On 13 Jun 2017, at 06:58, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hoi, > First there is no agreement. Not sure what you are talking about. > Second, for ISO-639-3 languages that are living languages there is no need > for a vote. That’s our rules, yes. > Third, for other ISO-639-3 languages there is a need for a vote. I suppose there are living languages with few if any users and other languages with potentially very many. > Compelling arguments are needed and a two third majority is reasonable. What does everyone feel about this? > Fourth for codes that do not have an ISO-639-3 code the standard answer is > no. Without proper arguments this should not happen. And this is the BPC 47 thing. That’s a very important and widely-implemented standard. If the 639 Agency had refused Elfdalian, we would have created a primary tag for it. That would be a situation where a non-standard answer might be useful. Michael _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
