This is because angwiki existed prior to the establishment of Langcom or the current language proposal policy (m:LPP). IIRC the latter explicitly says that some projects were created which today would not be approved anymore.
Ben Salvidrim <[email protected]> schrieb am Sa., 17. Juli 2021, 15:11: > Greetings LangCom, > > Perhaps this is something worthy of a more clear and official response. > User is asking about the possibility of an Old Norse Wikipedia, GerardM > responds advising that extinct languages are generally not eligible for > Wikipedia language editions, but however Old English Wikipedia does exist > (AngWiki at https://ang.wikipedia.org). I'm sure there is a reasonable > explanation and it may be worth spelling out said explanations to explain > what looks like an inconsistency in policy. > > Apologies is this is already covered somewhere on a Meta policy page, if > so then it would be a net benefit to provide a link to the page explaining > why some extinct languages are okay and others are not. > > Cheers all, > > > *Ben Landry* > *Salvidrim* <https://www.salvidrim.net/> > > *⁂ **English Wikipedia:* 9+ years of editing experience *·* Former > Administrator–SPI–UTRS–OTRS (2013 to 2018) > *⁂* *Work: *Telecom coordinator for *Luminet* <https://luminet.ca/> */ * > *Dimension* <http://www.dimension10.ca/>*10* <http://www.dimension10.ca/> > *· * Freelance administrative assistant on my own time > *⁂* *Personal: * ☎ *514-691-6738* ✉ *sal* <[email protected]> > *[email protected]* <[email protected]> *⇄* > https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvidrim/ > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kräfta <[email protected]> > *Sent:* July 15, 2021 4:07 AM > *To:* Ben Salvidrim <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: Norse? > > Thanks! Although, there is an Old English edition of Wikipedia > > On Wed, 14 Jul 2021, 7:21 pm Ben Salvidrim, <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Your request was for a "Old Norse wikipedia page"; Wikipedia does in fact > have an article about the Old Norse language in several editions, including > English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse > > If you were in fact asking about having an edition of Wikipedia written in > the Old Norse language, then Gerard's response explains that we don't > generally create new Wikipedia editions in extinct languages. > > > *Ben Landry* > *Salvidrim* <https://www.salvidrim.net/> > > *⁂ **English Wikipedia:* 9+ years of editing experience *·* Former > Administrator–SPI–UTRS–OTRS (2013 to 2018) > *⁂* *Work: *Telecom coordinator for *Luminet* <https://luminet.ca/> */ * > *Dimension* <http://www.dimension10.ca/>*10* <http://www.dimension10.ca/> > *· * Freelance administrative assistant on my own time > *⁂* *Personal: * ☎ *514-691-6738* ✉ *sal* <[email protected]> > *[email protected]* <[email protected]> *⇄* > https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvidrim/ > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> > *Sent:* July 14, 2021 10:41 AM > *To:* Wikipedia mailing list <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Wikipedia-l] Re: Norse? > > Hoi, > The existing policy of the Language Committee does not allow for extinct > languages. Sorry but no. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 at 16:07, Kräfta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am wondering about the creation of an Old Norse wikipedia page? > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikipedia-l mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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