[Langcom] Re: Request to revist Ancient Language policy

2021-09-12 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, We have a set of rules. They are designed to prevent problems. They work. You may differ in your opinion and you are entitled to your opinion. It does not follow that you are convincing given the objectives of the rules. Thanks, GerardM On Sun, 12 Sept 2021 at 09:24, Phake Nick

[Langcom] Re: Request to revist Ancient Language policy

2021-09-12 Thread Phake Nick
But why only "officially"? For many languages, either endangering or newly revitalizing, official use are the least likely ground they would survive. Like gow long it took for Hebrew revitalization movement to gain ground from.being an ancient language to being an official language somewhere?

[Langcom] Re: Important: Transparency and policy gaps for Ancient Languages

2021-09-12 Thread Jim Killock
> On 12 Sep 2021, at 21:09, MF-Warburg wrote: > > (NB that this mail was sent in on Friday, I have approved it only now as a > list admin, because I haven't been able to until now.) Thank you for approving it and taking the time to respond. > > > > Am So., 12. Sept. 2021 um 21:46 Uhr

[Langcom] Re: Important: Transparency and policy gaps for Ancient Languages

2021-09-12 Thread MF-Warburg
(NB that this mail was sent in on Friday, I have approved it only now as a list admin, because I haven't been able to until now.) Am So., 12. Sept. 2021 um 21:46 Uhr schrieb Jim Killock : > While there may have been no requirements at the time to provide a rationale, people who feel the policy

[Langcom] Re: Update on Igbo Wiktionary Status in the incubator

2021-09-12 Thread MF-Warburg
Hello! I'm not sure what has been happening here. Currently, Igbo Wiktionary cannot be approved. The activity on Incubator is rather low (see < https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0=Wt/ig=incubatorwiki>: 3 edits in this month, 30 edits in the last month. Normally we are looking

[Langcom] Important: Transparency and policy gaps for Ancient Languages

2021-09-12 Thread Jim Killock
Dear Committee, I am sorry to write this email in this way and I sincerely ask that you consider it in good faith, I am not attempting to cause trouble, but I would like you to consider it carefully and thoroughly, and come back with a substantive and not knee-jerk response. This I think

[Langcom] Update on Igbo Wiktionary Status in the incubator

2021-09-12 Thread Tochi Precious
Hello Trust this email finds you well. My name is Tochi Precious, one of the founding members of the Igbo Wikimedians User Group. I'm writing to find out the update about Igbo Wiktionary which is a project in the incubator. There has been active contributions and we were told at the end of last

[Langcom] Proposed approval of Talysh Wikipedia

2021-09-12 Thread MF-Warburg
I would like to propose approving Talysh Wikipedia. All the relevant links, as usual, can be accessed from < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Talysh >. This is a perennially active project on Incubator since 2012. The most-used messages are translated. There

[Langcom] Re: Proposed approval of Manchu Wikipedia

2021-09-12 Thread MF-Warburg
It's not super-clear to me what that means. Do they want a script converter? Am Sa., 28. Aug. 2021 um 14:09 Uhr schrieb Sotiale Wiki < sotiale...@gmail.com>: > Hi. I don't know if this is a sufficient answer, but I asked them what > Amir had raised. > > >

[Langcom] Sindarin

2021-09-12 Thread MF-Warburg
I invite your thoughts: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Sindarin_2 ___ Langcom mailing list -- langcom@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to langcom-le...@lists.wikimedia.org