Thanks for doing this, agreed on all.

Am Do., 3. Okt. 2024 um 19:29 Uhr schrieb Amir E. Aharoni <
amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il>:

> Hello!
>
> I'm starting a backlog cleanup because why not :)
>
> I'll be 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. Should be manageable, right?
>
> If there's no ISO code, I'll probably immediately decide it's ineligible.
>
> I'll start with Wikipedia and the letter A.
>
> == Acholi ==
> Request:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Acholi
> Code: ach
> My take: eligible. Definitely living. *Probably* distinct. The English
> Wikipedia article calls it a "dialect", but my impression is that although
> it's probably a part of a dialect continuum in speech, it's a distinct
> standardized languages in writing.
>
> == Achomi ==
> Request:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Achomi
> Code: lrl
> My take: The code seems eligible, but there's practically no content in
> the Incubator, and there are some arguments about the name of the language.
> Both in the request page and the English Wikipedia article talk page. Is it
> Achomi, Lari, Larestani? I'm not sure what to do. I'm inclined to write in
> the request page that the Language committee will hold its decision about
> eligibility until there's well-referenced consensus about naming. Any other
> opinions?
>
> == Adilabad Gondi ==
> Request:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Adilabad_Gondi
> Code: wsg
> My take: Eligible, although the content in the Incubator appears to be
> written in three scripts. Mostly Telugu, but also some Devanagari and a bit
> of Masaram Gondi. The localization work is done in the Telugu script.
>
> == Akkadian ==
> Request:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Akkadian
> Code: akk
> My take: Ineligible because it's extinct.
>
> == Akpa ==
> Request:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Akpa
> Code: akf
> My take: Eligible. Cannot think of any issues.
>
> == Ancient Greek 4 ==
> Request:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ancient_Greek_4
> Code: grc
> My take: Ineligible because it's extinct.
>
> == Angkola ==
> Request:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Angkola
> Code: akb
> My take: Eligible, although there's very little content in the Incubator.
>
> == Angolar Creole ==
> Request:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Angolar_Creole
> Code: aoa
> My take: Eligible, but there's no content in the Incubator. See my other
> email about it.
>
> == Arbëresh ==
> Request:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Arb%C3%ABresh
> Code: aae
> My take: Eligible.
>
> Any other opinions?
>
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