[Foundation-l] Policy modification (was possible reconsideration)

[Marcus Buck]

Ziko van Dijk hett schreven:
> I wonder how many of those who advocate an Ancient Greek Wikipedia
> really speak that language, at least at level -3.
>   
That's not the point. I, for example, advocate for classical languages, 
but I am Greek-0. The point is: even if there would be one million 
willing contributors on level 5, they would not be allowed to create the 
project under the current policy. I don't advocate the creation of 
projects with (too) few able speakers supporting it, but if there are 
enough willing contributors they shouldn't be rejected. Therefore I 
created the page <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Slomox/Languages> 
outlining my thoughts on useful prerequisites. It doesn't discriminate 
against any type of language based on its history, but it still 
disallows for "useless" projects by defining some exclusion terms (those 
exclusion terms based on the ability to create a useful resource). Would 
my rules have been policy, they wouldn't have allowed the creation of 
the Sater Frisian Wikipedia. Cause my rules advocate for three able 
speakers active in the test project and according to your numbers there 
where only two (one M and one 4, but the M user wouldn't count, cause 
the rules ask for activity too). A Greek Wikipedia too shouldn't be 
created, until there is a sufficient community of sufficiently able 
speakers in my opinion. But it at least should be possible and not be 
outlawed a priori!

Marcus Buck
Slomox