Hoi, On Meta in the "Request for new languages" there is a separate page with information about each request. These pages include a template that gives the language committee the necessary information to evaluate the request. Part of the template is a field tagged as "*Users interested in forming an editing community*:" A month ago it came to my attention that several requests did not include this field. Consequently it is not possible to judge if there are indeed people willing to support such a request. At the time I added this field and added ????.
Given that requests for new languages, new projects require people to actually DO something, this information is crucial because otherwise we have only people "voting" on the idea of the proposed project. As it is one of the requirements for a project to have an active community, I am of a mind to reject any request that does not indicate the people who are willing to actively support a request.
Please add your details to the request that you will commit yourself to.
NB I made this same request / announcement on the Incubator..
Thanks, GerardM
Hoi, On Meta in the "Request for new languages" there is a separate page with information about each request. These pages include a template that gives the language committee the necessary information to evaluate the request. Part of the template is a field tagged as "*Users interested in forming an editing community*:" A month ago it came to my attention that several requests did not include this field. Consequently it is not possible to judge if there are indeed people willing to support such a request. At the time I added this field and added ????.
I thought it has been since a long time ago not only a requirement that the field exists, but also that it includes at least one native speaker, and that considerable regular activity in the Incubator is recorded from several contributors.
Cheers Yaroslav
Hoi, You know that templates are copied. As it is not a good thing to have all the projects involved suffer the fate of rejection, it seems to me that a bit of patience is the best strategy for an optimal result. Optimal being as little aggravation as possible.
It may be clear that future proposals without someone proposing the project will be just rejected. Thanks, Gerard
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter putevod@mccme.ruwrote:
Hoi, On Meta in the "Request for new languages" there is a separate page with information about each request. These pages include a template that gives the language committee the necessary information to evaluate the request. Part of the template is a field tagged as "*Users interested in forming
an
editing community*:" A month ago it came to my attention that several requests did not include this field. Consequently it is not possible to judge if there are indeed people willing to support such a request. At
the
time I added this field and added ????.
I thought it has been since a long time ago not only a requirement that the field exists, but also that it includes at least one native speaker, and that considerable regular activity in the Incubator is recorded from several contributors.
Cheers Yaroslav
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