Hallo!

I am going through
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_requests_for_new_languages ,
project by project, letter by letter, up to ten requests per email, one
email per day.

I am now working on Wikipedia, and today I'm handling the letter C.

Meta-update: I changed the
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:New_wiki_request template to sort
the requests in the categories by the language name rather than putting
them all under the letter R :)

== Caló ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Cal%C3%B3
Code: rmq
My take: *Delete the request page.* That's right. The language is most
likely eligible, but the request, as it is now, is pointless. The request
was made by a person who probably doesn't know the language. No substantial
information was added to the request, other than the template, despite the
questions. The content of the Incubator is written by the same user or by
another user who makes edits in many languages and most likely doesn't know
this language.

So even though the language is probably eligible, it's better to start it
from a blank slate when someone who actually knows it comes in.

== Carpathian Romani ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Carpathian_Romani
Code: rmc
My take: Eligible.

== Central Kanuri ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Central_Kanuri
Code: knc
My take: Eligible, and should probably be even marked as "approved".

== Siberian Yupik ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Siberian_Yupik
Code: ess
My take: Eligible. I don't have a problem with the fact that it's spoken by
fewer than 1000 people. The request was made by someone who made meaningful
contributions to Russian Wikipedia articles about languages of that group.
Unfortunately, the request is quite old, but go figure, it can come alive.

== Central Tagbanwa ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Central_Tagbanwa
Code: tgt
My take: Eligible, but it is one of several requests made by the same user,
who didn't do much else. See
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Boineun .

== Chitonga ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Chitonga
Code: toi
My take: Eligible.

== Chuj ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Chuj
Code: cac
My take: Probably eligible. Almost all the contribution to the request and
to the Incubator is by a Ukrainian user, but there's also a bit of
contribution by someone who may be an actual speaker, albeit six years ago
:(

== Chuuk ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Chuukese
Code: chk
My take: The language looks eligible, but I pinged the user who created the
request recently to check that they actually plan to work on it:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gusss35


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Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
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I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
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