Whatever success you have had, you have not indicated.
I know from experience that if people are serious, they will be willing to work on it right away - the people who say "I may work on it someday" or "I will work on it after so-and-so date" are the people who end up never helping.
Regardless of who speaks it, it has been much longer than "one week", and there has been 0 signs of activity. I don't expect a thousand-article Wikipedia, but I think the community expects some measure of success (at least 10 or so good articles by native speakers) or at least one on-list endorsement by a fluent speaker (if you have more than one, people will listen more).
It has been a long time. I think - and I'm sure the community agrees, or feels more strict than do I - that you should withhold a request for a North Frisian Wikipedia until you can meet at least one of the things I've outlined above.
If these people are motivated, you should be able to get them to support your Seeltersk request on-list, or add content to the test WP.
Mark
On 10/05/05, Wouter Steenbeek musiqolog@hotmail.com wrote:
Your "success" with Seeltersk?? Are you kidding? The Test Wikipedia has 0 articles, and there is no hint of support from native speakers.
Did I claim I had success in /building/ a wikipedia? I meant I had success in contacting scolars and, yes, in attracting native speakers. You expected me to have already built something, but that was too optimistic. With such a small language, spoken particularly by elder people, you can't expect the rise of a wikipedia within one week. Moreover, I was quite busy over the last months, and only recently the first real efforts towards building a Seeltersk wikipedia were done at all. If I intended tio say that I had success with /building/ a Seeltersk test-wp, I'd have said that.
Wouter
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