New subject: [Foundation-l] Klassical Chinese

5 Sep 2008

This is a complete lie. langcom already exists when a classical chinese wikipedia was
created.

Please see this link:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Classic…

c.m.l.

----- Original Message ----
From: Tim Starling &lt;tstarling(a)wikimedia.org&gt;
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2008 3:50:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Klassical Chinese

Ting Chen wrote:
...
  Hi folks,

 since its creation I wondered why this happend. Why is there a classical 
 chinese Wikipedia? This language has no native speakers and is not used 
 by any relitious or official institution as official language. 
Because at the time it was created, we had not yet given GerardM and his
team of rules lawyers the power to decide all wiki creation issues. There
was a sentiment that we as a community should make our own decisions on
language issues, rather than to delegate it to some standards body who
might not have similar interests at heart. And some people held the
opinion that while language study and preservation is not our core
mission, it'd be nice if it happened anyway, especially if there is no
significant cost to the organisation.

-- Tim Starling

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