[Wikipedia-l] Re: Quenya language request

[Mark Williamson]

Having said that, the Ossetian Wikipedia and the Amis Wiktionary
should be created ASAP. They have been requested by genuine speaker
populations of living languages.

The Amis Wiktionary has decided on the temporary code of i-ami:, and
os: should be used for Ossetian.

Mark

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:21:56 -0700, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey hey hey... hold it.
> 
> Quenya, not having an official supporting organisation like Klingon or
> Lojban, deserves to at least be considered, although it should
> probably be relegated to the same second-class status currently
> afforded to the Klingon and sometimes Lojban Wikipedias.
> 
> However, the fact that the proposer speaks only passing Quenya and
> does not refer to an individual or organisation on whose behalf he
> presumes to request this language (as I have done, and as has done
> Pektiong Tan), makes me wary. The Wikipedia should probably not be
> created until somebody floats along who can claim real fluency in the
> language, or the requester contacts an organisation to confirm
> support.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 04:02:50 +0000, Arwel Parry
> <arwel at cartref.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > In message <BAY103-F32839BCEC9810D39BDEA5DDB760 at phx.gbl>, Ron H
> > <aceron99-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> writes
> > >
> > >I would like to request adding Quenya to the list of languages on
> > >Wikimedia. Quenya is the language of the elves in the works of Tolkien.
> > >Other fictional languages, such as Klingon, already exist on Wikipedia.
> > >speak passing Quenya. I have already prepared several articles,
> > >including one on constellations, and would like to add them to a
> > >quenya-language wiki.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Firsfron on Wikipedia.
> >
> > Oh, please no. We had an enormous argument about Klingon and even now
> > there's only 50 articles on tlh.
> >
> > Is there really a user community large enough to sustain a Quenya
> > wikipedia? What would the language code be? And can MediaWiki handle
> > Tengwar fonts?
> >
> > Genuine languages like Ossetian are finding it difficult enough to get
> > the developer resources to set themselves up.  I don't think this is
> > something that should be rushed into.
> >
> > --
> > Arwel Parry
> > http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/
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