I believe it was noted on the Requests for New Language page that Baseldytsch is apparently significantly different from Alemannic, and it has its own unique orthography and literature.
I'm not sure what I think in this case, but I think ultimately, if Baseldytsch speakers believe a separate Wikipedia is nessecary, we should let them have it. (if you go to the Ethnologue, some language entries note that separate literature might be nessecary for some dialect of the language because the speakers see it as another language or for other reasons similar to this case)
Mark
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:55:21 +0100, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
Could you please check http://als.wikipedia.org first? It was started as a Wikipedia in Elsassisch, but has recently been extended to cover all Alemannic dialects, to which Baseldytsch also belongs.
Andre Engels
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:58:10 +0100 (MET), cdamvvwgs@gmx.ch
cdamvvwgs@gmx.ch wrote:
Hello dear Wikipedians, I listed a proposal for a Wikipedia in Baseldytsch (a swiss-german dialect in Switzerland with its own dictionary and orthography, about one million speakers; see also http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ Request_for_new_language). I'm currently translating the interface (http:/ /meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Locales_for_the_Wikipedia_Software), but is there anyone who can put the Baseldytsch Wikipedia online under the domain http: //bsd.wikipedia.org/ ??? If yes, please do so! Or send me an e-mail how to do so. Thank you very much, CdaMVvWgS
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