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, 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. Examples are [[w:en:Basic English|Basic English]] and > [[w:fr:Français fondamental|Français fondamental]]. (In reality it does > not appear that there ''are'' many controlled languages other then > English and French.) > > In practice, it means that: > * It is likely that just Wikipedia in simple French would be approved. > If there are reliable and published specifications of other world > languages (Russian, Spanish, Arabic etc.), group interested in creating > project in simple language has to present it to the LangCom. > * It is likely that border cases would be discussed in Language > committee on case-by-case basis. For example, German is not a world > language, but at least discussion would be opened if strong arguments > would be given, including widely accepted definition of simple language. > * It is not a matter of LangCom would any Wikipedia (or any other > Wikimedia project) host project in corresponding simple language inside > of a separate namespace -- with or without specification. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l This is great news! I was just involved on IRC talking about Simple projects and how they would be regulated. Thank you for informing us!
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