Hoi, The language committee is about languages. When a language is proposed for the first time, we have certain requirements. I do not care at all what project is proposed as the first project for a language. From my pov that a Wikipedia is asked for most often is incidental.
You expect that there is a precise definition of what is required. It is not clear to me why this is a good thing. What we are looking for in a project is that it is a good start for a new language and that it is inviting for new people to join. The localisation of the UI is part of that. Some really well written articles are part of that. They are needed so that an expert of such a language can assess if it is indeed that language. When the language is a dead or artificial language, the requirements will be even higher.
There is no precise determination and that is imho a good thing; there is this commission that has been asked to decide on these issues. When need be we will ask specialists to assess the language used. We will take our time and this is also dependent on the cooperation we get in doing our job.
Thanks, GerardM
On 3/6/07, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
I don't see the line in the new policy adopted by the langcom that says "Anyone with a proposal for a new Wikipedia should read wikipedia-l", nor do I see the line that enumerates the policy you have just stated to me about having complete interface translations.
If you are going to have a policy or expectation, you cannot expect people to guess it, it needs to be enumerated in the policy document.
I originally subscribed to this list because I was told that zh-tw was being discussed here; but this was only after I asked where the decisions were being made. This mailing list may be public, but it is not as if it is advertised on the main Wikipedia portal. And even people who are subscribed to this ML are unlikely to read every post.
Mark
On 05/03/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
No, But I can expect them to read the mailing list. Thanks, GerardM
On 3/5/07, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
I take it, then, that you have informed these people of the reason their requests are not approved yet?
We can't expect them to be telepathic, after all.
Mark
On 05/03/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, I will be happy to see that you are right once the message files
exist.
Thanks, GerardM
On 3/5/07, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not protesting it, I am simply saying that obviously nobody is aware of this requirement.
The people who are working on these projects are very dedicated,
if
they knew that this requirement existed, you can be sure that it
would
be fixed right away.
Mark
On 05/03/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, We are now at the stage where we have a policy. We are not
interested in
talking the proposal to death. We are first going to see how it
functions.
When we find that it does not work, we will tweak things
carefully.
The
lack
of having message files for all languages is one of the major
shortcomings
in the current localisation procedures.
You may think of it as a technicality or not fair. The point is
that
the
developers proved to be unwilling to remedy things in the past
(for
instance
for Marathi). The only consequence can be that new projects have
to
have message files from the start. It is not fair to start new languages that
are
incomplete; it is not fair to require the localisation to be
done
again
when
a new project is requested in the same language.
Thanks, GerardM
On 3/5/07, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm not complaining about be.wp, I know that is a difficult
situation
> and I do not expect that it can be resolved soon. > > It doesn't appear that anybody told any of these people that
they
are
> required to have a message file. > > These requests are simply sitting there, nobody has actually
told
> these people "We do not see ____, when you get that we will
proceed
> further with considerations for your Wiki." > > These people are very dedicated, I am sure if anyone had
actually
told
> them what exactly it is that they need to do to move forward,
they
> would do it right away. I am sure the messages file would be > translated into Kabyle, for example, in less than a week, if
anyone
> had ever actually informed those people that it is needed. > > - Wls - if there is "no reasonable support", the number of
speakers is
> entirely irrelevant, of course the project is not viable since
it
has
> 0 articles in the incubator and nobody currently asking for
its
> creation (there was only one person who did). > - Twd - this case needs to be probed further to see how much
Twents
> people would support it as a Wiki separate from nds-nl. There
are
> already over two hundred articles in it, but the majority are
at
> nds-nl.wp. User:Tubantia indicated preliminary support of such
a
> request some time ago, so it needs to be re-investigated to
see if
> this is a viable project or not, and whether the needs of > Twents-speakers are currently being surved by our existing
project
> (nds-nl) > - Stq - this is obviously a viable project. There is support
of
native
> speakers, many many pages and very active on the incubator. So
you
> want a message file. Why didn't you tell the people working on
this
> project? I am sure they would prepare it in several days. > - Pfl - this project appears to still be in the early stages
of
> incubator development. At this point in time, I don't expect
it to
be
> approved by anyone. > - Lld - same as pfl, except I do not expect its development
soon.
