Re: [Wikimedia-l] New language code for Western Armenian language

Indeed. This is truly a remarkable effort. Congratulations. On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 6:00 PM Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > If anything it is proof that a quality standard allows for change. > > In Michael Everson, a member of the standards world, we have someone who >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New language code for Western Armenian language

Hoi, If anything it is proof that a quality standard allows for change. In Michael Everson, a member of the standards world, we have someone who was asked to become a member of the Wikimedia language committee. Over the years he has provided us with several important services. This is only one.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New language code for Western Armenian language

That's fantastic ! Proof, if it was ever needed, that the Wikimedia movement can have an effect on the "outside world" other than collecting and providing information ; Wikimedia Armenia actually took the leading part in bettering an international standard ! My most heartfelt congratulations

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New language code for Western Armenian language

This is really great! Congratulations to this success to both of you, Wikimedia Armenia and the Gulbenkian Foundation! I really appreciate to see that creating and preserving Free Knowledge can have such an influence on official language policies :) Best regards Cornelius On 1 February 2018 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New language code for Western Armenian language

Congratulations to Wikimedia Armenia for those truly great efforts! best, Delphine 2018-01-31 11:39 GMT+01:00 David Saroyan : > Dear all, > > I'm pleased to announce that the efforts of Wikimedia Armenia to get > separate ISO 639-3 language code for Western Armenian

[Wikimedia-l] New language code for Western Armenian language

Dear all, I'm pleased to announce that the efforts of Wikimedia Armenia to get separate ISO 639-3 language code for Western Armenian [1] were finally succeeded. SIL International, the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority, decided to create the code element [hyw] for Western Armenian. [2] We