[Foundation-l] Allow new wikis in extinct languages?

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Having a criterion that is dependent on the English language Wikipedia is
not and cannot be seriously considered as a standard. What it considers note
worthy is not necessarily relevant from a linguistic or otherwise point of
view.
Thanks,
     GerardM

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Jesse Martin (Pathoschild)
> <pathoschild at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Pharos <pharosofalexandria at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >  >  What is "notable"?
> >  >
> >  >  Notable enough to have a Featured Article about [[Modern Latin
> >  >  literature]] or [[Modern Coptic literature]] on English Wikipedia or
> >  >  another major-language Wikipedia.
> >  >
> >
> >  English should not have a wiki? I don't think it's a very good
> >  criteria if even our most prolific non-extinct language doesn't
> >  qualify.
>
> I'm proposing a standard for languages that don't have native
> speakers, which must be judged solely on the output of their written
> literatures.
>
> This would not restrict Wikipedias for languages with native speakers.
>
> (Obviously [[Modern English literature]] is notable enough a subject
> to be FA-worthy anyway, and it would hardly need to be demonstrated)
>
> Thanks,
> Pharos
>
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