On 11/8/05, Wikipedia Romania (Ronline) rowikipedia@yahoo.com wrote
I find it amazing that there's a Wikipedia in Voro, or that there's a Wikipedia in so many Filipino languages, or in Breton, or in Cornish!
Yep :)
*However*, as long as we force speakers of legitimate regional languages like Samogitian, Vlax Romany, Megleno-Romanian, Sorbian, etc, that haven't yet got a Wikipedia, to go through an over-rigorous proposal phase, we're going too far.
Don't "force" them -- just give them a place where they can create all the content they want, whether or not they have met key milestones. This is compatible with requiring certain levels of activity and content before creating a new language domain. I don't see any contributors saying "I really want to start a Sorbian project, but I will ONLY DO SO on a new domain..."
Similarly, I think one can distinguish between, say, Armenian and Tokipona projects -- even in a very visible and obvious way -- without too much elitism, 'isolation', or hard feelings.
SJ