> Someone needs to investigate how well existing users are
served by
> rm.wp and fur.wp. > - Kok - although this is a major language of India with
millions
of
> speakers, it is a problem that there are currently no
articles.
I'm
> sure Frederick Noronha could remedy this, though; in the
meantime,
I
> agree and do not think it would be reasonable to approve the
project.
> - Kab - same as stq. > > Others you failed to mention: > > - Bat-ltg/lv-ltg - same situation as stq. > - Crh - same situation as stq. > - Dsb - same situation as stq. > > It seems that if your rules mean that these Wikis are not able
to
be
> created now, it is not necessarily the case that there is no > opposition (although it may be), the case currently is that
_nobody
> knows about the rules_. When you have a new policy with as
much
impact
> as this one, it is imperative that it be solicited to all the
persons
> and communities to whom it is relevant, and their opinion
awaited.
> This is a Wiki, I am sure that even people who support the
policy
will
> have suggestions for its improvement, but so far very few have
shown
> up because you have not advertised it much. > > Mark > > On 05/03/07, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com
wrote:
> > Mark Williamson schreef: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Perhaps some of you are aware of the formation of the
Langcom.
> > > > > > Also, you may be aware of the recent reform of the
language
proposal
> process. > > > > > > However, what you may not be aware of is that the Language
Committee
> > > is taking a while to actually get underway and to the
point
where
they
> > > can excersise control over the creation of new Wikis. > > > > > > Despite that, it seems that they are already looked to as
an
authority
> > > in this area, while they do not act as such. > > > > > > There are several new Wikipedia requests which were
uncontroversial
> > > when first posed. Many of dozens of voices of support, and
have
> > > thriving tests on the Incubator. > > > > > > However, their requests were deleted by PathosChild who
said
that
they
> > > would have to remake them, which they have. So far, no
proposals
for
> > > Wikipedias in new languages have been _approved_ under the
new
> > > proposal process, despite its having been around for
several
months
> > > now. They just sit there. And sit there. And sit there
some
more.
> > > > > > I think it's about time something happened. I think it's
about
time we
> > > welcomed these people -- the Kabyles, the Latgalians, the
Lower
> > > Sorbians, the Crimeans, and all the others -- into our
Wikipedia
> > > family. They have waited long enough. Why can't somebody
do
something?
> > > Why do they have to wait for the langcom to get underway?
For
all
we
> > > know, that could take years. > > > > > > Mark > > Hoi, > > The language committee has proposed things. It does not have
the
power
> > to force issues. We are now at the stage where we have
published
our
> > guidelines. We have given warning that we do adopt these
guidelines
as a
> > rule if there was no indication of opposition to this. This
has
not
> > happened. From our POV the rules as we published them apply. > > > > All projects for a new language that do not have a work in
progress
in
> > the Incubator are denied. Starting in the Incubator is
mandatory.
> > Working on the localisation is a strong factor in favour for
granting a
> > new language a project. > > > > We have some questions outstanding with the board;
particularly
about
> > the Belarus Wikipedia. In our opinion only the official
Belarus
> > Wikipedia has the right to the be.wikipedia label. We have
asked
at
> > least a month ago for a resolution of this issue from the
board.
We
do
> > not want to take up new things that much if open things do
not
get
> > resolved. It is a waste of our time otherwise. > > > > We have already denied one proposal for an artificial
languages
that
has
> > no wide support. That one was obvious. > > > > *The wls project has no reasonable amount of support at the
moment,
> > there are only 29,768 people speaking it .. Is this a
reasonable
> proposal ? > > *The twd project has no reasonable amount of support at the
moment,
> > there is not even an estimation how many people are speaking
it
..
Is
> > this a reasonable proposal ? > > *The stq project does not have a message file.. so we cannot
assess
the
> > localisation of the messages > > *The pfl project does not have a message file.. so we cannot
assess
the
> > localisation of the messages. There are insufficient
articles of
a
> > sufficient length. > > *The lld project does not have a message file.. so we cannot
assess
the
> > localisation of the messages. There are insufficient
articles of
a
> > sufficient length. > > *The kok project does not have a message file.. so we cannot
assess
the
> > localisation of the messages. There are no articles > > *The kab project does not have a message file.. so we cannot
assess
the
> > localisation of the messages. > > > > So basically from our point of view, it seems that the
message
files
are
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