I've heard no objections at all, so I am marking as "eligible". Reminder: this 
is far from approvable.
Steven


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Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 10:06 AM
To: Wikimedia Foundation Language Committee <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Langcom] Eligibility of Prussian Wikipedia

It’s as valid as Cornish!

> On 12 Nov 2019, at 14:37, Steven White <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Please see 
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRequests_for_new_languages%2FWikipedia_Prussian_2&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C091dc0471a0b493c58cd08d76781ec47%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637091680025362344&amp;sdata=ky9%2Fc3K9hvuYo0T9MvtUOcV3VBr0iAtTRrNkOFqOdSI%3D&amp;reserved=0.
>
> 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 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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