I see in your proposal that there is a native speaker who may be interested, as well.

Although I'd have no problems with starting that Wikipedia right now, the general community seems to require 2 native speakers (!)... not really nessecary to start a good Wikipedia, but at the same time, you could have a "dead" Wikipedia with 50 native speakers.

Anyhow, I think people would pay more attention to the request if:

1) Start a test-wiki at meta 2) Find more native speakers to support it 3) Give a bit less information in the proposal on meta -- information is good, but that much of it is a little much for people to swim through in a list like that. 4) At the same time, give more information in other areas -- would the Wikipedia cover Dgernesiais, Sertchais (?), and perhaps even Continental Norman, as well as Jerriais? While they are certainly closely related, I'm not sure a Dgernesiais speaker would be of reading articles in Jerriais, with "th" in places they think are weird.

Cheers Mark

On 13/11/05, Michael-Forest knighteddawn@gmail.com wrote:

I have a rudimentary ability with the language (Jèrriais. At first I thought you were asking if I spoke Dgèrnésiais, a related dialect), though I can read it at an advanced level. I do have enough ability with the language to teach basic Jèrriais to anyone who is interested in learning. (Miché-Forêt is my name in Jèrriais. Call me either) On 11/13/05, wikipedia-l-request@wikimedia.org < wikipedia-l-request@wikimedia.org> wrote:

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Miché-Forêt (or is it Michael-Forest?),

Do you speak Djeriais?

Mark

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