---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark Williamson <node.ue(a)gmail.com> Date: 20-Jun-2005 01:38 Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Requests page To: Mark Williamson <node.ue(a)gmail.com> Simple German failed? I saw an awful lot of support, and it was definitely still a hot topic. Parseltongue, pretty much dead, yes. Pig Latin, a pretty silly request in the first place, but you must admit it got two supporters, and the issue was never really resolved head-on as it should've been. Sindarin, part of an ongoing debate about artificial language Wikipedias, can now be found at [[Requests for new languages/Tolkien languages]], along with Quenya. Silbo Gomero did not fail, nor was it rediculous. Such requests as Parseltongue, or maybe even Pig Latin, do not disturb me that much that you removed them, and I certainly would not have added them back (well actually, I didn't add Parseltongue back, only Pig Latin), had you not also gotten rid of scores of more questionable cases. As Angela noted, in the past requests have just been deleted. But they were seldom legit requests for real languages, and when they were they were often left up for a long time because the page never got very big (*cough*scottgall*cough*). I don't think it was until very recently that actual legitimate requests began being deleted, especially after a time of less than a few months. What should be pursued is NOT a policy of widespread deletion of requests after time-limits, but rather of calming down the surge of activity by somehow getting Scott Gall to request every tomian, dickler, and harryish language he reads about on Wikipedia. He requested an Ainu Wikipedia, and didn't even know that the Japanese and Chinese Ainu are not related. I left him a note on his talkpage asking him to withdraw some of his requests, and to refrain from making so many. It seems that NaziismIsntCool has begun to follow Scott's example and is now requesting new WPs frequently, this should be quickly curbed with a note on her talkpage explaining that the page is meant for serious requests only. Mark On 20/06/05, Wouter Steenbeek <musiqolog(a)hotmail.com> wrote: -- SI HOC LEGERE SCIS NIMIVM ERVDITIONIS HABES QVANTVM MATERIAE MATERIETVR MARMOTA MONAX SI MARMOTA MONAX MATERIAM POSSIT MATERIARI ESTNE VOLVMEN IN TOGA AN SOLVM TIBI LIBET ME VIDERE -- SI HOC LEGERE SCIS NIMIVM ERVDITIONIS HABES QVANTVM MATERIAE MATERIETVR MARMOTA MONAX SI MARMOTA MONAX MATERIAM POSSIT MATERIARI ESTNE VOLVMEN IN TOGA AN SOLVM TIBI LIBET ME VIDERE