[Wikipedia-l] addind new language into wikipedia

[Mark Williamson]

...anyhow I would like to add that wanting to avoid possible legal
problems is indeed a motivator in many situations; also that in most
cases where there is a translated form of the name Wikipedia, that
translation is not trademarked (for example, the Armenian name).

Also, I don't know if you realise this but Wikipedia is really a very
generic name and I don't think we should be allowed to hog it as we
do.

A cheeseburger is a hamburger with cheese. A Wikipedia is an
encyclopaedia using wikiwiki software... well not really, it only
means a specific one (!). That just doesn't make sense - Wikipedia is
a very generic name.

Mark

On 09/06/05, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> No, there is no objection, and I don't think there ever has been.
> 
> The same seems to be true with Amis, except that Amis doesn't have a
> suitable language code.
> 
> If it would be OK, an agreement was reached among the involved parties
> that amis.wiktionary.org would be suitable. (they wanted a Wiktionary
> created, and maybe a Wikipedia at some future date).
> 
> Otherwise, xxx-amis, i-amis, x-amis, or anything like that might be OK.
> 
> Amis will actually have a code in the new version of the ISO
> three-letter codes, but it hasn't been finalised yet (I for one think
> it's horrible -- it's based almost entirely on the Ethnologue, which
> means they combine languages which shouldn't be combined and divide
> languages which shouldn't be divided, and exclude some languages
> altogether).
> 
> There haven't been any objections to the Sa--whatsit Wikipedia, but
> then there are no good code suggestions either.
> 
> Also, a Scots Wikipedia (among others) has been requested and has a
> test Wikipedia that seems to be working a bit. I  don't recall any
> objections to Scots either, and it has an iso code, sco:
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 08/06/05, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 09/06/05, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Os.wikipedia was requested around the same time as the Võro kiil`
> > > Wikipedia, but it was created sooner. One possible reason is that they
> > > had an off-site Ossetic version of Wikipedia that they set up, which
> > > might've helped increase the apparent urgency for a developer (the
> > > sooner you set it up, the less likely they are to remain at a separate
> > > website, etc).
> >
> > Since Võro is already being edited as part of the Test-wp on meta, I
> > don't think a separate site would help here.
> >
> > > I don't know if it's exactly legal to use the name "wikipedia" for an
> > > off-site version, in fact I'm betting it's not, but the foundation has
> > > plenty of more important things to worry about than costly legal
> > > battles over whether or not such sites should be able to use the name,
> > > especially if it's only temporary.
> >
> > Please don't do this. Violating the Foundation's trademarks is hardly
> > a good start to getting your wiki accepted within the project. If it
> > needs to be off-site, you should choose another name for it until it
> > is officially a Wikipedia.
> >
> > Is there actually any objection to Võro being created now at fiu-vro?
> >
> > Angela.
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