Thank you MF. I really like the policy.

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Satdeep Gill

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On 4 July 2017 at 17:34, Oliver Stegen <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1
>
> Thanks, MF, for working Gerard's comments into the new policy draft so
> sensibly and sensitively!
> No further comments or changes from my side - I'd be happy to approve
> those new rules.
>
> Oliver
>
> On 04-Jul-17 13:31, MF-Warburg wrote:
>
> Are there further comments about this? I'd invite those of you who want to
> change parts of the policy to edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/
> wiki/Language_committee/Voting_policy> directly to address your concerns.
>
> 2017-06-13 19:20 GMT+02:00 Michael Everson <[email protected]>:
>
>> 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
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