Mark Williamson wrote:
Hi all
I had gathered that people were getting fed up with requests from me for new Wikipedias, and now somebody has said it to my face.
It's really a bit weird from where I am though because I have requested only two new Wikipedias, the first one having been created and now growing steadily, and the second one (Friulian) with popular support from speakers of the language that is surer than it was for Sicilian (people committed for Sicilian, but they weren't Wikipedians already).
Now, in this message I don't want to ask your opinion about policy or about whether or not a certain Wikipedia should be created, I just want to know this: Are you fed up with the requests from me for new Wikipedias? Why?
I realise I may not be a fluent speaker of either of the languages I requested, but the way people are talking (somebody referred to me "flooding" this list with requests) makes it sound like I am selecting languages at random from a list and requesting them at a rate of 10 per week or something, when in fact I had already asked fluent speakers if they would be interested, got a commitment, and so far have only requested two Wikipedias (a few months ago, I asked Brion to create sc: on IRC [but not this list!], and I recognise now that was probably a mistake)
Mark
Hello Mark,
I am not "fed up" with your messages cause I almost completly ignore threads requesting new languages.
It is a good things to get more people interested in wikipedia, either in already existing language (en, de, ja) or a plain new language. You seems to be highly motivated in the second.
Maybe you can try to gather people that are interested, give them a good overview of wikipedia and explain them how THEY can request a new wikipedia :o)
This way we have new languages coming in and less messages coming only from you. Asking for the creation of 4 languages is a bit suspect :p
Just to make things clear: I have nothing against new languages, it is just the way they are requested by only one highly motivated person.
cheers,