We are currently inconsistent in our treatment of different linguistic situations. I do not think this inconsistency is good, but I also do not think it is a grave crisis. I am not even certain that consistency is desirable -- there may not be a "one size fits all" solution to this question.
There isn't any. Think about Norwegian (bokmaol and nynorsk), Swedish and Danish - they could easily be grouped as variants of one language, "Continental Nordic". Yet I think it would have been madness to grant them only one Wikipedia, certainly as all Scandinavian Wikipedias are among those with the best speakers-size comparision.
Are all people who could read Zeelandic and Town Frisian also people who can read standard Dutch? Then we don't *need* them for our primary mission, but they would be a nice thing to have as well, if it makes social sense for the community. (Meaning, if there are enough people who want to do it, etc.)
Yes, they all can, as they learn Dutch proper only at school (and Frisian, for the Town Frisian speakers). But they have a certain pride of their languages, especially the Zealandic speakers, and I am pretty sure I can get some willing contributors behind a Wikipedia. (I won't even request it if my quest for other contributors fails!)
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