[Wiktionary-l] Klingon Wiktionary closed

[Oldak Quill]

On 01/04/07, Dmcdevit <dmcdevit at cox.net> wrote:
> Oldak Quill wrote:
> >
> > I, for one, object to the closure of projects based on elitist
> > concerns as to the origin of the language. What matters is the place
> > of the language in the world now. This language is, crucially,
> > recognised as a language by the International Standardisation
> > Organisation
> >
> >
>
> There is no sense of "recognition" in the ISO code designations. As they
> say for the 693-3 codes, "it is a goal for this part of ISO 639 to
> provide an identifier for every distinct human language that has been
> documented, whether living, extinct, or constructed, and whether its
> modality is spoken, written or signed." There are 7,589 currently. It's
> not about elitism; in fact, it's rather likely to me that other
> constructed languages of the same speaker population would not have
> gotten a wiki in the first place. I agree that what matters is the place
> of the language in the world right now, and that place is as a backdrop
> to a fictional universe with a fanbase who are sometimes known to use
> the words amongst themselves. It is encyclopedically interesting as a
> cultural phenomenon, but has no place as a dictionary. Words that aren't
> in common independent use except in reference to a literary work, or
> discussion in the context of that work, are not material for a general
> dictionary.

Wiktionary don't just contain the words of the language they're
written in. Words of all languages and contexts are ideally in
Wiktionary.There's no reason why Klingon couldn't get a broad coverage
of words.

-- 
Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)