Mark Williamson ti 2004/10/30 ChS 03:11 sia-kong:
Angela wrote: I propose we adopt Wikitravel's policy of requiring at least five potential contributors before starting a new language. See http://www.wikitravel.org/en/article/Wikitravel:Language_version_policy
Hmm, how many of the Wikipedias with currently over 100 articles started out with more than 5 contributors? From personal experience alone, I can guarantee you that lb: (with currently over 1000 articles) and kw: (with currently over 200 articles) did not, and I'm sure many or even most other Wikipedias are in the same situation.
Hi,
If I may give a quote on the Cymru/Welsh WP, Arwel noted that "cy.wikipedia has about 5 active users now, after nearly a year, but it worked quite successfully in the early months with only 2 regular users." [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Artificial_languages_equal_rights]
Minnan/Southern Min started out with only 3. Now there are 6 registered users who have contributed articles, and a couple more with token edits. (Anon edits not counted.) Interestingly the editors did not all know each other beforehand, so it seems that a wikipedia may well serve as a channel for bringing together potential editors.