%C3%A4lder_hamlich_rausch%27n (quite unusual orthography, but a nice poem :O) )
Best regards, Thogo. ------------------------------------------------------------ 2008/1/11, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com:
Hoi, I received a request from Thogo if it is possible to localise Erzgebirgisch in MediaWiki. Thogo indicates that he does not want a new project, he just wants to localise MediaWiki. He wants to use the localisation on the projects he is active in.
I have discussed the potential for such requests in the past with the nice people from BetaWiki, they require at least an IANA language tag. I think that it is likely that this will be granted on the strength of the information in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzgebirgisch and the sources that it provides. More sources are good :) ..
I am quite happy to help with the request for a IANA language tag. I welcome your comments ...
Thanks, Gerard