Erik Moeller wrote:
It looks like this is an impasse only for you Erik. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Multilingual_coordination#Starting_a_ new_language_wikipedia
These guidelines were written in 2001
Irrelevant. They have not been abolished, therefore they are in effect.
when many widely spoken natural languages did not have wikis yet.
Completely irrelevant. What does the existance of natural-language wikis have to do with anything?
To apply them to a case like Klingon and the many other obscure conlangs that people want to push is absurd.
Rubbish. It is perfectly fair and correct. Other than your artificial distinction, there is no intrinsic difference between a natural language and a constructed language other than being natural and constructed, respectively. You seem to be assuming that constructed languages have some sort of lesser status or little validity. Stop thinking that. It's ridiculous.
On the matter of which languages should or should not be allowed, there is presently no community consensus.
There DOES NOT NEED to be any consensus on "allowing" or "disallowing" anything! Who do these people think they are trying to "disallow" the existence of a Wikipedia that is NEVER GOING TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THEM? They don't need to link to it, they don't need to contribute to it, they don't even need to LOOK at it. They can IGNORE IT! I am seriously confused how anyone here thinks they have a right to FORBID a valid, well-meant, respectable and constructive contribution from being made!
See the previous thread "Languages: crossing a border" on wikipedia-l which should lay to rest any claims that I am the only one concerned about opening the floodgates to allow any conlang that has "some number of interested speakers":
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2004-April/014978.html
Even if, SO WHAT?! What's so hard about deleting Wikipedias again when interest has dried out for a year or so? Why do you think you need to stop Wikipedias from being created when PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING ?!?!?!
Various guidelines for inclusion have been proposed, none have been adopted yet.
There are. Laurent has quoted several. You just dismissed them on completely frivolous grounds.
Timwi