Marked as eligible: Edo Ekpeye Deleted: Eastern Arrernte
The other two deserve a separate discussion. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore בתאריך יום ד׳, 9 באוק׳ 2024 ב-9:12 מאת Amir E. Aharoni < [email protected]>: > 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. > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > “We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore >
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