Great! I've made the project request eligible.

I saw your comment from 2013 [1], so I wanted to know if they moved to
Cree Wikipedia or the request for the Wikipedia in their language
should be proceeded.

[1] The Atikamekw language is already included in the Cree Wikipedia,
see cr.wikipedia.org. We recently updated the main page to reflect the
different languages that are part of the Cree language family (cr is
in fact an ISO code for a macro-language which includes atj). There is
currently no article in Atikamekw on this Wikipedia, most being in
Eastern Cree right now. Please come discuss with me, or leave a
message right on the Cree Wikipedia to know how to contribute in
Atikamekw. I don't think this is a good idea to divide those in many
different Wikipedias. That being said, I agree that we need to make it
more simple to indicate the language/dialect of each article on the
Cree Wikipedia, and updating the main page was the first step in that
direction. We are currently cleaning the existing articles to sort
them out. Right now is the good time to join and build the Atikamekw
section of this Wikipedia. Thanks and don't hesitate to send me a
message if you have any question. I also speak French if you prefer.
Amqui (talk) 06:35, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Jean-Philippe Béland
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I do not know what you require exactly. The Atikamekw community is
> developing a Wikipedia on their language in the Incubator and Wikipedia in
> their language is used in at least one of their schools. A techno-linguiat
> from one of the communities is overseeing the Wikipedia in the Incubator to
> make sure its real and standardized Atikamekw language, he is also named
> "language keeper" of the community. The translation of the most used
> messages of MediaWiki is ongoing.  The Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw (CNA)
> is involved and supports the project. The CNA is the council "federating"
> (for lack of a better term) all Atikamekw communities. The CNA also
> encompasses the Institut de la langue Atikamekw (ILA) that was responsible
> to standardize the language and they are also currently in the production of
> a dictionary.
>
> The language is real and alive. It is used day to day on the three Atikamekw
> communities in Quebec, Canada. It is used as the only teaching languages in
> two elementary schools. As such, even though most Atikamekw people also
> speak French, it is really only their second language. I have confirmed that
> it is different from Cree and not just a dialect, they cannot understand
> them and vice versa. The language has its own ISO 639 code.  There are
> experts who can confirm this. I can put you in contact with a techno
> linguist at the ILA. A linguist from the university of Leipzig is also
> involved in the project.
>
> At this point I think the language should be marked as eligible. The project
> in the Incubator is not to be approved as it does not meet the requirements
> yet, but the language is definitely eligible in my opinion.
>
> Thank you,
> Jean-Philippe Béland
> Vice president, Wikimedia Canada
> User:Amqui
>
> Le ven. 20 janv. 2017 08:06, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>
>> Amqui, may you update us in relation to the request for Wikipedia in
>> Atikamekw [1] and its community?
>>
>> [1]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Atikamekw
>>
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