"EM" == Erik Moeller erik_moeller@gmx.de writes:
EM> Having many articles does not make a language important.
Actually, I'd take that a step further: being important does not justify having a Wikipedia for the language.
The most crucial thing for a wikipedia (or any wiki) is having an active community that's willing to feed, water, prune and tend the wiki.
Some things that are probably really crucial to getting a wikipedia off the ground:
* A _core_group_ of individuals willing to get the wiki started.
* A non-zero pool of _potential_contributors_; people who will or could be either committed or occasional editors.
* A _liaison_ (or multiple liaisons) willing to keep the community informed about goings on in the greater pediasphere, and vice versa.
* A _translation_ of the key documents necessary to allow new users to become contributors: the UI interface file, the MediaWiki Users' Guide, NPOV.
~ESP