I support Jan’s membership. > On 7 Feb 2017, at 00:48, Jan van Steenbergen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Also, unlike a decade ago, LangCom has expert legitimacy and integrity > > now, as well as a decade of experience. That's the reason why I don't > > think that any group would use majority as a tool to push unreasonable > > decisions. > > Speaking of which... Would it be possible for me to apply for membership of > the Langcom? I've been following the discussions on this mailing list for > about two years now, and I hope I might be helpful to you. > > A short introduction: > > My name is Jan van Steenbergen, I'm 46 years old and I live in IJmuiden, the > Netherlands. I work as a professional translator and interpreter Polish <> > Dutch. Linguistics is both my work and my hobby. My main fields of interest > are Slavic languages, constructed languages, Cyrillic and Eastern Europe. My > "language package" can be found on my user page: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:IJzeren_Jan (mind, the languages listed > there are those that I have actually learned to some degree – there are > dozens of other languages I can understand, or know the basics of). > > I've been editing Wikipedia sporadically since 2003 as an anonymous user, and > have been more active after I created my first user account in 2004. My home > wiki is nlwiki, where I am currently an admin. I've been editing several > other language versions as well, but less frequently. > > As I already explained in my post about Lingua Franca Nova, when it comes to > the question whether a language should be allowed to have its own wiki or > not, my primary criterion would be viability/sustainability. In other words, > does a potential project have good perspectives for success? Obviously, a > large community of native speakers is a good thing to start with, but if a > language has 50 mln. speakers and there is nobody willing to work on a wiki, > then the project is doomed to become a failure anyway. What we surely want to > avoid is dead wikis where practically every article is just three or four > words. On the other hand, if a language has no native speakers at all, yet it > is still able to generate a prospering wiki, then I am all for it. Even a > wiki in a language without native speakers can become a success, provided > that the language is well-documented, stable and complete, and provided that > there are enough people willing to work on it. As far as I am concerned, if a > language is doing well in the Incubator for a longer period, that means it > has passed the exam. > > Best regards, > Jan van Steenbergen > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
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