On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Michael Everson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9 Feb 2017, at 14:30, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> wrote: >> * LangCom members should read messages in a timely fashion (at least >> twice per week), and to contribute on such decisions, where >> appropriate, within the deadline, or otherwise presumably at least >> once per month (this could be a simple +1). Lapses in participation >> would result in a "warning" after three months, and revocation of >> membership after six. (Note: This is actual proposal for the policy >> change!) > > This is hard to do. There is a lot of discussion on this list and lots of it > is not relevant to an actual vote. Subject lines don’t indicate where a vote > actually is. Perhaps we could use wiki pages for actual voting? That would > also track both voters and non-voters.
I've read Oliver's proposal as "if you don't have something substantially to add, you could just put +1 while making projects eligible/approved". Participating in substantial discussions is of more value than putting just +1, so I don't think anybody would get a warning with substantial participation and not voting. But, yes, your proposal to vote on wiki is a good idea. I will add it into the proposal. > How many of those have populations large enough to want or need an > encyclopaedia? The Tok Pisin Wiki exists and Hiri Motu is in the incubator. > Wikipedia says “Papua New Guinea has more languages than any other country, > with over 820 indigenous languages, representing 12% of the world's total, > but most have fewer than 1,000 speakers”; Enga might be a candidate. I am sure that at least few dozens of those languages would be able to create a valid small encyclopedia if they get opportunity. But, as I've already written, I agree that the languages of New Guinea should be covered by Oliver's "extended expertise" :) >> I would also like to see a little bit of ethnnolinguistic diversity >> inside of the committee. At the moment we are 16/17 native >> Indo-European speakers and just two members are not of European >> ancestry. In other words, I think another African member should be >> welcome, as well. > > One problem is that little is known (in the Anglophonie anyway) about many of > these languages. Many of the articles on African languages are very short and > sketchy. This was more about the fact that we are dominantly white men in middle ages and that we are making decisions that affect the whole world. > André Müller might be good for (2). I don’t know if he’s a Wikipedian. But > areal experts like these may well be hard to find. Agreed. I've suggested Andre as our new member, if possible. _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
