Since there were no further comments, I have marked the voting policy as an adopted policy now. Let's vote away!
2017-07-06 17:28 GMT+02:00 MF-Warburg <[email protected]>: > Changed the draft wrt macro languages and BCP: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=16968705&oldid=16781951 > > 2017-07-04 20:27 GMT+02:00 Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>: > >> Hoi, >> yes and we reached consensus about the ones we use. There is a concern >> and having a two third majority should be no problem. We do have ISO 639-3 >> macro languages, they should be avoided. >> Thanks, >> GerardM >> >> On 4 July 2017 at 20:19, Michael Everson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Gerard, >>> >>> We do not have any top-level BCP 47 tags. >>> >>> Wikimedia is already using BCP 47 subtags without any trouble. >>> >>> > On 4 Jul 2017, at 15:16, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hoi, >>> > In the case of macro languages and BCP 47 codes there is a need for a >>> two third majority. The first is something that should be prevented as much >>> as possible because it prevents projects that are part of the macro >>> language. For the BCP 47 there should be a real linguistic point in having >>> them and we should try to prevent them as they are often more of a >>> political than linguistic reality. >>> > Thanks, >>> > GerardM >>> > >>> > On 9 February 2017 at 17:00, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > One issue: voting. >>> > >>> > == Voting == >>> > >>> > This is also proposal, so read it and comment if you don't agree or >>> > you want any addition. >>> > >>> > 1) No voting >>> > >>> > 1.1) According to the Closing projects policy [1], particular member >>> > of the committee analyzes discussion and, if decides that the project >>> > should be closed, sends the request to WMF Board. >>> > >>> > 1.2) Clear-cut situations for making a language eligible for Wikimedia >>> > projects: the language has a valid ISO 639-3 code, there are no >>> > significant issues in relation to the language itself, the population >>> > of speakers is significant, request made by a native speaker. In this >>> > case, any committee member can mark language / project eligible. >>> > >>> > 1.3) Approval without obvious formal requirements. No project will be >>> > approved without them. >>> > >>> > 2) Simple majority (of those who expressed opinion) >>> > >>> > 2.1) Eligibility of a language with a valid ISO 639-3 code, but >>> > without significant population of native speakers. (Note: this covers >>> > ancient, constructed, reviving and languages with small number of >>> > speakers.) >>> > >>> > 2.2) Eligibility of a language without a valid ISO 639-3 code, but >>> > valid BCP 47 code. (Note: this covers Ecuadorian Quechua.) >>> > >>> > 2.3) Eligibility of a language with significant collision between >>> > prescriptive and descriptive information. (Note: this covers >>> > "macrolangauges".) >>> > >>> > 2.4) Project approval if not 1.3. >>> > >>> > 3) 2/3 majority (of those who expressed opinion) >>> > >>> > 3.1) Any change of the rules, including the committee's role in >>> > possible changes of the Language proposal policy [2] and Closing >>> > projects policy [1]. >>> > >>> > 4) Consensus (of those who expressed opinion) >>> > >>> > 4.1) A new member of the Language committee should not be opposed by >>> > any of the current committee member. >>> > >>> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Closing_projects_policy >>> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Language_proposal_policy >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Langcom mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Langcom mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Langcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> >> >
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