I've heard no objections at all, so I am marking as "eligible". Reminder: this is far from approvable. Steven
Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> ________________________________ From: Langcom <[email protected]> on behalf of Michael Everson <[email protected]> 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&data=02%7C01%7C%7C091dc0471a0b493c58cd08d76781ec47%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637091680025362344&sdata=ky9%2Fc3K9hvuYo0T9MvtUOcV3VBr0iAtTRrNkOFqOdSI%3D&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 > > Sent from Outlook > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.wikimedia.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Flangcom&data=02%7C01%7C%7C091dc0471a0b493c58cd08d76781ec47%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637091680025362344&sdata=2nejUFZcyJ75S0kqSElOQvafWxc0i2oYD7bZkWQGYVs%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.wikimedia.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Flangcom&data=02%7C01%7C%7C091dc0471a0b493c58cd08d76781ec47%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637091680025362344&sdata=2nejUFZcyJ75S0kqSElOQvafWxc0i2oYD7bZkWQGYVs%3D&reserved=0
_______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
