[Wikipedia-l] Re: Requests for new Wikipedias?

[Ashar Voultoiz]

Mark Williamson wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I had gathered that people were getting fed up with requests from me
> for new Wikipedias, and now somebody has said it to my face.
> 
> It's really a bit weird from where I am though because I have
> requested only two new Wikipedias, the first one having been created
> and now growing steadily, and the second one (Friulian) with popular
> support from speakers of the language that is surer than it was for
> Sicilian (people committed for Sicilian, but they weren't Wikipedians
> already).
> 
> Now, in this message I don't want to ask your opinion about policy or
> about whether or not a certain Wikipedia should be created, I just
> want to know this:
> Are you fed up with the requests from me for new Wikipedias? Why?
> 
> I realise I may not be a fluent speaker of either of the languages I
> requested, but the way people are talking (somebody referred to me
> "flooding" this list with requests) makes it sound like I am selecting
> languages at random from a list and requesting them at a rate of 10
> per week or something, when in fact I had already asked fluent
> speakers if they would be interested, got a commitment, and so far
> have only requested two Wikipedias (a few months ago, I asked Brion to
> create sc: on IRC [but not this list!], and I recognise now that was
> probably a mistake)
> 
> Mark

Hello Mark,

I am not "fed up" with your messages cause I almost completly ignore 
threads requesting new languages.

It is a good things to get more people interested in wikipedia, either 
in already existing language (en, de, ja) or a plain new language. You 
seems to be highly motivated in the second.

Maybe you can try to gather people that are interested, give them a good 
overview of wikipedia and explain them how THEY can request a new 
wikipedia :o)

This way we have new languages coming in and less messages coming only 
from you. Asking for the creation of 4 languages is a bit suspect :p

Just to make things clear: I have nothing against new languages, it is 
just the way they are requested by only one highly motivated person.

cheers,


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