[Langcom] Wikipedia requests from the first half of 2017 (first set)

Wikipedia Serer<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikiped… (srr): Language of 1.5 million people in West Africa. Content is being created. Eligible. Wikipedia Nias<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedi… (nia): Indonesian language of 3/4 million. Test has about 15 pages, but content creation has been regular over time. Eligible. Wikipedia Itawis<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipe… (itv): Language of about 120,000 from northern Philippines. No content created. On hold. Wikipedia Namtrik<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikip… (gum): Indigenous language of Colombia, within perhaps 25,000 speakers. No content created. On hold. Wikipedia Sindhi<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipe… (in Devanagari script)(snd): Only three pages were created here, and just at the time of the request. But there's a larger question here: It seems there may have been a history on the current Sindhi Wikipedia (sd.wikipedia.org<https://sd.wikipedia.org/>) project wherein those writing in Arabic script eventually forced out those who wanted to write in Devanagari script. We would certainly prefer that some kind of script converter be put in place, but what happens if the current sdwiki community doesn't want it? Then large numbers of Sindhi speakers in India become disenfranchised in favor of Sindhi speakers from Pakistan. Any thoughts? Steven Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook>