Hoi, As far as the language committee is concerned, there is agreement that new extinct languages will not be approved. The fact that they have been approved before the language committee was started is the only reason why we have an Old English Wikipedia. One of the best demonstrations why extinct languages are so problematic is the "decision" of the Gothic Wikipedia to write in the Latin script because otherwise it is so difficult. It clearly shows how big a divide there is between what a language used to be and what it becomes because of ill conceived ideas. The consequence is that reading this travesty does not teach you at all to read historic texts and consequently it does not add to the learning of the language and consequence the reason for this Wikipedia is largely negated. Thanks, GerardM
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@gmail.com wrote:
2008/4/2, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com:
Shame on you. You should never tell people not to create content. If that's what he wants to do, let him do it in peace. Don't tell him he shouldn't.
The issue of extinct and constructed languages is one of the perennial arguments in the Wikipedian culture.
You may find links to earlier discussions about it here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages
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