Hello, Given that a number of requests for conlang Wikipedias or Wikipedias for languages with small numbers of speakers have been made and accepted, a Coptic Wikipedia does not seem very preposterous.
I request that a Coptic language Wikipedia be added, so that the growing number of language revivalists inside and outside Egypt may be able to practice the language by reading and writing it in its most current form.
There is a discussion open at https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Copti... - you can add your voice there.
I think though that the problem any wikipedia that relies on a lot of informal speakers of a language is that it can become a chore rather than fun and the entries can look halfhearted. Just look at half a dozen random pages on the Latin Wikipedia
https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialis:Pagina_fortuita
Anyway, raise your voice and recruit some editors who will commit a few hours a week.
Good luck
michael
On 11/04/2016, Mit Inspire mitinspire2016@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, Given that a number of requests for conlang Wikipedias or Wikipedias for languages with small numbers of speakers have been made and accepted, a Coptic Wikipedia does not seem very preposterous.
I request that a Coptic language Wikipedia be added, so that the growing number of language revivalists inside and outside Egypt may be able to practice the language by reading and writing it in its most current form. _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
The single most important thing to do if you want this to happen is to have several people who know this language well and who write good articles in the incubator, which already exists: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wp/cop
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2016-04-11 7:56 GMT+03:00 Mit Inspire mitinspire2016@gmail.com:
Hello, Given that a number of requests for conlang Wikipedias or Wikipedias for languages with small numbers of speakers have been made and accepted, a Coptic Wikipedia does not seem very preposterous.
I request that a Coptic language Wikipedia be added, so that the growing number of language revivalists inside and outside Egypt may be able to practice the language by reading and writing it in its most current form. _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
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