[Wikipedia-l] Re: I want to start a new language... with thecode"eg" please.

[Prince of Egypt]

I totally agree with you, Jimbo. Every language has qual right to be 
considered one, especially on a multi-lingual, multi-racial community site 
such as Wikipedia.

- Mamduh


>From: Jimmy Wales <jwales at bomis.com>
>Reply-To: wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
>To: wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
>Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: I want to start a new language... with 
>thecode"eg" please.
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 08:32:45 -0700
>
>Peter Gervai wrote:
> > On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 11:14:58AM +0300, Prince of Egypt wrote:
> > > No, it's a new conlang (well not really a conlang) called the Modern
> > > Egyptian Language. Is there any other language that has the 
>abbreviation of
> > > "EG"?
> >
> > Which wikipedia article describes the language you would like to have? 
>If
> > there isn't any maybe there isn't much people interested in?
>
>What is our policy on constructed languages?  I ask because I'm really not 
>sure.
>
>My general feeling is that unless there's some very good reason not to
>have a particular language, we should have it.  Some good reasons that
>I can think of: (1) the language is a joke or vanity project (2) the
>language is just a slight change of dialect from some other language.
>
>For example, it would be bad to have a Klingon Wikipedia, I think.  It
>would be bad to have separate sites for British and American English.
>
>And finally, I think that it's very very convenient for us to avoid
>arguments about this by reference to ISO standards.  We could, in some
>cases, make exceptions, but we should be cautious about doing so.
>
>--Jimbo
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