... at least not for the past three months or so.
In the past you only had to drop the name of some language you'd heard of and a new wiki for that language was created right away. This surely wasn't a very intelligent approach, for it left us with quite a number of inactive Wikipedias.
Nowadays, it's the opposite extreme: there are heaps of requests that have been discussed very thoroughly by the community (cf. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages). Some of them are pretty well-qualified and supported by numerous native speakers willing to contribute. However, not a single new Wikipedia has been set up for quite a while now.
Some time ago there had been a remark that it was hard for our developers to recognize which new language proposals can be considered as accepeted by the community (and therefore created). That's why I made a separate page intended to list languages that unambiguously qualify for a new wiki (cf. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Approved_requests_for_new_languages). Since this can be a controversial question I only placed those cases there that are 100 % unequivocal (at least 5 supporters, at least 2 native speakers, ISO code, no objections, etc.).
I then also mailed to wikitech-I asking for the creation of the Neapolitan WP (in which I have no personal interest whatsoever), just to start with the one that seems to have the highest number of editors waiting to get started. I got only one reply and that one was not really helpful.
A few days ago, user ILVI filed his request for the installation of the Ladino Wikipedia (another one that qualifies without any doubt) at wikitech-l. He got no reply at all.
Before any misunderstandings might arise: I know that our developers are extremely busy (and AFAIK unpaid, too - good gosh...). I was just wondering if somebody has an idea how we could remedy this situation and maybe have, like, one new WP per month (so we don't lose too many potential new contributors)?
Regards,
Arbeo
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