[Foundation-l] Criteria for the closure of projects.

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I object strongly against Gothic being written in the Latin script. I think
it is a disgrace. If it were to me I would have all the Latin stuff be
deleted on penalty of having this whole project closed.

Again, you confuse things. I am opposed to the creation of any new dead
language projects. However, there are existing projects in dead languages
and I do not propose to have them closed. The fact that the Pali wikipedia
has 2000 articles is of none of my business. When you mean to say that it is
OK to have projects in dead languages, well we disagree on this.
Thanks,
     GerardM

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:

> Again, this is not about extinct languages. We aren't really talking
> about closing the Gothic or Anglo-Saxon Wikipedias, at least not in
> this thread (although GerardM has claimed that the Gothic Wikipedia is
> written in the Latin alphabet, this is incorrect; the majority of
> material is written in Wulfilas' alphabet).
>
> Under Gerard's criteria, the only languages (as far as I know) that
> are likely to qualify are living, written languages, as even the Pali
> Wikipedia has over 2000 articles. If I am incorrect, I am sure there
> are only a couple of exceptions maximum, and would be happy to discuss
> them.
>
> Mark
>
> On 11/04/2008, Ilario Valdelli <valdelli at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree.
> >
> >  To have a Wikipedia project you need to have a "writing people" (not
> >  speaking people).
> >
> >  If they are not probably *new* articles cannot be produced.
> >
> >  IMHO for extinct languages probably are better other types of project
> >  like Wikisource.
> >
> >  IMHO Wikipedia has got a popular purpose and this project must
> >  widespread content, if there are not a live community this purpose is
> >  not reached. Different is the purpose of Wikisource which must collect
> >  and archive documents.
> >
> >  Ilario
> >
> >  On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Gerard Meijssen
> >
> > <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hoi,
> >  >  Like you I want to see a thousand flowers bloom. However, I am not a
> stamp
> >  >  collector. I want living projects representing living languages
> (here I mean
> >  >  languages that are actually used by people). I want to make sure
> that a
> >  >  project is understandable to its readers and this is why
> localisation is
> >  >  essential. I want to make sure that a new project has a good start
> and this
> >  >  is why new projects have a kernel of a community and a kernel of
> content. I
> >  >  insist that there must be something to read; it cannot only be a
> picture
> >  >  with a caption.
> >
> >
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