This really upsets me. But if the content is in Urdu, then (a) we ask what's 
going on, (b) we don't approve, and (c) in all likelihood, we propose an indef 
block on Incubator, given that many of the same characters were involved in a 
problem around the Khowar project a couple of years back.

Steven


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From: Langcom <[email protected]> on behalf of Jon Harald 
Søby <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 7, 2019 5:33 AM
To: Wikimedia Foundation Language Committee <[email protected]>
Subject: [Langcom] Wikipedia in Saraiki

Hi all!

I wanted to let you know that I'm in touch with an expert with regards to 
verifying Wikipedia in 
Saraiki<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fincubator.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWp%2Fskr&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cdc60e7578e584deb515d08d74b0986c2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637060376596195282&sdata=SoLBKQzmES5TiqNIBMct9ibZ6JZQTUW2JmHRF5aXejo%3D&reserved=0>
 (skr). It was previously mentioned by Seven in an email titled "Final approval 
for four projects" from August 16.

The expert checked one page and said it is in Urdu and not Saraiki (although it 
is about Saraiki topics). He said he will get back to me to check more pages in 
a week or two.

However, after he said that, I've checked several pages with Google Translate 
from Urdu to English, and they all produce very legible content (for Google 
Translate). That makes me suspicious that maybe all the content is in fact in 
Urdu – if it was in fact in a smaller language, I would expect a certain amount 
of words that Google Translate just doesn't understand.

So the question is, what do we do if it turns out that most/all content is in 
Urdu?

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mvh
Jon Harald Søby
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