Andre Engels wrote:
It varies, but then, it also varies for some much larger languages (Marathi with 65 million speakers has only 4 pages, for example). There's four Wikipedia languages with less than 100.000 speakers, none of them getting anywhere serious, however the fifth smallest language (Icelandic, 250.000 speakers) managed to get to a number of 9 Wikipedians (with 10 or more logged-in edits), and is seriously trying to make something.
Wikipedia languages with less than 1 million speakers:
speakers Wikipedians pagesManx 250 0 1 Nauruan 7.000 2 16 Maori 50.000 0 8 Scottish 60.000 1 14 Icelandic 250.000 9 209 Irish 260.000 3 62 Corsican 340.000 0 14 Occitan 350.000 7 493 Welsh 600.000 9 954 Basque 600.000 5 2319 Frisian 700.000 9 881
Regretably, in a few instances the proponents start the wiki in their language just to see if it can be done. When they have immediate success, they lose interest. I suppose that a seriously inactive Wikipedia could be put into suspense, and the work that has already been done could be revived if there is a renewed interest. From the above list Manx, Maori, and Corsican would be candidates for suspension depending on how long since their last activity. There would need to be a prominent mention somewhere (perhaps after the list of active pedias) inviting people to breathe life back into them.
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