On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This type of guidepost might make things easier and
more "obvious" for
the Language subcommittee.
I'm really of the opinion that languages should be evaluated
differently depending on the project in question. For instance, the
language requirements to start a new wikinews should be different from
those required to start a new wikiversity, etc. Some examples of such
requirements:
1) Wikibooks, Wikiversity: There are populations of school students
which are taught in language X. Notice this isn't the same as being
taught about language X in language Y.
2) Wikisource, Wiktionary, Wikiquote: There are original written
source documents worth reading and preserving.
3) Wikinews: There is a speaking population, likely a native one, that
is interested in consuming news written in language X
These are just a few examples, but it highlights some of the
differences I'm thinking about. It doesnt make sense to have a Gothic
Wikibooks when there are no Gothic school children in need of such
books. It doesnt make sense to have a Wikisource in a language for
which there are no surviving written records, etc.
--Andrew Whitworth