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? > *: 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.
I forgot to give the only link: [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/New_policy _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l