Hoi,
What is the current status as to localisation, the number of articles ?
Thanks,
GerardM
On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 at 15:37, Steven White <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please see
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Prussian_2
> .
>
> Prussian was considered to have gone extinct in the 18th century, and for
> a while was listed in ISO 639-3 as "extinct". Indeed, that was the
> situation when the project was first proposed in 2007. However, in 2009,
> its listing in ISO was changed from "extinct" to "living", due to a robust
> effort to revive the language. Indeed, the Wikipedia article
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Prussian_language#Revived_Old_Prussian>
> suggests that there are now a few children who are natively bilingual.
>
> The revival effort is not based on this Wikipedia. The test project has
> been moderately active over the years, but certainly not at a level that
> would start us contemplating approval. But to me this is further evidence
> that the revival is real and legitimate on its own, and not the very reason
> for a Prussian Wikipedia project.
>
> One person commenting on the request page suggests that prg should not be
> the language code for the revival. Still, the fact that the ISO listing was
> changed to "living" suggests that at least for now, the standards authority
> is willing to accept that, so we should be, too.
>
> Accordingly, I recommend that this project be marked "eligible".
>
> Steven
>
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