[Wikipedia-l] Re: Request for new Wikipedia: Friulian

[Henry H. Tan-Tenn]

Mark Williamson ti 2004/10/30 ChS 03:11 sia-kong:

 >>Angela wrote:
>>I propose we adopt Wikitravel's policy of requiring at least five
>>potential contributors before starting a new language. See
>>http://www.wikitravel.org/en/article/Wikitravel:Language_version_policy
> 
> Hmm, how many of the Wikipedias with currently over 100 articles
> started out with more than 5 contributors? From personal experience
> alone, I can guarantee you that lb: (with currently over 1000
> articles) and kw: (with currently over 200 articles) did not, and I'm
> sure many or even most other Wikipedias are in the same situation.

Hi,

If I may give a quote on the Cymru/Welsh WP, Arwel noted that 
"cy.wikipedia has about 5 active users now, after nearly a year, but it 
worked quite successfully in the early months with only 2 regular 
users." [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Artificial_languages_equal_rights]

Minnan/Southern Min started out with only 3.  Now there are 6 registered 
users who have contributed articles, and a couple more with token edits. 
  (Anon edits not counted.)  Interestingly the editors did not all know 
each other beforehand, so it seems that a wikipedia may well serve as a 
channel for bringing together potential editors.