GerardM wrote:
Hoi, A new language does not need to start with a Wikipedia. There was at some stage an NGO who was willing to give content to the Wikimedia Foundation for a language that we do not support at this moment. In this instance it would have been a Wikibook. It could have been appropriate for Wikisource.
So no, I am not mistaken. What I described is that when a new language starts, the requirements for a new language still apply. Your suggestion was about new Wikisource projects. You did not consider new languages starting in Wikisource. This is why I made my remark.
You're stirring the pot with a red herring. Your desire to maintain control is just one factor among many. (Remember that I was the one who argued that Wikisource should remain as a single project.) It makes sense, as has been stated that Wikisource should not establish separate projects for all languages that come along; some just do not have enough of a written literature to maintain a Wikisource. Others, notably dead languages, may have a literature but no need to have their own interface. So if Wikisource has its own sensible criteria for accepting new languages, and they have satisfactorily considered the potential problems why should you need a veto on their activity?
Ec