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

[David Gerard]

On 29/03/2008, Jesse Martin (Pathoschild) <pathoschild at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Typically, the users requesting a wiki in an extinct language don't
>  want to provide educational material to more people at all, but only
>  want to promote or revive the language. While these are noble goals,
>  they are not those of the Wikimedia Foundation, so that a wiki should
>  not be created simply to fulfill them.
>  But that is my opinion. What do you think; should wikis be allowed in
>  every extinct language?


Wikipedias probably wouldn't inform anyone needing informing.
Wikisources might be very valuable.


- d.