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 E.

Before I go into proper requests, I should mention that I took the liberty
to reject
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Eldeine
, which appeared to be a one-person constructed language without an ISO
code.

== East Frisian ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_East_Frisian_3
Code: frs
My take: I don't have one. The request page is quite confusing. The page
title says "East Frisian", but the listed code is "frs", which is listed
"East Frisian Low Saxon" in ISO 639 3 and Ethnologue sites, while the
English Wikipedia says that the closest thing to just "East Frisian" is
stq, in which there is a Wikipedia already. In addition, some people in the
discussion claim that this language is the same as nds, and others say that
it is distinct. So I cannot propose anything at the moment.

== Eastern Arrernte ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Eastern_Arrernte
Code: aer
My take: Probably *Delete*. The language is probably eligible, but the
request was created by a blocked user without adding substantial details. I
would have already deleted the request page for that reason alone if there
wasn't some content in the Incubator:
https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Wp/aer/ . That
content, however, is quite suspect, too: it consists of five pages, all of
which are very short, and they were mostly edited by an anonymous user. So
the deletion of the Incubator should be considered, too.

== Eastern Balochi ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Eastern_Balochi
Code: bgp
My take: Nothing at the moment, but I am in contact with a promising
expert, and I hope to have a more substantial update some time this month.
See the email about the letter B.

== Edo ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Edo
Code: bin
My take: Eligible.

== Ekpeye ==
Request:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ekpeye
Code: ekp
My take: Eligible.

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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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