Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-21 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/21/2011 12:25 AM, MZMcBride wrote: Thanks for the detailed response. :-) Milos Rancic wrote: As usual, discussion would be held on Meta. If there are serious arguments against creation of Simple French Wikipedia, we would consider them, of course. However, arguments like I don't like

[Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Milos Rancic
After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages: * Can there be wikis in simple languages? *: Yes, in principle. But two special criteria would

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Joe Gazz84
On 6/20/2011 10:29 AM, Milos Rancic wrote: After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages: * Can there be wikis in simple languages? *: Yes,

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/20/2011 04:29 PM, Milos Rancic wrote: After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages: * Can there be wikis in simple languages? *:

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread MZMcBride
Milos Rancic wrote: After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages: * Can there be wikis in simple languages? *: Yes, in principle. But two

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/20/2011 07:25 PM, MZMcBride wrote: Milos Rancic wrote: After a month of on-list talk -- sometimes very heated, sometimes very quiet -- Language committee has agreed about the next wording of the part of the new policy [1] related to the simple languages: * Can there be wikis in simple

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/20/2011 08:23 PM, Milos Rancic wrote: The logical line of my thoughts was to allow *any* project in simple (or equivalent) language if there is a scientific basis. Mostly because there could be created valid communities around non-world-languages with large number of speakers (German and

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Theo10011
The last request was a 2 line proposal added by an anon ip[1] in passing, their only edit. I wouldn't call that a community. Theo [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_new_languages%2FWikipedia_Simple_German_4action=historysubmitdiff=2519024oldid=2087184 On Tue, Jun 21,

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/20/2011 08:30 PM, Theo10011 wrote: The last request was a 2 line proposal added by an anon ip[1] in passing, their only edit. I wouldn't call that a community. However, the first three were valid ones. ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread David Gerard
WIk On 20 June 2011 15:29, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: *: Yes, in principle. But two special criteria would need to be met: the language should be a world language with many L2 users, and there must be a reliable, published specification of the controlled language to be used.

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello Milos, Thank you for the elaboration. Indeed I am afraid that the concept is a little too narrow. A language like Dutch is not really a world language, but it as a lot of speakers with Dutch as a foreign or second language. Also, as far as I know Simple English Wikipedia mentions Basic

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/20/2011 08:55 PM, David Gerard wrote: On 20 June 2011 15:29, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: *: Yes, in principle. But two special criteria would need to be met: the language should be a world language with many L2 users, and there must be a reliable, published specification of the

Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages

2011-06-20 Thread MZMcBride
Thanks for the detailed response. :-) Milos Rancic wrote: As usual, discussion would be held on Meta. If there are serious arguments against creation of Simple French Wikipedia, we would consider them, of course. However, arguments like I don't like simple projects won't be counted. Well,